Katalin Patkaï graduated as a set designer from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. She first worked as a scenographer with choreographers Arco Renz, Marion Ballester and Marie-Jo Faggianelli, then with her own pieces: Spatial sound for a dancer (2002), which welded her collaboration with Ugo Dehaes. She became involved in dance with the project entrusted to her by set designer Pierre Jorge Gonzalez, working with choreographer Arno Renz at Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s Flemish Dance Center (Rosas). Then, from her encounter with multidisciplinary artist Yves-Noël Genod, C’est pas pour les cochons (2009) was born. In 2013, following the birth of her two sons, she undertook MILF. In 2015, follows Remous, a piece for the very young, she continues with childhood in the piece HS in a more intimate way with her own child.
In 2008, Daniel Larrieu awarded Katalin Patkaï the SACD prize for New Choreographic Talent. She performs for choreographers Marie-Jo Faggianelli, Isabelle Esposito, Erika Zueneli and Eric Arnal Burtschy. She is a graduate of the EFAY yoga school.
Katalin Patkaï has been collaborating with Le Générateur for over ten years, where she has shown several of her pieces and participated in collective initiatives such as Les 24h de la performance in 2015.