Aglaia Konrad


Aglaia Konrad is an Austrian photographer and educator living in Brussels.

Life

Konrad was born in 1960 Salzbourg, Austria. From 1990 to 1992 she studied at the Jan Van Eyck Academie, where she is also a research assistant. Konrad also teaches at the LUCA School of Arts campus that was formerly known as the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel.

Work

Konrad's photographs explore urban space in large cities.
She has had solo shows in Siegen, Antwerp, Geneva, Graz, Cologne and New York City. Her work has also been included in group exhibitions such as documenta X in 1997, Cities on the Move in 1998 and 1999, Talking Cities in 2006 and Vienna International Apartment in 2008.

Awards

Her 2008 book Desert Cities received an from the International Center of Photography. Her 2011 book Carrara received a Fernand Baudin Prize. Konrad received the in 1997, and the Camera Austria Award from the city of Graz in 2003. In 2004, she received the 4th Vevey International Photography Award from the Festival des Arts Visuels de Vevey.
In 2007 she was awarded the Albert-Renger-Patzsch-Prize by the Dietrich Oppenberg Foundation.