Katja Novitskova
Novitskova’s work tackles the complexity and eventual failures of depicting the world through technologically driven narratives. By uniting art and science to the level of nature, Novitskova brings awareness to the mediation and representation tools used to depict these realms.
More specifically, Novitskova’s work focuses on the mapping of biological territories that are no longer outside but rather ‘inside’ biological bodies. The technological devices, such as microscopes or brain scans, used to mediate and depict those alternative geographies are able to merge datasets and biology, altering how biology and technology develop. In Novitskova’s mind ‘the look inside has somehow replaced the gaze into the future.’ From parasitic worms to robotic nurturing or incubating machines, technological devices are not only dominating the inner biological realm, but also the affective one. Novitskova’s adoption of the baby swings as readymades, turning them into sci-fi-like looking creatures, is a wink to new technologies of affection and care, mediated through algorithms and artificial intelligence. Those works bring up memories of the 'alien' depicted by science fiction, as well as the role of the non-human in a hypothetical not so distant future.
In 2018 the publishing house Ringier released their Annual Report with a commission of Novitskova. Between 2017 and 2018 her third artist book ‘If Only You Could See What I’ve Seen with Your Eyes’ with Kumu Art Museum and Venice Biennale through Sternberg Press and in 2016 ‘Dawn Mission’ was published with the Kunstverein in Hamburg. In 2010, she published the influential artist book the ‘Post Internet Survival Guide.’
KATJA NOVITSKOVA, (b. 1984 Tallinn, Estonia), lives and works in Amsterdam. She was artist in residence at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam from 2013 to 2014.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions including Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen (2023, solo); Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (2023, solo); Stavanger Art Museum, Norway (2023); Marta Herford Museum, Herford (2022); Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin (2022, solo); MUDAM Luxembourg (2021); Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen (2021, solo); Belgrade Biennal (2021), Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich (2020); Sharjah Art Foundation (2020); Powerlong Museum, Shanghai (2019); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2019); the 14th Fellbach Trienniale (2019); CCA, Tel Aviv (2019); Marta Herford Museum, Herford (2018); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2018, solo); Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn (2018, solo); Baltic Triennial, Vilnius (2018); the Estonian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017, solo); The Public Art Fund, New York (2017, solo); Cc Foundation & Art Centre, Shanghai (2017, solo); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2017); The Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (2017); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2017); K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai (2017) and Greene Naftali, New York (2016, solo). Other solo and group exhibitions include Kunstverein in Hamburg (2016, solo); the 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (2016); Museum Folkwang, Essen (Nam June Paik Award 2016); Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2016); Okayama Art Summit, (2016); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2015); 13th Lyon Biennale (2015/2016); Kunsthalle Lissabon (2015, solo); Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo (2014); Fridericianum, Kassel (2013) and the CCS Bard, New York (2012). She had her first solo exhibition at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, in 2012.
Her work is in the collections of:
Stavanger Art Museum, Norway
Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam
National Museum Oslo
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Kumu Art Museum, Estonia
KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Düsseldorf
KAT_A, Bad Honnef
Marta Herford, Herford
Bundeskunstsammlung (Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) - The Federal Collection of Contemporary Art, Bonn
Yuz Museum, Shanghai
Aishti Art Foundation, Beirut
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo
Boros Collection, Berlin
CC Foundation, Shanghai
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Ishikawa Foundation, Okayama
K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Ringier Collection, Zürich
Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Sishang Art Museum, Beijing
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Approximation (Apocalypse Fly), 2022
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Approximation (Looking Glass Penguins), 2022
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Earthware (soft approximation, beluga 04), 2022
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Earthware (soft approximation, emd 9153), 2022
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Approximation (The Apocalypse's Many Horsemen), 2020
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Earthware (de novo synthesis 001), 2020
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Earthware 11.22.2018, 2019
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Annual Report (Rate of Extinction), 2018
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Annual Report (Shape Segmentation Algorithm), 2018
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Mamaroo (smoldering brain, growth potential), 2018
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Approximation (C. Elegans, long tail), 2017
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Earth Potential (E. Coli), 2017
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Earth Potential (Lizard, Earth), 2017
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Pattern of Activation (Mamaroo nursery, dawn chorus), 2017
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Hydrothermal Potential (Lost City), 2015
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Approximation (Snail), 2014
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Approximation Mars I, 2014
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Energy Release, 2014
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Growth Potentials (Mars), 2014
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Pattern of Activation, 2014
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Shapeshifter V, 2013
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Approximation I, 2012
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KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Eyes of the World, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, 2023 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Eyes of the World, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, 2023 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Eyes of the World, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, 2023 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Leap into the Void. Art beyond Matter,GAMeC, Bergamo, 2023
