1986 born as Katharina Monka in Wunstorf, Germany
since 2023 The Milton Avery Graduate School of Fine Arts, Bard College, Annandale, New York
2015 - 2018 postgraduate diploma, Academy of Media Arts Cologne
2012 Meisterschülerin Profs. Maik und Dirk Löbbert
2012 guest student, Acadamy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, Klasse Prof. Grünfeld
2010 - 2011 year abroad, School of Arts and Culture Newcastle
2006 - 2014 diploma, Acadamy of Fine Arts Münster, Klasse Maik und Dirk Löbbert
2023 4 weeks research stay at the GLBT History Archive, San Francisco, USA, funded by the Kunststiftung NRW
Artist ́s Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2020 Artist ́s Grant, Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2019 Artist ́s Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2018 Artist-in-Residence, Kunstdepot Göschenen, Switzerland
2017 Artist-in-Residence, Organhaus, Chongqing, China and culture department Düsseldorf
2016 Peter Mertes scholarship, Bonner Kunstverein
2013 Cité des Arts, Paris
2012 First Prize, Förderpreis der Freunde der Kunstakademie Münster
2010 scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2010 scholarship, Cusanuswerk
2023 Someone like me ASPN, Leipzig, Germany (with Harry Hachmeister)
Mr. Bird Kunstverein Rotenburg, Germany (with Harry Hachmeister) Germany
2021 A00121 Sprengel Museum Hannover zu Gast bei Feinkunst, Hannover, Germany
2020 LOU A00120 Hilbertraum, Berlin, Germany
2019 A00119 Bruch und Dallas, Cologne, Germany
2017 A00117 Bonner Kunstverein, Germany
A00217 dst.galerie, Münster, Germany
2016 A00116 STUDIO FOR ARTISTIC RESEARCH, Düsseldorf, Germany
2015 A00315 Galerie Laurent Mueller, Paris, France
A00215 Katharina Monka feat. Nora Hansen , Kunsthallen Rottsrt. 5, Bochum, Germany
A00115, SØ, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 A00114, dst.galerie Münster, Germany
o.T., La Galerie, Cité international des Arts, Paris, France (with Tim Dannenberg)
2013 AOv00113, Simultanhalle, Cologne, Germany
Redox, STUDIOS Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna, Austria (with Titania Seidl)
2012 AOv00112, dst.galerie, Münster, Germany
Neodym Heuristik Sirocco, Wewerka Pavillon, Münster, Germany (with Tim Dannenberg)
2011 Das Vorletzte, Raumstation Liebhartgasse, Vienna, Austria (with Tim Dannenberg)
A 001 2. 11, dst.galerie, Münster, Germany
A 001 1. 11, NewBridge Space, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2009 ohne Titel, Wewerka Pavillion Zwei, Münster, Germany
2023 Taking Shapes Lore Deutz, Cologne, Germany
2022 Open House Brücke Museum, Berlin, Germany
2019 L´lintrus REDUX Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
2018 Garlands of Repose Mauve, Vienna, Austria
Different Eyes MONOPOL:i, Siegen, Germany
2017 Two Allien Poses Organhaus, Chongqing, China
2016 [p:lux] licht teilen, Kunstmuseum Celle mit Sammlung Robert Simon, Celle, Germany
2015 Skulptur 2015, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany
2014 superfecta, Parkhaus im Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf, Germany
2013 Group show, Mauve, Vienna, Austria
Dasy Chain No 2, Josephstr. 23, Cologne, Germany
Refugium, Mischpoke e.V., BIS, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2012 Förderpreisausstellung der Freunde der Kunstakademie Münster, Kunsthalle Münster, Germany
DIE DA IST MIT DER DA DA UND...., Meran, Italy
2011 Schwerebeschleunigung, Heyestr. 117, Düsseldorf, Germany
Radar Secundario, yo no me llamo javier, Santiago de Chile
Times are us, AZKM, Münster, Germany
2010 19. Auswahlausstellung der Künstlerförderung des Cusanuswerks, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany
2009 Debuut, Delden, Netherlands
Dante der 13. Gesang (Isola Bella), Stresa, Italy
Schöne Insel, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany