Aneta Kajzer
Traditional representation is repealed and the recognisable and non-representational interwoven, underpinning an ambiguous yet clear sense for humour and the uncanny. Having trained her eye with comic strips and animations, Kajzer takes us on a rollercoaster ride where the good, the bad and the ugly have all taken refuge. A haunted house of heroes and villains, where the powerful and dominant can both protect and prey.
Born in 1989, Katowice, Poland, Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
2008 – 2010 studied Art History and European ethnology, University Würzburg
2011 – 2017 studied Fine Arts under Anne Berning, John Skoog and Shannon Bool, Kunsthochschule Mainz, Master's degree
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
It Must Be Bunnies, PAGE (NYC) gallery, New York (forthcoming)
Sind wir schon da?, Galerie CONRADS, Berlin
2021
Eine 7 wird nie rund werden, Kunstverein Recklinghausen
New Positions, with Galerie CONRADS, Art Cologne
Heavy Water, Project room Semiose galerie, Paris
Deep Blue Purple, Institut für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg (cat.)
Eyes On Me, Project room Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna
2020
Once More with Feeling, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen
2019
WE COME FROM THE SALTIEST SEA, Galerie CONRADS, Düsseldorf
2018
Hungry Eyes, WERK, Berlin
Guilty Pleasure, Warte für Kunst, Kassel
Out of Touch, curated by Carina Bukuts, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2017
all my beautiful faces, Labor Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim/Main
slightly abstract, oMo artspace, Berlin
2016
MADE IN BALMORAL, Exhibitionspace Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
FLOWER, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul
Das Eigene im Fremden - Einblicke in die Sammlung Detlev Blenk, Museum Bensheim
2021
Wild Horses, Sim Smith, London
Around the world, Around the world, curated by William Leung, Woaw gallery, Hong Kong
Tiere des Sommers, ASPN Galerie, Leipzig
Spitting Diamonds, rk-Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
Spot On: Aneta Kajzer, Galerie CONRADS, Berlin
Koi_Pond, curated by KVTV, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt/Main (cat.)
The Island Show - Spring Edition, Galleri KANT, Fanø (DK)
Mixed Pickles 9, curated by Ruttkowski;68, Goldberg Studios, Munich
At A Moment In Time, Kunstverein Arnsberg
Luxus und Glamour - Vom Eigensinn des Überflüssigen, Arp Museum Rolandseck (cat.)
2020
Emy-Roeder-Preis 2020, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen/Rhein (cat.)
KUNST AM BAU - Freiluftschau ohne Eröffnung, Rummelsburger Landstraße 15, Berlin
The Island Show - Summer Edition, Galleri KANT, Fanø (DK)
Marianne Werefkin-Preis 2020 - Shortlist, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
Joint Gesture, Galerie CONRADS, Düsseldorf
SOFT WALLS, DRY FRUITS, n/a gallery, Seoul (KR) (cat.)
Minibar, curated by Anna Nero, Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg
Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland - NOW! Painting in Germany Today, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (cat.)
2019
NOW! Painting in Germany Today, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kunstsammlung Chemnitz, Museum Wiesbaden (cat.)
Berlin Masters 2019, Kühlhaus Berlin
Zwei Alter: Jung, Crone Side, Berlin
Facing the Flat World, gallery MMCA Residency Goyang (KR)
DORF III, Im Gerinne 2, Wullenstetten
They Catch Feelings, I Catch Bodies, Sim Smith gallery, London (UK)
24H BRL/LUB, curated by Paulina Olszewska, Piękno Panie, Lublin (PL)
Texte sind die wichtigste Nebensache in einer Ausstellung, Schau Fenster, Berlin
Aneta Kajzer & Hirosuke Yabe, CONRADS, Düsseldorf
2018
ARCHIPELAGO - Goldrausch 2018, Reinbeckhallen, Berlin (cat.)
Tangerine Dreams - RBMA, curated by Johann König, Funkhaus Berlin (cat.)
Congratulations!, Kunstverein Speyer (cat.)
Can I be your Avatar?, basis projektraum, Frankfurt/Main
Gopea 2018, Kunstruimte Villa de Bank, Enschede (NL) (cat.)
2017
Strangers on a Train, collective work with class of John Skoog, Kunsthalle Mainz (cat.)
NEUSTART - Absolvierenden Ausstellung, Kunsthochschule Mainz (cat.)
KAISER NERO, two person show with Anna Nero, ShowMe, Mainz (cat.)
2016
this is a journey to..., Caos Art Gallery Venice (IT)
organized orgasms, Leichhof, Mainz
Besser als Brot, Teiggi 2.0, Luzern (CH)
2015
FOUR GIRLS ONE ROOM, ruelle, Mainz
Cosmic Latte, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden
AUA! Auf Und Ab, Westwerk, Hamburg
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Sammlung zeitgenössische Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Collection of the federal republic of Germany)
Sammlung da Vinci Künstlerpinselfabrik Nuremberg, Germany
X Museum Beijing, China
New Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark
Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku (National Museum in Gdansk), Poland
Sammlung Wemhöner, Germany
GRANTS & AWARDS
2021
Marianne-Defet-Malerei-Stipendium, Nuremberg2019
MMCA Residency Goyang (KR), Fellowship from the Ministry for Science and Culture, Rhineland-Palatinate
2018
Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, Berlin2017
Winsor & Newton Residency, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, BerlinStudio grant Labor, Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim/ Main
Gutenberg Lehrkolleg (GLK) award for best graduation exhibition, Mainz