Vita
Katrin Brause, born and raised in Leipzig on 19 January 1972. She attended the 70th POS in Leipzig from 1978 to 1987. Even as a child, she experienced political pressure, among other things due to her refusal to join the state children's and youth organisations in the GDR.
In 1987, the authorities forced her to drop out of school and she was assigned an apprenticeship as a textile worker in the Leipzig cotton mill (Spinnerei Leipzig). She worked there in a 3-shift system until the beginning of 1990.
After that, she worked in various jobs and was an active member of the children's and youth organisation ‘Villa e.V.’ and the ‘Behinderten- und Seniorenhilfe e.V.’. After the birth of her daughter in 1992, she worked for a restorer in and around Leipzig. Her school education was rehabilitated in 1999 by the Saxon State Ministry of Culture, which awarded her a secondary school leaving certificate. The aptitude test in the same year at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig certified her ‘above-average artistic talent’ and she was able to begin her studies in painting and graphic arts in 2000. Brause studied in Prof. Arno Rink's class from 2002, graduating in 2005. From 2005 to 2008, she completed her postgraduate studies in Fine Art with Prof. Neo Rauch, which she graduated in 2008 with the title of postgraduate diploma (MeisterschülerIn degree).
Katrin Brause lives and works in Leipzig and temporarily in Catania (Sicily).
| 1972 | born 1972 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany |
| 2000-2005 | Undergraduate studies of Fine Art with Prof. Arno Rink, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig |
| 2005 | Diploma in Fine Art, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig |
| 2005-2008 | Postgraduate studies in Fine Art with Prof. Neo Rauch |
| 2008 | Postgraduate diploma (MeisterschülerIn degree), Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig |
| since 2008 | lives and works in Leipzig and temporarily in Catania (Sicily) |
Grants / Support / Travels
| 2007 | Recipient of a Free State of Saxony Postgraduate Study Grant |
| 2008 | Nomination for the Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff-Preis |
| 2009 | Purchase of work by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony |
| 2011 | Recipient of the Free State of Saxony Artist-in-residence Grant at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) New York City |
| 2013 | Three-month educational trip to Catania, Sicily |
| 2014 | Artist-in-residence at the Beijing XZCH Cultural Development Co. Ltd., China |
| 2021 | Förderankauf der Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen |
| 2024 | Nomination for the Pauli-Preis der Kunsthalle Bremen |