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'An Eye for an Ear' book edited, designed and curated by Vanja Karas is shortlisted / runner up at the British Book Design and Production Awards 2013 in the digitally printed category. The book features the works inspired by the theme An Eye for an Ear by over 100 exceptional photographers from 34 countries as well as 'Pina Bausch, Kontakthof, Posthumous' series. Click here to order the book. The Curated Ego: Me + Self-portrait as you+me January 2014, The Curated Ego, Late Shift at the National Portrait Gallery Some of the images from this series have been part of the series of works by emerging and established photographic artists showcased at the National Portrait Gallery as part of ‘The Curated Ego’ project by Studio Strike – a conversation between leading academics and artists investigating questions around self-portraiture and personal identity. 'MASQUERADE' at the New Orleans Photo Alliance, alongside the Carnival Season and Mardi Gras 2014, New Orleans, 1 FEB-30 MAR 2014 So delighted that some of my work from the 'Exquisite Corpse' series will be exhibited in New Orleans during and alongside Mardi Gras and the Carnival Season 2014. Exhibition 'MASQUERADE' at New Orleans Photo Alliance, selected by Aline Smithson of Lenscratch is exploring the transformative act of costuming and masking. I am delighted to have been nominated for the Winter Pride Art Award 2014 as one of the finalists for, 'Posthumous, Pina Bausch, Kontakthof, Mit Damen Und Herren AB 65'. The finalist's exhibition showcases a spectrum of artistic practices, including sculpture, fine art, photography, film, video and mixed media. Finalists have been selected by a judging panel of arts and media professionals. The finalists’ artworks display and Awards Ceremony, Saturday 8 February 2014 at the Tobacco Docks Victorian Vaults. Feb 2014 Winter Pride Art Award Finalists display and Awards Ceremony at Tobacco Docks, East London Preview exhibition of the shortlisted Artists at CHART Gallery in Chelsea February 2014, followed by the display and the Awards Ceremony at Tobacco Docks in East London on the 8th of February. Feb 2014 Winter Pride Art Award Finalists preview exhibition, CHART Gallery, Chelsea 13 Feb - 13 Mar 2014 WINTER PRIDE ART AWARDS FINALISTS' installation moving to the Next Level 'OFFICE SESSIONS' at East India Docks. The Winter Pride Art Award finalists' exhibition moves from dock to dock into the eerie hide-and-seek corporate stillness of East India Docks. A breathtaking exhibition of performance, installation art, photography, fine art and sculpture from a diverse group of international artists. A recent shoot of at LONDON COLISEUM, LE JEUNE HOMME ET LA MORT – THE YOUNG MAN AND DEATH KINGS OF THE DANCE performed by Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, previously the principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and Svetlana Lunkina, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet. Also with Roberto Bolle, Marcello Gomez, Denis Matvienko, and Leonid Sarafanov Photos © Vanja Karas March 2014 Mary Ellen Mark © Vanja Karas World Photography Awards 2014 Honouring Amry Ellen Mark with Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award Mary Ellen Mark © Vanja Karas Mary Ellen Mark in conversation with WM Hunt © Vanja Karas Mary Ellen Mark © Vanja Karas Mary Ellen Mark in conversation with WM Hunt © Vanja Karas Somerset House World Photography Awards 2014 World Photography Awards 2014 honouring Mary Ellen Mark with Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award and Mary Ellen Mark book signing at Somerset House. May 2014 © Vanja Karas JUL - AUG 2014 'ENSō THE LIGHTNESS OF IMPERMANENCE' INSTALLATION AT OFFICE SESSIONS ii EAST INDIA DOCKS, LONDON OCT 2014 ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART Works from the series ENSō – THE LIGHTNESS OF IMPERMANENCE and TOKYO GEISHA, MASKS OF SEDUCTION selected to be exhibited in ART FOR YOUTH 27th Annual Art Exhibition exhibition and auction at the ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, Kensington, 15th and 16th OCT 2014. READ MORE ABOUT IT ON WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY NEWS OCT - NOV 2014 EMBASSY TEA GALLERY LONDON INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHY 26TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION ENSō – THE LIGHTNESS OF IMPERMANENCE selected for