Elisabeth Ajtay
Quick Facts
Birthplace
Transylvania
Lives in
San Francisco, CA
Works in
San Francisco, CA
Website
Tags
installation, conceptual, photography
Statement
Spending a childhood in Transylvania/Romania behind the iron curtain, Elisabeth Ajtay grew up in the democratic society of Western Germany, leaving two years for Hungary, back in the days, when the changes after the revolutions in Eastern Europe were still in progress.
She received a Diploma in Communications Design in Dortmund /Germany and a Master of Fine Arts in San Francisco/CA.
Her life was and is predominated by traveling. Passing different cultures and nations by arrival and departure are the characteristics of her life. As an unrooted person she welcomes the nomadic presence and reflects the experience of the mobility of the body and soul and its consequences within her artistic work. Ajtay constantly questions the appearance of objects, states of mind. Describing herself as a transnational is an attempt to get beyond labeling regarding race and nationality.
Elisabeth Ajtay's work has been shown and published nationally and internationally since 2003.
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EDUCATION |
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| 2011-13 | ◦ San Francisco Art Institute Master of Fine Arts/Photography, San Francisco CA |
| 2000-06 | ◦ University of Applied Sciences Dortmund/FH Dortmund) Master of Science, Communications Design/Photography, Dortmund, Germany |
| 1998 -2000 | Residence in Budapest ◦ Prepared drawing/photo portfolios ◦ Deepened artistic knowledge in the areas of light, form and shape ◦ Studied in the fields of dance, photography, drawing and painting at Tamás Kopasz et al. ◦ Attended silver jewelry, photographic and graphic design intensive classes |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2013 | ◦ Exported Dreams, Imported Desires, Ramon’S Tailor, San Francisco CA |
| 2012 | ◦ Ginnungagap/Yawning Void, Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco CA |
| 2011 | ◦ Analogue Memories, Union Gewerbehof, Dortmund, Germany ◦ The Scent of the West, curated by Simone Czech, Galerie 143, Dortmund, Germany |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS, excerpt |
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| 2013 | ◦ Small Works, curated by Mary Negro, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn NY ◦ Currency, Final MFA show, The Mint, San Francisco CA ◦ Sledgehammer Constitution, curated by Christina Elliott, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA ◦ Merkle Dir Was, 15 Jahre Galerie Merkle, curated by Verena Zeiner, Galerie Merkle, Stuttgart, Germany ◦ Art by Telephone… Recalled, curated by Sébastien Pluot and Fabien Vallos, Centre National Édition Art et Images-CNEAI, Chatou, France |
| 2012 | ◦ Art by Telephone… Recalled, curated by Sébastien Pluot and Fabien Vallos, CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France ◦ Rob The Noisebank, THE LAB, San Francisco CA ◦ Nomads, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, United States ◦ Then and Now : Photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, 1945-2013, curated by Toni Gentilli, Diego Rivera Gallery,San Francisco CA ◦ Not Kansas, Photographers Explore Their Own Worlds, curated by Ann Jastrab, RayKo, San Francisco CA |
| 2011 | ◦ BAN6 Slide Slam, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA |
| 2010 | ◦ Moving Bikes, collaboration with Katrin Keller, RWE Ruhrtal-Rad Weg, Arnsberg, Germany ◦ Zuhause/At Home, Bibliothek Scharnhorst, Dortmund, Germany ◦ 4. F/STOP Leipzig, Photo Festival, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2009 | ◦ inSPIRACJE, 5th Festival for Visual Arts curated by Krzysztof Ked Olszewski, Szeczin, Poland ◦ raum-fluss-vektoren/space-flow-vectors, photographic installation, KVWL-Kassenärztlicher Verband Westfalen-Lippe, Dortmund, Germany ◦ The Christmas Photo Album, curated by Tina Schelhorn, Gallery, Moscow, Russia |
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HONORS AND AWARDS |
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| 2013 | ◦ Juried Winner, Artslant 5th Showcase in Photography ◦ 1st place, Paul Sack Building Award in Black & White Photography San Francisco, CA |
| 2011-13 | ◦ Scholarship of Merit, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA |
| 2012 | ◦ Honorable Mention, Paul Sack Building Award, San Francisco CA ◦ Honorable Mention, PX3-Prix de la Photographie Paris, Paris, France |
| 2009 | ◦ Semi Finalist, Photofestival Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands |
| 2005 | ◦ Material grant, Kodak, Köln, Germany |
| 2002 | ◦ 3rd place-Skin Aesthetics and Fascination, 2. Hamburger Triennale der Photographie, Hamburg, Germany |
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PUBLICATIONS (excerpt) |
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| 2013 | ◦ Currency, exhibition catalogue, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA |
| 2012 | ◦ Sehstücke, Kunstwerke für die KVWL, KVWL Dortmund, FH Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany |
| ◦ MFA NOW 2012 Archive Project, catalogue, Root Division, San Francisco CA | |
| 2010 | ◦ Amtsblatt des Ministeriums für Schule und Weiterbildung 10/2010, Schule Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ministerium für Schule und Weiterbildung, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| ◦ Kultur Elektrisiert, book, RWE Aktiengesellschaft Essen, Katrin Osbelt-KO2B, Klartext-Verlag, Essen, Germany | |
| ◦ VoRWEggehen und den Ruhrtalradweg zur Open-Air Galerie machen, catalogue, RWE Deutschland AG, Essen, Germany | |
| 2009 | ◦ inSPIRACJE/space, exhibition catalogue, inSPIRACJE, Szeczin, Poland |
| 2008 | ◦ Camera Austria International N° 103/104, Graz, Austria |
| 2006 | ◦ Nah und Fern N° 32/Bilder in unseren Köpfen, cultural magazine for Migration and Participation, Prof. Dr. Birgit Rommelspacher, von Loeper Literaturverlag, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 2005 | ◦ 7. Internationale Fototage Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, exhibition catalogue, Mannheim, Germany |
| 2002 | ◦ Reality-check, 2. Hamburger Triennale der Photografie, catalogue |
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LECTURES |
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| 2012 | ◦ Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA |
| 2010 | ◦ Bibliothek Scharnhorst, Dortmund, Germany |
| 2007 | ◦ Casa Matei, Cluj, Romania |
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TEACHING |
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| 2013 | ◦ Teaching Assistant to Paul Klein – Friending Art with Benefits, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA |
| 2012 | ◦ Teaching Assistant to Jack Fulton – Introduction to Digital Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA |
| 2001-03 | ◦ Teaching Assistant to Jörg Winde, – div. photography classes University of Applied Sciences and Art, Dortmund, Germany |
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