N. A. Vague's artistic practice aims to challenge rigid thinking by promoting open-mindedness and a gentle sense of humor. Drawing on her background in advertising and media, she reflects on various trends and phenomena in popular culture, such as marketing terminology, advertising imagery, artificial intelligence, and social media, while applying playfulness and subtle wit across different mediums.
"Ultimately, I want to encourage audiences to embrace a more fluid, slightly tongue-in-cheek perspective on the world around them."
Vague (born in Berlin, Germany) initially studied advertising and marketing. Before sharing her art with the world, she worked in a variety of jobs across the media industry, including at The Walt Disney Company and the TV Show Big Brother. Vague had been nominated for the Merck-Preis and repeatedly shortlisted at the Sony World Photography Awards. She participated in The Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition and an interactive installation at the Pavillon 333 of the Pinakothek der Moderne. N. A. Vague lives in Munich, Germany.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024:
#real #me #ad, Public Installation, Kaufingerstr. 26, Munich, DE
2020:
#real #me #ad & In Between, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, ES
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2024:
Bring Along. Take Along., Galerie der Künstler*innen, Munich, DE
Micro Art Gallery, New Town Hall, Munich, DE
2023:
BBA Photography Prize, Kühlhaus, Berlin, DE
Contextualise by Der Greif, Pavillon 333, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, DE
Andy Warhol in Me / Pop Art, HAZEGALLERY, Berlin, DE
2021:
BBA Photography Prize, Berlin Photo Week, RAW Area, Berlin, DE
2020:
Darmstadt Photography Days, Designhaus, Darmstadt, DE
2019/2020:
Sony World Photography Awards Traveling Exhibition, Tokyo, Madrid, Busan, Monza, Medellín, Paris, Berlin
2019:
Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition 161, HIP Festival, Hull, GB
Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition 161, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, IE
Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition 161, Royal Albert Hall, London, GB
Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London, GB
Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition 161, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, GB
Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, Screening, York Art Gallery, York, GB
Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition 161, Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, GB
2018:
Sony World Photography Awards Traveling Exhibition, Paris, Berlin, Monza, Sicily, Tokyo
Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London, GB
AWARDS & ACCOLADES (SELECTED)
Shortlist, Athens Photo Festival 2024
Finalist, London International Creative Competition 2023
Nomination, BBA One Shot Award 2023
Jury Top 5 Selection & Silver Medal, Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022
Longlist, BBA Photography Prize 2021
Nomination, 8. Merck-Preis 2020
Overall Winner, 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers
Shortlist, Athens Photo Festival 2019
Shortlist, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
Longlist, Aesthetica Art Prize 2019
Finalist, The Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition 161
2 Honorable Mentions, 2018 International Photography Awards
Top 200, Photolucida Critical Mass 2018
Shortlist, 2018 Sony World Photography Awards
GRANT
2022:
Young Art and New Ground, Free State of Bavaria
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS (SELECTED)
2024:
I'D Rather, Online Feature, Aedra Fine Arts, December 2024
2022:
How to Create a Million Dollar Artwork - The Effortless Way, N. A. Vague, July 2022
2021:
Poetry, Shutter Hub Editions, November 2021
2020:
Skurrile Fluchten - Humor in der Fotografie, Darmstadt Photography Days, October 2020
14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, Book Edition, FotoNostrum, March 2020
2019:
Square Magazine, Issue 1001, April 2019
2019 Sony World Photography Awards Book
Future Now 2019 - 100 Contemporary Artists from the Aesthetica Art Prize
Aesthetica Magazine Online
www.aestheticamagazine.com/profile/na-vague
2018:
Photomonitor, July 2018
www.photomonitor.co.uk/real-me-ad
2018 Sony World Photography Awards Book
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