State of Mind

I take a rather sceptical view of the current photographic behavior, because our perception and our dealings with images are increasingly determined by technology and algorithms. The consumption of visual material in seconds happens largely without reflection, everyone strives for the ultimate number of pixels and for even more unrealistic sharpness and brilliance. The daily overdose of information strains our senses and will change them in the long term. This development represents at the same time thought content and friction surface for my work and is not least my motivation to produce my own images.

"Tamara Janes reproduces poor quality images, recreating the glitches and errors that occur when digital images are manipulated and stored with lossy compression. Referring to Hito Steyerl's provocative essay In Defense of the Poor Image, published in 2009, the artist claims that the disappearance of these low-quality images further underscores the power of manipulation, due to the more effective effect of high-resolution images on our emotions and behaviors. With her avowed love for bad images, she thus makes a case against the supremacy of digital media." – from the exhibition text "Silicon Is a Grey Crystal", curated by Boris Magrini

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Tamara Janes
Gerberngasse 21a
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represented by Boccanera Gallery Trento/Milan
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Education

2017
Master in Fine Arts, Institute of Art Gender Nature (IAGN), HGK, Basel

2014
Bachelor in Kunst & Medien, Vertiefung Fotografie, ZHdK, Zürich

2013
School of Visual Arts, SVA, New York

2001
Grafikfachklasse SfG St. Gallen

seit 2019
Dozentin an der Fotofachklasse, F+F Schule für Gestaltung und Design Zürich

Awards and Grants

2022
Double-Mentoring mit Lars Willumeit, Migros Kulturprozent

2021
Continuer – Förderakzent des Kanton Bern

2020
Finalist, Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium der Bernischen Kunstgesellschaft

2019
Werkbeitrag des Kanton St. Gallen

2019
Finalist, Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium der Bernischen Kunstgesellschaft

2018
Finalist, Shizuko Yoshikawa Advancement Award for Young Women Artists

2018
Finalist, Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium der Bernischen Kunstgesellschaft

2018
Atelierstipendium New York der Stadt Bern

2016
Werkbeitrag «Werkbuch/Œvre d’Artiste», Kanton Bern

2014
1. Preis, 18. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis

2014
Bachelor Diplom mit Auszeichnung

2013
Shortlist, Unseen Dummy Award, Amsterdam

Exhibitions

14.1.-12.2.2023
Imagine Utopia, Nomadic Art Space, Olten

2022
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel

2022
Erlkönig Protokoll with Linus Lutz, AUTO, St. Gallen

2022
Hiltibold, St. Gallen

2021
Heimspiel, Kunsthaus Glarus

2021
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Langenthal und Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel

2021
The Super Zoom Edition, Solo Show and Summer Residency, Shedhalle Frauenfeld

2021
Kulturraum S4 im Stellwerk, Heerbrugg

2021
Wind of Change, Kloster Dornach

2019
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Langenthal

2019
Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium, Kunstmuseum Thun

2019
Cave Canem, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italien

2018
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne

2018
Last Open Studio, Red House, New York

2018
Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium, Kunsthaus Langenthal

2017
Regionale 18, Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel

2017
Cantonale Berne Jura, Musée Jurassien des Arts, Moutier

2017
AE_selection-Project, Solo Show, Boccanera Project Room, Trento, Italien

2017
Diplomausstellung Institut Kunst HGK FHNW, Kunsthaus Baselland

2017
Stadtgalerie Bern, Sommerfenster

2016
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Langenthal & Kunsthaus Pasquart

2016
#me Ego Reloaded, Kunstraum Nextex, St. Gallen

2016
C’est fini l’ironie, Masterklasse 15, Carrosserie, Basel

2016
Throwing Balls in the Air, Academiae – Youth Art Biennale, Franzensfeste, Italien

2015
Heimspiel, Kunstraum Engländerbau, Vaduz

2015
Bieler Fototage, Espace Libre, Biel

2015
Plat(t)form 15, Portfolio View, Fotomuseum, Winterthur

2014
18. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis, Zürich/Lausanne/Basel/Stuttgart

2014
«Fotogravielfalt» Werkschau VFO, Photobastei, Zürich

2012
Werkschau ZHdK, Coalmine Fotogalerie, Winterthur

Collections

Poor Image #01 & Les Horribles Cernettes, Fotografische Sammlung, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Poor Image Noise Series, Kunstsammlung Kanton St. Gallen

Publications

2022
Super Zoom Edition, 72 Unikate

2017
Halbschlaf, erschienen beim Kehrer Verlag

2017
Jeff Koons read by Tamara Janes, Zine für die Buchmesse I Never Read

2016
Still Loading, 8 Bücher

2016
Konservierung 1: eBay Masken 2013 - 2015

2015
espace libre with Google Reverse Image Search, Faltposter, Auflage 4000

2015
Google Orakel, art@work #10, Buchpublikation

2014
Raum 209 mit Google Reverse Image Search, Buchpublikation, Unikat

2013
As Dark As the Inside of a Needle, mit Broomberg & Chanarin, ZHdK-Projekt

Contributions & Talks

2021
Galleria di Berna – für eine Zukunft der Stadtgalerie, Stadtgalerie Bern, A0 Poster

2020
I asked the internet and it said I am ok, Salzhaus Winterthur, F4 Poster

2018
#coucoukunst, F200 Poster, New York City – Found Objects

2017
Talk, “Afterglow” mit Jules Spinatsch und Thomas Seelig, Buchhandlung Never Stop Reading

2016
Mousse Publishing, Throwing Balls In The Air, Academiae

2015
Capricious Magazine, Ausgabe 16 – Ex, Ebay Mask

2009/14
Soirée Graphique Magazin N˚7 und N˚2

Workshops

2020
Poor Image Workshop, Pasquart Photoforum, Biel/Bienne

2019
Poor Image Workshop mit Helena Schmidt, HKB Vermittlung, Bern

Texte

2015
Ist im post-fotografischen Zeitalter die fotografische Arbeit noch von Bedeutung
Is your photographic work still of relevance in today’s age of post-photography

2013
Kiss Your Art Goodbye (PDF)

Presse

Tiefseetauchen in der Picture Collection, Berner Zeitung

Letzter Künsterflug nach New York, Berner Zeitung

Interview art@work (Pdf)