Bio
Agnes Janich is a visual artist working in various media. She does photography,
films, multimedia installations and participatory performances, also in public space.
In 2012, she will present her work in, among others:
• Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK ( to be confirmed )
• Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, PL
• the Bergen Museum of Art, Bergen, NO
• the Museum of Photography, Moscow, RU ( tbc. )
A monograph of her works, accompanied by critical essays, will be out in 2012.
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, 2008,
she has so far presented her work in, among others:
- the 9th Sharjah Biennial
- the Galapagos Art Space, New York, NY
- the Maison Europeene de la Photographie in Paris, FR (as part of the Asian-European Foundation Grant)
- the Central European House of Photography in Bratislava, SL
- the Progr Art Center in Bern, CH
- the Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, AT (curated by Claudia M.Stemberger & Kathrin Becker, NBK Berlin)
- the Auschwitz Jewish Center, Oswiecim, & MOCAK, Krakow, PL
- the International Contemporary Art Foundation 3,14, Bergen, NO
- the MLAC, Rome, IT.
Agnes Janich has been awarded grants and artist’s residencies from,
among others :
- the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, US
- Villa Straeuli, CH
- the Polish Consulate in Barcelona Artist’s Grant, Barcelona, ESP.
Her work has been reviewed by influential art critics worldwide, such as:
- Monika Malkowska for Rzeczpospolita (Polish nationwide daily )
- Silas Marti for La Feulha de Sao Paulo (Brazilian nationwide daily)
- Marek Szafranski for Gazeta Wyborcza (Polish nationwide daily)
- Jena Opoldusova for Pravda (Slovakian nationwide daily)
- Melanie Kolbrunner for Landbote (Swiss nationwide daily)
- Oliver Good for The National (UAE nationwide daily)
- Der Standard (Austrian nationawide daily)
- LeMonde.Fr (French online daily).
Agnes Janich is represented by: