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Kerstin Brätsch lives in Berlin and New York City. Her practice revolves around painting, combining a conceptual analysis of the medium with a passion for painterly processes. To explore the agency of painting and investigate it as an expanded field, Brätsch incorporates traditional artisanal practices such as stained glass, marbled paper, and stucco marble (Stucco Marmo), as well as collaborative projects, to situate them within the discourse of art history. In doing so, she questions subjectivity and authorship, moving from the personal to the collective.
In 2007, she founded DAS INSTITUT with Adele Röder, and since 2010, she has collaborated under the name KAYA with Debo Eilers, working collaboratively with friends, colleagues, and artisans. Brätsch studied art from 2001 to 2008 at the University of the Arts in Berlin (under Professor Lothar Baumgarten), and from 2005 to 2007 in the Master’s program at Columbia University in NYC (MFA).
Her works have been featured in solo exhibitions, including Munch Museum, Oslo (2025); Ludwig Forum Aachen (2022); Fondazione Memmo, Rome (2018); Museum Brandhorst, Munich (2017). She has participated in significant group exhibitions, including Venice Biennale (2022 and 2011), Camden Arts Centre, London (2020);Deichtorhallen Hamburg (2020), and the Museum of Modern Art New York (2014, 2020, 2024). In 2020, Brätsch was awarded the Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in New York and received the Peill Prize from the Guenther Peill Foundation. In 2017, she received the Edvard Munch Art Award from the Munch Museum in Oslo. In 2019, she was awarded the Villa Romana Prize together with Debo Eilers as KAYA.
Solo Exhibitions
METAATEM, Munch Museum, Oslo, 2025 und Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2026
Casa Ornata, Casa São Roque, Porto, 2025-26
Kerstin Brätsch, Marta Preis der Wemhöner Stiftung 2025, Marta Herford, 2025
Group Exhibitions
KRAFTFELDER. Neue Perspektiven aus der Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2026-28
Katharina Sieverding, Kerstin Brätsch, Thomas Schulte, Berlin, 2026
Pitch, Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, 2026 (als KAYA)
Genossin Sonne, Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, 2025-26
JFK Terminal 6, permanent artist commission, JFK Airport, New York City, 2026
Fossil Psychic Stone Mimikry (for Aspen), temporary artist commission, Aspen Art Museum, 2026
Fossil Psychic Stone Mimikry (MANNheim), permanent artist commission, Roche Diagnostics GmBH, Mannheim, 2026
Gen X Tales from the forgotten generation, Deste Foundation, Athen, 2026
Graffiti, Centraal Museum Utrecht, 2026 (als KAYA mit N.O.Madski)
Tarot! Renaissance Roots and Modern Visions, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City, 2026
JUBGTSGS #3, JUBG in Berlin, 2026 (als KAYA)
Group show, Galerie MOUNTAINS, Berlin, 2026
Zeichnung, Malerei, Fotografie, Film, Video, Sound, Ringier Collection 1995-2025, Langen Foundation, Neuss, 2025
MAXIMAL im Wrangelkiez– Eine Ausstellung an der Grenze des Verschwindens, Wrangelstr 52, Berlin, 2025
And When I See a Ghost I Really See a Ghost, Galerie Klaus & Elisabeth Thoman, Wien, 2025 (als KAYA)
Long story short, Museum Brandhorst, München, 2025 (als KAYA und DAS INSTITUT)
Shifting the Silence, Lenbachhaus, München, 2025 (als KAYA)
Fluid System, CarlierGebauer, Madrid, 2025
Surreal Myth, Depot Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2025
Hole, The Danish Data Historical Association (Datamuseum Denmark), Hedehusene, 2025 (als KAYA)
Fata Morgana: memorie dall”invisible”, Fondazione Trussardi, Mailand, 2025
Kerstin Brätsch, Tiemann Preis, Marta Herford, 2025
Needle Eye, Kunsthaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, 2025
Graffiti, Museion Bolzano, 2025
INCONTRI, Deborah Schamoni, Munich, 2025
UNITED BROTHERS featuring Kerstin Brätsch, Soda Art Space, Kyoto, 2025
Excavation, G. H. B. Geddert Hronjec, Düsseldorf, 2025
Skulptur Projekte 2.0, Beautravail, Stockholm, 2025
Malereipleinair, Galerie für Landschaftskunst & GFLK Halle Süd, Bad Tölz, 2025
Other / Commissions
BAUBAU, A Children’s Place, temporary artist commission, Gropius Bau, Berlin, 2025
High Line Art, temporary artist commission, New York, 2024/25
Kerstin Brätsch, MƎTAATEM, installation view Munch Museum, Oslo, 2025; photo: Ove Kvavik, Munchmuseet