Born 1980 in Donaueschingen, Germany

Education

2008 / 2009 
MA (with Distinction), Jewellery, Silversmithing and Related Products 
Birmingham City University

2004 / 2005 
Exchange Semester BA 3rd year
Birmingham City University

2002 – 2008 
Full education as a teacher (Art and English)
Freiburg University

1999 – 2002 
Goldsmithing apprenticeship 
Goldsmithing Studio Probst / Professional school, Pforzheim

Awards and scholarships

2020 Nominee "Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunst Handwerk"

2015 Artist in Residence Idar Oberstein

2009 Young Talent Prize – WCC Europe, Special commendation

2009 Louisa Anne Ryland Scholarship

2009 British Jewellers’ Association, Stonesetting Award

2008 Arts and Humanities Research Council, Postgraduate award

2008 Leonardo da Vinci Programm, Study bursary

2002 Awarded 1st place chamber of crafts

Work in collections

Badisches Landesmuseum, Design & Angewandte Kunst nach 1945, Karlsruhe (D)
 

Artist in Residence Collection, Idar-Oberstein (D)

Selected Exhibitions and Events

2024 / Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunst Handwerk BW, Kleihues-Bau, Kornwestheim (DE)
 / Open Art, Stromeyersdorf, Konstanz (DE)

2023 / Silbertriennale International at: 
Inhorgenta, München (DE)
 / Museum Ott-Pausersche Fabrik, Schwäbisch Gmünd (DE)
DIVA Museum, Antwerpen (BE)
 / Open Art, Stromeyersdorf, Konstanz (DE)

2022 / Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunst Handwerk BW, Museum und Galerie im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd (DE)
 / Silbertriennale International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau (DE) / 
Herzfrequenz, Städtische Galerie „Fauler Pelz“, Überlingen (DE)
Open Art, Stromeyersdorf, Konstanz (DE)

2021 / Digital Amberif 2021 exhibition
Beauty and Wonder at:
Galería CONTEXT, Barcelona (ESP)/  
Galerie Caractère, Neuchâtel (CHE) 
Galería Lalabeyou, Madrid (ESP) / 
Holownia, Legnica (PL)

2020
 / Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunst Handwerk BW, Regierungspräsidium, Karlsruhe (DE)
 / Friedrich Becker Preis Düsseldorf, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf (DE) / 
Silbertriennale International at: 
DIVA Museum, Antwerpen (B)
 / Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Chemnitz (DE)
 / Growth & Evolution, Dongcheng District, Beijing (CHN)

2019 / 
Radical Craft, Direktorenhaus, Berlin (DE)
 / Silbertriennale International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau (DE) / 
Ho!Ho!Ho! friends of carlotta, Zürich (CH)

2015
 / Artist in Residence Idar Oberstein

2014
 / "Suspended in Green" travelling exhibition, V&V Gallery, Vienna (AT)
 / "Suspended in Green" travelling exhibition, Studio Gabi Green, Munich (DE) / 
"Suspended in Green" travelling exhibition, Studio 20/17, Sydney (AU) / 
"Suspended in Green" travelling exhibition, Lesley Craze Gallery, London (GB) / 
La Frontera, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston (US)

2013 / 
Naturalienkabinette, Bayrische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, München (DE)
Magic City, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco (US) / 
La Frontera, Museo Franz Mayer, Ciudad de México (MX)
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco (US) / 
Gioielli in Fermento 2013, Torre Fornello Vineyard, Fornello di Ziano Piacentino (IT) / 
"Guck ins Schmuckloch – Schmuck im Guckloch", Galerie im Raum, München (DE)
 / "Suspended in Pink" travelling exhibition, School of Jewellery, Birmingham (GB) / 
"Suspended in Pink" travelling exhibition, Studio Gabi Green, München (DE) / 
"Suspended in Pink" travelling exhibition, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach (US) / 
"Suspended in Pink" travelling exhibition, Viaduc des Arts, Paris (FR)

2012
 / Cominelli Foundation Award Exhibition, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco (IT)
 / Renaissance des Emaillierens, Galerie Handwerk, München (DE)
 / "Meddle", Galerie im Raum, München (DE)

2011
 / The European Triennial for Contemporary Jewellery, Grande Halle des Anciens Abattoirs de Mons (BE) / 
"Mediterraneo", Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean Livorno (IT)
 / "In der Südsee", friends of carlotta, Zürich (CH) / 
"Life is a bench", Studio K162, München (DE)

2010
 / Forming Ideas Language and Craft, Birmingham City University (GB) / 
Eunique arts and crafts fair, Karlsruhe (DE)
 / "Talente 2010" Special show of the IHM Munich 
"Life is a bench", Studio K162, München (DE) / 
European Prize for Applied Arts Exhibition, Mons (BE)

Publications

2022 / Silbertriennale International
Stuttgart: arnoldsche Art Publishers
ISBN 978-3-89790-686-0

2020 / Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunst Handwerk, exhibition catalogue
Growth & Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition, exhibition catalogue

2019
 / Silbertriennale International
 Stuttgart: arnoldsche Art Publishers
ISBN 978-3-89790-566-5

2015
 / 2006 - 2015 Artist in Residence collection 
Idar-Oberstein: Jakob Bengel-Stiftung
ISBN: 978-3-9815256-3-2

2014 / 
INFORM magazine, 04 - 05 2014, article about Katharina Moch by Bruna Hauert Suspended in Green, exhibition catalogue

2013 / 
Gioielli in Fermento 2013, exhibition catalogue / Suspended in Pink, exhibition catalogue / La Frontera, exhibition catalogue

2012
 / Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il gioiello contemporaneo, exhibition catalogue / Jewel Book, International annual of contemporary jewel art 12/13
Belgium: Stichting Kunstboek bvba
ISBN978-90-5856-410-8

2011 / 
European Triennial for contemporary Jewellery 2011, exhibition catalogue
Belgium: World Craft Council-Belgique francophone, asbl
ISBN 978-2-87536-008-3 / All Golds, exhibition catalogue
ISBN 978-1-904839-48-4 / Mediterraneo, exhibition catalogue
Livorno: Media Print S.r.l Livorno / Art Aurea, Heft 1
Angewandte Kunst, Schmuck und Design
Reference p. 15

2010
 / Talente 2010, exhibition catalogue / Art Aurea, Heft 2
Angewandte Kunst, Schmuck und Design
Reference p. 83 / Eunique, exhibition catalogue / European Prize of Applied Arts, exhibition catalogue
Belgium: World Craft Council-Belgique francophone, asbl
ISBN 978-2-87536-000-7