Katherine di Turi

Img.1 - Katherine di Turi, País Portátil, 2019

The work of Katherine Di Turi deals with the physical properties of photographs and their history, exploring issues related with memory, the archive and the formal language of Latin American Modernism.

Di Turi (Caracas, 1972) is fascinated by the transformation of function of photographic images over time – an image of the interior of a home changes from a simple documentation of the space to a testament of a space that now no longer exists, its photograph becoming physical proof of that moment. Further to this is the degeneration of the printed image itself, and in particular those found in pre-digital books. In response to this, Di Turi works to preserve and re-imagine images. Using pre-existing visual phenomena from a wide range of sources such as discarded photographic albums, postcards, books and found photographs, she reworks them in an attempt to bring them back from oblivion, emphasizing their specific photographic qualities so as to connect us to the specific moment of their inception. Through cutting, covering and decontextualising,

she explores ideas about ‘the double', the negative space within the image, and the play between two and three dimensions. The alteration of these images is then re-inserted into the realm of photography in their final presentation, often resulting in works that are both abstract and representational at the same time.

Recently, Di Turi has been working on an extended series of photograms, inspired by Modernist photographers such as Moholy-Nagy and Man Ray, which also addresses her abstract geometric heritage from Latin America. In some respects, the project is the most ‘direct’ form of photographic expression and returns to the magic and the tactility of the analogical process and therefore to the roots of photographic image making itself.

Katherine di Turi working with Piers Veness during Artlicks Festival in London

Img.2 - Katherine di Turi working with Piers Veness
during Artlicks Festival, London, 2015

Katherine di Turi featured in The Manchester Contemporary art fair

Img.3 - Katherine di Turi featured in
"The Manchester Contemporary", Manchester, 2019

Recent Exhibitions

Di Turi received an MFA in Fine Art Media at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, a BA in Fine Art at the Instituto Armando Reverón, Caracas, and a BA in Media Studies at the UCAB, Caracas.

Recent exhibitions include: The Nomenclature of Colours III, Slade School of Fine Art, London (2025); En el mismo río, The University of Worcester (2024); FCKN LOVE, Tobe Gallery, Budapest (2023); Interludio, GBG Gallery, Caracas (2022); The Manchester Contemporary (2021); Rastrums: Relatos Visuales, online exhibition (2021); NFT-SUX, Tobe Gallery, Budapest (2021); Píxeles, InCasa, Madrid (2020); Double Agents, The Manchester Contemporary (2019);

Moving these shapes, Trastero 109, Mallorca (2018); Healing Venezuela, Maddox Arts Gallery, London (2018); Art on Paper, The Dorado Project, New York (2017); Alternative Facts, HAFNY, New York (2017); Objetual, CAI, Caracas (2016); Ecco Domus, Art House New York (2016).

Di Turi is also the co-director of Square Art Projects, an art gallery that presents contemporary art exhibitions in unique non-gallery spaces and art fairs on an international level, showcasing the work of early and mid-career artists.

Img.4/5 - Katherine Di Turi featured in

"Photo Opportunity", Maddox Arts Gallery, London, 2012

Katherine di Turi featured in Photo Opportunity at Maddox Arts Gallery in London

Katherine Di Turi featured in 31 Women in Photography Hafny and Hasted Kraeutler Gallery in New York

Img.6/7- Katherine Di Turi featured in "31 Women in Photography"
Hafny and Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York, 2012

Img.8 - Katherine Di Turi working in her studio, London, 2023

Katherine di Turi featured in Works on Paper at Fernando Zubillaga Gallery in Caracas

Img.9/10 - Katherine Di Turi featured in "Works on Paper"
Fernando Zubillaga Gallery, Caracas, 2010

Img.11 - Katherine di Turi featured in

"NFT-SUX', Tobe Gallery, Budapest, 2021

Katherine di Turi featured in NFT-SUX Tobe Gallery, Budapest

Katherine di Turi featured in Ecco Domus at The Art House in New York

Img.12/13 - Katherine di Turi featured in
"Ecco Domus" Art House, New York, 2016

Selected Press

On the same River: Katherine di Turi and Piers Veness
University of Worcester
Patricia Velasco Barbieri, January 2024

Katherine di Turi featured in ‘Objetual’ (es)
Analítica.com
Susana Benko, Octubre 2016

Katherine di Turi featured in Fotofia / Guardar como... (es)
XXII FIA Feria Iberoamericana de Arte
Lisa Blackmore, June 2013

Through the Glass Ceiling Into the White Cube
Time Lightbox
July 2012

31 Women in Art Photography
Magenta Publishing for the Arts
October 2012

Katherine di Turi artist highlight (es)
Artishock, Revista de Arte Contemporáneo
March 2012

Katherine di Turi featured in Photo Opportunity at Maddox Arts Gallery
Photomonitor
Riikka Kuittinen, March 2012

Katherine di Turi and Piers Veness curate Works on Paper (es)
El Nacional
October 2010

‘Finca la Serrana’ de Katherine di Turi (es)
Barcelona Photobloggers
May 2009

Katherine di Turi essay on Glamorous Day Deam
Square Studio
Natasha Christia, September 2008

For further enquiries please contact kdituri(at)gmail.com