Bio
Emerging from the histories of modernism, Angelika Loderer’s (* 1984, lives and works in Vienna) work is also framed by the conditions of the present. On the one hand, she activates the performative power of the informe —agitating the modernist delineation between form and content. On the other hand, she is situated in a contemporary moment characterized by modes of living in which contingency becomes the norm. In this double context, Loderer has developed a body of work that incorporates contingency as a formative condition. Her work makes use of materials, processes, and display mechanisms that constantly perform and expose the object’s internal balancing act in relation to an equally contingent spectator.
Loderer studied at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, at Wimbledon College of Art, London as well as at Hendrix College, Arkansas, USA.
Recent solo exhibitions include: 2020 ‘Night Pieces’ at Sophie Tappeiner; 2019 ‘Pretend to be Fine’, Kunstfenster Gnas; 2018 ‘Poems to Gadgets’ at Grazer Kunstverein; 2017 ‘Quiet Fonts’ at Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna; ‘Angelika Loderer’ at Secession, Vienna; 2016 ‘Animate’ at Salzburger Kunstverein; 2015 ‘Coming in Pieces’ at Dortmunder Kunstverein.
Selected group shows include:2019 ‘all natural. 100% Sammlung’ at Museum der Moderne Salzburg /Mönchsberg/, ‘On the New. Young Scenes in Vienna’ at Belvedere 21 – Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna; 2018 ‘Dead End Galaxies’ at Exile Gallery, Berlin; 2017 ‘To figure it out’ at Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna, ‘Platonic Dust‘ at El Quinto Piso, Mexico City; 2016 ‘Collaborative Network’ at Forum Stadtpark, Graz.
Her work is included in the permanent collections of Belvedere 21, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Landesgalerie Linz, Lentos, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Universalmuseum Joanneum and EVN.
PRESS / TEXTS
Zehn Bildhauerinnen, die uns begeistern.
PARNASS
Critics' Picks, Angelika Loderer at Grazer Kunstverein
Jurriaan Benschop
Artforum
Angelika Loderer at Secession
Kimberly Bradley
Frieze
Neues wiener Blut
Nina Schedlmayer
Weltkunst
Angelika Loderer mit neuem Skulpturenpreis ausgezeichnet
Der Standard
Searching for Devices
Miriam Bettin
KubaParis
Widerborstig im Ausseerland
Anne Katrin Feßler
Der Standard