Gala Knörr

I am curious about the concept of interconnectivity and desire. I like to study the past and history to comprehend the present I live in, what led me here to a globalised society. I take real life icons inspired by the subcultures of the 20th century, I transform them into portraits of contemporary youth culture, creating a non linear narrative of happenings and stories. I investigate the depths of contemporary subculture. I am interested in the way relationships are built within the niche of the underground, how they are affected by a desensitized public that lives in a highly globalized popular culture consuming society, and the use of the rough and the destructive for a sociological rebirth.

Gala Knörr

My concern is to build things that express our relationship to this country-to other countries-to this world-to other worlds-in terms of myself. To glimpse some of the fear, hope, ugliness, beauty, and mystery that exists in all of us and which hangs over all the young people today.

- Lee Bontecou

GALA KNÖRR

Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), 1984

Lives and works in London.

EDUCATION

2011 MA Fine Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design

2007 BFA Fine Arts, Parsons The New School for Design, Paris

2003 Richmond The American International University in London

AWARDS

2013 BEERS.LAMBERT Shortlisted for Contemporary Visions IV

2012 BEERS.LAMBERT Shortlisted Award for Emerging Art

2010 EMERGENCIAS 2.0 Emerging Artists Award, Obra Social Caja Madrid

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 LOS SUBTERRANEOS, Sala de Exposiciones Paulo Freire, Vitoria-Gasteiz

2007 TURN ON TUNE IN, Galerie Parsons, Paris

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013 #DIESELREBOOT, curated by Nicola Formichetti, Galeries Lafayette, Paris

2013 VIAJE AL CENTRO DE MI MENTE, Bunkhouse, Madrid

2012 LAUNCH, Van Nuys Studio, Los Angeles

2012 JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF MY MIND, HM157, Los Angeles

2012 70 ARTISTS 7 DAYS, Art Pavillion, Regents Canal Festival, London

2012 SOME CATCH, Cultivate Gallery, London

2011 WOBBLE & SQUINT ART FAIR, Praxis Studios, London

2011 NEXT TO NOTHING, Hampstead Heath Park, London

2011 CSM MA FINE ART DEGREE SHOW, CSM Charing Cross Road, London

2011 ART CLINIC, Art Carboot Fair, Brick Lane Yard, London

2011 AGNES B. CSM FINE ART EXHIBITION, Agnes B. Covent Garden, London

2011 LIFE IS ELSEWHERE, The Crypt Gallery, London

2011 THE NEW PRETENDERS, CSM Interim Show, The Bargehouse, London

2010 EMERGENCIAS 2.0, La Casa Encendida, Madrid

2009 PENNED, Lump Gallery, Raleigh