Stefanie Trojan
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"Kleiderspende
/ clothes donation", 2002
Performance, Jahresausstellung Akademie der Bildenden Künste München,
Munich
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"Käuflich
/ sellable", 2004
Performance New York
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"Lächeln
ll / smile ll", 2005
Performance „Lebensfreude“ Luitpold Lounge, München
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"Mitfahrgelegenheit
/ lift", 2004
Aktion /action Marktkauf Lemgo
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Artist Statement
In the past five years I have done
several performances, both in galleries and performance spaces, and outdoors and
in public spaces. I am questioning habits of the people and face the audience
with them within an action. My work is about social patterns, habits in general
and daily things.
Are we dominated from our social
surrounding field, are we captured from our context of time. I develop my performances
like social investigations, check routines and taboos for their values and pass
my questions over to the observer.
I am not working with images but
with experience. One question is: what does the observer experience with me? Could
he pass over limits of the society? Could he leave taboos behind him? Where are
the own limits we built up within a society? What is tradition? Why is it so important?
And why is it so unimportant? To grow over ourselves, not to take us so seriously,
to be able to laugh about ourselves.
I always try to work with the conditions
of the place, the surrounding field and to react on the people.
I try to analyse the habits and to confront them with them in a performance.
I utilize my own body as an artistic
material, with which I investigate figurative sculpture and performance. But a
main part of my work is the reaction of the observer. I pass the action on to
him, make him part of the performance and he completes it.
Stefanie Trojan
1976 born in Neu Ulm, lives
and works in Munich and Frankfurt
EDUCATION, HONOR
| 2006 |
Grant
of the state government of germany for a six month residency at the cité
in paris |
| 2005 |
"Kunst
Stipendium“ Grant for Halle/Saale of the Werkleitzgesellschaft; "Projektstipendium“
(grant to realize a project) of the city of munich |
| 2004 |
Debutantenpreis
of the State Ministry of Education, Research and Art, “Junge Kunst”
Grant for a one year residency in Lemgo, Germany |
| 2003 |
Diplom
(final degree), Scholarship of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) for
New York, Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance, Artist in Residence at the Parsons
School of Design, New York, |
| 2001 |
masterstudent
of Asta Gröting 2002 Schoolarship of Erasmus (Europan Exchange Programm)
for studing in Madrid, Schrägspur-Video-Prize, |
| 2000 |
First
Sate Examination for Art in High School Teaching, |
| 1996-2003 |
Study
of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2005 |
"traffic",
Exit Biennial II, Exit Art, New York
"Öffentlichkeit als Medium", ZKMax, München
"and she was", transit Galerie, Mechelen, Belgien
“was du brauchst", Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
“ghostAkademie", Rathausgalreie, Munich
"Private Heroes", opening of the museum MARTa Herford
"favorits- new art in Munich" Kunstbau/Lenbachhaus, Munich
"local custom", Eichmüllerhaus, Lemgo
"by oneself", Cordonhaus, Cham
"collaborative practice", archive shedhalle Zürich
"art friday", Kunstverein Friedrichshafen |
| 2004 |
"open
studios for friends", PS1, New York
"facing the audience", Whitney at Altria, New York, Passerby, New York
"potential in action", Luitpold Lounge, Munich
"Debutanten 2004", Galerie der Künstler, Munich
"D-light", Elisabeth Foundation, New York
"germany is looking for", Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
"are you content?", Galerie Royal, Munich
7a*11d Performance festival, Toronto
"collaborative practice", archive, Kunstverein Munich
"Inport", Performance Festival, Estonia |
| 2003 |
"Invasion
1", Pasinger Fabrik, Munich
"Social Fabric", Lothringer 13, Munich
"Transformers 2", Munich |
| 2002 |
"moved",
Kunstverein Ingolstadt
"Schrägspur 03", Videofestival, Oberstdorf |
| 2001 |
"waiting
till the night", Munich
"ArtCine", Art Frankfurt
"Schrägspur 02", Videofestival Oberstdorf |
| 2000 |
"being
human", touring exhibition |
| 1999 |
"art
and chaos", Arts and Crafts, Neu Ulm |
since 2000 various performances
and actions both in gallerie spaces and public spaces.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"bewegt" Hrsg. Kunstverein
Ingolstadt e.V., text: Isabella Kreim, Ingolstadt 2002
"Deutschland sucht" Hrsg. Kölnischer Kunstverein, cologne, text
of Ariane Beyn, Anja Dorn, Peter Gorschlüter, Iris Kadel, Christiane Mennicke,
Nina Möntmann, Vanessa Joan Müller, Julia Schäfer und Judith Schwarzbart,
published by revolver 2005 ISBN: 3-86588-096-7
"Favoriten – Neue Kunst in München" Hrsg. Städtische
Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich 2005 ISBN- 3-88645-158-5
"(my private) Heroes", Hrsg. MARTa Herford, published by Kerber , 2005
ISBN: 3-936646-92-9
"ghostAkademie, Vorlesungsverzeichnis" edited by Uli Aigner, Munich
2005
SOLO CATALOGUES
"Stefanie Trojan: Performances
und Aktionen" supported by Galerie der Künstler des BBK München
and OBB. e.V., Landeshauptstadt München, Text: Christy Gast, No Karl, Courtenay
Smith, Munich, 2004 ISBN: 3-00-013424-7
"Stefanie Trojan: Performances und Aktionen 2" supported by the city
of Lemgo and the Staff Foundation, talk: Veronique Souben / Stefanie Trojan, Lemgo
2005 ISBN: 3-00-015535-X
Contact
Information
www.stefanietrojan.de
mail@stefanietrojan.de
