Annette Jonak

Artist and photographer, interested in a visual as well as theoretical research about urban transformation processes.

About me

*1976 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany

I'm a photographer working in the field of fine arts and documentary photography and in between. I'm especially interested in transformation processes of urban space, mostly focussing on peripheral, overseen and left places.

I realized several projects in Eastern Europe, last time in 2008 due to an invitation to work about an abandoned fabric in Brno, Czech Republic.

I'm part of Theorie & Parxis e.V., a group of theoreticians & artists and I work with Theater Arbeit Duisburg i.a. as a theatre photographer. I m a member of Pixelprojekt Ruhrgebiet, a digital photography collection as a regional memory. I curated the exhibition "Lokal Harmonie Bosporus", Duisburger Akzente 2009.

1996-2003 Studies of Geography and Political Science at several universities

1999-2008 Studies of Photography at the Folkwang Hochschule, Essen

2003-2004 Study-Grant Academy of Fine Arts Krakow, Poland

Interdisciplinary projects in Duisburg and around, since 2003 numerous exhibitions, so in Germany, Poland, United States, Estonia, France, Italy and Kazakhstan

Travel Grant for South-Eastern Europe in 2006

I speak german, french, english, some polish and spanish