Katharina Göppert (b. 1995, lives and works in Stuttgart and Mainz) is a visual artist with an interdisciplinary practice. Her work intertwines personal narratives with social themes such as mental illness, motherhood, care, love, pain, shame and intimacy. She works across drawing, papercut, video, text, and 3D printing. She studied Fine Arts at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart and Philosophy at the University of Stuttgart. Göppert has been awarded, among others, the SHIFT grant by the Cultural Office of Stuttgart and an artist residency at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice as part of the Nouveau Grand Tour program by Institut Français. Her works have been shown internationally, including in Stuttgart, Tehran, Venice, and Mexico City. Most recently, she presented her first solo exhibition “mommy issues” at Necktar 127 Gallery in Stuttgart. Her publication “Nachrichten von Mama” (“Messages from Mom”), a poetic-documentary project about growing up with a mentally ill mother, also received media attention (Stuttgarter Zeitung, SWR, and the Cosmo podcast “Danke, gut”).


KATHARINA GOEPPERT

katha_goeppert@web.de
Mainz/ Stuttgart/ Frankfurt

EDUCATION
2014
ABITUR: GYMNASIUM PLOCHINGEN
2017-2025
DIPLOMA IN FINE ARTS: STATE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS STUTTGART
2020-2023
BACHELOR IN PHILOSOPHY: UNVERSITY OF STUTTGART (unfinished)

SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
SHIFT STIPENDIUM, KULTURAMT STUTTGART
2023
NOUVEAU GRAND TOUR 2023, INSTITUT FRANÇAIS
(WITH RESIDENCE AT THE FONDAZIONE BEVILACQUA LA MASA IN VENICE)

FUNDINGS
2024
CULTURAL FUNDING FOR FINE ARTS, KULTURAMT STUTTGART

EXHIBITIONS
2017-2023
YEARLY EXHIBITION OF STATE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS STUTTGART
2018
THE ROUTE OF FRIENDSHIP IS RUNNING INTO A WALL,

MAKE BRUTALISM BEAUTIFUL AGAIN 
MEXICO CITY, LADRON GALLERY (GROUP EXHIBITION)
2019
AVRA
STUTTGART, CAFE KLOTZ (GROUP EXHIBITION)
2019
CHAMBRES D'AMIES
TEHERAN, EXHIBITING AT FRIENDS HOMES (GROUP EXHIBITION)
2020
NOTATIONSPROJECT

ONLINE EXHIBITION, INSTAGRAM: @NOTATIONSPROJECT (GROUP EXHIBITION)
2021
SEHNSUCHT-SPEZIAL
STUTTGART, LITERATURHAUS
STAGE PAINTING FOR „ZWISCHENMIETE" LIVESTREAM: „DAS MINISTERIUM DER TRAUME" WITH
HENGAMEH YAGHOOBIFARAH
2021
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
STUTTGART, WHITE NOISE (GROUP EXHIBITION)
2021
CLAUSTROPHILIA
TEHERAN, O GALLERY (GROUP EXHIBITION)
 2021
ERROR-ART-FESTIVAL
DINSLAKEN, PUBLIC SPACE (GROUP EXHIBITION)
2022
SPRUDEL-FILM-FESTIVAL
STUTTGART, STATE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (VIDEO SCREENING)
2022
FRAGILE SOLIDARITIES, FRAGILE CONNECTIONS
STUTTGART, KUNSTVEREIN WAGENHALLE
(GROUP EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY AKADEMIE SCHLOSS SOLITUDE)
2023
MOMENTAUFNAHMEN
STUTTGART, WKV GLASTRAKT (VIDEO SCREENING)
2023
RECENT POSTS
STUTTGART, RECENT CONRAD (GROUP EXHIBITON)
2025
MOMMY ISSUES

STUTTGART, NECKTAR 127 (SOLO EXHIBITON)
2025
IT CAN BE DONE BUT ONLY I CAN DO IT

STUTTGART, KUNSTBEZIRK (GROUP EXHIBITON)
2025
GYNGYM
STUTTGART, PROJEKTRAUM OSTEND (GROUP EXHIBITON)
2025
SEX- CUM MEET ME AT MY ESSSENCE
STUTTGART, NECKTAR 127 (GROUP EXHIBITON)


PUBLICATIONS
2018
STRANGE TEACHING MEXICO CITY
RAINER GANAHL
2019
STRANGE TEACHING TEHERAN
RAINER GANAHL
2021
MATRATZE MAGAZIN
PUBLISHED THE TEXT TO MY WORK "NACHRICHTEN VON MAMA 2015-2019"
2022
NACHRICHTEN VON MAMA
I WROTE A BOOK
(I COLLECTED THE WHATS APP MASSAGES MY MUM WROTE TO ME OVER FOUR YEARS.
MY MUM LIVES WITH A SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOSIS SINCE I WAS BORN.

