> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.catapult-platform.art/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Katharina Arndt , fresh face in contemporary art and painting from Berlin on View - URL: https://www.catapult-platform.art/katharina-arndt-fresh-face-in-contemporary-art-and-painting-from-berlin-on-view/ - Published: 2021-03-25T08:29:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-01-18T15:40:46.000Z - Description: Katharina Arndt artist interview with Dominique Foertig with fresh paintings from Berlin Germany for Munchies Art Club - Author: Dominique Catherina Foertig - Tags: Interview ## Katharina Arndt with fresh paintings from Berlin Germany [Katharina Arndt](https://www.catapult-platform.art/art-now-on-view/mott-projects-new-york-by-erik-sommer) (b.1981) is a Contemporary artist from Germany who lives and works between Berlin and Barcelona. She studied Fine Arts at Braunschweig school of art and later on obtained her Master of Fine Arts by John Armleder. ![contemporary art, artist, munchies club, online platform, murals](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce6a0486e16229ddd9d3f_feature%2C%20interview%2C%20story%2C%20artlovers%2C%20news.jpg) Katharina Arndt | Studio, Berlin, 2020 | © Christian Arndt Her fast and colorful paintings ironizes the contemporary mass consumerist aesthetic of a decadent, abundant society in picturing her everyday life in the digital age. > “Never Try To Fuck A Fucker” Katharina Arndt Additionally, her work has been shown in several galleries and museums in Europe. Some examples include the Saatchi Gallery (London), Museum Villa Rot (Burgrieden), Kunstverein (Hannover). ## **WE ASKED THE ARTIST TO TELL US A BIT ABOUT HERSELF, WE ASKED QUESTIONS AND THIS IS WHAT SHE TOLD US**. ## ![original art work, unique piece, available works, museum villa rot, ](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce6ee747f008fb907d384_acrylic%2C%20lacque%2C%20sushi%2C%20creative%2C%20collector%2C%20young.jpg) ****Sushi to go** | 2020 | 130 × 90 cm | marker and acrylic paint on white lacquer fabric | © Katharina Arndt #### ‍***ABOUT MY WORK*** The focus of my artistic work (painting, drawing) is the observation of digital communication behavior and the visualization of aesthetics of mass consumption in the digital age. Symbol for this is the topic 'surface' - social, cultural, material. ![Katharina Arndt with a mural in berlin, art brut, naive, work, outsider artist, childlike, awesome,](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce7b58ade3124e457003d_contemporary%20artist%2C%20berlin%2C%20figurative%20painting.jpg) ****Katharina Arndt: Artwork: Happy Girl** Mural | wall painting | Bmurals | BCN | 2020 | © Ana Manaia In the hyperreal and at the same time immaterial online world, only the visual appearance dominates - of ourselves and the products we are supposed to buy. We stroke the glossy screen of our smartphone countless times a day, the bodies are hairless, the corners round, the sunglasses mirrored. [11 Artists | Swimming Pools in Contemporary Art Today11 Artists in Contemporary Art with the topic of swimming pools, some funny some strange some everyday life. we introduce you to them and give you also there instagram account to follow them.![](https://www.catapult-platform.art/favicon.ico)Now I am in Your Head | Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2024/03/11-contemporary-artist-and-therre-art-around-swimming-pools.webp)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/11-artists-swimming-pools-contemporary-art/) Katharina Arndt is part of 11 Artist with the topic Swimming Pools on Munchies Art Club -> Read more -> The smooth appears as a metaphor for resistance, eternal youth, as artificial, uncritical, superficial, conformist. I transfer this topic material and content wise into painting. ![katharina arndt painting art news, feature, story, interview, question and answer, murals](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce718c09b5b53a12db87e_contemporary%20figurative%20art%2C%20scene%20on%20the%20beach%2C%20fun_.jpg) ****Katharina Arndt with mucho calor** | 2021 | 130 × 90 cm |acrylic paint on white lacquer fabric | © Katharina Arndt I work on artificial media such as PVC film, lacquer paper and Plexiglas with glossy acrylic paint and lacquer