Annie Ivanova
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Born | Antoaneta Ivanova Tryavna, Bulgaria |
Alma mater | Monash University |
Occupation | Cultural Ambassador, curator |
Years active | 1996–present |
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Antoanetta "Annie" Ivanova (Bulgarian: Антоанета Иванова; Chinese Traditional: 易安妮 Yì Ānnī) is a multi-award winning international curator and author, cultural entrepreneur[1] and one of Australia's leading authorities on cultural diplomacy.[2][3][4]
Ivanova has collaborated with some of the world's most prestigious institutions Centre Pompidou, Ars Electronica, Barbican, Smithsonian Institution, National Palace Museum, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, and Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, and has received ongoing critical acclaim.[5]
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Education
Annie Ivanova holds MA qualifications in Foreign Affairs and International Trade from the high ranking Monash University, Graduate School of Business and Economics in Melbourne. She pursued interests in Global Leadership, Cultural Diplomacy, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management.
Ivanova was a team leader for an International Law Moot Court Competition, debating the issue of terrorism and human rights through a fictional dispute between two states presented to the International Court of Justice.
Ivanova's first academic degree is from the University of Tasmania, graduating with Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA Hons.) in 1998. Her Honours theses discussed the effect of mass media when reporting stories about war atrocities.
In the late 1980s Ivanova studied at the Bulgarian National College of Polygraphs and Photography. The college was one of the then most progressive professional schools in the country, preparing students for careers in film and TV. She majored in photography, specialising in photojournalism.
Career
Professionally active since 1996, Annie Ivanova has initiated and realised over 80 international exhibitions, conferences and public diplomacy projects. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Australian Institute of International Affairs.
Ivanova has chaired and produced three major international conferences,[6][7][8] and has been a keynote speaker on wide-ranging Culture & Creative Industries topics.[9]
Global work scope spans: USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Eastern Europe, Greece, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and Australia.
Ivanova co-founded and was the Executive Director of Australia's first media arts agency Novamedia Ltd.[10] Between 2001–2011, Novamedia represented some of Australia's most renowned media artists: Jon MacCormack, Stelarc, Drew Berry, Troy Innocent, Justine Cooper, George Khut. It also initiated and produced projects for Australia's overseas diplomatic missions.[11][12]
In 2012 Australia Unlimited, the national branding campaign promoting Australia's most inspiring achievers, featured Ivanova's blockbuster exhibition 'Wonderland: New Contemporary Art from Australia' at MOCATaipei.[13] The piece was narrated by art historian Edmund Capon.
Ivanova is the first and only foreign curator to travel across Taiwan to work with the Taiwanese aborigines, reaching artists from every tribe.[14] She has become a passionate advocate for the preservation of local indigenous heritage. In a public statement she says: "Elders are dying out without their knowledge being recorded. This common to all humankind heritage is becoming endangered and it could disappear within two generations. It needs all the international attention it could get. I'm compelled to do my part."[15] Her pioneering work was recognised in the inaugural Australian Arts in Asia Awards.[16]
In recognition of her cultural work in Taiwan, Ivanova received a scholarship from the Taiwanese government to undertake Chinese Language studies at the Mandarin Training Center of National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan, which came to fame as the college of Australia's Chinese-speaking Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Over the course of her career Ivanova has received over 45 awards from national and international institutions, becoming the most successful independent curator in Australia.
Personal life
Annie Ivanova was born in Tryavna, Bulgaria to an artistic family. Her father was an industrial designer and her mother drama teacher. Her grandfather had a professional photographic studio in the 1930s. During the 1989 revolution Ivanova was working as a junior reporter, assisting Reuters photographer Oleg Popov. She was a front-line witness of the dramatic events leading to the collapse of communism in Sofia. Soon after, with the help of a colleague, she moved to London where she studied design at the London College of Fashion. In 1994 Ivanova immigrated to Australia.
Ivanova identifies herself as an Australian of Bulgarian heritage. She has commented that her international work has always been about 'persuading through culture and ideas that reach across borders'.[17] She has said the Balkan atrocities of the 1990s have left a very deep mark in her mind, becoming a motivational force to pursue a career in international relations.
Ivanova has been involved with Buddhism since 1993 and from 1996 on is a devoted Vipassana meditator, regularly spending time in isolation and peace at a Buddhist retreat in Australia.[18] She has, however, kept her Bulgarian traditions and faith.
