Tarrah Krajnak

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Tarrah Krajnak (born 1979) is an American artist who works with photography, performance, and poetry. In 2020 she received the Lange-Taylor Prize. Krajnak's work is held in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pinault Collection, Paris and Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Life and work

Krajnak was born in an orphanage in Lima, Peru in 1979 and adopted by Slovak Americans as a baby.[2][3]

As of 2023, she lives in Eugene, Oregon where she works an assistant professor of art at the University of Oregon.[4]

Publications

  • 1979: Contact Negatives. Zine. Edition of 75 copies.
  • El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan = The Garden of Forking Paths. DAIS, 2021. With text by Krajnak and Kavior Moon. ISBN 978-1-7339499-3-4. Edition of 175 copies.
  • Master Rituals II: Weston's Nudes. TBW, 2022. ISBN 978-1-942953-58-6. Edition of 500 copies.

Group exhibitions

Awards

Collections

Krajnak's work is held in the following permanent collections:

References

  1. ^ "Tarrah Krajnak – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation..." Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  2. ^ Ashby, Chloë (May 22, 2023). "Eruptions, explosions and a sexually explicit hoover: V&A Photography Centre review". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "Photograph". Victoria & Albert Museum. September 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "TARRAH KRAJNAK". www.tarrahkrajnak.com.
  5. ^ "Image/Counterimage: Tarrah Krajnak, VALIE EXPORT, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta, Carrie Mae Weems - Museum Ludwig, Cologne". www.museum-ludwig.de.
  6. ^ "Image/Counterimage: Tarrah Krajnak, VALIE EXPORT, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta, Carrie Mae Weems". artguide.artforum.com.
  7. ^ "Regards de Femmes". Fondation A Stichting.
  8. ^ "Cleaner's cupboard becomes a walk-in camera obscura: hidden backrooms of London's V&A transformed into new photography centre". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. April 24, 2023.
  9. ^ Smyth, Diane. "Behind the scenes at the V&A's new Photography Centre". www.1854.photography.
  10. ^ Wullschläger, Jackie (May 31, 2023). "V&A Photography Centre — from steamships to deepfake drag". Financial Times.
  11. ^ Lloyd-Smith, Harriet (May 23, 2023). "V&A's completed Photography Centre opens with flames, rockets and snake-like Hoovers". wallpaper.com.
  12. ^ "Aesthetica Magazine - V&A Photography Centre: World-leading Collections". Aesthetica Magazine.
  13. ^ https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/Centre_Pompidou_visits_-_Corps_a_corps_-_podcast_transcription.pdf
  14. ^ "2020 Lange-Taylor Prize: Tarrah Krajnak, "El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan" | Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University". documentarystudies.duke.edu.
  15. ^ "Tarrah Krajnak – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation..." Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  16. ^ "Recherche". Centre Pompidou.
  17. ^ "Tarrah Krajnak". Centre Pompidou.
  18. ^ "Tarrah Krajnak | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  19. ^ "CHRONORAMA. | Pinault Collection". www.pinaultcollection.com.
  20. ^ "Search Results | V&A Explore the Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum.
  21. ^ "Tarrah Krajnak acquisition • V&A Blog". December 5, 2022.