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| Olga JÜrgenson | |
| About the Artist | |
OLGA JÜRGENSON |
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The Tower of Babel
2005 |
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| Sculptural installation of TV sets, old tables and chairs, cheap utilitarian furniture, familiar to anyone who has lived the migrant experience. The videoke version of the song “Go West” is broadcast on the TV screens. Central piece of the installation “Go West”.
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Abundance
2005 |
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| The white painted TV’s are juxtaposed to colourful and luxurious still images of food, displayed like wallpaper. Repetitive images redolent of conveyor belts create kaleidoscopic and unnerving effect. |
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Celebration
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| Hung for 1 month on a 13th century archway to Vienna /Wienertor/, Austria. Part of “Compilation Europe 2112m” project, 2004. The theme: Celebration of the EU enlargement in 2004 |
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EUROvalentines.50
2002 |
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| The series of 6 images. Were exhibited as a part of “The Good and the Bad” exhibition, The Liverpool Biennial in 2002. Hamburger and Coca-Cola as symbols of the united Europe
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EUROwindows
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| The series of 6 images. Exhibited at Palace Porcia, Vienna, Austria, as a part of “Global Fusion 2002” project. Photographs of “New European” windows and doors taken in Olga’s hometown in Estonia replace the original images of open windows, doors and arches of EURO banknotes
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| Olga Jürgenson has been practicing as an artist since 1992 and has enjoyed an interesting journey from her Fine Art education focusing on Socialist Realism in St. Petersburg, Russia to current work as a contemporary New Media and Installation artist living and working in the UK. Jürgenson has held several solo exhibitions and has participated in group exhibitions and festivals across Europe, The Far East, Africa and Australia. These include: ‘Wind Art’ Festival in Seoul (South Korea), ‘Global Fusion 2005’ in Melbourne (Australia), ‘Paradise in Bunker’ in Kunstbunker Tumulka, Munich (Germany), ‘Compilation Europe’ in Vienna (Austria), ‘The Good and the Bad’, as a part of Liverpool Biennial, UK, ‘All St. Petersburg’ in St. Petersburg (Russia), Russian Cultural Institute in Vienna, Austria; Raatuse Gallery in Tallinn, Estonia; Borey Arts Centre gallery in St Petersburg, Russia, Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery in the UK. Jürgenson has received several awards and grants in Estonia, KulturKontakt in Vienna, Austria, Stiftung Kulturfonds in Germany, European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam, Holland, and Arts Council England East in the UK; she undertook several international residencies and fellowships including Artists House Lucas in Ahrenshoop, Germany, KulturKontakt in Vienna, Austria, PVA Labculture at IDAT, University of Plymouth, UK and Peterborough Digital Arts, UK. Education 1987-1994 St. Petersburg State Academy of Arts, Russia. Diploma in Graphic Art (higher, comparable to British Masters degree standard) 1984-1987 B. Ioganson Art School, St. Petersburg, Russia. Diploma in Fine Art (advanced) 1979-1983 Johvi Art School, Johvi, Estonia. Diploma in Fine Art (intermediate) Solo exhibitions (selected) 2008 ‘When Estonian Peasant meets Russian Miner or when a Russian Miner meets Estonian Peasant’ (With Mare Tralla), City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2006, 2005 ‘Go West!' Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, The Hat Factory Gallery, Luton 2004 Compilation Europe 2112m2 Europe project, Am Hauptplatz gallery; Large scale print ‘Celebration’, Vienna Gate, Hainburg, Austria 2001 Am Brahmsplatz Gallery in the Russian Cultural Institute, Vienna, Austria Kolping House, Vienna, Austria Kohtla-Jarve City Gallery, Estonia Amerling House Gallery, Vienna, Austria 2000 Artists’ Studios, Kulturkontakt, Vienna, Austria 1999 Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia Raatuse Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 1997 Estonian Art Museum, Jõhvi, Estonia Narva Museum Art Gallery, Estonia 1994 Kohtla-Järve Museum, Estonia Group Exhibitions (selected) 2009 Moscow Media Forum, Moscow, Russia Visions in the Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery, London, UK Wysing Arts Contemporary: PERFORMED, Cambridge, UK thisPLACEd, real, virtual and between, City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2008 Wysing Inside Out, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK Monument, Video films by Estonian Artists, Akhmatova Museum, St Petersburg, Russia (screening) 3rd Residency, Allianse Francaise, Port Louis, Mauritius 2007 Joking Aside, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, UK Edge, King’s Lynn Art Centre, UK 2006 Biennale of Contemporary Art, Shumen, Bulgaria Global Fusion 2006, Palace Porcia, Vienna, Austria Dark and Daring, Wolsey Art gallery, Ipswich, UK (screening) 2005 Wind Art Festival, Seoul, Korea Global Fusion 2005(touring): transport shelters in Melbourne, Australia, b a s e m e n t art space, Vienna, Austria, Maroondah art gallery, Ringwood, Australia PVA Medialab, Substation, Singapore 2004 Paradise in Bunker, Kunstbunker Tumulka, Munich, Germany Peterborough Regional Art Exhibition, UK Art not War, Diorama Gallery, London, UK 2003 EUROzone, Art House, Peterborough, UK Art not War, Conway Hall, London, UK 2002 The Good and the Bad, MAIS IV, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK Artist’s House Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Germany Global Fusion 2002, Palace Porcia, Vienna, Austria 2001 Europa erweitern, The House of Industry, Vienna, Austria 2000 All St.Petersburg, Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia 1997 Exhibition of the artists from Ida-Virumaa in Norderstedt, Germany 1994 Woman Illuminating the Night slide show, Berlin, Germany 1993 Bothnia Art Workshop exhibition in Oulu Art Museum, Finland International exhibition in Arktinen Gallery, Oulu, Finland 1992 Ariadna gallery Biennial, St. Petersburg, Russia Residencies 2009 CYLAND, National Centre of Contemporary Art, St Petersburg, Russia 2008 pARTage, Flick-en-Flack, Mauritius 2004 - 2005 Peterborough digital arts, Peterborough, UK 2004 PVA Medialab IDAT, University of Plymouth, UK 2002 Ahrenshoop Artist’s House, Germany 2001 KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria 2000 KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria Grants, awards 2009 STEP beyond, European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008 Arts Council England East, UK Kultuurkapital, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tallinn 2005 Arts Council England East, UK 2004 Peterborough Exhibiting Group Prize, UK 2002 Kultuurkapital, Cultural Endowment of Estonia KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria 2000 APEXchanges, European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands Kultuurkapital, Cultural Endowment of Estonia 1999 Kultuurkapital, Cultural Endowment of Estonia 1998 KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria Kultuurkapital, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Ida-Virumaa Ida-Virumaa Development Foundation, Estonia Kultuurkapital, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tallinn 1997 Kultuurkapital, Cultural Endowment of Estonia Symposiums 2008 HackFemEast, Berlin, Germany 2004 PVA Labculture symposium, Bridport, UK 2002 Global Fusion 2002 symposium, Vienna, Austria 1993 Bothnia art workshop, Oulu, Finland Collections Estonian Art Museum Kohtla – Järve Museum Narva Museum Art Gallery, Estonia Oulu Art Museum, Finland Eesti Telefon Company, Estonia Private collections in Austria, Estonia, Germany, Russia, Finland, France, Italy, Russia, Sweden, UK, USA. |
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