About

KATI BRUDER (1978, Graz)

studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (graduated in 2015), where Peter Kodera taught her how to use a camera. Since 2003 she has been working as a freelance photographer with a focus on portraits. In her photo series Kati Bruder explores the ambiguity of visibility, searching for answers to the following questions: how do our social status and gender affect our visual perception? What are we allowed to see by whom? What role is played by the symbolic significance of the gaze and what poses do we strike as soon as a camera is pointed at us?

Kati Bruder lives in Vienna and works internationally.

Selected Awards, Grants & Residencies

2022/10 Schiele Award. Shortlist
2020/04 Coca-Project. Finalist
2018/09 Vonovia-Award 2018: Shortlist
2017/07 becomebecome, AIR scholarship, London, UK
2017/04 Going international: Make yourself an expert hub, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
2017/01 6th place, photo contest Höpfner Stiftung, Karlsruhe, Germany
2016/12 Austrian State Scholarship for Artistic Photography in 2017 (Staatsstipendium 2017 für künstlerische Fotografie), Austria
2016/12 1st place, Off-Festival, Fotoexhibition: Now
2015/12 Photographers' Prize awarded by the city of Graz
2015/07 Audience Award, Wiesbadener Fototage, Germany
2015/04 Recognition Award, European Architectural Photography Competition architekturBILD 2015, DAM Frankfurt/M, Germany, about the subject ‚Neighborhood‘
2014/11 2nd place, Architectural Photography Competition Building for a better world, Architecture Center AZW, Vienna, Austria
2014/11 2nd place, Kurier Photography Competition, Category: Portrait / Professionals, Vienna, Austria
2014/07 10th place, an international photo contest ‚Wort im Bild‘, Carinthia, Austria

