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 2010, she will present her work in, among others:
•    the Auschwitz Jewish Center, Oswiecim, & MOCAK, Krakow, PL ( solo )
•    Szyb Wilson & BWA Gallery, Katowice, PL ( solo )
•    the InSitu Foundation, Warsaw, PL ( solo )
•    Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, AT ( group, curated by

      Claudia M.Stemberger & Kathrin Becker )
•    MLAC, Rome, IT ( solo )

•    White Stork Syngagoue, Breslau, PL ( solo )
•    the Arsenal Gallery, Posen, PL ( solo )

•    Koli Artist-in-Residence Center, Koli, FI ( solo )
•    the Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, PL ( solo )

•    Galeria Wschodnia, Lodz, PL ( solo, in public space ).

2 monographs of her works - on War & on Love -  will be out in 2010,

accompanied by a collection of essays.

Her work will also be subject of a panel at

The Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

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 Polish Institute in Vienna, AT
•    3 gallery venues in Indonesia
           ( as part of an Asian - European contemporary female artists’ show )
•    the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, CH
•    the Progr Art Center in Bern, CH.

Agnes Janich has been awarded grants and artist’s residencies from,
among others.:

the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, US,
Villa Straeuli, Switzerland,
Can Serrat International Art Center, Spain.

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, at present, working with Charim Galerie, Vienna &
Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel.