Katharina Brenner (no pronouns or she/her) works at the intersection of queer feminism, institutional critique, radical pedagogy, and activism, developing formats such as collaborative learning environments, publications and public events. Katharina is currently working as a Research Associate in the FemPower project at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle and as a lecturer at Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin. Katharina studied Visual Communication at the University of the Arts Berlin, the Estonian Academy of the Arts, and the Kassel University of Art, and co-initiated the student-organized seminars Klasse Klima and Eine Krise bekommen.
✉ katharinabrenner(at)posteo.de
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↯ Collective Teaching
Zeitschrift für institutionelles Verdauen und studentische Kritik, Seminar in collaboration with Lioba Wachtel, Weissensee Academy of Art Berlin, June 2025 (ONGOING)
Witchy Wishes, Cross-institutional workshop series in collaboration with Lioba Wachtel, Weissensee Academy of Art Berlin, Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Braunschweig University of Art, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Berlin University of the Arts, November 2024 – January 2025
🔗 Link to the workshop announcement at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design
🔗 Link to the workshop announcement at Braunschweig University of Art
🔗 Link to the workshop announcement at Kunsthochschule Kassel
Collaborative Curricula, workshop in collaboration with Laris Bäucker, UdK 2030 Zukunftstag, Berlin University of the Arts, November 2024
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A New School, A Summer School – (Re)imagining Learning Environments, Summer School in collaboration with Destina Atasayar, Lu Herbst, Lucie Jo Knilli, Charlotte Perka and Lioba Wachtel, M.1 Hohenlockstedt / Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Berlin University of the Arts, 2023
🔗 Link to the project website
🔗 Link to an article about the summer school published at Lerchenfeld Magazine (HfbK Hamburg)
Selbsthilfegruppe Arbeit, Arbeit, Arbeit, self-organized support group in collaboration with friends, 2023–2025
Queer Teachings, Workshop in collaboration with Michael Fowler, Estonian Academy of the Arts, 2023
Feministischer Songwriting Workshop: Du musst gar nix!, Workshop, part of the Exhibition Rewind & Fast Forward of Prof. Anna Anders, Berlin University of the Arts, SOMA Art Berlin, 2022
🔗 Link to the workshop announcement
Picture this: Kritische Kunsthochschule, Workshop in collaboration with Destina Atasayar, Lu Herbst and Lucie Jo Knilli, Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel, 2022
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Eine Krise bekommen: Kunsthochschulen und Ausschlussmechanismen, Blockseminar in collaboration with Destina Atasayar, Lu Herbst and Lucie Jo Knilli, Studium Generale, Berlin University of the Arts, Floating Berlin, 2022
🔗 Link the the seminar announcement
🔗 Link to an article we wrote about the seminar at the blog of Art. School.Differences (ZhdK)
Feministische Universität der Künste Berlin, Workshop, UdK 2030 Zukunftstag, Berlin University of the Arts, 2021
🔗 Link to the workshop announcement
🔗 Link to an article about the workshop at the blog of Hochschulforum Digitalisierung
Feminist Futures (BA project), Workshops, Berlin University of the Arts, 2021
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Eine Krise bekommen: Design & Psychische Gesundheit, Blockseminar in collaboration with Destina Atasayar, Lu Herbst and Lucie Jo Knilli, Studium Generale, Berlin University of the Arts, Floating Berlin, 2021
🔗 Link to the seminar announcement
Climate Supporter‘s Support Group, Blockseminar ("Kollisionswoche") in collaboration with Ju Rosenstock, Sophia New and Daniel Belasco Rogers, Studium Generale, Berlin University of the Arts, 2021
🔗 Link to the seminar announcement
Manifestos on Ethics in Advertising, Workshop in collaboration with Bernd Grether, Berlin University of the Arts, Willem de Kooning Acadamie Rotterdam, 2020
🔗 Link to the workshop documentation
Klasse Klima, Weekly Seminar in collaboration with the Klasse Klima and Constanze Hein, Bernd Grether and Wenzel Mehnert, Studium Generale, Berlin University of the Arts, Winter Semester 2019/20 and Winter Semester 2020/21
🔗 Link to the website of Klasse Klima
↯ Articles, Publications and Interviews
witchy wishes, Anthology with short stories, poems and witchcraft sayings by the participants of the workshop series witchy wishes in collaboration with Lioba Wachtel, weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, 2025. Pdf and analog copies on request. (UPCOPMING)
Praktiken widerspenstiger Lernräume – Netzwerk Diskriminierungskritik an Kunsthochschulen, Interview in collaboration with Francesca Romana Audretsch, Sevda Güler and Hagen Verleger, in: Mayer, Ulli; Ellmeier, Andrea; Müller, Gerda (Hrsg.). Ver_Üben. Diversität als diskriminierungskritische Praxis in Kunst, Kultur und universitärer Bildung., transcript, 2025.
