LoginTo Janaina Tschäpe painting creates longing
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Brazilian-German artist Janaina Tschäpe (b. 1973 in Munich, Germany) lives and works in New York. She has a multidisciplinary practice that spans painting, drawing, photography, performance, video art, sculpture, murals, and installations. Drawing from the natural world, Tschäpe presents dreamlike abstract landscapes inspired by memory and myth. Balancing fluidity with precision, her work is imbued with a universality that reflects the various topographies she has traveled through or calls home – from Germany, Brazil, and America to beyond.
Tschäpe received her BFA from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (HFBK) in 1997 and her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, in 1998. Her work is in the collections of – among others – the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; MAM Rio – Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro; Museu Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; S.M.A.K. – Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo.
Janaina Tschäpe was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner in her New York and Long Island studios. The conversations took place in March 2026.
Camera: Simon Weyhe
Edit: Nanna Dahm
Produced by: Marc-Christoph Wagner
Copyright: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2026
Music via Upright:
Floating Dots by Kaspar Kaae, Brian Batz Andersen
Weightless by Peter Hellemann, Noah Rosanes
Droplets by Mat Andasun Eagerly
Waiting by Bjarni Biering Margeirsso
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