Janaina Tschäpe
Janaina Tschäpe (born Munich, Germany, 1973) is a Brazilian/German artist.
Also recorded as Tschaepe, Janaina
Janaina Tschäpe

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- Name
- Janaina Tschäpe
- Born
- 1973 Janaina Tschäpe (born Munich, Germany, 1973) is a Brazilian/German artist.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · photographer · sculptor · television producer · video artist
- Fields
- action art · visual arts
- Education
- School of Visual Arts
- Languages
- German · Brazilian Portuguese · English
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Janaina Tschäpe studied at School of Visual Arts. The recorded working language is German, Brazilian Portuguese and English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are action art and visual arts. Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City. Work by Janaina Tschäpe is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst.
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• Name — Janaina Tschäpe • Born — 1973 Janaina Tschäpe (born Munich, Germany, 1973) is a Brazilian/German artist.
Biography
Biography
Janaina Tschäpe was born in 1973 in Munich, Germany, and was raised in São Paulo, Brazil. She received her Bachelor in Fine Arts from the Hochschule für Bildende Kueste, Hamburg in 1997 and her Master in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 1998. Tschäpe’s interdisciplinary practice spans painting, drawing, photography, video and sculpture. Incorporating elements of aquatic, plant, and human life, Tschäpe’s universe of sublime forms shift between representation, fantasy and abstraction. The artist lives and works in New York since 1997. Her work is in the Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Mudam, Luxembourg, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Taguchi Fine Art Collection, Japan.
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1973
Janaina Tschäpe born at Dachau.
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- 1., vgl. auch Eigenangabe im CV janainatschape.net. Abgerufen am 18. März 2021.
- 2.Joe Fig: Inside the Artist's Studio. Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2015, S. 234.
- 3.Linda Yablonsky: Janaina Tschäpe makes living, moving, misshapen sculptures out of whoite latex, rubber tubing, and a few friends. In: ARTnews. Band 102. ARTnews Associates, 2003, S. 105.
- 4.AKL 110 421 Tschäpe (Tschãpe), Janaina Christina Löw
- 5.Janaina Tschäpe. guggenheim.org. Abgerufen am 17. April 2021.
- 6.Joe Fig: Inside the Artist's Studio. Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2015, S. 234, 238.
- 7.Janaina Tschäpe. mudam.com. Abgerufen am 17. April 2021.
- 8.Janaina Tschäpe. Photographe, Vidéaste, Dessinateur, Illustrateur, Sculpteur. centrepompidou.fr. Abgerufen am 17. April 2021.
- 9.Janaina Tschäpe. Lacrimacorpus. guggenheim.org. Abgerufen am 17. April 2021.
- 10.Janaina Tschäpe. Forest Spirits, 2011. ira.usf.edu. Abgerufen am 17. April 2021.
- 11.Tatiane de Assis: Sesc Guarulhos é inaugurado neste sábado. In: Veja São Paulo. 10. Mai 2019. Abgerufen am 17. April 2021.
- 12.Janaina Tschäpe. Sala de espera, 4 june, 2001 - 8 july, 2001. museoreinasofia.es. Abgerufen am 17. April 2021.
- 13.Janaina Tschäpe Melantropics Sep 15 – Dec 31, 2006. camstl.org. Abgerufen am 17. April 2021.
- 14.Janaina Tschäpe: Chimera. 25 Jun 2008–28 Sep 2008. imma.ie. Abgerufen am 17. April 2021.
- 15.New Media Series—Janaina Tschäpe: The Ocean Within. August 1–October 19, 2014. slam.org. Abgerufen am 17. April 2021.
- 16.Janaina Tschäpe: Floating Worlds, 15 February – 18 May 2014 moca-tucson.org. Abgerufen am 4. März 2021.
- 17.musee-orangerie.fr. Abgerufen am 4. März 2021.
- 18.Live Dangerously. Sep 19, 2019 to Jan 20, 2020. nmwa.org. Abgerufen am 17. März 2021.
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst
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