Newcastle University

Uta Kogelsberger is an artist based in London and lectures at the University of Newcastle. Originally German from Belgium she moved over to London to study first at St Martin’s then at Wimbledon and finally did her MA(sculpture) at the Royal College of Art. Uta has been working with photography for the last ten years. Recent projects have included ‘picturing paradise’ a mock anthropological survey which looked at whether there is a common denominator to what we consider an ideal place through the example of places where individuals have sought to re-create notions of paradise in their private living environments, ‘getting lost’ an investigation of the American landscapes we associate with the notion of untouched wilderness, ‘urban myths’ a project exploring those American cities that have grown in unlikely inhospitable landscapes and their surroundings and ‘off road’ a video about a state vehicular recreation area in California.

Kogelsberger has been awarded the Stanley Picker Fellowship, the Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship, the EAA Award for Art in Architecture and the SPD silver medal for editorial photography. Her recent project ‘Mystery Spots’ has been published in Wired (USA, UK, Italy), Esquire (Spain), Quo Magazine (Spain, Mexico), GQ (South Africa) and American Photography. Her other projects have been covered by Tema Celeste, Tag, Wound, Art Monthly, the Guardian and the Scotsman. Her work has been exhibited at CPG Gallery, London, Danielle Arnaud Gallery London, the Architectural association London, the Barbican and Laurence Miller Gallery, NYC and the Galssell Project Space MFAH, Houston amongst others. Her project ‘night vision’ was published in an artist monograph with a text by Jean Paul Curnier.