Following long term interests in Asian studies, since 2010 she has been living between Melbourne and Taipei. The Chinese name given to her by a friend is 易安妮 (Yì Ānnī). Yì was taken from the character in I-Ching "Book of Changes" as an auspicious match. In Taiwan she is known by her Chinese name.[19][20][21][22]
Significant Exhibitions
Date | Museum | Exhibition | Notes |
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2013 | Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore | Illuminations[23] | Taiwanese Media Art |
2013 | Taiwan Culture and Creative Platform Foundation | Vibrant Vision[24] | 1st International Curator |
2012 | Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei | Wonderland: New Contemporary Art from Australia[25] | "Best Art Exhibition Spring 2012 in Taiwan" |
2011 | Ars Electronica, Linz | FutureLab 2[26] | Founder, Australian Art Residency |
2010 | Taipei World Trade Centre, Taipei | Encoded[27] | 1st Australian Media Art Exhibition |
2009 | Aros Kunstmuseum, Aarhus | Enter Action[28] | Novamedia: Mari Velonaki |
2009 | Embassy of Australia, Washington DC | Impact by Degrees[29] | Key public diplomacy event prior to UN Climate Change Summit COP15 |
2008 | Alexandra Institute, Denmark | Impact: Living in the Age of Climate Change[30][31] | Nordic Exhibition of the Year; Novamedia: development |
2008 | Ars Electronica Centre, Linz | FutureLab 1 | Founder, Australian Art Residency |
2007 | Ars Electronica, Linz | Second Life: Havidol[32] | Novamedia: Justine Cooper |
2007 | Biennale of Electronica Art Perth | Stillness | International |
2007 | Australia Council for the Arts | Strange Attractors[33][34] | Novamedia: showcase |
2006 | Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai | Strange Attractors: charm between Art and Science[35][36] | 1st Art & Science survey |
2006 | Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh | Can we fall in love with a machine?[37] | Novamedia: Mari Velonaki |
2005 | World Art Museum, Beijing | The Millennium Dialogue[38] | International |
2005 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne | Granular Synthesis: Modell 5[39] | Australian Premiere |
2005 | The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide | Reactivate![40] | International |
2005 | State Library of Victoria, Melbourne | Through the looking glass: Visualising Science | National Science Week |
2004 | Ars Electronica, Linz | Unnatural Selection[41] | 1st Australian Media Art Exhibition |
2004 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne | GameTime[42][43] | 1st International Game Culture Conference |
2004 | State Library of Victoria, Melbourne | Reactivate! | International |
2004 | Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne | Novamedia | 1st Media Art Exhibition |
2003 | Barbican Centre, London | oZone | Australian Festival |
2003 | Centre Pompidou, Paris | oZone | 1st Australian Media Art Exhibition |
2003 | RMITUniversity, Melbourne | MelbourneDAC[44][45] | 1st Digital Arts & Culture Conference; Novamedia: producer |
2003 | State Library of Victoria, Melbourne | +playengines+[46][47] | International |
2002 | Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart | Wild[48][49][50] | 1st International Media Art Exhibition |
2000 | Next Wave : Wide Awake | HomoGenesis[51] | Advertising intervention |
1999 | Village Road Show Cinemas, Hobart | HomoGenesis | Advertising intervention |
1999 | City of Hobart Festival | Deluge[52] | Advertising intervention |
1998 | Plimsoll Gallery | Excursive sight[53] | Curator: Raymond Arnold |
International Curator-in-Residence
Date | Residence | Country | Award |
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2011 | Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei[54] | Taiwan | Asialink |
2008 | Alexandra Institute | Denmark | Danish Arts Council |
2008 | UNESCO Suomenlinna Residence | Finland | Foreign Ministry of Finland |
2007 | Ars Electronica | Austria | Australia Council for the Arts |
References
- ↑ Australia-Taiwan Business Council, Ms Annie Ivanova, Cultural Ambassador
- ↑ Australia Unlimited global campaign http://www.australiaunlimited.com/culture/wonderland-art-experience
- ↑ Embassy of Australia, Vienna http://www.vienna.mission.gov.au/files/vien/AustralianEmbassyNewsletter_AUG_SEP%202011.pdf
- ↑ Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia-China Council https://www.dfat.gov.au/acc/corporate-information/annual-reports/acc_annual_report_05-06.pdf
- ↑ http://www.artsdealer.net/2010aaeft/speaker_AntoanettaIvanova_en.htm
- ↑ International Digital Arts & Culture conference, MelbourneDAC 2003
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- ↑ ‘Interplay of Perspectives: History, Art & Culture + Science’, The Smithsonian Institution Washington, 2010 Report
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- ↑ http://www.dhamma.org/en/about/art
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- ↑ http://express.culture.gov.tw/events_detail.aspx?ID=14524&actDate=13857&format=0
- ↑ http://www.tccpf.org.tw/media.php?gid=25da7922-1c54-11e3-b357-aa00b0533d01
- ↑ http://www.lasalle.edu.sg/Events/EventDetail/ILLUMINATIONS-Taiwanese-Media-Art-Exhibition
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- ↑ Desktop Magazine, 'Revving up for fun', May 2003, pp. 50–53
- ↑ Read, G. (2 February 2002) The Mercury 'Seeing art's future'
- ↑ Rankin-Reid, J. (10 February 2002) The Mercury, 'Wild about e-art' p. 11
- ↑ Read, G. (2 February 2002) The Mercury 'Artists switched on to electric display', p 6
- ↑ Klaosen, D. (June 2000), RealTime 'Antoanetta Ivanova: Wide Awake’, interview
- ↑ The Mercury ' Refugee pain bleeds from fringe image', 26 January 1999
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- ↑ http://asialink.unimelb.edu.au/arts/residency_program/past_residents/past_writing_residencies2/taiwan/antoanetta_ivanova_2011
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