about
Cathrine Kramer is an artist, designer, researcher and curator working internationally. Inspired by human ecology, she creates playful scenarios that investigate our relationships to each other and the environments we live in. Her experimental practice employs a range of collaborations, objects, performance, digital media, graphics, animation and food to uncover the good, the bad and the ugly of life on Spaceship Earth. Most recently, she has been working collaboratively on the development of the Center for Genomic Gastronomy and is a visiting lecturer in the Design & Environment MA at Goldsmiths College, London.
Curriculum Vitæ
EDUCATION
September 2007–July 2009
MA in Design Interactions, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Focus: To develop my practice with a focus on emerging
technologies and human interactions.
February 2002–December 2005
Bachelor of Design, Visual Communications, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Graduated with First Class Honours
Focus: Print design, motion graphics, typography, photography.
Autumn 2004
Student Exchange, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
Focus: Graphic Design, photography.
WORK EXPERIENCE
October 2011 – February 2012
Curator, Science Gallery, Dublin
Researching, curating and exhibition design as The Center for Genomic Gastronomy for the exhibition EDIBLE at the Science Gallery in Dublin. Exhibition will be open 9.02 - 6.04, 2012
August – November 2011
Artist in Residence, Art/Science Bangalore, India
Developing Planetary Sculpture Supper Club: India and conducting research around agricultural biodiversity as the Center for Genomic Gastronomy
August – October 2011
Mentor, iGEM team, Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore, India
Mentoring undergraduate art students preparing for synthetic biology iGEM competition held at MIT and Harvard. Lead by Yashas Shetty & co-teaching with Zack Denfeld
July 2011
Mentor, Summer Institute in Collaborative Design, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR.
Co-Mentored with Carl DiSalvo, Tad Hirsh and Stewart Long from Public Lab. Organised by Zack Denfeld, this 4 day workshop explored various design strategies for tackling Wicked Problems
January - April 2011
Researcher and Exhibition Designer, Science Gallery, Dublin
Working on development of upcoming exhibition Human+
March 2011
Visiting Lecturer, Goldsmiths University, London
Running a Materialities class for the Design + Environment MA
November 2010
Visiting Lecturer, New York University
Lectured in Environmental Art Activism classes
October 2010
Artist in Residence, Manchester Science Festival
Performing and researching as an evolutionary strategist for the Contestational Climate Institute as part of the exhibition Super-K Sonic BOOOOUM in decommissioned workshops at MMU.
Summer 2010
Exhibition Design and Project Management
Developed and designed BIODIVERCITY: 47 ideas and technologies for the urban environment, an exhibition curated by Natalie Jeremijenko for the Australian Embassy in Washington DC.
2010 - ongoing
Various freelance work
Working with Natalie Jeremijenko to develop and implement Environmental Health Clinic projects. Research and design for the Center for Genomic Gastronomy
April 2010
Interactivos workshop, Laboral, Gijon, Spain
Autumn/Winter 2009
Artist's Residency, Science Gallery, Dublin
Summer 2008
Artist’s Assistant, Natalie Jeremijenko, New York, USA
Worked on developing several of her projects.
June 2006–July 2007
Graphic Designer, Studio 38, Pure Communication GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Worked in a team developing tradeshow exhibits, window displays, visual identites and websites for a variety of clients.
July 2005–January 2006
Design Internship, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Produced the identities and marketing material for two exhibitions, a series of billboards and various other print materials.
EXHIBITIONS
Sept 28 - Oct 17, 2011
What if, Beijing International Design Triennial
June 28, 2011
Planetary Sculpture Supper Club, the Center for Genomic Gastronomy
at RECESS gallery, Portland, OR
June 24, 2011
Cheese Wrestling, the Center for Genomic Gastronomy
at Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
April-June, 2011
Human+, the Science Gallery, Dublin
Oct 20–28, 2010
Super-K Sonic Boooum!!! Manchester Science festival
Summer, 2010
Ars Electronica, Linz
May 25-27, 2010
Clerkenwell Design Week, London
April 2010 - ongoing
Process as Paradigm exhibition, LABoral Centro de Arte, Gijon, Spain
February 2010 - ongoing
Work presented in Windows of Wellcome Trust Foundation, London
March - April 2010
AND Festival, invited by FACT and Folly.
Performances at: Lancaster University Campus, Harris Gallery, Preston,
Church Street, Blackburn and Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington
October - December 20009
What if... Exhibition, Science Gallery, Dublin
June –July 2009
SHOW RCA, Royal College of Art degree show
Presented my final work The Cloud Project
September 2008
Meet the Locals, a cross species picnic, Stavanger, Norway
Part of the exhibition Temporary Capital of Subculture in correlation
to a Trans Europe Halles conference hosted by Tou Scene.
TALKS/PRESENTATIONS
AND SALON - NANOSCALED: The Cloud Project & Dr Mark Cutter,
Chaired by Professor Andy Miah. Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington, April 2010
Performance at TedX, Science Gallery, Dublin, November 2009
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design & Technology, Dublin, November 2009
Microsoft Research Laboratory, Cambridge, May 2009
Sony Corporation, Gotenyama Technology Center, Tokyo, Japan, February 2008
FEATURES IN BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND OTHER MEDIA
Urban Interventions: Personal Projects in Public Places, Die Gestalten Verlag, March 2010
Human Futures: Art in an Age of Uncertainty, ed. Andy Miah, Liverpool University Press, February 2009
Icon Magazine, issue 75, 2009
Brand X, LA Times, 17 August, 2009
CultureLab, www.newscientist.com, 16 March 2010
www.spotthetiger.com, January, 2010
www.we-make-money-not-art.com, 18 July, 2009
‘Geoengineering the planet with nanotechnology ice-cream?’, www.2020science.org, 05 July, 2009
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