Katja Farin works in figurative painting depicting the interactions between the subconscious and reality. The relationship between figures is uncertain; the everyday life of sitting at coffee shops, wandering in backyard gardens, answering boring phone calls becomes the backdrop for the internal dialogue with the self that contemplates traumas, coping mechanisms, dimensional shifts, dreams and distortions. The works are dream spaces that allow the viewer to peek into the interior worlds of the figures, their relationships with the self and others. Bright colors, emotionally charged expressions and distorted bodies create the dreamlike dysphoric space that these androgynous figures embody. The paintings hold the complexities of emotional and social connection and attempt elucidate the individualistic culture and capitalist realism.

Katja Farin (b. 1996 Los Angeles) is an artist living and working in London, UK. They received a BA in Fine Art from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2018 and received a MFA in Painting from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2025 in London. Selected solo exhibitions include Friends Indeed (San Francisco), Gaa Gallery (New York and Cologne), Asia Art Center (Taipei) and in lieu (Los Angeles). Their art has been included in group exhibitions at Pace Gallery (Hong Kong), Alexander Berggruen (New York), Mandy Zhang Art (London), Wilding Cran (Los Angeles) and Nicodim (Los Angeles). Their work has been shown in several art fairs including NADA Miami, Miart Milan, KAIF Seoul and Art Taipei Taipei.