Bio
Katja van den Enden is a German-born artist who after residing in Canada for thirty yeears is now living and working in rural France. Her practice includes mixed media painting, drawing, collage and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited in public and private galleries since 2002. Among these galleries are Latcham Gallery, Quest Gallery, the Art Gallery of Mississauga, Gallery 1313, Orillia Museum of Art and History, the McKay Art Centre, John B. Aird Gallery.
Katja works at the intersection of materiality and consciousness. She explores themes of psychology, connectivity, fragility and impermanence.
Katja is a two time finalist of the Quest Gallery TD Wealth Art Prize (2018/2019) and a multiple grant recipient of the Ontario Art Council.
Awards:
2019 Latcham Art Gallery Annual Juried Show Award
2019 Art Gallery of Mississauga Annual Juried Show 2nd Prize
2005 Orillia Museum of Art and History People's Choice Award
Grants:
2021 Ontario Art Council Exhibition Assistance Grant - La Guilde, Montreal - La Céramique en plein essor
2020 Ontario Art Council Exhibition Assistance Grant - solo exhibition at Latcham Gallery
2018 Ontario Art Council Exhibition Assistance Grant - Toronto Artist Project
2017 Ontario Art Council Exhibition Assistance Grant - Toronto Artist Project
2016 Ontario Art Council Exhibition Assistance Grant - Nuit Blanche Toronto
Publications:
Sculpture 2021
Catalogue Group Exhibition
Published by: John B. Aird Gallery
Author: Carla Garnet/ Erin Storus
Essay: Robert Birch
Design: Erin Storus
Pages: 83
Katja van den Enden: Scattered | Accumulation 2020
Catalogue Solo Exhibition
Published by: Latcham Art Centre
Author: Alexandra Hartstone
Pages: 5
The Constructivist
Article
Published by:Toronto Art News
Page: 8
Year: 2019
Cited: Masterpiece and Momento
Catalogue Group Exhibition
Published by: Propeller Gallery
Author: Frances Patella, Joseph Muscat, Gwen Tooth, Tony Saad
Curator: David Kaye
Design: Pat Dumas-Hudecki
Pages: 28
2018
Live Longer/ Piss of your Heirs
Catalogue Group Exhibition
Published by: Propeller Gallery
Essay: Olga Korper/ Taiga Lipson
Pages:28
Upcoming Events:
2024 31/07 - 13/08 Les Rendez Vous de la Chapelle - Le Dorat
Au début il y avait la fragilité
For more information on Katja's work, or to just say hello, feel free to get in touch.
Or go to www.instagram.com/katja.vde