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Praktiken widerspenstiger Lernräume (Master project), Publication, Kunsthochschule Kassel, 2024
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Wir bekommen eine Krise, Interview in collaboration with Destina Atasayar, Lu Herbst, Lucie Jo Knilli and Bianca Seidel, Design Melodrama, 2023
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Was wäre, wenn ... die Kunsthochschule feministisch wäre?, Article, Hochschulforum Digitalisierung Blog, 2023
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Was ist Design?, Collective article in collaboration with Rebecca Stephany and the graphic design class of Kunsthochschule Kassel, form 299 – Geld, 2023
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„Wir müssen ihnen leider mitteilen, …“, Article in collaboration with Destina Atasayar, Lu Herbst and Lucie Jo Knilli, Art.School.Differences, 2023
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47 HURRA HURRA x Katharina Brenner und Annika Somanika, Podcast in collaboration with Leoni Fischer and Annika Sominka, Hurra Hurra - ein Designpodcast der BURG, 2023
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Conversations continued ... with Katharina Brenner, Luisa Herbst, Destina Atasayar and Lucie Jo Knilli, Interview in collaboration with Destina Atasayar, Lisa Baumgarten, Lu Herbst, Lucie Jo Knilli and Judith Leijdekkers, Teaching Design, 2021
🔗 Link to the interview
Eine Krise bekommen, Publication in collaboration with Destina Atasayar, Lu Herbst and Lucie Jo Knilli, Berlin University of the Arts, 2021
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Kunsthochschulen, entdiskriminiert euch!, Article in: Eine Krise bekommen, Berlin University of the Arts, 2021
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Glowing Red Letters — How a group of German art students is tackling structural discrimination with an anonymous form., Article, Futuress, 2021
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↯ Readings, Lectures and Events
Lesung und Release witchy wishes, Reading in collaboration with Lioba Wachtel, Hannah Englisch, Luise John and Shirin Krastel, June 20, 2025. (UPCOMING)
🔗 Link to the event
Praktiken widerspenstiger Lernräume, Online-Lecture at Netzwerk Diskriminierungskritik an Kunsthochschulen, 2024.
A News School, A Summer School, Lecture at the KKWV Klausurtagung, Berlin University of the Arts, 2023.
Eine Krise bekommen, Lecture in collaboration with Lu Herbst at the seminar Designtheorie, Berlin University of Applied Sciences, 2021.
Eine Krise bekommen, Lecture and Workshop at the seminar A Soft Academic Revolution, Potsdam university of applied sciences, 2021.
🔗 Link to the seminar
Lesung und Releaseparty von Eine Krise bekommen, Reading in collaboration with Destina Atasayar, Lu Herbst and Lucie Jo Knilli, Berlin University of the Arts, 2021.
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Lesung Eine Krise bekommen, Reading in collaboration with Destina Atasayar, Lu Herbst and Lucie Jo Knilli, 4. Aktionstag #wessenfreiheit, HGB Leipzig, 2021.
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Klasse Klima, Lecture in collaboration with Nicolai Herzog at the seminar „Critical Zones“ at Berlin University of the Arts, 2020.
How Do I Politicize My College?, Panel discussion with the Klasse Klima (UdK Berlin) und Aktuelle Stunde (BURG), HURRA HURRA – Internationales Festival zur Designausbildung im 21ten Jahrhundert, University of Art and Design Halle, 2019.
🔗 Link to the event