Aña Wojak

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AñA Wojak (b. 1954) is a trans non-binary artist whose work crosses the precipice of performance and visual art. With a particular interest in site-specificity, durational performance, ritual and altered states, they create visually poetic work that resonates with a visceral depth. Based in Widjabul Wia-bul Bundjalung Country, Northern Rivers, NSW this cross-disciplinary artist studied in Gdańsk, Poland amid the turmoil of Solidarity and Martial Law and has been an exhibiting visual artist for over 45 years.

With pieces featured in private and public collections, Wojak’s work has also been shortlisted in numerous award exhibitions, winning the prestigious Blake Prize in 2004. They have performed at festivals in Australia, Europe and Asia, including: Interakcje14, Poland (2006), DIAF China (2006), Brisbane Festival (2011), Xplore Festivals Sydney; Berlin, undisclosed territories Java x 2, MAP Delhi (2015), Pelem Festival, Java x 2, MAP Festival Malaysia x 9 and MoNA FoMA Hobart. Collaborations have included senVoodoo (co-founder), Tony Yap Co (Australia), Pacitti Co (London), La Pocha Nostra (US/Mexico), Felix Ruckert (Germany), cloudbeard, Textile Audio; RealArtworks (Australia), among others. Their performance work gestated in the creative hotbed of 1990s queer Sydney and continues to evolve: a deeply rooted Eastern European sensibility of non-verbal theatre and lush aesthetic meld with ongoing explorations informed by Butoh and South East Asian trance into a hybrid dance practice.

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