About

Kathleen Alisch is a German visual artist, photography is her main tool. In her work, inspired by philosphical and scientific enquiry, she explores and questions the nature of reality and society and reflects our everyday habits of perception. Her images are abstract representations of inner and outer landscapes in which she negotiates models and constructions for the perception of space, time and matter.

The artist received a working grant of the Senate Administration for Culture, Berlin, Germany in 2020. She was awarded the Photo Award and artist residency at the Fundación Goethe, Madrid, Spain and was shortlisted for the Aenne-Biermann Award, Germany in 2013. She was granted with the IBB Award for Photography, the Vattenfall Award for Photography and was nominated for the Paul Huf Award, Netherlands in 2010.

Kathleen Alisch studied Visual Communication & Photography at the University of the Arts Berlin, Germany, granted with a distinction for a master class in 2009.

Awards

2023 Tokyo Photo Award, Japan, Silver

2023 German Photobook Award, Bronze Medal

2023 Lee Ufan Art Prize, Arles, France, shortlisted

2022 Winner Photobook, Belfast Photo Festival, Ireland

2021 Kassel Photobook Dummy Award, Germany, shortlisted

2021 Winner EI Photobook Award, Portugal

2021 ISSP Riga Photobook Award, Latvia, shortlisted

2020 Scholarship of the Senate Administration for Culture, Germany

2013 Aenne Biermann Award, Germany, finalist

2011 Photography Award, Fundación Goethe, Madrid, Spain, Artist-in-Residence

2011 Opus Photography Award, Germany, finalist

2010 Nomination for Paul Huf Award, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2009 Winner Vattenfall Award for photography, Germany

2009 IBB - Award for photography, Germany

2007 Marianne-Brandt-Award for Photography, Germany, finalist