Katia Reich is Head of the Photography Collection at the Berlinische Galerie since 2020. In 1999, she began conceiving and realising exhibitions on international Photography, especially East German photography, at venues such as the neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) in Berlin (1999–2004) and the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (2004–12). She studied art history at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Università degli Studi di Milano Statale in Milan.