Born in 1989 in California, USA
Living and working in Dresden, Germany
2025-present
Teaching assistant at the University of Fine Arts Dresden, Germany
Painting instructor, Kreative Werkstatt e.V., Dresden, Germany
2025/2026
Teaching assistant at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, painting course with Christian Macketanz
2021-2025
Postgraduate degree in Fine Arts (Meisterschüler) at the University of Fine Arts Dresden, Germany with Professor Christian Macketanz
2016 – 2021
MFA (Diplom) at the University of Fine Arts Dresden, Germany with Professor Christian Macketanz
2011 – 2015
Lived and worked in Santiago, Chile
2007 – 2011
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Summa Cum Laude, Tufts University, USA
Artist statement
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2026
Ode to Silence, Goldstudio60, (Halle, Germany)
Dream Dust, Oswaldz Café, (Dresden, Germany)
2025
katrina pennington, Goldstudio60 (Halle, Germany)
2024
Katrina Pennington: Part 2, Goldstudio60 (Halle, Germany)
2022
Katrina Pennington: Recent Paintings, Oswaldz Temporary Gallery (Dresden, Germany)
Katrina Pennington, Goldstudio60 (Halle, Germany)
Group exhibitions (selection)
2026
Leichtigkeit, Galerie Ines Schulz (Dresden, Germany)
Ocean in a Drop, Galerie Ines Schulz (Dresden, Germany)
M26, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
Surface Matter, Akademie Galerie Nürnberg (Nuremberg, Germany)
2025
Neue Brücke, Landtag NRW (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Neues aus unseren Ateliers, Villa Eschebach (Dresden, Germany)
2024
Pearls Ain’t Free, Usedomer Kunstverein e.V. (Heringsdorf, Germany)
I Wander All Night, Kunstquartier Bethanien (Gallery Weekend Berlin, Germany)
47th Kunstpreis-Ausstellung, Sparkasse-Kundenzentrum (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2022
Certezza Dopo Il Sonno, Accademia di Bellia Arti di Roma (Rome, Italy)
Speed Dating, Le Théâtre des Expositions (Paris, France) & Motorenhalle (Dresden, Germany)
A Body That Used to Be Yours, Kunstquartier Bethanien (Gallery Weekend Berlin, Germany)
Cakes for Sale, Oswaldz Temporary Gallery (Dresden, Germany)
2019
Zuerst Mensch, Turm der Kreuzkirche (Dresden, Germany)
Studio Macketanz, Invalidovna (Prag, Czech Republic)
2018
Partida, Galeria Independiente, Tabacalera (Madrid, Spain)
Purchases
Private collections in the United States, Germany, Austria, and France