Anna Jermolaewa / Kunsthaus Bregenz

Running concurrently with the Michael Armitage exhibition, Kunsthaus Bregenz also presents a solo show with works by Anna Jermolaewa. Anna Jermolaewa has been chosen to represent Austria at next years Venice Art Biennale. The Kunsthaus Bregenz is closely associated with the artist. Several of her main works are part of the Kunsthaus Bregenz collection. In the exhibition in Bregenz, Anna Jermolaewa shows three artworks: Her 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.

Anna Jermolaewa, who came to Austria as a Russian dissident in 1989, explores political history and present in her diverse work. Jermolaewa's exhibition at Kunsthaus Bregenz runs until October 29, 2023.

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.

Anna Jermolaewa / Kunsthaus Bregenz. Bregenz (Austria), July 14, 2023.