I am finally in Kyoto for my dream residency at Benrido. I won the Hariban Grand Prize in 2021. I have been invited to print my Weston portfolio with Master collotype printer Yamamoto-San. June 2023.
Erasing Moonrise with Galerie Thomas Zander, Art Basel, Booth C14 Hall 2.0, 6.15 to 6.18, 2023.
Erasing Moonrise is a portfolio of three unique Gelatin Silver Prints, toned and processed, resulting from a Durational Performance at Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, 4 March 2023.
Erasing Moonrise is a portfolio of three unique Gelatin Silver Prints, toned and processed, resulting from a Durational Performance at Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, 4 March 2023.
Museum of Modern Art acquires 27 prints from my series "El Jardín de Senderos Que Se Bifurcan".
Thank you to Lucy Gallun, the MoMA Photography Committee, the Latin American and Caribbean Fund, & Galerie Thomas Zander for the support.
Thank you to Lucy Gallun, the MoMA Photography Committee, the Latin American and Caribbean Fund, & Galerie Thomas Zander for the support.
A short feature in the Financial Times of my work at the V&A Photography Centre
Brilliant review of my Weston book by Britland Tracy on photo-eye blog.
I gave a short artist talk and an evening poetry reading at the opening celebration of the V&A's Photography Centre, May 2023.
The exhibition will continue through 2024 so if you are in London please stop to see all the beautiful work in this extraordinary new space.
The exhibition will continue through 2024 so if you are in London please stop to see all the beautiful work in this extraordinary new space.
A review in The Guardian of the exhibition at the V&A new Photography Centre.
Image/Counter Image at Museum Ludwig opens April 22.
1979 Contact Negatives in "You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography". Curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, organized by Aperture. Installation view, Princeton University Art Museu
Closed May 2023 will travel to Atlanta in September.
Closed May 2023 will travel to Atlanta in September.
Rock, Paper, Sun, a solo exhibition of new works is now open at Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany through March 24th 2023.
Weston's Nudes in Dismantling Monoliths, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, January 17th to March 25th, 2023.
Master Rituals: Weston’s Nudes. Review by Loring Knoblauch. January 2023
Essay/Review by Jörg M. Colberg in Conscientious Magazine. Most important critical review of Weston work to date.
1979: Contact Negatives acquired by the V&A Museum.
NEW BOOK: Master Rituals II: Weston's Nudes published by TBW available NOW.
Weston's Nudes in Refracting Histories, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, open thru April 2023.
Review of MoCP's Refracting Histories Exhibition.
Vince Aletti short review of my book Master Rituals:Weston's Nudes, Nov 2022.
Weston's Nudes in Books Revisited at Center for Book Arts, NYC, closes December 10th 2022.
1979: Contact Negatives with Galerie Thomas Zander, Booth D21, at Paris+ par Art Basel 2022
Black Messengers with Galerie Thomas Zander, Booth A10, Paris Photo 2022
6.16 – 6.19 / Art Basel / Galerie Thomas Zander
5.10 - 5.13 / Photo London / Galerie Thomas Zander
5.13 at 5pm / Conversation with Yasufumi Nakamori / TATE's Turbine Hall / OFFPRINT London
5.13 at 5pm / Conversation with Yasufumi Nakamori / TATE's Turbine Hall / OFFPRINT London
PDF gallery text here
"RePose" was a week long performance exhibition at CalArts REDCAT. Documentation forthcoming.
"RePose" was a week long performance exhibition at CalArts REDCAT. Documentation forthcoming.
I was awarded a George and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship
PDF here.
1979: Contact Negatives featured in the Latinx issue of Aperture with essay by Yasmine Seale.
1979: Contact Negatives featured in the Latinx issue of Aperture with essay by Yasmine Seale.
I was awarded the 2021 Lewis Baltz Research Fund Award presented to me at Paris Photo. Thank you to the jury for this honor.
My book is on MoMA's inaugural list celebrating their 10 favorite photo books of 2021! Selected by Clément Chéroux, Chief Curator of Photography.
Reviewed by Lucy Gallun, Associate Curator of Phototography. The book is now in the museum's permanent collection.
First Edition of my book/ SOLD OUT. Second Edition is now available in limited quantities. Pre-order now at DAIS books. Shipping early December.
My book El Jardín de Senderos Que Se Bifurcan is shortlisted for the Aperture Paris Photo First Book Award.