THE MESSAGES GIVE AN POETIC ACESS INTO HER UNIQUE WORLD
OF THINKING AND EXPERIENCING
AS MUCH AS INTO MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.)
2023
ÜBERWINTERN
@ÜBER.WINTERN (INSTAGRAM) PUBLISHED MY POEM „MELTING SNOWFLAKE“
2024
SEARCHING FOR…

I DREW A PORN MAGAZINE
(MY SEXUALITY ALWAYS FELT INFLUENCED BY SOME KIND OF MALE GAZE. AT THE SAME TIME AS THE INTERNET POPPED UP, ALSO FREE PRON SITES EMERGED, WHICH UNTIL TODAY MAINLY SHOW SEXUAL DESIRES FROM A MALE POINT OF VIEW. WHEN GIRLS WERE SEARCHING FOR THEIR OWN FANTASIES, THEY COULD FIND THE MALE PERSPECTIVE OF IT.)
2024
MOTHER TONGUE SUMMIT

MOTHERS WARRIORS AND POETS
(MANY ARTISTS EXPERIENCE PRECARIOUS WORKING CONDITIONS: LACK OF FEES, INFLEXIBLE FUNDING STRUCTURES, INADEQUATE CHILDCARE, AND DISCRIMINATION DUE TO MATERNITY. THESE HURDLES MAKE PROFESSIONAL ESTABLISHMENT DIFFICULT AND OFTEN REQUIRE ADDITIONAL (SELF-)ORGANIZATION. NOT EVERYONE HAS THE CAPACITY TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THESE ISSUES. THE FANZINE OFFERS A PLATFORM FOR THE VISUAL AND TEXTUAL EXPRESSION OF CAREGIVERS WORKING IN THE CULTURAL SECTOR.)
2024
DAS NETZ

JEREMIAS HEPPELER

PODCASTS
2022
MENTAL ILLNESS

I RECORDED A PODCAST TO MY PUBLICATION “NACHRICHTEN VON MAMA” IN COOPERATION
WITH FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG. IT WAS MODERATED BY CREATIVE PRODUCER AMINA SMAJC
(YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT ON ANY PODCAST PLATFORM Impulsraum/ Katharina Göppert/ mental illness)
SPOTIFY LINK:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2NmZXNU0nufc6v2hYAsFN8
2022
DANKE, GUT.

(I PARTICIPATED AT THE „danke, gut“ PODCAST OF MIRIAM DAVOUDVANDI, WHEN WE TOGETHER
WITH DR.KEREM BÖGE AND OTHER RELATIVES AND AFFECTED PEOPLE OF PSYCHOSIS. WE TRIED
TO END THE STIGMA AGAINST SCIZOPHRENIA AT LEAST A LITTLE. THE PODCAST WAS RELEASED AT
Cosmo/ WDR AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT ON ANY PODCAST PLATFORM)

SPOTIFY LINK:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4E8k4RC7mdqXjyJZYWiRWY

PRESS
2022
STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
THE STUTTGARTER NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWED ME ABOUT MY BOOK "NACHRICHTEN VON MAMA"
INTERVIEW BY LAURA MÜLLER-SIXER
2022
DAS DING/ SWR
A JOURNALIST VISITED ME AT HOME AND WE CREATED SOCIAL MEDIA
CONTENT THAT WAS
PUBLISHED ON INSTAGRAM "KESSELGESCHICHTEN"
TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AND SCHIZOPHRENIC
PSYCHOSIS
2025
STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
THE STUTTGARTER NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWED ME ABOUT MY BOOK "NACHRICHTEN VON MAMA"
INTERVIEW BY LAURA MÜLLER-SIXER

READINGS
2023
KAPITEL EINS BUCHCLUB
STUTTGART, 1. STOCK
(I WAS INVITED BY THE JOURNALIST LAURA MÜLLER-SIXER
TO READ MY BOOK AND MAKE AN OPEN
DISCUSSION ABOUT SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MENTAL ILLNESS)
2023
NACHRICHTEN VON MAMA

STUTTGART, ABK STUTTGART
(READING OF MY BOOK AND OPEN DISCUSSION)
2023
NACHRICHTEN VON MAMA
STUTTGART, STUDIO AMORE
(READING OF MY BOOK AND OPEN DISCUSSION,
MODERATED BY THE JOURNALIST JULE STEINMETZ)
2023
COMING HOME FOR...
LEIPZIG, GARAGE OST
(A READING ABOUT FAMILY MEETINGS
FROM T .O. LESEBÜHNE, ONE OF MY POEMS WAS SELECTED)
2025
NACHRICHTEN VON MAMA