markers. Fast, reduced, almost childlike, motifs and medium function as an artistic mirror of the quantity and speed of perceived scenes. ![katharina arndt figurative, modern, drawing, painting, canvas, cloth, paper](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ced5a8ade3196a35718dd_aeroplane%2C%20blue%20color%20works%2C%20painting%2C%20modern.jpg) ****Katharina Arndt: in between the sit-ups** | 2019 | 130 × 90 cm | marker and acrylic paint on PVC | © Katharina Arndt The figures in my paintings often wear sunglasses, stick to their mobile phones, have headphones on. They are socially highly active and at the same time socially isolated. I see my work as a psychogram of a positivist consumer society that tries to escape its own mortality. ![katharina arndt exhibitions, viewing room, private viewings, wall art, support](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce73bbc46686f5a43d644_available%20works%20on%20paper%2C%20canvas%2C%20black%20and%20white.jpg) ****Katharina Arndt: Public memories** | 2020 | 130 × 90 cm | marker and acrylic paint on white lacquer fabric | © Katharina Arndt ***Or a Story:*** The 1st artworks I remember are not from big art world Heroes like Picasso or so, I remember the aquarelles of my mom, she has done when she was a teenage girl. She water colored her fav movie stars, like Alan Delon, wild horses, fast cars, actually pretty cool stuff. [Mott Projects: First Show In New York By Artist Katharina Arndt With „While Waiting For DeathKATHARINA ARNDT | MOTT PROJECTS NEW YORK Mott Projects is pleased to present while waiting for death, a solo exhibition by Berlin and Barcelona based artist Katharina Arndt. This is Arndt’s first solo exhibition in New York and the United States. Join us for an opening reception on Friday, July![](https://www.catapult-platform.art/favicon.ico)Now I am in Your Head | Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/size/w1200/2024/03/mott-projects--exhibition-katharina-arndt--in-contemporary-painting.webp)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/mott-projects-new-york-by-erik-sommer/) Katharina Arndt first solo show in New York at Mott Projects -> Read more -> I still have one of her aquarelle hanging in my kitchen looking at it every day. It is a naively painted Mercedes SL in the Mountains. She was my first big impact to art. ![katharina arndt budding, gifted, talent, female, international, berlin, germany](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce7533e465bb342bdcdf5_berlin%2C%20female%2C%20artist%2C%20emerging%2C%20feature%2C%20spotlight.jpg) Katharina Arndt****: mucho calor / the good, the bad and the ugly #1 / in between the sit-ups / Intensel discussing terrifying global climate change** | Framed | Berlin | 2021 | soloshow “EASY EASY” | © Katharina Arndt So, I never really questioned to study art to continue painting. I studied Fine Arts at the Braunschweig University of Art and completed my master’s degree in 2006 under the guidance of the Swiss artist John Armleder. Strong influence, as well, with his focus on ready mades and aesthetics of consumerism. 4 years ago we started to spend the winter in Barcelona and the city and the beach became my second home. ![fine arts, secluded, contemporary painting, drawings, zeichnungen](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce76170269e20c9e6cbdb_black%20and%20white%2C%20beach%2C%20drawing%2C%20figurative.jpg) ****Katharina Arndt: every day please** | 2020 | 130 × 90 cm | marker and acrylic paint on white lacquer fabric It is so inspiring, I love to watch people, what they are wearing, how they are wearing it, how they behave, which products they use. I think, clothes and accessories give a perfect impression of the spirit of the age we are living in. ## Sign up for Now I am in Your Head | Munchies Art Club Magazine We give artists the spotlight they deserve, celebrating contemporary art and emerging talent on Instagram Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. But of course, I also love to hear music and watch movies, listen to podcasts and use quotes for light works and the text I use on the drawings. That’s why I admire a lot Rose Wylie, her work, her age and the motifs she is painting. ![katharina arndt: aesthetic, process, shapes, fictitious, modern, comical](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce770201f134c92992f8a_naive%20art%2C%20art%20brut%2C%20feature%2C%20inside%20story.jpg) ****Katharina Arndt: Diva after work #4** | 2019 | 130 × 180 cm | acrylic paint on PVC | © Katharina Arndt My paintings are fast and almost childlike, acrylic paint on glossy fabric. All the material I work with are artificial, plastic like, glossy, smooth for example latex, acrylic glass or rhinestones. [New Artist in Contemporary Painting | Munchies Art ClubExplore the latest in contemporary painting: featuring artist and a curated selection of groundbreaking works. Artists shaping the future of art!![](https://www.catapult-platform.art/favicon.ico)Now I am in Your Head | Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/size/w1200/2024/03/contemporary-painting-by-super-future-kid--emerging-artist-now.webp)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/tag/painting-now-contemporary-artist/) Art Radar -> New faces in Contemporary painting -> Munchies Art Club -> Read more This topic of the smooth surface appears as a metaphor for resistance, eternal youth, as superficial and conformist. At the moment I am working on sketches for 2 shows in Barcelona. ![katharina arndt diarists of our time, important, supporting new comers, art field](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce7f85525c10a9b33d18a_humor%2C%20emerging%20female%20art%2C%20yellow.jpg) Katharina Arndt **excellent shaving |** 2019 | 130 × 90 cm | acrylic paint on PVC | © Katharina Arndt In July is a group show about the topic still-life “needful things” and in September during the BCN gallery weekend I have a solo-show with the title “forever young” both at Uxval Gochez Gallery. ##### QUESTIONS: ***when/ how did you find out you are an artist, was your family supportive?***‍ My mom was a creative influence, but making this a serious job was a big step. My unsafe freelancer life still feels insecure to her. ![katharina arndt, painting, techniques, inspiration, artist studio, atelier, pictorial space](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce80a70269ef712e6cdc4_katharina%20arndt%2C%20murals%2C%20art%20wall%202020.jpg) ****Katharina Arndt -> Happy Girl** mural | Bmurals | BCN | 2020 | © Ana Manaia ***what is your relationship to Instagram?***‍ Thanks god, saved me financially during this Covid-times. I appreciate my own visibility and the one of the other artists. I explored so many great artists through it. But I am aware of the superficialness and non-binding nature of social media. ![katharina arndt retrospective, imagery, inside the mind of, read, private, voluntary work, ](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce81e43ab926368686218_original%20artworks%2C%20emerging%2C%20young%20art%20to%20collect.jpg) Katharina Arndt **: sunbed** | 2021 | 130 × 90 cm | marker and acrylic paint on white lacquer fabric | © Katharina Arndt ***how important has digitalization become for you in connection with your art practice.*** There are 2 aspects: I use it for marketing and networking, so I have to admit, I spend less time in the studio. And content wise, digitalization is part of our everyday life, we communicate, shop online, work online, all these motifs enter my paintings. ![katharina arndt cutting edge, portrait, fine art, contemporary figurative](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce83a159a2de4e0d8b3da_solo%20show%2C%20emerging%20art%2C%20framed%20berlin.jpg) Katharina Arndt****: in between the sit-ups / Intensel discussing terrifying global climate change |** Framed | Berlin | 2021 | soloshow “EASY EASY” | ©Katharina Arndt ***Do you find that the pandemic has left a mark on your work?*** Not yet really. It exists one mask drawing. I am painfully aware of being a social being. Missed that, crowded openings, traveling. ![powerful, strong, color, image world, unreal, wall decor, interior, ](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce84a9e0659728b3346ca_studio%20visit%2C%20female%20artist%2C%20painter%2C%20exhibition.jpg) Katharina Arndt | ****Happy Girl I |** Studio Berlin 2020 | © Christian Arndt ***where, when, how do you work best?