Selected Exhibitions

2022/11 Rotlicht Fotofestival (organisation, curate), Vienna, A
2022/10 photo:graz22, Altes Kino Leibnitz, Leibnitz, A
2022/10 Schiele Award, Rotary Club Tulln, Tulln, A
2022/05 Voyagography, AG Gallery , Teheran, IRN
2022/04 Voyagography, Sarv-e Naz Gallery Shiraz, IRN
2022/03 Shifting Landscapes, Flat 1, Foto Wien, A
2022/01 WIR ANDEREN (solo show), Terra Hominibus, Vienna, A
2021/12 Voyagography, Galerie Philomena+, Vienna, A
2021/11 photo:is:rael, WE - THE REST OF US (solo show), Tel Aviv, ISR
2021/11 A NI MAL NI FESTO, Galerie Michaela Stock, A
2021/09 Rotlicht Fotofestival (organisation, curate), Vienna, A
2021/06 photo graz 020, Altes Kino Leibnitz, A
2021/05 Aussichten, Kunsthalle Graz, A
2021/02 Hungry Eyes Festival, Gießen, D
2020/11 photo graz selection III, Galerija Makina, Pula, HR
2020/11 photo graz selection III, Galerija Zuccato, Porec, HR
2020/10 photo graz selection III, Gradska Galerija Labin, Zagreb, HR
2020/09 WE - THE REST OF US, solo show, Galerija K18, Fotofestival Maribor, SL
2020/03 WIR ANDEREN, solo show, Fotoforum Innsbruck, Austria
2020/02 photo graz selection III, Poznan, Österreich Bibliothek, PL
2019/12 photo graz selection III, Shakespeare Theatre, Danzing, PL
2019/11 Armut in Österreich, Museum für Geschichte, Graz, Austria
2019/10 WIR ANDEREN - Schwellenbilder, solo show, Akademie Graz, Austria
2019/09 Partisanen II, Villa Schapira, Vienna, Austria
2019/09 Menschenbilder, Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria
2019/08 photo graz selection III, Galerija Oranžerija, Vukovar, Croatia
2019/07 photo graz selection III, SKLAD, Plovdiv, Europ. Kulturhauptstadt 2019, Bulgaria
2019/06 Menschenbilder, Campus der Wirtschaftsuniversität, Austria
2019/06 Partisanen, Usus, Villa Schapira, Vienna, Austria
2019/05 Menschenbilder, Haus der Wiener Wirtschaft, Austria
2019/05 photo graz selection III, Hevre, Kraków, Poland
2019/04 Selection III, ORF Steiermark Funkhausgalerie, Graz, Austria
2019/03 FOTO WIEN eSel Fototinder, Alte Postsparkasse, Vienna, Austria
2019/03 FOTO WIEN, WIR ANDEREN - solo show, Galerie im DAS WERK, Vienna, Austria
2019/02 C3, UNAM - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
2019/02 The Energy of Places / The Order of Time, Spazio Mima di Visogliano, Italy
2019/02 eigenART II, Grüne Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2019/01 Not them, only us. Social criticism and spatial change, Periscope Project Space, Salzburg, Austria
2019/01 Zuhause - Vonovia-Award, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Germany
2018/11 [in]Tangible - Fear in the city - Festival des Idées Paris 2018, EP7 Gallery, Paris, France
2018/11 photo graz 018. Biennale der steirischen Fotokunst. Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria
2018/10 URBANIZE! 2018, Nordbahnhalle, Solo Show, Vienna, Austria
2018/10 Friends With Books, Hauruck presentation, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum der Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
2018/10 Monat der Fotografie Berlin, Museum für Fotografie - Helmut Newton Stiftung, Vonovia-Award Digital Photo Lounge, Berlin, Germany
2018/07 The Cologne Art Book Fair 2018, 'Hauruck Artist-Presentation', Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
2018/07 Family of No Men, Arles Cosmos, Arles, France
2018/06 The London Open, Whitechapel Gallery - digital display, London, UK
2018/06 Menschenbilder, Festival La Gacilly, Baden, Austria
2018/05 Clervaux - cité de l‘image, solo show, Luxembourg, LUX 2018/04 Off Limits, Literary Museum of Odesa, Ukraine
2018/01 Photo18, StageOne, Zürich, Switzerland
2017/11 European Month of Photography, Gallery under Theater, Bratislava, Slovakia
2017/10 Der Mittelmeerrouter, Das T/abor, Vienna, Austria
2017/10 photo::vienna, MAK Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
2017/07 becomebecome, Arebit Gallery, London, UK
2017/06 Hauruck Artists‘ presentation MYaE-Hub: Going International NXT, Gallery Schönbrunnerstr. 6, Vienna, Autria
2017/06 Athens Photo Festival, photo book show, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2017/05 BUCHSTABENFEST PRAZNIK ?RK ?, Zollamt, Bad Radkersburg, Austria
2017/04 DISTRICTA#23, Creau, Vienna, Austria
2017/03 Longford Digital Arts, Gifts of Artemis Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2017/03 Frau-Mann-Transgender fotografiert: Feminismus, MUWA Museum of Perception, Graz, Austria
2017/03 Punctum, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2017/03 Wohnen, District Museum Rudolfsheim, solo show, Vienna, Austria
2017/01 Menschen. Bei uns. Neben uns. Mit uns., Höpfnerstiftung, Karlsruhe, Germany
2017/01 The Man on the Border / Der Mensch an der Grenze, Alkatraz Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016/12 Ochs und Esel, CREAU, Stall 1, Vienna, Austria
2016/12 Herr Leutner, Leutner Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2016/12 Linzerschnitte, Grätzlwohnzimmer, Linzer Straße 103, 1140 Vienna, Austria
2016/11 WIR ANDEREN, eyes on photo-festival, solo show, Gallery GB*, Vienna, Austria
2016/11 NOW-Fotografie der Gegenwart, Off-Festival, FotoQuartier, Vienna, Austria
2016/10 Graz Contemporary, Ausstellung der FörderpreisträgerInnen, Gotische Halle im Reinerhof, Graz, Austria
2016/10 Longford Digital Arts, Atrium Gallery, Longford, Ireland
2016/10 Nachbarschaft, ArchitekturBILD, Alte Kongresshalle, Nürnberg, Germany
2016/10 Lange Nacht der Museen, District Museum 15, Vienna, Austria
2016/09 Renaissance Photography Prize, Getty Images Gallery, London, UK
2016/06 Sichtfeld. Das Eigene und das Fremde, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Austria
2016/05 Der Mensch an der Grenze - Wien/Ljubljana, Gallery Flat 1, Vienna, Austria
2016/04 Architectures of Identities, Palazzo Ca‘ Zanardi, Venice, Italy
2015/12 Sternchen*), Gallery Werkstadt Graz, Austria
2015/12 WIR ANDEREN, Town Hall Gallery, solo show, Graz, Austria
2015/12 architekturbild 2015, Vhs-Photogallery, Stuttgart, Germany
2015/11 architekturbild 2015, KAZimKUBA, Kassel, Germany
2015/10 Im Westen der Stadt, Offspace, Linzerstraße 103, Vienna, Austria
2015/10 photo::vienna, MAK (Museum of Applied Arts), Vienna, Austria
2015/10 architekturbild 2015, DAM - German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt/M, Germany
2015/09 Handapparat der Neugierde, Gallery IG-Bildende Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2015/08 Wort im Bild, Gallery Herzogburg, Carinthia, Austria
2015/08 architekturbild 2015, Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2015/07 Wiesbadener Fototage, S-Versicherungsanstalt, Wiesbaden, Germany
2015/06 Diploma Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
2015/06 Wiesbadener Fototage, Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Wiesbaden, Germany
2015/04 Architekturbild 2015, DAM - German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt/M, Germany
2015/03 Traumseher, Gmundner Fototage, Gmunden, Austria
2015/11 photo::vienna, MAK (Museum of Applied Arts), Vienna, Austria
2014/11 photo_graz 014, Biennale of Styrian Photo Art, Papierfabrik, Graz, Austria
2014/11 Kurier Fotopreis, Film Museum / Metropol Kino, Vienna, Austria
2014/11 Bauen für eine bessere Welt, Architecture Center AZW, Vienna, Austria
2014/07 Wort im Bild, Landesgalerie Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
2014/06 Wort im Bild, ORF Landesstudio, Carinthia, Autria
2013/05 Cash, Cans & Candy (Plakat für Yotto Bano), Gallery Ernst Hilger, Anker BROTfabrik, Vienna, Austria
2012/06 Art/E/FACT-the social landscape online exhibition, London, UK
2011/10 5Fotografen 5Tage, Gallery ‚Secondlife‘, Berlin, Germany
2011/09 LOKAL.Kunst, Weißgerberkrätzel, Vienna, Austria
2011/05 Wiazhaus ein Augenschmaus, Burgruine Reinsberg, Austria
2011/02 Arte Vitrina, Kulturraum Neruda, Vienna, Austria
2010/06 (dis)play Kunstwerk-Raum-BetrachterIn, OÖ Kunstverein, Linz, Austria
2010/06 MASH-UP, Gallery Koko, Vienna, Austria
2010/03 TIMETHEATRE- the art of listening, Utopia, Vienna, Austria
2010/02 Electric Venus, Aux Gazelles, Vienna, Austria
2010/01 Tapetenwechsel, public space Edelhofg.1/14, Vienna, Austria
2009/05 Urban Art Forms Festival, dipol live video performace, Wiesen, Austria
2009/04 DISPLAY, Gallery IG-Bildende Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2009/03 live this moment, Club Massiv, Vienna, Austria
2009/12 Club Delphin, dipol live video performace, Sargfabrik, Vienna, Austria
2009/01 Club Delphin, dipol live video performace, Sargfabrik, Vienna, Austria
2008/06 Photo Graz 08, Künstlerhaus Graz, Austria
2008/06 Tree of Life, dipol live video performace, Seedcamp, Kautzen, Austria
2008/05 Urban Art Forms Festival, dipol live video performance, Wiesen, Austria
2008/03 Die Lagebesprechung, ESC, Graz, Austria
2007/12 Club Delphin, dipol live video performace, Sargfabrik, Vienna, Austria
2007/11 Weihnachtswohnzimmer, together with ‚CityVibes‘, Vienna, Austria
2007/11 Club Delphin, dipol live video performace, Sargfabrik, Vienna, Austria
2007/06 Cosmic, WUK, Live Videoperformance, Vienna, Austria
2007/06 Donauinselfest, Video Performance, Vienna, Austria
2007/04 Angst, Gallery Area 53, Vienna, Austria
2007/01 Jetzt, Gallery Spot, Vienna, Austria
2006/10 Club Delphin, dipol live video performace, Sargfabrik, Vienna, Austria
2006/01 Moondancer, dipol live video performace, WUK, Vienna, Austria
2005/03 Kanalattacke im Keller, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
2005/06 Hob mi gern, Celeste, Vienna, Austria
2005/05 Kompaktscheibe3, Kanalattacke, Transporter, Vienna, Austria
2004/05 Blech und Blume, Vienna, Austria
2004/06 S/W, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
2003/06 An Evening of Music and Art, Museum of Living Art, Reykjavik, Iceland
2003/06 Artalive, Sensenwerk, Deutschfeistritz, Austria
2003/09 Alternative Jahresausstellung, Gallery Area 53, Vienna, Austria

Books / Catalogs

2022 Schiele Award, exhibition catalogue
2022 ROTLICHT, festival catalogue
2022 photo:graz, exhibition catalogue
2021 ROTLICHT, festival catalogue
2020 Fotofestival Maribor, exhibition catalogue
2019 Arm in Österreich, Museum für Geschichte
2019 SELECTION III, exhibition catalog
2018 photo graz 18, exhibition catalog of the styrian photography scene
2018 Calendar. C3, UNAM - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2017 Höpfnerstiftung, exhibition catalog
2016 Expressions 2016, exhibition catalog Longford Digital Arts
2016 photo-graz 16, exhibition catalog
2016 NOW - Fotografie der Gegenwart, exhibition catalog
2016 eyes-on, exhibition catalog
2016 WIR ANDEREN, artist book
2016 Renaissance Photography Prize 2016, exhibition catalog
2016 Sichtfeld. Das Eigene und das Fremde, exhibition catalog
2016 Man on the border, exhibition catalog
2015 HeimatX, Wiesbadener Fototage, exhibition catalog
2015 Kati Bruder - Body and Portrait studies, 1999 - 2015, artist book
2015 ArchitekturBILD 2015, exhibition catalog
2014 photo graz 14, exhibition catalog of the current styrian photography scene
2012 Art/E/FACT-the social landscape, catalog with 6 various artistic positions, London, UK
2008 photo graz 08, exhibition catalog of the current styrian photography scene
2008 MASH-UP, exhibition catalog, Gallery Koko
2005 DIE LAGEBESPRECHUNG, exhibition catalog, ed. V. Romana Denner and Eva Rupprecht
2004 S/W, exhibition catalog at Forum Stadtpark, Graz, ed. by Judith Gruber and Eva Beierheimer

Collections

2019 Collection of Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
2017 Collection Museum der Moderne (Rupertinum), Salzburg, Austria
2017 State Collection Austria (BMUKK), Austria
2016 Collection of the City of Graz, Austria
2016 Collection Getty Images Gallery, UK
2015 Collection architekturbild e.V., Germany