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Katrin Straub is an artist and graphic designer with an MFA in media science whose work interrogates the liminal space between legibility and abstraction. Through relief and collage techniques, she transforms linguistic signs into tactile objects, destabilizing the conventional relationship between text and meaning.
“I often begin with a letter, word, phrase, or text fragment and construct my visual syntax around it. I'm drawn to the materiality of written language—particularly moments where semantic clarity dissolves into ambiguity. My work resists the utilitarian function of typography, instead foregrounding the morphology of characters and symbols as autonomous forms. By severing the bond between signifier and signified, I create a space where viewers must negotiate their own interpretive pathways through visual language.”
Her practice examines how meaning emerges not from transparent communication but from the tension between recognition and illegibility, between the familiar structures of writing systems and their potential for pure visual expression. Working across painting, printmaking, and multimedia, Straub's work has been exhibited and recognized internationally.
Some Galeries/Venues:
Goethe Institut, Hong Kong • Stephen Gang Gallery, Manhattan Graphic Center, Rockefeller Center Video Wall, New York Public Library, New York Animation Festival, Williamsburg Art Center, St. Mark’s Visual Arts Program, New York • Los Gatos Civic Center, Los Gatos • DP Fong Gallery, San Jose • Chuncheon, Korea • Station 3, Vienna • Galeri Pazartesi’de, Istambul • European Parliament, Brussels • Berlaymont, Brussels • Caviart, Ittre • European Commission, Luxembourg • Kleines Schloß, Türkheim • Kunsthaus, Kaufbeuren • Anatomisch Theater, Leuven • Chapitre XII, Brussels • Scohy Gallery, Antwerp • Covent Garden Place Rogier, Brussels • Het Pand, Ghent.
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