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

Tarrah Krajnak currently works as an associate professor in the UCLA department of art as of July 1, 2024. ^[5]

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 ^{[6] [7]}
• Regards de Femmes = Women's Perspectives, Fondation A Stichting  [ fr ], Belgium, September–December 2022 ^[8]
• Energy: Sparks from the Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, May 2023 – January 2024 includes Krajnak's 1979: Contact Negatives ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}
• Body to Body, Histories of Photography, Centre Pompidou, Paris, September 2023 – March 2024 ^[14]

Awards

• 2020: Lange-Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University ^[15]
• 2024: Guggenheim Fellowship ^[16]

Collections

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

• Centre Pompidou, Paris ^{[17] [18]}
• Museum of Modern Art, New York ^[19]
• Pinault Collection, Paris ^[20]
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London ^{[21] [22]}

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. "UCLA Arts: School of the Arts and Architecture".
6. "Image/Counterimage: Tarrah Krajnak, VALIE EXPORT, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta, Carrie Mae Weems - Museum Ludwig, Cologne". www.museum-ludwig.de.
7. "Image/Counterimage: Tarrah Krajnak, VALIE EXPORT, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta, Carrie Mae Weems". artguide.artforum.com.
8. "Regards de Femmes". Fondation A Stichting.
9. "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.
10. Smyth, Diane. "Behind the scenes at the V&A's new Photography Centre". www.1854.photography.
11. Wullschläger, Jackie (May 31, 2023). "V&A Photography Centre — from steamships to deepfake drag". Financial Times.
12. Lloyd-Smith, Harriet (May 23, 2023). "V&A's completed Photography Centre opens with flames, rockets and snake-like Hoovers". wallpaper.com.
13. "Aesthetica Magazine - V&A Photography Centre: World-leading Collections". Aesthetica Magazine.
14. https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/Centre_Pompidou_visits_-_Corps_a_corps_-_podcast_transcription.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
15. "2020 Lange-Taylor Prize: Tarrah Krajnak, "El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan" | Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University". documentarystudies.duke.edu.
16. "Tarrah Krajnak – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation..." Retrieved 2024-09-05.
17. "Recherche". Centre Pompidou.
18. "Tarrah Krajnak". Centre Pompidou.
19. "Tarrah Krajnak | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
20. "CHRONORAMA. | Pinault Collection". www.pinaultcollection.com.
21. "Search Results | V&A Explore the Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum.
22. "Tarrah Krajnak acquisition • V&A Blog". December 5, 2022.

External links

• Official website