STUTTGART, NECKTAR127 GALLERY
(READING OF MY BOOK AND OPEN DISCUSSION , MODERATED BY THE JOURNALIST JULE
STEINMETZ)

FILMS
FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
2021
ELAHA

I HELPED SET DESIGNER CHRISTINA MAMMES WITH THE SET BUILDING
2022
SPLIT SECOND

I HELPED SET DESIGNER CHRISTINA MAMMES WITH THE SET BUILDING
2023
GRÜßE AUS MADAGASKAR

A SHORT FILM ABOUT A YOUNG ADULT 
AND HIS RELATIONSHIP TO A SCHIZOPHRENIC CLIENT:
I MADE THE DRAMATURGY + SET DESIGN AND SET BUILDING


PARTICIPATED
2019
RAINER GANAHL'S PERFORMANCE
MANHATTAN MARXISM/ PLEASE TEACH ME CHINESE, PLEASE TEACH ME ITALIAN

KUNSTHALLE WIEN
(I ORGANIZED MODELS FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AND MODELED BY MYSELF)
2021
THE FUTURE ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE DJ SANE/ DELIQUENT NETWORK
(I DESIGNED AND CREATED THE ALBUM COVER -> the album is available on all streaming platforms)
ZERO LAB
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUT
I DEVELOPED A ZERO LAB (A LAB YOU CAN USE OUTDOOR)
TOGETHER WITH ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS AND SCIENTIST
2022
MOMENT®UM
THEATERNATUR HARZ
I WAS CREATIVE ASSISTANCE IN A DANCE THEATRE PRODUCTION.
REGIE: JASMIN SCHÄDLER,

CHOREO: LIVIA VOIGT
DANCERS: KEVIN ALBANCANDO, MARTINA GUNKEL

SOUND: SOFIE HEINZ,
SOUND- ASSISTANCE: DIANA KARLE,
KONTRABASS: SOPHIA SCHLEIFER,
STAGE-/ COSTUME-DESIGN: SANGYEON LEE
https://theaternatur.de/moment-um/
2023
BLÜTENRAUSCH- FRÜHLINGSMARKT DER UNABHÄNGIGEN VERLÄGE
LITERATURHAUS STUTTGART
2022
HEBOCON
ABK STUTTGART
I BUILT A ROBOT TO FIGHT AGAINST OTHER ROBOTS AT ABK HEBOCON
2022
COLLECTIVE WHY NOT
ABK STUTTGART
I AM PART OF THE COLLECTIVE OF THE DIGITAL AND
TIME-BASED ART-CLASS BY HEBA Y. AMIN
WE ARE RETHINKING INSTITUTIONAL, POLITICAL TECH- SYSTEMS THROUGH ART PRACTICE
2022
UTOPIA AS PRACTICE
VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2023 „LABATORY OF THE FUTURE"
I WAS PART OF THE WORKSHOP „UTOPIA AS PRACTICE" BY
HEBA Y. AMIN AND FÜSUN TÜRETKEN FOR
THE GERMAN PAVILLION VENICE „OPEN FOR MAINTANCE" CURATED BY ARCH+
2024
KISO HEALTH
CHARITÉ BERLIN
AN APP FOR RELATIVES AND PEOPLE AFFECTED BY SCHIZOPHRENIA IN COOPERATION WITH RESEARCHERS FROM CHARITÉ BERLIN AND LED BY DR. KEREM BÖGE

WORKSHOPS
2022
MENTAL HEALTH/ ART- WORKSHOP
STUTTGART, ALEXANDER-FLEMING- SCHOOL
I GAVE AN MENTAL-HEALTH-ART WORKSHOP WITH STUDENTS FROM ALEXANDER-FLEMING
SCHOOL STUTTGART
2023
PHILOSOPHY WORKSHOP ABOUT TRUTH
BARCELONA, HANGAR. ORG
I GAVE A PHILOSOPHICAL WORKSHOP ABOUT TRUTH FOR THE PROJECT OF THEATRE DIRECTOR
JASMIN SCHADLER

CURATED
2022
COLOURS DON'T HURT
STUTTGART, WHITE NOISE
I ORGANISED A STREET-ART-BATTLE AND I INVITED 3 GRAFFITI ARTISTS
(PAULINE GOSSLIN, PETER KOSOCK AND JANOSCH MUELLER)
AND I ALSO PARTICIPATED MYSELF.
(THE EVENT WAS ABOUT EXPANDING
THE UNDERSTANDING FOR GRAFFITI AND STREETART,
AS IT'S SEEN BY A LOT OF PEOPLE AS AN ACT OF VANDALISM
AND NOT SO MUCH OF CREATIVE UNDERSTANDING)
















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