Katherina Olschbaur

Press Release January 21, 2018   Exhibition:   Deep Cuts a solo exhibit of paintings by Katherina Olschbaur                     curated by Simphiwe Ndzube Dates: February 10 – March 10, 2018 Reception: Saturday, February 10, 7 - 10 pm Hours: W - Sat, 12 - 5 pm, and by appointment Deep Cuts  PØST is pleased to present a painting exhibit by Katherina Olschbaur curated by Simphiwe Ndzube. Katherina Olschbaur explores the transformative and illusionistic qualities of paint. Her diverse compositions deal with the experience of danger and pleasure, where closeness and distance begin to dissolve. She explores the narrative of space in painting, questioning the politics of certainty and predictability. Her inspiration comes from the quotidian and its memory, her downtown Los Angeles studio setting and history of painting. Olschbaur relocated her studio to Los Angeles a year ago. She has been active in the Viennese art scene since 2010.  Olscbaur has had solo shows in Museum Daniel Spoerri (AT), MUSA - Museum on Demand, Vienna (AT), Magazin Vienna (AT), Gallery Grazy, Graz (AT), two person shows at Galerie Lisi Hämmerle (AT), Kunstraum LLL, Vienna (AT), Kunstraum am Schauplatz Vienna (AT) and Büro Weltausstellung (AT). Her work was shown in group exhibitions in the Museum Gironcoli (AT) MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT), 2011 Biennale BJCEM Thessaloniki (GR), Salzburger Kunstverein (AT), Kunsthalle Krems (AT), 21er Haus Vienna (AT), Lisa Ruyter Gallery (AT), Christine König Gallery (AT), Vienna Art Foundation (AT), Kunstraum am Schauplatz (AT), Galerie im Traklhaus (AT), Bazonnale Weimar (DE), Schattendorfbiennale (AT) (curated by Christian Egger), ReMAp Festival 2011 Athens (GR). Recent group exhibitions and projects include Pictures of Nothing, PG Art Gallery, Istanbul (TR) (curated by Ari Akkermans) 2017, Galerie M (AT) (curated by Bernhard Buhmann), Ästhetik der Veränderung, MAK -Museum of Applied Arts Vienna (AT), and “A Painter´s Table,” OFF, Beijing (CN) (invited by Bianca Regl). Katherina Olschbaur was awarded the Theodor Körner Prize (2009), Sussmann Grant (2009), Start Grant of the BMUKK (2011) and nominated for the Kapsch Prize for Contemporary Art (2015). Residencies include CCA Andratx Residency in Mallorca (2015), Annexes Bourglinster Residency in Luxembourg (2016), Paliano Artist Residency (2009), recently she was awarded a Residency at the Red Gate Residency Program Beijing from the Austrian Culture Fonds (Summer 2017). Her work is in public and private collections in Austria, The Collection Belvedere, City of Vienna, Museum Angerlehner, Oskar Kokoschka Collection, as well as in some major private collections in Turkey. She works together with Christine König Gallery Vienna, as well as Galerie Grazy, Graz and Vienna Art Foundation. For more information about the exhibition, please write to new@postlosangeles.org Katherina Olschbaur Deep Cuts (clockwise from entry) Dancing on the Wall 2017 Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches Foot Slide 2018 Oil on Linen 79 x 79 inches Jellyfish Shoe 2018 Oil on Linen 61 x 56 inches Dancing on the wall 2 2017 Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches Dancing on the wall 3 2017 Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches Cruising on Pico 2017 Oil on Linen 91 x 79 inches Mouth 2017 Oil on Linen 79 x 59 inches