{"id":15680,"date":"2025-07-16T11:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=15680"},"modified":"2025-07-16T11:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:26:34","slug":"katja-farin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/katja-farin\/","title":{"rendered":"Katja Farin"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2828\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15680-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/KatjaFarin.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/KatjaFarin.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/KatjaFarin.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaa-gallery.com\/exhibitions\/katja-farin-tricksters\/selected-works?view=slider\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15688 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-of-self.webp?resize=264%2C396&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-of-self.webp?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-of-self.webp?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-of-self.webp?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-of-self.webp?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-of-self.webp?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/>Katja Farin<\/a> works in figurative painting depicting the interactions between the subconscious and reality. The relationship between figures is uncertain; the everyday life of sitting at coffee shops, wandering in backyard gardens, answering boring phone calls becomes the backdrop for the internal dialogue with the self that contemplates traumas, coping mechanisms, dreams and distortions. The works are dream spaces that allow the viewer to peek into the interior worlds of the figures, their relationships with the self and others. Bright colors, glowing hands and distorted bodies create the dreamlike dysphoric space that these androgynous figures embody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Farin received a BA in Fine Art from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2018 and is a candidate for an MFA degree from the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Selected solo exhibitions include Friends Indeed (San Francisco), Era Gallery (Milan), Lubov (New York) and in lieu (Los Angeles). Their art has been included in group exhibitions at Pace Gallery (Hong Kong), Alexander Berggruen (New York), Shulmit Nazarian (Los Angeles), Wilding Cran (Los Angeles) and Nicodim (Los Angeles). Their work has been shown in several art fairs including NADA Miami, Miart Milan, KAIF Seoul and Art Taipei Taipei. They live and work in Los Angeles, CA and London, UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15689\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15689 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Backstage-Pages-Oil-on-Canvas-85x120cmx3.5cm.jpg?resize=696%2C994&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Backstage-Pages-Oil-on-Canvas-85x120cmx3.5cm-scaled.jpg?resize=717%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 717w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Backstage-Pages-Oil-on-Canvas-85x120cmx3.5cm-scaled.jpg?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Backstage-Pages-Oil-on-Canvas-85x120cmx3.5cm-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2741&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Backstage-Pages-Oil-on-Canvas-85x120cmx3.5cm-scaled.jpg?w=1793&amp;ssl=1 1793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Backstage Pages, 2025 Oil on canvas,\u00a0 47 1\/4 x 33 1\/2 in | 120 x 85 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15690\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15690 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Daytime-Time-Travel-Oil-on-Canvas-210-x-150cmx3.5cm.jpg?resize=696%2C972&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Daytime-Time-Travel-Oil-on-Canvas-210-x-150cmx3.5cm-scaled.jpg?resize=733%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 733w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Daytime-Time-Travel-Oil-on-Canvas-210-x-150cmx3.5cm-scaled.jpg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Daytime-Time-Travel-Oil-on-Canvas-210-x-150cmx3.5cm-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1073&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Daytime-Time-Travel-Oil-on-Canvas-210-x-150cmx3.5cm-scaled.jpg?resize=1099%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1099w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Daytime-Time-Travel-Oil-on-Canvas-210-x-150cmx3.5cm-scaled.jpg?resize=1466%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1466w, 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id=\"caption-attachment-15690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daytime Time Travel, 2025 Oil on canvas 82 3\/4 x 59 in | 210 x 150 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15693\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15693 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEWIMAGE_53-copy.jpeg?resize=696%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEWIMAGE_53-copy.jpeg?resize=1024%2C623&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEWIMAGE_53-copy.jpeg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEWIMAGE_53-copy.jpeg?resize=768%2C467&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEWIMAGE_53-copy.jpeg?resize=1536%2C935&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEWIMAGE_53-copy.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1246&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEWIMAGE_53-copy.jpeg?resize=696%2C424&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEWIMAGE_53-copy.jpeg?resize=1068%2C650&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEWIMAGE_53-copy.jpeg?resize=1920%2C1168&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEWIMAGE_53-copy.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blind Spot Mirror #1, 2025 Stoneware, rearview vehicle mirrors, glaze 23 x 22 x 4 in | 58.5 x 56 x 10 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/KatjaFarin.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listKatja Farin works in figurative painting depicting the interactions between the subconscious and reality. 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