Arijana Kajfes
Born: Zagreb, Croatia
Lives, works: Stockholm, Sweden
Contact: arijanakajfes@hotmail.com
Visual artist working experimentally with borderlines of perception and meaning. Completed studies in sculpture at Kungliga Konsthögskolan(Prof. Bernard Kirschenbaum) in Stockholm. From 93-95 worked and travelled in Africa and Asia. Between 97-99 involved in the development of CRAC - an artist's digital medialab in Stockholm.
Between 99-04 a member of the research team at Smartstudio, an interdisciplinary lab at the Interactive Institute in Stockholm. Involved in several cross-disciplinary projects. Exhibits, talks and teaches in Sweden and internationally, guest professor at Kungl. Konsthögskolan (spring 07). Currently preparing a public artwork for Gävle, Sweden and an art installation from a project DERIVE developed in Mali.
Studies
00 Visiting Scholar at San Francisco State University, Conceptual Information Arts Dept., San Francisco
99-04 Art-as-research at Smartstudio, Interactive Institute, Stockholm
97 Royal University College of Fine Arts, Video Dept., Stockholm
95- Takemusu Aiki Tomita Academy, Aikido Dojo, Stockholm, 2nd dan
88-93 Royal University College of Fine Arts, Sculpture MFA, Stockholm
Solo shows
08 As above, so below, Susanne Pettersson Gallery, Stockholm
04 Occular Witness, Färgfabriken, Stockholm
02 Sub Rosa, Susanne Pettersson Gallery, Norrköping
Selection of group shows
08 Spektropija, Riga Art Space, Latvia
07 Spår, Susanne Pettersson Gallery, Stockholm
06 Labyrint, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm
06 Simplicity, the art of complexity, Prix ARS Electronica, Honorary mention / Interactive Art for Occular Witness, 2006 CyberArts exhibition, OK Center, Linz, Austria
06 20 år!, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
05 Filmform presenterar 6 filmer av 6 konstnärer, Tempo dokumentärfestival, Bio Zita, Stockholm
05 Today in Paradise - Genetics &Art, Göteborg New Media Art Festival, Röda Sten, Gothenburg
04 Get Real, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland / The Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark (05)
04 Touching the Invisible (Smartstudio), Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary / M'ars Gallery, Moscow, Russia (05) / onedotzero, ICA, London, U.K. (05)
03 Brainball (Smartstudio), Design Interactif, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
03 Catcher, group work with Smartstudio, Visuella fenomen och Fysikaliska aspekter, Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm
03 Insert - Aspekte Schwedischer Kunst, Bayer-Erholungshaus, Leverkusen, Germany
02 Neuroptera, (w. Monika Nyström), Sculptura 02, Falkenberg, Sweden
01 Mathematica, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, U.S.A.
01 Brainball, group work with Smartstudio, OK Center, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
01 The Museum of Future Atrocities, ATA, San Francisco, U.S.A.
01 Mapping the Web Infome, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Selection of projects and performances
09 NanoForm, cross-disciplinary reseach project (Swedish Research Council) led by Cheryl Akner-Koler
08 Firework Edition Records/Gallery Niklas Belenius, Departure of Melancholy, Compilation CD_ track 9
Arijana Kajfes: Calling for Mother
07 Motorheart, in collaboration with Anders Boqvist, public sculpture commissioned by Konst på Hög sculpture
park, Kvarntorp, Kumla
OREZ 1, Rupture and Tradition, international trans-disciplinary meeting, Trancoso, Portugal
05 Complexity and Transformation, cross-disciplinary research project (Swedish Research Council) led by Cheryl
Akner-Koler, Konstfack, Stockholm
02 I witness, public artwork for the Royal Institute of Technology commissioned by Statens Konstråd, Stockholm
01 ORB, collaborative art/research project, Conceptual Information Arts, San Francisco & Smartstudio, Stockholm
01-04 Occular Witness, art/research project w. Aurelian and Lili Bria, Esbjörn Eriksson, AnnSofie Börjesson, Alberto
Frigo and Pablo Miranda at Smartstudio, Stockholm
Selection of grants
09 Svenska Institutet
08 Konstakademien, Stockholm
08 Stockholms stads Kulturstipendium, Kulturförvaltningen, Stockholm
07 Längmanska Kulturfonden
04 Konstnärsnämnden / The Swedish Art Council
04 Framtidens Kultur
99 Sweden-America Foundation
99 Fulbright Commission
98 Konstnärsnämnden / The Swedish Art Council
Selection of publications, interviews, reviews
08 Arijana Kajfes, Jennie Lindström, Mats Bäcker: Fri Konst Ger Mening, DN Kultur 081124
07 Olofsson, Anders. on line review, Susanne Pettersson Gallery, Arijana Kajfes
07 Olofsson, Anders, Att konstruera sin värld, Konstperspektiv nr.4, 2007, pp 8-13
07 Tim Anstey, Katja Grillner, Rolf Hughes: Architecture and Authorship, Black Dog Publishing, pp 137-141
07 Bjurestam Maria, Hägglund Maria, Petersson Mona, Strand Liv, Persson Annika Ruth: LARM Från munhåla till
laptop, ljud i nordisk konst, Kabusa Böcker
06 Sandell, Joanna (ed.), Labyrint, Botkyrka Konsthall exhibition catalogue, p 52
06 Hannes Leopoldseder, Christine Schöpf, Gerfried Stocker: International Compendium - Prix Ars Electronica
2006, CyberArts 2006, pp 128-29
05 Hörgren, Christian : Dada: Duchamp, Nutida Musik, nr.4
05 Högström, Martin : Om Arijana Kajfes Occular Witness, OEI #22 #23 2005 pp331-332
05 Arvidsson, Kristoffer: Utmanande forskningsrapport - eller vad ska man kalla detta verk,GP Kultur, 050504
05 Artist's book (research report): Occular Witness, Glänta produktion
05 Sondergaard, Morten (ed.), Get Real Real Time +Art, Informations Forlag/George Brazillier Inc. pp 096-097
04 Sophie Allgård, Estelle af Malmborg: Svensk Konst Nu, Wahlström och Widstrand
04 Allerholm, Milou: Vad är ljus?, DN Kultur, 040515
04 Arndtzén, Mårten: radio interview, Bildrutan P1, 040609, 14:00
03 Ingar Brinck, Charlotte Bydler, Yvonne Eriksson, Anette Göthlund, Lena Johannesson, Anna Tellgren:
Från modernism till samtidskonst - Svenska kvinnliga konstnärer, Bokförlaget Signum
02 Borg, Bo: Där vetenskapen möter konsten, Norrköpings Tidningar 020325
02 Artist's research report: orb- a collaborative telepresence project, Interactive Institute
Represented at
Susanne Pettersson Gallery, Stockholm // Konst på Hög sculpture park, Kvarntorp, Kumla // Verket, Avesta //
Statens Konstråd, Stockholm // Bonnierhuset, Stockholm // Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping
and private collections
