I explore the conditions of digital images in my work. I take a critical view of current photographic behaviour because our perception and handling of images is increasingly determined by technology and algorithms. Mostly, we consume images unreflectively every second, striving for ever more unrealistic sharpness and brilliance. This development is both the content and the friction surface for my work. By shifting and contextualising my own and other people's imagery, I want to create new perspectives and visual commentaries.
In general, I like encountering surreal everyday situations and being caught up in illusions and dreams. I like the state between sleep and awake, when photography leaves the wall and becomes sculpture, how fakes and simulations affect my perception, the state where irony happens and I am always looking for the strange.
And I still love photography.
“Tamara Janes reproduces poor quality images, recreating the glitches and errors that occur when digital images are manipulated and stored using lossy compression. With reference to Hito Steyerl’s provocative 2009 essay “In Defense of the Poor Image”, the artist claims that the disappearance of these low-quality images further underlines the power of manipulation, as high-resolution images have a more effective effect on our emotions and behaviour. With her avowed love of poor images, she 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
Progr Atelier 205
Waisenhausplatz 30
3011 Bern
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represented by Boccanera Gallery Trento/Milan
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2017
Master in Fine Arts, Institute of Art Gender Nature (IAGN), HGK, Basel
2014
Bachelor Diploma with distinction in Photography,
Department of Art & Media, Zurich University of the Arts, ZHdK
2013
SVA School of Visual Arts, New York, US
2001
Visual Communication studies, Graphic Designer EFZ, SfG St. Gallen
2000
Visual Communication, Ohio State University, Columbus, US
2023
Swiss Design Awards, Laureate in Photography
Artist at Futures Photography, nominated by Photo Elysée
2022
Double-Mentoring with Lars Willumeit, Migros Kulturprozent
2021
Förderakzent Continuer by the Canton Bern
2020
Finalist, Aeschlimann Corti Fellowship of the Bern Art Society
2019
Work grant by the Canton St. Gallen, “The New York Public Library Picture Collection”
Finalist, Aeschlimann Corti Fellowship of the Bern Art Society
2018
Residency grant of the city of Bern, New York
Finalist, Shizuko Yoshikawa Advancement Award for Young Women
Finalist, Aeschlimann Corti Fellowship of the Bern Art Society
2016
Grant Werkbuch/OEvre d’Artiste by Canton of Bern, Book
2014
1st prize, 18th vfg Young Talent Award
Bachelor diploma with distinction
2013
Unseen Dummy Award, Amsterdam
2024
Photo Elysée, Platform10, Lausanne
2021
“Super Zoom”, summer studio and exhibition, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld
2017
“Save The Poor Image”, AE_selection-Project, Boccanera Project Room, Trento, Italy
2015
“Espace Libre with Google Reverse Image Search”, Bieler Fototage, Espace Libre, Biel/Bienne
“Digital Mirror” art@work with Google Reverse Image Search, Zurich/Berne
2023
Funny Snow Face, with Natalia Funariu, Cantonale Berne Jura, Musée jurassien des Arts, Moutier
#viecher, Grosse Regionale, #altefabrik, Rapperswil-Jona
Copyright Swap, Swiss Design Awards, Basel
Imagine Utopia, with Annelies Štrba & Yvonne Robert, Nomadic Art Space, Olten
2022
Erlkönig Protokoll, with Linus Lutz, AUTO, St. Gallen
#nofilter, Hiltibold, St. Gallen
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne
2021
Heimspiel, Kunsthaus Glarus
Jenseits, Kulturraum S4 im Stellwerk Heerbrugg
Wind of Change, Kloster Dornach
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Langenthal & Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne
2019
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Langenthal
Aeschlimann Corti Fellowship of the Bernese Art Society, Thun Art Museum
Cave Canem, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italien
2018
Last Open Studio, with Jared Deery and Camilla Ha, Red House, New York
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne
Aeschlimann Corti Fellowship of the Bern Art Society, Kunsthaus Langenthal
2017
Silicon Is a Grey Crystal, Regionale 18, House of Electronic Arts, Basel
Halbschlaf, Book launch Werkbuch/OEvre d'Artiste, Stadtgalerie Bern
We Invite You to Hope, Kunsthaus Baselland, Diploma Exhibition Institute of Art Gender Nature (IAGN)
Argument Place, Stadtgalerie Bern
Cantonale Berne Jura, Musée Jurassien des Arts, Moutier
2016
Throwing Balls in the Air, Academiae – Youth Art Biennale, Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, Italy
#me Ego Reloaded, Kunstraum Nextex, St. Gallen
C'est fini l’ironie” Masterclass 15, Institute of Art Gender Nature, Carrosserie, Basel
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Langenthal & Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne
2015
Plat(t)form 15, Portfolio View, Fotomuseum, Winterthur
Heimspiel, Kunstraum Engländerbau,Vaduz
2014
8th vfg Young Talent Award, Zurich/Lausanne/Basel/Stuttgart
Fotogravielfalt, Photobastei, Zurich
Poor Image #01 & Les Horribles Cernettes, Photographic Collection Museum Folkwang, Essen
Poor Image Noise Series, Art Collection Canton St. Gallen
2023
Poor Image Sungaze, Residential and Care Center Mörschwil
2019 -
Lecturer at the photography class, F+F School of Art and Design, Zurich
Poor Image, Workshop, PHBern
Poor Image, Workshop, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel/Bienne
Poor Image, Workshop, mit Helena Schmidt, HKB Art Education, Bern
2022
The Super Zoom Edition, publication for the exhibition, 72 unique publications
2017
Halbschlaf, Kehrer Verlag, Werkbuch/OEvre d’Artiste Canton Bern
2016
Jeff Koons read by Tamara Janes, zine for the book fair I Never Read, edition of 10
2015
Espace Libre with Google Reverse Image Search, folding poster, edition of 4000
Conservation No.2, Still Loading, 6 books
Conservation No.1, eBay Masks, book, unique
Google oracle, art@work #10, book, edition of 6
2014
Room 209 with Google Reverse Image Search, book publication, unique
2023
Atlas of Aspect Change, book by Tine Melzer, HKB, Bern
2022
#artintheheart, Vitrine, curated by Katrin Sperry, Bern
2021
Galleria di Berna for a future of the Stadtgalerie Bern, A0 poster
Viech, coucou culture magazine, Winterthur
2020
I asked the internet and it said I am ok, F4 poster, Salzhaus Winterthur
2018
New York City – Found Objects, #coucoukunst, F200 poster
2016
Mousse Publishing, Throwing Balls In The Air – Academiae
2015
Capricious Magazine, Issue 16 – Ex, Ebay Mask
2013
As Dark As the Inside of a Needle, publishing project with Broomberg & Chanarin, ZHdK
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)
Tiefseetauchen in der Picture Collection, Berner Zeitung
Letzter Künsterflug nach New York, Berner Zeitung
Interview art@work (Pdf)