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), at Wimbledon College of Art, London (UK) as well as at Hendrix College, Arkansas (USA).
Solo exhibitions include: Soil Fictions at Belvedere 21 Vienna, (2024); Phantoms at CFA, Berlin (2023); Marshlands at SOPHIE TAPPEINER, Vienna (2022); Night Pieces at SOPHIE TAPPEINER, Vienna (2020); Pretend to be Fine, Kunstfenster Gnas, Gnas (2019); Poems to Gadgets at Grazer Kunstverein, Graz (2018); Quiet Fonts at SOPHIE TAPPEINER, Vienna (AT); Angelika Loderer at Secession, Vienna (2017); Animate at Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (2016); Coming in Pieces at Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund (2015).
Recently, her work has been included in group shows held at Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, ALBERTINA, Vienna, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, ALBERTINA MODERN, Vienna (2024); Kunsthalle Bratislava, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (2023); Heidi Horton Collection, Belvedere 21, Neuer Wiener Kunstverein, Vienna (2022); New Museum, New York City (2021).
Her work is included in the permanent collections of Albertina, Belvedere 21, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Landesgalerie Linz, Lentos, MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Universalmuseum Joanneum and EVN, among others.
PRESS / TEXTS
Angelika Loderer Soil Fictions
Susanne Neuburger
kunstund.net
Group show: Mud Keeper's Promise
Tjaša Pogačar
KubaParis
Must See: "Mud Keeper's Promise"
ARTFORUM
Angelika Loderer: Disappear on Sight
Ursula Pokorny
PW Magazine
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