bauer paul
bohusch wolfgang
bollenberger ulrike
brucic carmen
de keller sandra
del missier renée
freuis catharina
gavrich irina
girardoni johannes
guschelbauer markus
hardegg luise
hosch rainer
klomfar bruno
koller severin
larcher claudia
manfredi anja
monaco julie
nguyen monika
oberndorfer markus
okazaki elsa
oláh stefan
ribarits tina
rodiek romy
sailer gregor
schell moritz
schmid anita
six&petritsch
traxler helga
waldschütz andreas
zeisel magdalena
ziegler laurent
MONIKA NGUYEN
ABOUT THE WORK
Participation at the Exhibition Uncommon Places (2017) | Goethe Institut Hong Kong
An Exhibition in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Hongkong and Austrian Consulate General Hongkong
from the series 'relatively remote/remote relatives''
Even though the breathtaking showplaces presented are very diverse geographically as well
as climatically there can be seen linking structures within all the diversity.
The series can be interpreted as text, whereby first the sense must be detected to understand
before the interpretation steps in. The viewers attention focuses on atmosphere, expression and
style of presentation: Monika Nguyens photographs can be seen as reading in which nature, space
and people are being explored. She is interested in large areas as well as into details.
One of the presented photographs is taken in Qaqortoq, (Greenland) und illustrates the interest
in shape, contours and patterns, and shows colors of varying intensity gradually merging into one another.
ABOUT THE WORK
Participation at the Exhibition Uncommon Places (2015)
'THE MAID'S SHIFT'
The photo series The maid's shift shows different chamber-maids in upscaled hotel rooms.
Instead of carrying out their work-related duties, the employees secretly make other use of the rooms.
The photo work deals with the parallel existence of two different social classes and visualizes the attempt to realize a projection of longing.
The intrusion into another persons privacy and the crossing of social borders consequentially arises the
breaking of taboos.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Monika Nguyen is a Vienna-based stage Designer and Artist working in the fields of interior, installation and photography. Her free works emphasize sociocultural concerns in which she focuses on exceptional and extreme situations. Architectural environments serve as stages for interventions and narrations.
EDUCATION
Set Design for Stage and Film at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Parsons School of Design/ New York City Doctoral Studies in Art Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Tokyo University of the Art
PRICES | GRANTS:
2013 2012 2009 2007
COMMENDATION, EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE GOLD MEDAL AWARD, NEW IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS THEODOR KÖRNER PRIZE KUNSTHALLE WIEN PRIZE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
“THE MAID’S SHIFT”, URBANAUTS STREET LOFTS, VIENNA “USED”, KABINE NADIRE, ISTANBUL “HEIM-LICH, STILL UND LEISE”, DESTILAT SHOWROOM, VIENNA “LOST”, MONTREAL ART HOUSE, MONTREAL “THE BREAK IN”, FAAP, SAO PAULO “AOKIGAHARA: SUICIDAL LIFESTYLE”, NADALOKAL, VIENNA
GROUP SHOWS:
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2006
photo::vienna, MAK, AUSTRIAN MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS/CONTEMPORARY ARTS, VIENNA EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE, MUSEUM OF ESTONIAN ARCHITECTURE, TALLINN 14 EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE, KASSELER ARCHITEKTURZENTRUM, KASSEL VIENNA SHOWCASE, MOYA/PALAIS SCHÖNBORN, VIENNA AKTIONSRADIUS, VIENNA AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM, BUDAPEST EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE, VHS-PHOTOGALERIE, STUTTGART EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE, DEUTSCHES ARCHITEKTURMUSEUM, FRANKFURT AM MAIN NEW IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, FINALISTS EXHIBITION, STUDIO 17 GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO PREMIO COMBAT PRIZE, FINALISTS EXHIBITION, MUSEO CIVICO G. FATTORI, LIVORNO BARCELONA SHOWCASE, CASA BATLLÓ, BARCELONA BEI GAO STUDIOS, RED GATE GALLERY, BEIJING ‘ACE, BUENOS AIRES ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE, FINALISTS EXHIBITION, ARSENALE, VENICE CENTRO CULTURAL MONTE AZUL, SAO PAULO ESC IM LABOR, GRAZ AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM, WARSAW KUNSTHALLE WIEN PRIZE, KUNSTHALLE WIEN, VIENNA FEDERAL CHAMBER OF ARCHITECTS AND CHARTERED ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, VIENNA
STAGE / COSTUME DESIGN:
2013 2010 2005 2004
STAGE AND COSTUME DESIGN “GEGEN DIE WAND”, STAGE DIRECTOR: ALEXANDER SIMON GARAGE X THEATER PETERSPLATZ, VIENNA STAGE DESIGN “PROJEKT N”, STAGE DIRECTORS: ANDREAS ERSTLING, SUSANNE LIETZOW, DANIEL SCHRADER GARAGE X THEATER PETERSPLATZ, VIENNA COSTUME DESIGN “DER LETZTE VERGEBLICHE VERSUCH DER POPKULTUR”, STAGE DIRECTOR: SCHORSCH KAMERUN GARAGE X THEATER PETERSPLATZ, VIENNA COSTUME DESIGN “STARTGUTHABEN – ´68 – WAR DA WAS?”, STAGE DIRECTORS: NORA HERTLEIN, MARC JAGO, ANTJE SCHUPP GARAGE X THEATER PETERSPLATZ, VIENNA STAGE AND COSTUME DESIGN “ÁGROL-ÁGRA”, STAGE DIRECTOR: GERALD BUCHAS; SCHAUSPIELHAUS, VIENNA THEATER IM DEPOT, OFF LIMITS FESTIVAL, DORTMUND STAGE DESIGN “DIE PUPPENFEE”, CHOREOGRAPHY: MONIKA ZÖRRER; RABENHOF THEATER, VIENNA