Biography

Uta Kögelsberger is a London based visual artist whose work articulates and engages with social and political concerns through the languages of photography, video, sculpture and sound.

Recent projects have included; Forest Complex (‘23-’24) and Fire Complex (’20-’22) a multi-faceted project in response to the crisis in our forests that brings together video, photography and activism, Uncertain Subjects, a series of ‘Action Photographs’ in the public realm and a mail art project in response to the social and political landscape in the UK in the run up to Brexit (‘17–‘20); The sculptural installation combining sound and live performances, Orchestra of Rocks (‘16-’20) and Weather Works (’15) in response to changes in weather patterns due to climate change; and the photographic and video work Off Road developed as part of a trilogy of works around how the notion of freedom is lived out in the USA (‘08-’14).

Kögelsberger has won the prestigious Royal Academy Wollaston Award, been awarded the Stanley Picker Fellowship, the Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship, the EAA Award for Art in Architecture and the SPD silver medal for editorial photography. Her photographic essays have been published in Wired, Esquire, GQ, and American Photography.

Kögelsberger’s practice frequently positions itself beyond the gallery walls and in the public realm. It has been exhibited, at the Royal Academy, London, Momus, Thessaloniki, Vincent Price Museum, Los Angeles, Millard Sheets Arts Centre, Ponoma, Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton, Art Night, London in collaboration with Whitechapel Art Galleries, at Bluecoat, Liverpool, Spacex, Exter, at Les Rencontres, Arles, at Southwark Park Galleries, London, Danielle Arnaud, London, the Architectural Association London, the Barbican, London, and Laurence Miller Gallery, NYC, and the Glassell Project Space MFAH, Houston.

Her work is held in public and private collections including the MFAH, Houston and LACMA, Los Angeles.