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Anja Engelke

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About

I studied photography in Bremen and have since not only baked images by well-known photographers, but also lived in a photograph.

Statement

In my artistic work I go to the bottom of photography: question it using the most diverse means. I search for a recipe for a good photograph, internalize the images by eating them up, and reconstruct them to come up with images that do not yet exist. In addition, I look for the staging in everyday life.

Education

  • 2002 – 2008 | “Fotografie” Hochschule für Künste Bremen (DE)

Selected Awards

  • 2021 | Finalist, Lucie Photo Book Prize (US)
  • 2021 | Silber, Deutscher Fotobuchpreis (DE)
  • 2020 | 1.Preis, Vonovia Award für Fotografie (DE)
  • 2020 | nominiert, Merck-Preis, Darmstadt (DE)
  • 2019 | Katalogförderung Stiftung Kunstfonds (DE)
  • 2010 | nominiert, Körber-Foto-Award, Hamburg (DE)

Selected Exhibitions/Publications

  • 2021 | Kunstmuseum Bochum (DE)
  • 2020 | Sprengelmuseum, Hannover (DE)
  • 2020 | Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie (DE)
  • 2020 | City-Light-Plakate, Bremen (DE)
  • 2020 | Fotofestival Schiedam (NL)
  • 2019 | Städtische Galerie, Bremen (DE)
  • 2017 | Hamza Rüstem Fotografie Haus Museum, Izmir (TR)
  • 2016 | Shridharani Art Gallery, Delhi (IN)
  • 2014 | Galerie Max Mueller, Mumbai (IN)
  • 2012 | Neues Kunstforum, Köln (DE)
  • 2010 | Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (DE)
  • 2009 | Art Cologne, Köln (DE)
  • 2008 | Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt (DE)
  • 2007 | Mistigries Gallery, Arlington, Texas (US)
  • 2007 | Willy Brand Haus, Berlin (DE)

Personal Website

http://www.anja-engelke.de

Works

Anja Engelke | Room 125 (2018 - 2019)

Anja Engelke | Room 125 (2018 - 2019)

I have fulfilled my dream with my work Room 125: the dream of inhabiting a picture, or, more precisely, to move into a photograph and making changes to its content. As its starting point, my photography project used the artwork Room 125 by the American artist Stephen Shore. In 1973 he traveled through the United States to document his everyday experiences and his homeland in photographs. The picture is of the photographer’s hotel room, framed to show only his legs and feet on the bed. Forty-five years later, I reconstructed the photo in my own home and documented my life inside the photo of Room 125, creating a literal tableau vivant.

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Anja Engelke | Piece of Cake (2008 – 2009)

Anja Engelke | Piece of Cake (2008 – 2009)

Is there a recipe for creating photographic icons? I have taken this question literally. By baking images by well-known photographers (including Alec Soth, Thomas Ruff, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Martin Parr, Joel Sternfeld) and then putting these into photographic form she appropriates photographic history and virtually imbibes it. This kind of transposition demands precise analysis of the represented works.

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Anja Engelke | The Ferry (2016)

Anja Engelke | The Ferry (2016)

In my series, I portrayed passengers on different ferries crossing the Gulf of Izmir. They sit on benches in front of windows, some are lying down, listening to music, looking out the window, or just staring into space. Where the gazes from ferry are directed remains unclear—the windows only depict white space and leave room for individual interpretations. The repeated scenes on the ferries appear stage-like, almost staged, but however only show carefully observed scenes from everyday life.

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Anja Engelke | Presentation for "DFA FOTODIALOGE 2" (2021)

Anja Engelke | Presentation for "DFA FOTODIALOGE 2" (2021)

Anja Engelke presents her work at the 'DFA FOTODIALOGEN 2', 13.04.2021.

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Anja Engelke | Presentation for "DFA FOTODIALOGE 2" (2021)