this years annual exhibition. PHOTOGRAPHY OPEN SALON COLLECTORS EDITIONS RETROSPECTIVE 'TRANSIENCE' and 'AN EYE FOR AN EAR' AT OFFICE SESSIONS III ENSō – THE LIGHTNESS OF IMPERMANENCE A collectors edition retrospective selection from from PHOTOGRAPHY OPEN SALON // TRANSIENCE and AN EYE FOR AN EAR CURATED BY VANJA KARAS shown as a unique installation of prints / lenticular pieces / stereoscopic installations / site specific installations / photo sculptures / projections as part of OFFICE SESSIONS III Installation shots to follow soon in the meantime you can see them on http://www.photographyopensalon.com/ Also alongside exhibited ENSō – THE LIGHTNESS OF IMPERMANENCE Office Sessions III Curated by Caitlin Mavroleon 'UNTIL THE LAST BREATH', PART OF 'THINGS THAT DON'T BREATHE' EXHIBITION, CHELSEA ARTS CLUB, LONDON 'GOD', CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION, PUNE, INDIA, Curated by Rekha Sameer About 'Encounters with God. The presence or lack thereof...' by Vanja Karas Spirituality as a term these days, even amongst some atheists, is used as a way of stepping beyond religious divides, organised religion and its institutions, as a feeling that there must be something else be it ‘God' or some sort of ‘other’. Instead of sticking to rigid doctrines and conforming to strict expectations and demands of organised religion, spirituality becomes about personal experience of a higher reality, morals or dimension to life allowing one to borrow from different faiths creating and formulating own meanings and interpretations of what ‘God’ or 'other' might be. This work explores most recognisable visual system of symbols used by Christianity through the crucifixion of Christ and theories of atonement and reconciliation (as sacrifice, forgiveness and moral example) in search of a higher meaning, alongside the invisible rays of the spiritual ‘other’ whatever it may be… From the press The exhibition has been making the waves in both British and Indian press. According to Huffington Post some of London's best contemporary art was selected for this exhibition in India. In India, the interpretations of the theme 'GOD' and the selection of international artists, captured lots of attention and lots of press coverage too. Very flattered that my work was selected as one of the highlights of the exhibition, below. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ CHINATOWN SOHO Q-PARK, first upcoming show of 2015 announced, so delighted to be part of this exhibition. Not to be missed!! Keeping SOHO alive, underground and suitably seedy!! Happy 2015! PEEPING TOM, CHELSEA ARTS CLUB Vanja Karas © 2015 So thrilled that my installation 'An experimental journey, undertaken involuntarily' will be showing at this year's 56th Venice Biennale as part of the international contemporary art exhibition 'The Fall of the Rebel Angels', curated by Vanya Balogh. Other mixed media installations include sculpture, print, fine art, photography, performance, projections, video and sound. Don’t miss the opportunity to come and see this outstanding exhibition and party with us in Venice. Vernissage on 6th, 7th, 8th May 6-10pm Exhibition runs 9th May - 23rd June 2015 Castello 1610/A, Riva Delle Sette Martiri, Venice 30122 ALL THE WORLDS FUTURES 56th Venice Biennale 'An experimental journey, undertaken involuntarily' © Vanja Karas (Sculpture installation and archival print ) Other exhibiting artists include: Gavin Turk, Franko Black, Darren Coffield, Lorenzo Belenguer, Cedric Christie, Alice Herrick, Ot Lylie, Thomas J Ridley, Martin Sexton, Julia Maddison, Joanna McCormick, Pascal Rousson, Jim Racine, Steve Perfect, Jude Cowan Montague, Glenn Fitzy Fitzpatrick... Very happy to have my work exhibited at Hutch Interior a very stylish Notting Hil interior design shop / gallery, curated by Caitlin Mavroleon. Very happy that some of my recently exhibited work at House of Illustration has been sold at a silent auction in aid of the recent Nepalese earthquake. It was a delight not only to be able to donate to such a worthy cause as I feel Nepal close to my heart, but also the charity itself from it's inception, Kathmandu Contemporary Arts Centre. It was also a great privilege to exhibit my work alongside artists such as Anthony Gormley and Richard Long. The exhibition and fundraising was organised by Kathmandu Contemporary Arts Centre and its founder Celia Washington. My sculpture installation ‘Who Killed the Goose’ has been selected for DEN-City1 curated by Rebecca Feiner. DEN-City1 is a unique temporary utopian city of installations part of the London Festival of Architecture. No 2 on Time Out list of things to do this weekend in London. Don't miss it! Forman's Fish Island Riviera, across the canal overlooking the London Olympic Stadium. H.Forman & Son, Stour Road, E3 2NT London My work 'Say it with Fire', as part of 'Fit the Slit', another exhibition I am taking part in during the 56th Venice Biennale. This time on Venice Lido, Alberoni Beach. Latest edition of 'Peepers Digest' prints by Vanja Karas sold out, as part of the Art Society Soho dirty mag stand installation at Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Performance by Amy Elizabeth Kingsmill. Performance, Amy Elizabeth Kingsmill. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Performance, Amy Elizabeth Kingsmill. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Performance, Amy Elizabeth Kingsmill. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Performance, Amy Elizabeth Kingsmill. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Performance, Amy Elizabeth Kingsmill. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Performance, Amy Elizabeth Kingsmill. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Performance, Amy Elizabeth Kingsmill. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Performance, Amy Elizabeth Kingsmill. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Art Society Soho, Brick Lane Car Boot Art Fair. Photo © Vanja Karas all copyright reserved. Delighted that my Tokyo Geisha have found a permanent home at the beautiful new premises of Japanese style fashion label KOKORO in Connaught Street, London, W2 In addition several artworks from the collection have been acquired by a US collector and will be travelling to the US soon. Photos from installation in progress, more visuals of the full installation coming soon. Three of of my installations will be exhibited at Office Sessions IV during July and August 2015. Opening 28th July. Sculpture installation 'Who Killed the Goose' by Vanja Karas 'Progress, this great heresy of decay.' Charles Baudelaire. 'The Garden of Decay' limited edition archival prints by Vanja Karas. Office Sessions 4, Beak Street, Curated by Caitlin Mavroleon Delighted and honoured that one of my site specific sculpture installation 'Metamorphosis of Arachne by Goddess Atina' created during the Art Residency in Asilo, Atina has been commissioned as a permanent installation at the Atina Sculpture Park. Also a few other site specific installations which I created and which were exhibited in the beautiful Palazzo Ducale Cantelmo in Atina Italy. My work 'Solo for Two' featuring Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev showing at the upcoming exhibition at the Chelsea Arts Club. Exhibition runs 29th Sep - 25th Oct © Vanja Karas Great privilege to have my work exhibited at The Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper in Tokushima, Japan as part of the Awagami Biennal print exhibition 10th Oct - 9 November 2015. Also very happy to receive the news that my work below from the series 'An Experimental Journey, Undertaken Involuntarily II’ has been acquired by a Japanese collector. STOPJECTIFY, Gallery Different, Curated by Jess de Wahls. Stopjectify. Curated by Jess De Wahls Stopjectify. Sneak preview of the installation. Stopjectify. Curated by Jess De Wahls Stopjectify. Curated by Jess De Wahls Sneak preview of the pre installation model. Stopjectify. Artwork by Marie-Louise Jones Stopjectify. Artwork by Mia Jane Harris Stopjectify. Artwork by Vanja Karas Delighted to have work selected for the upcoming exhibition STOPJECTIFY curated by Jess De Wahls at Gallery Different Soho, London, Private View 8th March 2016 A powerful exhibition, highlighting the damaging effects of objectification, imagining and creating change. STOPJECTIFY // From the Private View last night. Fab and fun evening! Including works by Vanja Karas, Jess De Wahls, Hugo Von Hugo, Marie-Louise Jones, Mia-Jane Harris, Glenn Fitzy Fitzpatrick, Hugo Von Hugo, Sin and Karina Akopyan.... The Birch Crotch for Stopjectify, artwork by Vanja Karas This piece explores fungibility as one of the aspects of objectification– fungibility is treating the entity as interchangeable with other objects: "The objectifier treats the object as