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KATJA NOVITSKOVA, installation view, Parco d'arte Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Guarene, 2022
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KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Soft Approximation, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, 2022
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KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Soft Approximation, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, 2022
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KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Post-Capital, Mudam, Luxembourg, 2021 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, The Dreamers, Belgrade Biennal, 2021 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Nature of Robotics: An Expanded Field, EPFL Pavilions, Lausanne, 2020
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KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Potential Worlds 1: Planetary Memories, Migors Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, 2020
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KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, 2019
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KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Der Montierte Mensch | The Assembled Human, Museum Folkwang, 2019 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, shortlist exhibtion for the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2019 - 2020 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, shortlist exhibtion for the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2019 - 2020 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, shortlist exhibtion for the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2019 - 2020 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, shortlist exhibtion for the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2019 - 2020 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, shortlist exhibtion for the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2019 - 2020 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, shortlist exhibtion for the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2019 - 2020 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, shortlist exhibtion for the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2019 - 2020 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, shortlist exhibtion for the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2019 - 2020 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, shortlist exhibtion for the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2019 - 2020 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, shortlist exhibtion for the Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2019 - 2020 -
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exhibition view, Invasion Curves, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2018 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Invasion Curves, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2018 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Invasion Curves, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2018 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Koloni, Schwules Museum, Berlin, 2018 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, CC Foundation, Shanghai, 2017 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, If Only You Could See What I've Seen With Your Eyes, Estonian Pavillon, 57th Venice Biennale, 2017
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KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, If Only You Could See What I've Seen With Your Eyes, Estonian Pavillon, 57th Venice Biennale, 2017 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, If Only You Could See What I've Seen With Your Eyes, Estonian Pavillon, 57th Venice Biennale, 2017 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, If Only You Could See What I've Seen With Your Eyes, Estonian Pavillon, 57th Venice Biennale, 2017 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, ESMT, Berlin, 2016 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, ESMT, Berlin, 2016 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, ESMT, Berlin, 2016 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Okayama Art Summit, Okayama City, 2016 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Disappearing Acts, LIAF Lofoten International Art Festival, Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Solvær, 2015 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
Pattern of Activation (planetary bonds), 2015 (detail)
exhibition view, 13e Biennale de Lyon. La vie moderne, Le Museé d'art contemporain de Lyon, 2015 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
Pattern of Activation (planetary bonds), 2015 (detail)
exhibition view, 13e Biennale de Lyon. La vie moderne, Le Museé d'art contemporain de Lyon, 2015 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, A day in a life with things I regret buying, Open Studios at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, 2014 -
KATJA NOVITSKOVA
exhibition view, Green Growth, Salts, Basel, 2014
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Fictional Syntheses
LOUIS EISNER, BRETT GINSBURG, GUAN XIAO, BROOK HSU, KATJA NOVITSKOVA, CAROL RHODES, NICOLÁS GARCÍA URIBURU 6 July - 17 August 2024 -
Soft Approximations
Katja Novitskova 13 September - 22 October 2022 -
RITES DE PASSAGE
GCC, DANIEL KELLER, KATJA NOVITSKOVA, AVERY SINGER, SLAVS AND TATARS, ANNA UDDENBERG 8 December 2016 - 27 January 2017 -
THANK YOU
AIDS-3D, FLORIAN AUER, GCC, STURE JOHANNESSON, K-HOLE, DANIEL KELLER, KATJA NOVITSKOVA, AVERY SINGER, SLAVS AND TATARS, GUAN XIAO 15 November 2014 - 31 January 2015 -
SPIRIT, CURIOSITY AND OPPORTUNITY
KATJA NOVITSKOVA 5 May - 28 June 2014 -
MACRO EXPANSION
KATJA NOVITSKOVA 17 November 2012 - 12 January 2013 -
THE STILL LIFE OF VERNACULAR AGENTS
MICHELE ABELES, LUTZ BACHER, GETHO J. BAPTISTE, PETER COFFIN, KENDRA FRORUP, CELEUR J. HERARD, ADRIANA LARA, KATJA NOVITSKOVA, RACINE POLYCARPE, FATIMA AL QADIRI AND THUNDER HORSE VIDEO, EVEL ROMAIN, ETTORE SOTTSASS 2 June - 4 August 2012
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Special Project: Katja Novitskova
Joanna Zylinska, CURA Issue 39 -
Focus: Katja Novitskova. The World Body Universe
Penny Rafferty, Cura Magazine -
Katja Novitskova discusses her series of installations, Pattern Of Activation
Shraddha Nair, STIR -
Invasion Curves: Katja Novitskova
Chiara Moioli, Mousse Magazine Online, October 2018 -
Katja Novitskova
Neringa Černiauskaitė, Artforum Vol. 56 Issue 9, Page No. 254, May 2018 -
A Message from...Katja Novitskova
Katja Novitskova, Art Basel Stories, June 2020
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Artissima
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ART021
Shanghai (CN) 9 - 12 November 2017 -
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FIAC
Paris (FR) 22 - 25 October 2015 -
Fieze | Focus
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Art Cologne
Colgone (DE) 16 - 19 April 2015in collaboration with KOWRead more -
Paramount Ranch
Malibu (US) 1 - 2 February 2014 -
Sunday Art Fair
London (GB) 17 - 20 October 2013 -
MiArt
Milan (IT) 4 - 7 April 2013