Anna Jermolaewa

Over the summer months, Kunsthaus Bregenz is presenting works by Anna Jermolaewa on the ground floor. KUB is closely associated with the artist—Austria’s next Venice Biennale participant—as several of her main works are part of the Kunsthaus Bregenz collection. In the exhibition in Bregenz, Jermolaewa will show her highly topical installation Chernobyl Safari, from 2014/23, Famous Pigeons, from 2021, and her installation Dining Room, from 2017, which will be on view in Austria for the first time.

Jermolaewa, who came to Austria as a Russian dissident in 1989, explores political history and present in her diverse work. Her political commentary is as astute as it is humorous.

From July 24 to August 27, 9 pm to midnight each evening, clips from Chernobyl Safari will be projected on the screen at Karl-Tizian-Platz.

Biography

Anna Jermolaewa (b. 1970, Saint Petersburg) lives and works in Vienna and Upper Austria. As a co-founder of the first opposition party in the Soviet Union and a co-publisher of its government-critical newspaper, she fled from the Soviet Union to Austria in 1989. Since 2019 she has been professor for experimental design at the University of Arts Linz. Jeramolaewa has shown her work in solo exhibitions, including at the Schlossmuseum Linz in 2022–23 and at the MAK Wien in 2022. In 2022 the City of Vienna artist awarded the artist the Dr. Karl Renner Prize from for her social commitment as a member of the association “Ariadne: Wir Flüchtlinge für Österreich” (“Ariadne: We Refugees for Austria”). Jermolaewa will represent Austria at the Venice Biennale in 2024.

Works presented

Chernobyl Safari, 2014/23
Video 55 min., 79 photographs, 11 watercolors
Courtesy of the artist and Kunsthaus Bregenz

Famous Pigeons, 2021
8 watercolors, 3 pigeo clocks
Courtesy of the artist and Kunsthaus Bregenz

Dining Room, 2017
Video 13:28 min., watercolor, cutlery made from bomb casings, table, chairs, vinyl tablecloth
Courtesy of the artist and Sammlung Johann Widauer

Program during the exhibition 

Preview & Talk with Anna Jermolaewa
Monday, July 10, 6.30 pm

VN Edition Signing with Anna Jermolaewa
After the preview, from 7.15 pm on

Guided Tour and Dialogue with Cornelia Hesse-Honegger
Thursday, September 7, 6 pm 

Excursion Wem gehört der Wald?
Saturday, August 5, 10 - 1 pm 

Impulse Tours Anna Jermolaewa
Tuesday, August 15 and October 3, and Thursday, October 26, 11 am 

Art for Kids Special Geheime Botschaften 
Saturday, September 16 and October 21, 10 - 12 am