BIOGRAPHY Panja Jürgens
1939 Born in Venne, Germany
1979 Tanzania, Africa: African Wilderness
Mother of 2 children, Panja began her career in photography
1982 South Africa: Bird Studies
1983 Seychelles: Further Bird Studies
1984 Climbs Mount Kilamanjaro
1985 Zurich Zoo, Switzerland
Study of the Behaviour of Flamingos
Tanzania: Extended stay among the Massai
1986 Photographic Series: Return to Paradise
1987 Photo-documentary: H.R. Giger's Garden
1989 Photographic Series: New York's Street People
1989 Photographic Series: They call themselves Queens
1994 Art Communication Zürich CH-"Art goes Public" Group Exhibition
1997 Photographic Series: Wings of Peace
1997 1997 Solo Photo Exhibition Vienna, Austria - PINX GALLERY :"RETURN TO PARADISE"
2001 Photographic Series: Homage a Claude Monet
2001 Photographic Series: NYC 9/11/2001
2004

Group Exhibition- Germany- Bamberg - Begegnung Ost West -SPINET- an Experiment on Gesamtkunstwerk from Birgit Ramsauer

2005 The way is the Goal
2005 Bruno Weber - Surrealist, CH 2005
2006 "Die Seele ist alles" sagte Aristoteles
Gedanken zum Crossdressing Ein Plädoyer für Toleranz in"Weiblich-männlich-anders?"
Geschlechterbeziehungen im Kulturvergleich-Münster Waxmann-Verlag 2006
Hrsg: Kalka Claudia und Sabine Klocke-Daffa
 
 
Return to Paradise
1986 Begins work on the Photographic Series
1987 Solo Exhibition
Nikon Gallery, Zurich (Switzerland)
Home Gallery, Venne (Germany)
Timmendorfer Fototage (Germany)

Bunte Magazine
Eight-page spread, in conjunction with talk shows and television interviews in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
International Magazine of Photography - CH: Five page photo-article
1988 Group Exhibition: European Indoor Tennis at Saalsporthalle, Zurich (Switzerland)
1989 Solo Exhibition: Cinepress, Zurich (Switzerland)
Group Exhibition: Nerlino Gallery, Soho (New York)
1993 Calendar published by Ackerman Kunst Verlag, Munich (Germany)
Foreword to the calendar by Charles Henri FAVROD, Director of the Musee L'Elysee, Lausanne (Switzerland)

International Magazine of Photography - CH Cover story and eight-page portfolio
1995 Solo Exhibition: Chalet Muri Gallery, Berne (Switzerland)
Presented by Charles Henri FAVROD, Director of the Musee L'Elysee, Lausanne (Switzerland)
1996 Group exhibition: Kunsthalle, Cologne (Germany)
Solo exhibition: Hyposwiss, Zurich (Switerland)

World Calendar Award given by the Calendar Marketing Association (USA) for the best Animal Wildlife Photography
1998 In permanent collection: Museum H. R. Giger, Château St Germain, Gruyères (Switzerland)
H. R. Giger's Garden
1987 Beginning of photographic documentary series on the Academy-Award winning artist and designer of the Movie "Alien": H.R. Giger."
1996 Max Magazine (Germany) Thirteen pages of the photographic series
2005 National Technical Museum (Prague); April 13 to August 31 work on the photographic series
2006 Exhibition "HR Giger in Vienna" 2006
Kunsthaus Vienna -   from May to Okt  2006 including  Photograps from  Panja Jürgens Documentary-Series "HR Giger's Garden" 1987 -2005 Catalogue : HR Giger in Vienna-Kunsthaus Vienna 2006
New York Street People
1989 Beginning of photographic documentary on New York's Street People
1990 Solo exhibition: Chalet Muri Gallery, Berne (Switzerland)
Presented by Charles Henri FAVROD, Director of the Musee L'Elysee, Lausanne (Switzerland)
They call themselves Queens
  Königinnen der Nacht (German version)
All photographs taken on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City (USA) between 1990 and 1996.
1990 Begins work on the book
1994 Group exhibitions: "As in a Looking glass" by Musee l'Elysee,
Museum of Photography, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Kulturabteilung Bayer AG, Leverkusea (Germany)
Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
1995 Max Magazine (Germany): Eight-page article around the series
1996 Publication of the book "They call themselves Queens" - The Transformation Series

Königinnen der nacht (German version)
Edition Stemmle AG, Zurich, Switzerland, 1996

Charles Henri FAVROD edited and wrote the foreword of the book.

Group exhibition: Mangisch Gallery, Zurich (Switzerland)

STERN Magazine (Germany): Three page spread of the series
Wings of Peace
1997 Beginning of a work on Peace: In New York City, a multinational society coexists. Photographs of all cultures, all races, of every class, age and gender.
1999 Achievement of the project

Documentary Film about Panja Jürgens and her work on her "Wings of Peace" project, shot in New York City by Todd Phillips
2002 Publication of the book "Wings of Peace"

German version: Knesebec Verlag - Munich (Germany)
French version: Editions de la Martinière - Paris (France)
English version: Harry N. Abrams Inc. - New York (USA)
Hommage a Claude Monet
2001 May 2001: Les Jardins de Claude Monet à Giverny
NYC 9/11/2001
2001 September 2001: Documentation in New York City
2002 Bunte Magazine (Germany): Eight-page photo-reportage and article on the disaster
Other Events
1993 Free in Africa
A portrait-Film about Panja Jürgens and her work, shot in Tanzania (East Africa) by Walter Jacob and Dr. Carmen Rohrbach, Munich (Germany).
The way is the Goal
2005 Begins work on The Way is the Goal
Transformations- Dragqueens of NYC
2008

"They call themselfs Queens" Gallery MEINAU 34
Vernissage 18.9.08 - 5.10.08

 

Panja's Children
Jenny: http://www.jennyjuergens.de
  John: http://www.johnmunich.com