anja nowak
Anja Nowak studied Sociology and Fine Arts in Magdeburg (Germany), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Vienna (Austria). She mainly works with photography, video/installation and artist book. The artist‘s work represents a complex confrontation in which she addresses questions of visibility, comparability and identity. An important component of her artistic practice are collaborations with artists and cultural workers.
Exhibitions/Talks (selection 2022-2018):
2022 Love’s labour’s lost (with Christian Schröder, Anne Juren, Sara Zlanabitnig), Ve.sch Kunstverein; 2022 Schreibdialog. Schwarzes Buch, 2 (Zettelkasten): Anja Nowak, Arnold Berger & Theodor Maier, Fotogalerie Wien; 2021 Through your fingers (with Almut Reichenbach), PARALLEL Vienna Art-Fair; 2021 INTERMEZZO, Neuer Kunstverein Giessen; 2021 SOLO XII, Bleistift auf Papier auf Holz (Pencil on Paper on Wood), Fotogalerie Wien; 2020 Vor-bilder (with Arnold Berger), Kunstraum SUPER Vienna; 2020 1. EDITIONALE, Book Fair, University for Applied Arts Vienna; 2019 Guest Lecture, The Book as Artwork: On how to read an Artistic Practice (invited by Jenni Tischer), University for Applied Arts Vienna; 2019 Katrin Euller reads Anja Nowak, PARALLEL Vienna Art-Fair; 2019 Anna Lerchbaumer reads Anja Nowak, Dance Company Gervasi; 2019 On how to read an artist book? Andreas Spiegl reads Anja Nowak, Salon für Kunstbuch; 2019 Als künstlerische Praxis (with Chiara Bartl-Salvi & Paul Ebhart), In der Kubatur des Kabinetts, Fluc; 2019 The stars look so different tonight, Fotogalerie Wien; 2018 Transient Hole (Variations), FP24 Collaborative Art Space Antwerpen, Spektrum Berlin, Zentrale Wien, GMK Zagreb, Furtherfield Gallery London; 2018 cutting together apart (with Katrin Euller), LLLLLL
Collections:
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (artists‘ book collection); University for Applied Arts Vienna (Special collection for artist books); MUSA Artothek, City of Vienna, Photo Collection of the Austrian State; The Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna; Salon für Kunstbuch
