Katja Novitskova at MoMA New York

On Tuesday, 3rd November, Museum of Modern Art, New York, opens Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015, an exhibition, which includes work by the Estonian artist Katja Novitskova. Organized by Roxana Marcoci, the Senior Curator of MoMA’s Department of Photography, the exhibition introduces some of the most important younger generation artists working within the medium of photography. In its 30th edition, the exhibition, now held biannually, includes 19 artists from 14 countries. Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015 examines and critically redefines contemporary photo-based culture, the circulation of images, and information networks.

Born in 1984, in the residential district of Lasnamäe, and now based in Amsterdam, Katja Novitskova is one of the most successful Estonian artists. Her practice has been described using the term post-internet art. Katja creates installations based on and inspired by images from the Internet. The opportunity to exhibit in one of the world’s most influential art museums leads to extraordinary interest towards an artist’s practice.

Katja Novitskova has been represented by her Berlin-based gallery Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler since 2012, and during the time, exhibited throughout Europe, the United States, and Asia. In 2013, Katja was profiled as one of the Future Great artists by ArtReview, and her exhibitions have been reviewed in almost all of the most influential art magazines.

In conjunction with the exhibition, and in the presence of the artists and exhibition curators, a panel discussion (the tickets to which sold out two weeks prior to the event) will be held on the evening of 2nd November at MoMA Cullman Education and Research Building, Bartos Theater 3.

In celebration of Katja Novitskova at MoMA, the Consulate General of Estonia in New York, the Ministry of Culture, Estonia, and ECADC will host a reception to its New York culture contacts.

Katja Novitskova. The Model of Activation (Rhinos). 2014. Digital print on aluminium, polyurethane, steel. Lewben Art Foundation Collection