*** Schedule a date, give me a space and I will develop a concept! I like to work for an exhibition. The really, really best thing is the moment an idea pops up, during jogging through the park or while having a bath (my two favorites). The most exciting thing is the beginning, the first idea, the imagination how it should feel. ![anthropology, ad magazine, fresh, inspiring, fine arts, braunschweig school](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce85a5525c1271733d301_viewing%20room%2C%20exhibition%2C%20show%2C%20berlin%2C%20solo%20show.jpg) ****Katharina Arndt: Public memories / every day please / Sushi to go /** Uxval Gochez Gallery | BCN | 2020 | © Katharina Arndt ***where, how do you usually get inspired?*** Actually everywhere, when I do things, I like, for example sunbathing at the beach, watching movies, buying ridiculous products in the supermarket, drinking too much beer while drawing and then question it. ![katharina arndt scenarios, available art works, buy art online, safe, easy, john armleder](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce86d56671160207aa0c1_women%20art%2C%20funny%2C%20talented%2C%20gifted%2C%20artist%20to%20watch.jpg) Katharina Arndt****: very tanned girl** | 2021, | 130 × 90 cm | marker and acrylic paint on white lacquer fabric | © Katharina Arndt ***What does success mean to you?*** Success means to me, acceptance of my oeuvre, having the possibility to work with art world professional I admire, earning money with what I have studied. Doing the whole day what I love. ![katharina arndt show, book, instagram, artlover, private, diploma, student of the arts](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/605ce88587055a6114725d0b_wall%20art%2C%20work%20to%20collect%2C%20support%20the%20art%20world.jpg) ****Katharina Arndt: Public memories / every day please / Sushi to go |** Uxval Gochez Gallery | BCN | 2020 | gallery weekend |© Katharina Arndt ***what are you working on currently?*** I am really excited about my upcoming solo-show in September during Barcelona gallery weekend. I already have the title “forever young”. About the title I like the absurd content. [Katharina Arndt on Instagram: “Just the two of us, we can make it, if we try, just the two of us …. 🤩🥰 My painting „cute couple“ is part of WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME Soloshow @kanyakage Exhibition until 04.02.24 „Berlin ist für Katharina Arndt nicht nur eine geografische Einheit, sondern ein Kater, eine Orgie, ein Zigarettenstummel.“ Schreibt Lorena Juan @lopecado For further informations please contact the gallery: Jan Kage info@kanyakage.com Kanya & Kage Eisenbahnstrasse 10 | 10997 Berlin www.kanyakage.com #sketch #drawing #exhibition #art #youngcollector #katharinaarndt #artcollector #artathome #studiotime #emergingartist #exhibition #painting #worksonpaper#contemporaryfigurativeart #contemporaryartists #contemporarypainting #artonpaper #paperwork #youngartist #femalepainter #berlinartist”344 likes, 9 comments - katharina\_arndt\_berlin on January 26, 2024: “Just the two of us, we can make it, if we try, just the two of us …. 🤩🥰 My painting „cu...”![](https://static.cdninstagram.com/rsrc.php/v3/yG/r/De-Dwpd5CHc.png)Instagram![](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/422783167_1465772597350570_4289422512562984419_n.jpg?stp=c288.0.864.864a_dst-jpg_s640x640&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=9e7EMKRSP4YAX-cn2DI&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&oh=00_AfCBXuzKN6Le8-aRsolyy8SxpJ9J6BA9X6cEg8iolf8DLw&oe=65F55B92)](https://www.instagram.com/p/C2kEmR6ojBz/?img%5Findex=1&ref=catapult-platform.art) Current Exhibition: Katharina Arndt on instagram It pretends to be a common sentence, but it is the most stupid wish you can have, nobody, really nobody will be forever young. You can only fail. I will start sketching these days and based on this I will decide which paintings and light-works I want to realize. [Katharina Arndt | Berlin Barcelona | Die Ästhetiken des MassenkonsumsIm Fokus meiner künstlerischen Arbeit (Malerei, Zeichnung, Leuchtschriften) stehen die Beobachtung des digitalen Kommunikationsverhaltens sowie das Sichtbarmachen von Ästhetiken des Massenkonsums im digitalen Zeitalter.![](https://katharina-arndt.com/bilder/cropped-Katharina_Arndt_logo_72x72px-192x192.png)Katharina Arndtcatwoman![](https://katharina-arndt.com/bilder/interviwe-youtube-arte-aurora-katarndt.jpg)](https://katharina-arndt.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art) Katharina Arndt -> Online --- #####