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Elisabeth Ajtay

20140909171907-life — *L.I.F.E. (Exported Dreams, Imported Desires)*, 2014 Paint, Stickers 6” X 12” X 4” / 15.24cm X 30.48cm X 10.16cm Each © Elisabeth Ajtay

20130811205301-2013aug_edid_14 — *Exported Dreams Imported Desires, installation view #2*, 2013 Mixed Media © Elisabeth Ajtay

20130811202623-2013aug_east_meets_west_3365 — *East meets West, from Exported Dreams, Imported Desires*, 2013 Photography 42 © Elisabeth Ajtay

20130811205022-2013aug_edid_12 — *Exported Dreams Imported Desires, installation view #1*, 2013 Mixed Media © Elisabeth Ajtay

20130811205644-2013aug_edid_16 — *Exported Dreams Imported Desires, detail #1*, 2013 Mixed Media © Elisabeth Ajtay

20130811205935-2013aug_edid_2 — *Exported Dreams Imported Desires, detail #2* Mixed Media © Elisabeth Ajtay

20140701191005-2013apr24eve_and_lilith — *Eve and Lilith*, 2013 Photography 21.65" X 15.747" © Elisabeth Ajtay

20130608184347-ginnungagap-yawningvoid_install01 — *Ginnungagap/Yawning Void, installation view 2012*, 2008-2012 Photography 15.75" X 15.75" Each © Elisabeth Ajtay

20130608184601-2012rayko_david_lees — *The Originality of a Moment, I-XIII, installation view 2012*, 2009 Photography 5.5" X 11" Each © David Lees

20130608182734-10_0068 — *The Originality of a Moment, X-Shell*, 2009 Photography 5.5" X 11" © Elisabeth Ajtay

20161028180032-computer_computer — *computer computer*, 2016 Single Channel Video, Stop Motion © Elisabeth Ajtay

20170407155203-interdependence — *Interdependence (Still image)*, 2016 Single Channel Video Variable © Elisabeth Ajtay

20170620192639-moonabc_installation-eajtay — *moonABC*, 2016 Single Channel Video, Stop Motion Variable © Elisabeth Ajtay

20170726211254-eajtay_myneocortex — *my neocortex (Still Image)*, 2016 Single Channel Video, Stop Motion Variable © Elisabeth Ajtay

20170907214511-mothtothelight — *Moth to the Light*, 2016 Photography, Gif Variable © Elisabeth Ajtay

20171011221611-eajtay-untitled_wip_-3887 — *Untitled (work in progress)*, 2017 Photogram 16 X 20 In. © Elisabeth Ajtay

20171219023701-2017concentrate-03nb — *You Made My Day*, 2017 Photography, Ink, Pen, Aquarell, Paper 8.5 X 8.5 In. © Elisabeth Ajtay

Quick Facts

Birthplace

Transylvania

Lives in

San Francisco, CA

Works in

San Francisco, CA

Website

http://www.elisabethajtay.com

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. Her work has been shown and published nationally and internationally since 2003.

Exhibited with these artists

Elisabeth Ajtay has Exhibited with these artists:

Theodora Varnay Jones