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Katrin Korfmann is a German artist, photographer, and Senior Tutor at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK), where she teaches Image in the Bachelor Graphic Design program and Post-Photography in the Master Non Linear Narrative program. She has been a faculty member since 2010 and is currently pursuing a PhD in artistic research at PhDArts ACPA, Leiden University, focusing on temporality in photography.
Korfmann's artistic practice centers on urban spaces and public interaction, challenging conventional photographic perspectives. She transforms public spaces into evolving studios, where the urban environment becomes integral to her creative process. Her work examines how people claim and reinterpret urban spaces according to their interests and needs, as seen in her documentation of surfers in Munich's Eisbach river and freerunners navigating Amsterdam's architecture. Korfmann's research explores photographic temporality across three aspects: the 'temporality of making,' the 'temporality of representing,' and the 'temporality of experiencing,' questioning what photographic time means in the age of AI and machine learning.
Her major works, including 'Augenblick,' 'Back Stages,' and 'Ensembles Assembled,' examine the relationship between individuals and their urban environments, challenging Henri Cartier-Bresson's concept of the 'Decisive Moment' through layered visual narratives that collapse multiple temporal dimensions. Korfmann's work has been exhibited internationally in galleries and museums worldwide, including the Photography Museum Rotterdam, GEM Museum of Contemporary Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, and Aperture New York.
- Prix de Rome (2nd)
- Mama Cash Award
- Esther Kroon Award (NL)
- Bieler Fototage Prize (CH)
- Mondriaan Fund Stipend for established artists
Korfmann has realized numerous public art commissions for institutions including the Ministry of Finance, Rijksgebouwendienst, Schiphol Airport, and University medical centers. She is currently creating a new art commission for the renovated Radiology Department of Leiden University Medical Centre, bridging art and science. Her work is held in prestigious collections including the Würth Foundation, European Patent Office, Robert Bosch Foundation, and various Dutch art collections.