interchangeable (a) with other objects of the same type, and/or (b) with objects of other types. Fungibility is the property of a good or a commodity whose individual units are capable of mutual substitution. That is, the property of essences or goods which are capable of being substituted in place of one another. Delighted to be showing my work 'HM 90 Queen B Vanitas' in the upcoming exhibition HM90 presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts, in conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays at the Black and White Building in Shoredich. Private View Opening May 5th. Exhibition continues until June 4th. #art #exhibitions #eastlondon #firstthursdays and #firstthurs, #Firstthurs, #ArtSocietySoho, #WhitechapelGallery #electronicsuperhighway ... 'HM 90 Queen B Vanitas' Artwork © Vanja Karas Little Paper Slipper sculpture installation by Vanja Karas Little Paper Slipper invited nine exceptional artists - Gavin Turk, Molly Parkin, Vanja Karas, Julia Maddison, John Claridge, Jess De Wahl, Fiona Dealey, Lauren Baker and Marie-Louise Jones - to create specially commissioned little paper shoe artworks to be sold at their charity fundraiser auction at Vout-O-Reenees on 9th June 2016. Really thrilled and honoured to be one of the commissioned artists for this unique charity that 'Gives a creative voice to women affected by domestic abuse, and makes that voice heard'. Little Paper Slipper installation 'Like a Butterfly to a Flame' by Vanja Karas, was created based around the notion of being irresistibly and dangerously attracted to something or someone and being tempted by something that would lead to ones downfall. "Thus hath the candle singed the moth.” Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice, 1596: More of the beautiful shoe installations created by the artists can be seen on the Little Paper Slipper Auction photos by Owen Tetley and Little Paper Slipper events page. Black+White presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays Following the success of HM90 exhibition I have been invited back to the Black and White building to exhibit work as part of the Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Curated by Mr Von Hugo. Photos from our audacious Private View below with with a fabulous group of artists and friends. All Copyright reserved © Vanja Karas Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Copyright Photo Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. 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Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Black+White Art Society Soho extravaganza, presented by Art Society Soho and Creative Debuts in Conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays. Photo by Vanja Karas © 2016 Delighted that my work 'Queen B Vanitas' has been selected as one of the finalists for the 26th National Open Art 2016 exhibition. Some amazing venues to look forward to Mercer's Hall, City of London, Arundel Castle and Pallant House Gallery Chichester. Delighted to have my work HM 90, Queen B Vanitas as part of the special English Garden Room installation, 'In England We Dream of Garden' room curated by Alice Shirley, as part of 29th Art for Youth annual art event in aid of charity UK Youth, creative director Caitlin Mavroleon. 12-15th September, with VIP Preview Night on Monday the 12th September. Delighted to have my work selected to show as part of Photoville Festival's, The Curated Fridge, special installation, 'On a Road Trip' curated by Aline Smithson. The Brooklyn Waterfront will be New York City’s main destination 21-25th Sep with more than 80 curatorial partners including Instagram, The New York Times,TIME Magazine, National Geographic, The Pulitzer Cente, the Magnum Foundation and Getty Images alongside The Curated Fridge. Photoville will be exhibiting work by 400+ visual artists. Produced by United Photo Industries, Photoville Festival is a modular venue built from re-purposed shipping containers. The Curated Fridge by Yorgos Efthymiadis. 'On the way to the Enchanted or Gloomy Place?' © Vanja Karas. These settings are part of Ashdown Forest parts of which were used as the backdrop for A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories... and the subsequent book illustrations by E.H. Shepard. Vanja Karas, as part of the special edition of The Curated Fridge, Photoville, Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Aline Smithson