Tarrah Krajnak

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.[1][2]

As of 2023, she lives in Eugene, Oregon where she works an assistant professor of art at the University of Oregon.[3]

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
  • Image/Counterimage: Tarrah Krajnak, Valie Export, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta, Carrie Mae Weems, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, April–August 2023[4][5]
  • Regards de Femmes = Women's Perspectives, Fondation A Stichting, Belgium, September–December 2022[6]
  • Energy: Sparks from the Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, May 2023 – January 2024 includes Krajnak's 1979: Contact Negatives[7][8][9][10][11]
  • Body to Body, Histories of Photography, Centre Pompidou, Paris, September 2023 – March 2024[12]

Awards

Collections

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

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


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