
Ilka Kramer
Photography
b. Berlin, Germany
Lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland
Kramer photographs her carefully constructed dioramas to create images that walk the edge of the uncanny and the real. Influenced by both architecture and theater, Kramer unpacks the relationship between nature and artifice. Notable collections include Centre International pour la Photography, China.
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS
2017
'Le Pavillon', théâtre Vidy, Lausanne
'l'urbanisme', L'Agence Actions Territoires, Montpellier 2016
'Family Business', 'Les Quinzaine Israélienne', La Maison Blanche, Marseille
'Family Business', 'Exchange Rates', Brooklyn, NYC
Sélectionnée pour le prix 'voies off 2016' à Arles
'MalaNazar', International Photographic Art Festival, Zhengzhou, China
'FDLB' à l'espace d'art contemporain Christine Rieffel, Avignon
'Poutres Apparentes', the Carrosserie, Marseille
'Métamorphoses', le grand garage, Paris
'MalaNazar', boutique Robert Clergerie, Marseille
2015
'MalaNazar02', Le magasin de jouets, Arles
'Family Business', Look&Listen, Marseille
'MalaNazar01', 'le parcours de l'Art', Avignon
'le boudoir2.0', Arles
'FDLB' à l'espace d'art contemporain Christine Rieffel, Avignon
'family/family', à la galerie du chateau d'eau, Toulouse
2014
Nature(s), La(b) galerie Artyfact, Paris
'FDLB' à l'espace d'art contemporain Christine Rieffel, Avignon
2013
- Enfance(s), La(b) galerie Artyfact, Paris
'LaFabricA', Festival d'Avignon/maison Jean Vilar, Avignon
'FDLB' à l'espace d'art contemporain Christine Rieffel, Avignon
'ready-made images', galerie ready-made, Paris
'Ich geh jetzt in...' Napa Gallery, Prague, République Tchèque
'made in Arles' à la galerie 'le magasin de jouets', Arles
'ISSP Final Exhibition' Kuldiga, Lettonie
2012
Sélectionnée pour le prix 'voies off 2012' à Arles
'FDLB' à l'espace d'art contemporain Christine Rieffel, Avignon
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
La galerie du château d'eau, Toulouse, France
Centre International pour la Photography, Zhengzhou, China
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