GYRE by Katrin Schnabl

Bio
Chair in Fashion Design. BFA, 1995, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. Exhibitions: New York Fashion Week, Lincoln Center, Danspace, NY; Teatro Communale, Firenze; Evanston Art Center, DePaul Art Museum, Millenium Park, Tourism Center Gallery, Chicago. Bibliography: Harper's Bazaar Saudi Arabia; Madame Germany; Harper's Bazaar España; Kaltblut Magazine; Soma Magazine; Vestal Magazine; Noi.se; Fault Magazine; Kurv Magazine; Creem Magazine; SHK; Stylewylde; Fashion Theory; Full Frontal Fashion/ Metro TV; GapD; Lucky; Harper's Baazar; Women's Wear Daily; Wired; New York Times; Village Voice; Dance Insider; Frankfurter Rundschau; Chicago Reader. Awards: NYSCA, Individual Artist Grant, Chicago, US patent. 

Statement
I practice at the intersection of a number of disciplines, including dance, fashion design, art installation, performance, curating and teaching. My exploration and creative output involves linking these various modes of creative expression through my ongoing research into the relationship between space, movement and the body. Over the course of 30+ years, through individual as well as collaborative work, I have been gradually building a vocabulary and the tools to express my emotions and concerns, both conceptually and pragmatically.

Far from being forced into a hierarchical order, these collective disciplines – taken together -- are an essential part of a non-compartmentalized creative practice. This organic growth, allowing diverse fields of inquiry to align, is no doubt informed by collaborations with other artists. It is a method of working that reflects a world that has become increasingly connected and hybrid, one which pushes against binary modes of thinking and defies neat categorization