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Maren Katerbau (1978) is a photographer and visual practitioner working at the intersection of visual perception, body awareness and biographical processes. She currently lives and works in Switzerland.
After training as a physiotherapist, she studied Photography and Media at Zurich University of the Arts, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (BA) and Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (MA) and completed a masterclass with Ute Mahler at the Ostkreuz School of Photography, Berlin.
In 2022, she completed a professional qualification in phototherapeutic practice. Her postgraduate education also includes the ARTPAED certificate programme in cultural education and art mediation at WeTeK Berlin (completed 2025), with a focus on participatory formats, art education and socially engaged practice.
Alongside her independent artistic work, Maren Katerbau collaborates with institutions in the fields of healthcare, rehabilitation, education and social practice. Her work combines photographic and audiovisual processes with body-and perception-based approaches, with a particular focus on working with people affected by stroke, dementia and chronic neurological conditions.
She understands photography as an experiential and relational practice that can support movement, perception, memory and a sense of self-efficacy and is used both in artistic and institutional contexts.
Maren Katerbau has published several books and works regularly as a lecturer and workshop leader, including teaching assignments at art universities.
Clients:
Greenpeace Magazin, taz, Komische Oper Berlin, Zimmer Eins-KBV, Monopol-Magazin, Der Spiegel, Die Wochenzeitung (CH), tokyobike, Berliner Fahrradschau, Aroma (CH), Musikuss (CH), Hochpaterre (CH), Henschel Verlag, Prestel Verlag, Werbeagentur Klocke, FREITAG (CH), NOERD Kantine (CH), Freilichtmuseum Kiekeberg, Stadtverwaltung Bad Kreuznach, Studio CE, Weingut Hahnmühle, GESOBAU AG, Diskurs, IntercityHotel Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof Süd, Hartmann Projects, EWS Energiewende-Magazin, Müller-Stüler und Höll Architekten, etc.
Book:
Maren Katerbau, ZWEITAKT, 17 × 22,5cm, Hardcover, 204 Seiten, ISBN 978-3-86206-853-1
Publisher: Verlag Kettler
Design: Jenna Gesse
Online features (selection):
Coeur & Art: https://coeuretart.com/language/de/maren-katerbau-hemsby/
Thomas Wiegand, Kasseler Fotobuchblog: http://kasselerfotobuchblog.de/guenstig-tanken/
Teaching:
2025
Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2024
Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2023
KHB Weißensee
Exhibitions:
2025
“silent moments sparkling”, group exhibition, Kunstverein Ribnitz-Damgarten
2024
“KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED IX”, group exhibition, AFF Galerie, Berlin
2023
“Ruhner Berge”, solo exhibition, Studio45 | Künstlerhaus Wendenstraße, Hamburg
2022
“HEMSBY”, group exhibition, studio katerbau, Marnitz
“ZWEITAKT”, solo exhibition, studio katerbau, Marnitz
2021
“KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED VII”, group exhibition, AFF Galerie, Berlin
2020
“HEMSBY”, solo exhibition, DIA, München
2019
“Spektrum – 12 fotografische Positionen”, group exhibition, DIA, München
2018
“Stadt, Raum, Porträt”, group exhibition, aff Galerie, Berlin
“Interdependenz”, group exhibition, PHOTOTRIENNALE HAMBURG, Hamburg
“The ones and the others”, group exhibition, masterclass Ute Mahler/Ingo Taubhorn, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2015
“Interdependenz”, solo exhibition, Install, Bad Kreuznach
2012
“Marnitz”, group exhibition, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg
“import/export”, group exhibition, Photobastei, Zürich
2011
“Spektrum”, group exhibition, Install, Bad Kreuznach
2010
“Kröpcke”, Architektur in Hannover, group exhibition, Hannover
Contact
For general enquiries, portrait photography, photography workshops, portfolio requests, prints, exhibitions and work in neurorehabilitation/dementia care:
+41 (0)796433582