Jana Madzigon was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Studied in Moscow, Vienna and Munich. Lives and works as art photographer in Vienna.
Focus: art and business portraits, event photography.
1999 – Graduation at the Moscow Tschaikovski University for Music (art history, organ).
1999-2001 – Postgraduate studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
1999-2007 – Autodidactic training and first contracts in photography and graphic design.
2002-2016 – Art Director at Steinringer WEB and IT solutions GmbH
since 2007 – Freelance photographer based in Vienna.
2007-2015 – Solo and group exhibitions in Austria and Germany.
2010 – Gold Medal of Excellence at the Trierenberg Super Circuit.
2014 – Graduation at the Fine Art Academy Munich, Germany. Art photography in the class of Dieter Rehm.
Contract and commissioned work for international customers: portraits, interviews, photo documentations.
Exhibitions
2020 ! upcoming event! Social Distancing & Empty Spaces, Pasinger Fabrik Munich, 21.10.20, 7pm
2015 TODAY I WILL SAY WHAT I THINK / Queer Form and Formula, Pasinger Fabrik Munich
2015 Solo exhibition GAMES PEOPLE PLAY / Staged Portraits by Jana Madzigon, Art-Gallery Vienna
2015 Vienna Festival Wieden / Vom Grätzl in die weite Welt
2014 photo::vienna, the first retrospective for contemporary photography from Austria, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art
2014 Eyes Rouge / An exhibition in celebration of the Month of Photography Vienna, The Art Gallery Vienna, Austria
2014 Ablichtungen, The Art Gallery Vienna, Austria
2014 Solo exhibition Es werde Lucy (Let there be Lucy), GUGG Vienna, Austria
2014 Diploma Exhibition at the Fine Art Academy Munich, Germany
2011 Annual Exhibition at the Fine Art Academy Munich, Germany
2011 Solo exhibition Kurschatten, Performance and installation in Bad Reichenhall, Germany
2010 Annual Exhibition at the Fine Art Academy Munich, Germany
2010 Solo exhibition Ich bin die Andere (Another me), Artforum WIFI Vienna, Austria
2010 Solo exhibition Haltestelle Wien (Station Vienna), Stable Gallery Vienna, Austria
2009 Solo exhibition Ball People, Concert Hall Vienna, Austria