Zhana Ivanova’s practice involves rearranging and reconfiguring patterns and structures to which we have grown accustomed. She often uses performance in order to induce situations where interpersonal relations fluctuate. Language plays a key role, and power relations are of central interest. Her constructions are initially formal and rule-governed; yet within them she insistently exposes the ambiguity of her own rules.
Born in Ruse, Bulgaria in 1977, she moved with her mother to England in 1990, and is now based in Amsterdam since 2004. She was educated at Queen Mary University College, London, DasArts (now DasTheater), Amsterdam, and was a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
Presentations of Zhana's work include a.o. Kunsthalle Basel, Astrup Fearnley Museet Oslo, Fondation D’Enterprise Ricard Paris, ARCO Madrid, De Appel Amsterdam, Playground Festival Leuven, FIAC Paris, Mendes Wood DM Sao Paulo, Ellen de Bruijne Projects Amsterdam, Framer Framed Amsterdam, Centre Pompidou Paris, Roberts Art Foundation London, Lafayette Anticipations Paris, Performatik Biennalle Brussels.
Zhana is a core tutor at BEAR (Base for Experiment Art and Research), Arnhem, and is currently an artistic research fellow at THIRD, Das Graduate School, Amsterdam,
Contact – zhana.ivanova@gmail.com
Representation – Ellen de Bruijne Projects
Supported by Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
Website by Joel Galvez