Portfolio Reviews

Jiří Ptáček, Bärbel Praun (DE) Ivars Gravlejs (LV) Roberto Muffoletto (US/AT) Susan Gamauf (AT) Petra Damašková (SK)

sobota 17/6/2017 9:00 - 12:00

Menza - Reální 4/Poštovní

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Jiří Ptáček (CZ)
Kurátor galerie Fotograf, kritik umění, asistent ateliéru videotvorby na FaVU v Brně. Přispívá do deníků a časopisů (Ateliér, Artur, Prostor Zlín, Korpus, Umělec, Profil, Fotograf, A2)

Bärbel Praun (DE)
visual artist (DE). Studies of Photography and Media at University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld (2000-06), lives everywhere yet nowhere (currently in Portugal, Germany and Switzerland). Solo and group exhibitions in amongst others Denmark, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Belgium, Lithuania, Slovenia, Norway and Sweden. Artist in Residencies in Vienna (AT) and Clervaux (LUX) in 2012, Jakobstad (FIN) in 2013, Klaipeda (LT) in 2014, Stein am Rhein (CH) in 2015 and in Portugal (The Independent AIR) in 2016/2017. Praun self-published her book ‘this must be the place‘ in 2015, a personal exploration of land, place and the concept of home; it was exhibited internationally. Currently she develops new work on the theme of the Anthropocene, evolved during The Independent
AIR residency in Portugal 2016/17, to be published and exhibited in Aarhus, Denmark 08/2017. I am curious about conceptual photography projects at any stage of development and can provide suggestions about work strategies and process.

Ivars Gravlejs (LV)
Lotyšský fotograf a pedagog.V průběhu posledních deset let aktivně se zúčastnil na mezinárodních výstavách a uskutečnil pět kurátorských projektů. Jako umělec působí mezi Prahou, Rigou a občas Moskvou. Od roku 2015 je vedoucím ateliéru fotografie na Fakultě výtvarných umění VUT v Brně.
Photographer and a lecturer. Over past ten years he participated in international exhibitions and curated five other project. As an artist he exists between Prague, Riga and occasionally Moscow. Since 2015 he leads the photography studio at the Faculty of Fine Arts, VUT Brno.

Roberto Muffoletto (US/AT)
Director of the VASA Project. He earned his MFA at the Visual Studies Workshop (SUNY Buffalo) and his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He was the founder and director of CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY (USA).
Susan Gamauf (AT)
is the head of Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna. She has had numerous international solo and group exhibitions; postgraduate grants from the BMUKK (Ministry of Arts) for Paris, Rome and New York. She has a rich and long history of curating and administrating exhibitions for the Fotogalerie Wien, and other major exhibitions in Austria. She received her arts degree from the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Oswald Oberhuber – graphics, photography)

She is interested in art photography with all its multifaceted aspects and is open minded for pan-media practices. She´s always looking for young talents and thematics Fotogalerie Wien will focus on in the future.
She likes to share her experiances with others; as reviewer she has a good and critical eye on strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of someone´s works.

Petra Damašková (SK)
A photographer, graduated from Michal Kalhous’ Creative Photography Studio at the University of Ostrava. She curates “Díra” photography gallery and manages a community dark room.