Kerstin Brätsch

Kerstin Brätsch (born 1979) is a German contemporary visual artist. She is primarily known as a painter, also making work collaboratively as DAS INSTITUT (with artist Adele Röder) and KAYA (with artist Debo Eilers). She currently lives and works in New York City.

Early life and education Brätsch was born in 1979 in Hamburg, Germany.

Brätsch is also known for working quickly and producing large quantities of work. Works of KAYA These works are currently on display in the exhibition „Shifting the Silence“, Lenbachhaus, Munich (2025–27)

Recognition In 2014, Brätsch was awarded the August Macke Prize.

In 2017, Brätsch was awarded the second edition of the Edvard Munch Art Award, which constituted a cash prize and a solo exhibition at the Munch Museum in 2019.

In 2027, Brätsch will receive the Zurich Art Prize, which comes with a cash prize of 130,000 Swiss francs and a solo exhibition in june of 2027 at the Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich.

Art market Brätsch has been represented by Gladstone Gallery since 2020. She is also represented by Gió Marconi, Milan, and she previously worked with Gavin Brown's Enterprise. The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World at the Museum of Modern Art (6 December 2014 - 5 April 2015) NO MAN'S LAND at the Rubell Family Collection (2 December 2015 - 28 May 2016) DAS INSTITUT at the Serpentine Galleries (3 March 2016 - 15 May 2016) Kerstin Brätsch: Innovation at Museum Brandhorst (25 May 2017 - 17 September 2017) Die Sein: Para Psychics at Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst (24 September 2022 - 26 February 2023) MƎTAATEM at Munch Museum (14 March 2025 - 03 August 2025) Shifting the Silence at Lenbachhaus (14 October 2025 – 3. January 2027)

Public collections Museum of Modern Art