Honored to be invited as an "Artist Researcher” to take part in "Unseen California" – an Arts field study initiative designed to bring together contemporary professional artists in the creation of new artworks that visualize urgent issues and topics within the California Landscape. Launched by UCSC Professor Karolina Karlic, our first cohort includes Dionne Lee, Aspen Mays, Mercedes Dorame and myself. More soon!
Weston's Nudes is currently in an exhibition at ASU's Northlight Gallery.
My work installed at Art Basel this year with my new gallery Thomas Zander/ Booth D10/2.0, September 21–24. 2021.
I am now represented by Galerie Thomas Zander!
I won the Hariban Grand Prize this year which includes a forthcoming residency to learn the beautiful Collotype process with Master Japanese printers in Kyoto. Thank you to the jurors for this amazing opportunity.
I am thrilled to be awarded the Jury Prize of the Louis Roederer Discovery Award for Master Rituals II: Weston's Nudes. The exhibition is up at Arles thru September 23rd, 2021. I created a separate "press" section for reviews of the exhibition.
I am excited to be in conversation with my friend and colleague Zora J Murff for Photo London. The talk will be recorded if you'd like to view the recording please contact me: tskrajnak@gmail.com.
After many COVID delays, I will finally be completing my 2020 Residency at Light Work remotely during the month of August 2021. I'll be in the Darkroom at Aurora Photo Center and then back to the LA sun for work on my Cyanotype series.
My work is currently part of the Rencontres d'Arles public exhibition at Paris Gare de Lyon railway station. Thru August 31st, 2021.
My work is currently part of the Rencontres d'Arles public exhibition in the Gare d'Avignon TGV in France. Thru August 31st, 2021.
In the July 2021 print edition of Madame Figaro announcing my nomination for the Women in Photography Prize. "Tarrah Krajnak: reinventing the nude" with my series Master Rituals II: Weston's Nudes.
A thorough and thoughtful review of my new book published by DAIS on collector daily.
A thoughtful essay by Raquel Villar-Pérez on my project "EL Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan" is featured in Photoworks UK.
Self Portrait as Weston/as Charis Wilson,1925/2020 is featured in Vogue Paris as one of ten photographs to see this summer at the Rencontres d'Arles.
My monograph El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan is now available for pre-order via DAIS books! Special Edition forthcoming.
Work from El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan is currently in a group exhibition at MIM Gallery in Los Angeles.
Master Rituals: Weston's Nudes shortlisted for the Arles 2021 Louis Roederer Discovery Award. Exhibition forthcoming at the opening of Arles. Thrilled to be amongst such a great list of artists. Thanks to my gallery as-is.la.
I'm excited to announce I'm hosting a new podcast featuring conversations with BIPOC photographers called "The Careful Photograph". You can listen on Spotify or Apple podcasts now. I will be releasing new episodes every week.
El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan was awarded the 2020 Lange-Taylor Prize by the Center for Documentary Studies. This project is ongoing and has been several years in the making. It is an honor to be recognized as both a photographer and writer in the tradition of Dorothea Lange and Paul Taylor. Thank you to the CDS for this support.
Honored to be on the 2021 Silver List with such an amazing group of photographers! Thank you to Silvereye for launching this initiative.
"Tracing Peruvian Imaginaries: Rafael Soldi & Tarrah Krajnak". I'll be conversing with my friend and fellow Peruvian-born artist Rafael Soldi on Thursday, January 14th at 4pm PST/7pm EST at the Philadelphia Photographic Arts Center. Register via the link.
In late 2019 I sat down with Kavior Moon and discussed my photographic practice. The interview was recently published in East of Borneo's "Artists at Work" series.
PDF available here.
Art historian Kavior Moon writes a really thoughtful analysis of my 1979 Lima Peru projects for the Trauma issue #16 of the Offramp magazine.
Art historian Kavior Moon writes a really thoughtful analysis of my 1979 Lima Peru projects for the Trauma issue #16 of the Offramp magazine.
I was selected as a 2020 Lightwork Artist in Residence.
Thank you to the HARPO foundation for the generous grant to support my work this year.
A recent interview with Rafael Soldi from Strange Fire Collective. SFC highlights work made by women, people of color, and queer and trans artists.
The Transnational Imagination
A recent Interview by curator Emily Gonzalez-Jarrett in the Fall Issue of SPOT Magazine. 2018.
A recent Interview by curator Emily Gonzalez-Jarrett in the Fall Issue of SPOT Magazine. 2018.
