Katja von der Bey

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Katja von der Bey (* 1962 in Remscheid ) is a German art historian and feminist . As managing director of the largest women's cooperative in Germany, she fights for gender equality in the economy.

biography

Katja von der Bey studied art history, history and philosophy at the University of Cologne and then at the Free University in Berlin, where she has lived since then. She did her doctorate in the field of aesthetics and communication at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg. In 2004 she completed a two-year part-time training program to become a fundraising manager (FA).

Since her studies she has dealt with feminist strategies in aesthetics. She carried out numerous art and cultural projects, including a. 1987 the founding of the Lu Märten Association for the promotion of women's studies in art and cultural studies , in 1988 the organization of the 4th conference of women art historians in West Berlin and in 1991 the organization of the exhibition Dialoge. Aesthetic practice in art and science by women in Kiel. 1986–1991 she ran her own gallery for contemporary art (galerie arndtstraße) in Berlin-Kreuzberg together with Burkhard Sülzen. In the 1990s she curated exhibitions and international appearances for the sound performance group Audio Ballerinas . Katja von der Bey has been an honorary board member of Kunstpflug eV since 1995 and was a member of the presidium of the New Society for Fine Arts (NGBK) Berlin from 2007 to 2013 . Since 2014 she has been a board member of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin .

In 1994 she was elected to the supervisory board of WeiberWirtschaft eG, moved to the executive board in 1996 and took over management after completing her doctorate. Since 2006, she has been the Berlin regional manager of the nationwide start-up agency (bga). Katja von der Bey is a key figure in Berlin's female entrepreneurial culture. As managing director of WeiberWirtschaft eG, she was significantly involved in the establishment and consolidation of the organization, the development and implementation of the subsidiary organization Gründerinnenzentrale - navigation into self-employment , in the development of the in-house microcredit program and the reference work FrauenUNTERNEHMEN-Berlin. With the WeiberWirtschaft she fights for gender equality in the economy, for which she was awarded the Berlin Women's Prize in 2013 and the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin in 2017 .

Literature (selection)

  • “National Coding of Abstract Painting”, Katja von der Bey, 1997
  • “Hilla from Rebay. The inventor of the Guggenheim Museum ”, Katja von der Bey, Braus edition, July 19, 2013 ISBN 978-3-86228-051-3
  • “Our castles in the air have an underground connection”, Claudia Neusüß and Katja von der Bey, Berlin January 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-048173-4
  • “Innovations out of the box: The role of female company founders in the economy of sustainable business”, Ulrike Röhr and Katja von der Bey, pp. 125-136 in “CSR and micro-enterprises. The base moves! ”Springer Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-662-53627-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Our castles in the air have an underground connection", Claudia Neusüß u. Katja von der Bey, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-048173-4 , p. 121, 3rd paragraph
  2. ^ Vita von der Beys on the Berlin-woman.de website. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ Katja von der Bey receives the 2013 Berlin Women's Prize. News from March 7, 2013 on the Berlin.de website. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ Laudatory speech for the Berlin Women's Prize 2013 PDF download from www.berlin.de, accessed on October 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Award of the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin 2017, message from October 1, 2017 on the Berlin.de website. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Bey, Katja from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian, managing director of WeiberWirtschaft eG (Berlin)
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Remscheid