Anja Haidecker was born in Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria, in 1993. She lives and works in Linz, AUT.
From 2013 to 2020 she studied Sculpture and Transmedial Space at the Art University of Linz - first in the class of Eva Grubinger, later in the class of Ali Janka and Tobias Urban (collective GELITIN) and at the École supérieure d'art et de design Marseille- Méditerranée in Marseille, France.
Since 2015 she is studying art and cultural studies at the University of Art and Design Linz, Austria. Further journeys took her to China, New York, Cambodia, Morocco etc. and repeatedly to Rome, where she lived for one year. During these journeys numerous works of art were created, which reflect her great interest in different cultures and life realities.
Anja’s artistic work is based on the exploration of processes between human and nature; focusing on the experience of sculptural working methods with the means of photography and their expansion, in order to playfully reflect the temporal transience of organic materials. The abstraction of space and the possibility of rediscovering and redefining objects beyond their original spatial location, is characterizing her oeuvre.
Her artistic work is primarily based on the use of sculpture and photography. Working along the characteristics of both, which are mutually dependent - two-dimensional image and three-dimensional space, is a continuous process in her work. Her interest lies in the question of how and why time and space complement or presuppose each other and how this is reflected in our environment.
Exhibitions:
2020 Kulturtankstelle Linz, potatoes.still.life. 6 photos à 150 cm x 100 cm,
2019 BB15, Linz: floating times, 5 Cyanotypes à 50 cm x 80 cm, Ein Stein fällt ins Wasser“ „a Stone falls into the water, group exhibition, curated by Martin Bilinovac
2018 La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille: sans sens / senseless actions, Installation,
projection of 25 pictures (changing every 5 minutes) à 5 meter x 3 meter, digital Photography,
2017 One Work Gallery , Vienna, one two more, group exhibition in cooperation with the sculpture department from Art University Linz, curated by Salvatore Viviano
2017 Die Diele, Zürich, do what instructions say, Monteverdi Hai / a trip, group exhibition, curated by Rainer Nöbauer
https://diediele.format.com/3926654-monteverdi-hai-eine-reise#6
2017 Hotel Altstadt Vienna, tension, 2 digital Photographs à 60 cm x 40 cm, Anti Dust,, group exhibition, curated by Martin Bilinovac
2016 OKH (offenes Kulturhaus) Vöcklabruck, Fantasy Island, 6 screen printings on paper à 40,5cm x 23 cm from the series Grand Island, New York
2015 Atelier Minus ½; Vienna, carry me, steel, wire, helium balloons, T minus einhalb, group exhibition, curated by Julia Heinisch
2015 - in different public spaces in Linz, Heavy lightness, Installation with silk, helium balloons, cobble stones, light installation, dimensions variable, Raumdrang, group exhibition, curated by Eva Grubinger
http://raumdrang.net/index.html%3Fp=51.html
2014 Art University Linz, untitled performance with Hristina Sergejeva, body, group exhibition with students from different departments from Art University Linz, curated by Makoto Miura
2013 Salzburgmuseum: und zum Grabe wird der Raum/ and space beocomes a grave, wood, burned wood, silk, acrylic, Fremdlinge, Homage for Georg Trakl, on the centenary of death, curated by Eva Grubinger
