Brief Biography | Artistic Background

Katrin Hinterholzer - 'Colourkatl'

Born 1998 in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria

Lives and works in Innsbruck, Austria

Education

2023 - 2024

MA in Education, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol, Austria

2019 - 2023

BA in Education, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol, Austria

2017 - 2019

BA in Education (Secondary School: Arts & French), University of Salzburg, Austria

Landscape Painting

The first Covid lockdown profoundly shaped my artistic direction. Isolation sharpened my awareness of nature. I began to pay more attention to mountains, skies, and atmospheres. Once I have painted a mountain, I experience it differently in real life. I perceive its nuances more consciously, discover tones that often remain unnoticed, and encounter colours no one would expect in nature.

My landscape works aim to capture ephemeral mountain moments such as the last rays of sun on a peak, changing skies at dusk, clouds drifting around rugged rock faces. I spend much of my time chasing these scenes and immortalising them on canvas.

Food Painting

In addition to landscapes, I have developed a fascination for food painting. I transform ordinary, everyday motifs such as fried eggs or bacon into an artwork. Their unexpected visual richness, their colours, textures, structures captivate me, as well as the way smooth, wet, or greasy surfaces interact with light. These subtle effects challenge me to translate them painterly and reveal the beauty hidden in the ordinary.

Artistic Intent

Whether mountains or food, my goal is the same: to remind the viewers about the beauty in the ordinary and to open their eyes to their surroundings.

We live in an environment many people can only dream of, yet we often lose the ability to truly see it. Moments that transform the mountains into glowing atmospheres pass by unnoticed. Similarly, everyday objects contain visual worlds we rarely pay attention to because we’re busy rushing through our lives, ticking off our To Do’s.

Through my work, I hope to shift focus toward the positive.

In today’s global climate, I believe it is more important than ever to recognise small joys and give them the attention they deserve.