Newcastle University

Uta Kögelsberger was born in Belgium and lives and works in London and Los Angeles. She lectures at the University of Newcastle. Working with photography, video and sculpture her work explores the political dimension of how we occupy landscape. Recent projects have included Picturing Paradise a mock anthropological survey which sought to establish if there is a common denominator to what we consider an ideal place; 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 against all odds in unlikely and inhospitable surroundings.

Kögelsberger 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 project Mystery Spots has been published in Wired (USA, UK, Italy), Esquire (Spain), Quo Magazine (Spain, Mexico), GQ (South Africa) and was selected for 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 the Architectural Association, London; the Barbican, London; Bluecoat, Liverpool; Spacex, Exeter; Laurence Miller Gallery, NYC and the Galssell Project Space MFAH, Houston amongst others. Her work is included in international collections such as the Museum of Fine Art Houston. Her project Night Vision was published in an artist monograph with a text by Jean Paul Curnier.