Katja Farin

Katja Farin 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. 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. Backstage Pages, 2025 Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 x 33 1/2 in | 120 x 85 cm Daytime Time Travel, 2025 Oil on canvas 82 3/4 x 59 in | 210 x 150 cm Blind Spot Mirror #1, 2025 Stoneware, rearview vehicle mirrors, glaze 23 x 22 x 4 in | 58.5 x 56 x 10 cm