Iris Kojaman: It‘s all about something that was missing before

What was missing — and what is here now? How can one depict a presence that was there only moments ago and has already slipped away, or one that remains hidden? Is the intention of a figure enough to anchor a sense of presence in an image? Does it matter whether presence is visible, or simply implied? Iris Kojaman’s new works revolve around these questions: around absence, around traces of presence, around spaces shaped by bodies who are no longer there.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Iris Kojaman (*1981, Austria), also known as Iris Nemecek, is a Vienna-based visual artist whose practice spans painting and collage. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, graduating in 2006, and has exhibited widely in Austria, Switzerland, the United States, and beyond. Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions, including Jolly Roger at the MUSA Museum in Vienna and Blue Pool at Black Dragon Society in Los Angeles, and has appeared at international venues such as Scope Miami, New York, and London.

She lives and works in Vienna and Eichgraben, Austria.