Jutta Koether is a German artist, musician, and critic based in New York and Berlin. Her paintings exercise color, line, form, pattern, and often feature text. Koether’s abstract paintings reflect upon contemporary culture, and are well known for the combination of vibrant colors and gestural strokes with historical or contemporary imagery. In 2009, Koether was a part of the group exhibition, "Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture", at The Kitchen. In 2009 she also performed with XXX Macarena at The Kitchen.