Dr Ulrike Kuchner
MA University of Nottingham, School of Physics and Astronomy
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Growing up, the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” was not an easy one to answer. So after high school, I followed both of my passions: I (simultaneously) studied Astrophysics at the University of Vienna, as well as Fine Arts/Paintings at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where I was born and raised. Today, after Masters and Ph.D. degrees that took me to Australia, Chile, the US and Germany, I am an astronomer as well as a visual artist, currently based in the UK, where I work as a post-doctoral researcher for the University of Nottingham – and I make, exhibit and curate art. I came to Astronomy by perceiving the Universe as very beautiful, so aesthetics has always played an important role in my science practice. As an ArtScience artist I operate where art, culture, and science intersect, using both backgrounds to find or reject interdisciplinary answers to overarching questions.