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Tanja Boukal, born 1976, lives, thinks and works in Vienna, Austria.
Studies Individual Exhibitions Group Exhibitions
Scholarships & Studio Projects Catalogues & Publications
Studies
1990 – 1994 Embroidery, HBLA Herbststraße, Vienna, Austria
1995 – 1999 Stage Design, Wiener Kunstschule, Vienna, Austria View the final project
1999 – 2002 Various classes with Barbara Fuchs, Tone Fink, Jean Silverthorne, Nancy Davidson, Paloma Navares,
Wolfram Kastner and Frieda Baranek, International Summeracademy for Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
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Individual Exhibitions
2021 Do you know that we have lost, Dům umění / House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
2019 Where Flowers bloom…, Heim-Art Galerie, Neufelden im Mühlkreis, Austria
2019 Tanja Boukal: Knitting and Embroidery Gone Rogue, Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Melbourne, USA
2016 No one has any intention of building a wall, Kunstverein Augsburg, Germany
2015 Path of Humanity, Bourbaki Panorama, Lucerne, Switzerland
2014 Better Homes, Red Carpet Showroom, Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
2014 What to Do When Hell Breaks Loose, AB Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland
2013/2014 Political Correctness, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
2013 All That Glitter and Gold,TextilKUNST, Salzburg, Austria
2011 Pandora’s Box, Galerie Eboran, Salzburg, Austria
2011 Pandora’s Box, Alessandro Marena Project, Torino, Italy
2010 Welcome to Paradise, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria
2009 Abandoned, Forum Alpbach 2009, Alpbach, Austria
2008 Where Your Feet Are Standing,…, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria
2007 The Necessity to Have Eyes at the Back of the Head, the Deutschvilla, Strobl, Austria
2007 Establishment of a Temporary Disguise, Intervention at Arnetzhoferstraße, Vienna, Austria
2005 Selected Works, Galerie Ephram, Mikulov, Czech Republic
2003 self[?]secure, Galerie Vernissage, Vienna, Austria
2002 Tanja Is Happy,Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria
2001 As Long As the Hunters Write History… at Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria
2001 Superficial View,Galerie Celeste, Vienna, Austria
2000 A Fish is a Fish,Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria
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Group Exhibitions (Compendium)
2021 EDEN – Poisoned Temptations, WhiteSpaceBlackBox, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2020 Le monument, le labeur et l’hippocampe, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France
2020 Spuren und Masken der Flucht, Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems, Austria
2019 Dämonkratie, A.K.T., Pforzheim, Germany
2018 Efter Flugten, Moesgaard Museum, Højbjerg, Denmark
2018 COMPLEXELLENCE, WhiteSpaceBlackBox, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2018 Leaden Circles disolved from the Air, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 Plush, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, USA
2017 Threads of Connection, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, USA
2017 A World Not Ours / Part 2, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France
2016/2017 Looking for the Clouds, MUSA / Mueum, Stadtgalerie, Artothek, Wien, Österreich
2016 A world Not Ours, Art Space Pythagorion, Samos, Greece
2015/2016 Demonstrating Minds,KIASMA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
2015 Memory Lab III - Traces, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg
2014 Memory Lab, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2014 Memory Lab at MUSA / Museum, Stadtgalerie, Artothek, Vienna, Austria
2014 Der Menschheit Würde…(Dignity of Mankind), Haus der Kunst, Brünn, Tschechische Republik
2014 Der Menschheit Würde…(Dignity of Mankind), Kunstgalerie Bosniens & Herzegovinas, Sarajevo, Bosnien & Herzegovina
2014 Der Menschheit Würde…(Dignity of Mankind), MUSA / Museum, Stadtgalerie, Artothek, Wien, Österreich
2013 Great Balls of Austria, CAMP! / Contemporary Art Meeting Point, Athens, Greece
2013 Humans, Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, Austria
2013 Humans,Galerie Prisma, Bolzano, Italy
2012/2013 Appropriation Part III - Sociocultural Imprint, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
2012 Bei der Arbeit, Teil 1 / At Work, Part 1, Galerie der KG Freiräume, Hallein, Austria
2012 Crossover, Gallery Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna
2012 Answers on the Front of of Postcard, Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2011 Summer exhibition, Gallery Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2011 Fadenspiel, Kunstraum Pro Arte, Hallein, Austria
2011 Next, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria
2010 Basel_back II, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria
2009 Basel_back, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria
2008 Parcours II, Galerie Freiräume, Hallein, Austria
2008 Qui vive?, Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
2006/2007 Industry, Paper, Art, Papiermuseum, Steyrermühl, Austria and at Stadtmuseum, Deggendorf, Germany
2005 Heima®t (Homeland/Art), Deutschvilla, Strobl am Wolfgangsee, Austria
2005 Fotonoviembre, 8th International Biennale of Photography, Teneriffa, Canary Islands
2004 emBODYment, Rathaus, Mainz, Germany
2004 Collection Piramidon, Piramidon, Barcelona, Catalunya
2003 Das geduldige Papier (Paper Is Patient), Galerie im Palais, Vienna, Austria
2003 all about: female sex, Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria
2002 Spazialitá condivisa (Divided Space), Centro d’ Arte Puccini, Florence, Italy
2002 Paper Arts, Papierwespe, Vienna, Austria
2001 Fotonoviembre, 6th International Biennale of Photography, Teneriffa, Canary Islands
2000 Project & Exhibition «Restitution Point», Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
2000 Project «Kulturlos», Vienna, Austria
2000 Blind Date at Alte Sternwarte, Vienna, Austria
1999 Those Who Hurry, Waste Their Time,Wasserwelten, Vienna, Austria
1997 Youth Has Culture, Rotpunkt, Vienna, Austria
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Scholarships & Cooperations
2020 Broder la Machine - Workshop II, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France
2019 Broder la Machine - Workshop I, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France
2017/2018 Artist in Residence at La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France
2016 Artist in Residence at Schwarz Foundation, Samos, Greece
2003/2004 Artist in Recidence at Centre d’ Arte Contemporani Piramidon, Barcelona, Catalunya
2002 Scholarship of the International Summeracademy for Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
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Catalogues & Publications
2020 Spuren und Masken der Flucht, Christian Bauer, Günther Oberhollenzer, Georg Traska, ISBN 978-3-903320-89-5
2020 Le monument, le labeur et l’hippocampe, La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France
2019 The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory, Robin Truth Goodman, ISBN 978-13500-323-9-2
2018 COMPLEXELLENCE, WhiteSpaceBlackBox, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2017 Galerie Eboran 2001-2016, Galerie Eboran, Salzburg, Austria
2017 Mois Européen de la Photography Luxembourg, ISBN 978-99959-674-5-1
2017 A world not ours, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France
2016 A world not ours, Schwarz Foundation, Munich, Germany
2016 eyes on. Monat der Fotografie Wien 2016, Pia Draskovits, ISBN 978-3-902993-28-1
2016 Looking for the clouds. Contemporary Photography in Times of Conflict, ISBN 978-99959-891-1-8
2015 Demonstrating Minds, Finnish National Gallery, ISBN 978-952-7067-20-8
2015 Photographie et Mémoire, ISBN 978-99959-674-4-4
2015 Memory Lab. Photography challenges History, ISBN 978-99959-891-0-1
2015 The Melilla Project, Tanja Boukal
2015 Ateliergespräche, Sabine Coelsch-Foisner, ISBN 978-37025-080-9-8
2014 Political Correctness Museum der Moderne Salzburg, ISBN 978-39902-832-7-1
2014 Der Menschheit Würde. The Dignity of Man. Dustojnost cloveka. Ljudsko dostojanstvo. ISBN 978-39904-365-6-1
2013 Humans Kunstverein Kärnten, Klagenfurt; Austria
2012 Aneigung / Appropriation, Fotobuch Nr. 49, ISBN 9783902725349
2011 Pandora’s Box, Tanja Boukal
2010 Welcome to Paradise, Tanja Boukal
2010 Body of Work 2002–2009, Tanja Boukal
2009 Verlassen, Tanja Boukal
2007 «Die Kunst trägt ihre Aussage in sich selbst» oder das dekorative Element der Anpassung Kulturrisse 02/2007
2006 Paper Road 2006 - internationale papierkunst - industry paper art, IAPMA
2005 Heima®t Tina Teufel, Salzburg, Austria
2005 Fotonoviembre 8. Internationale Biennale der Fotografie, Teneriffa, Spain
2003 all about: female sex Galerie Academia, Salzburg; Austria
2001 Fotonoviembre 6. Internationale Biennale der Fotografie, Teneriffa, Spain
2001 Saison 2000/2001 Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria
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