Anne Imhof (born 1978 in
Giessen
Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 univers ...
, Germany) is a German visual artist, choreographer, and performance artist who lives and works between
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
and Paris.
She is best known for her
endurance art
Endurance (also related to sufferance, resilience, constitution, fortitude, and hardiness) is the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from an ...
, although she cites painting as central to her practice.
Life
Imhof was born in Giessen and grew up in
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
History ...
. She received private drawing lessons from a teacher at a boarding school in England.
She moved to Frankfurt, living in a commune and making music in her twenties. She worked as a bouncer for a club called Robert Johnson.
She graduated from the
Städelschule
The Städelschule (), Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, is a tertiary school of art in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It accepts about 20 students each year from 500 applicants, and has a total of approximately 150 students of visual a ...
in Frankfurt in 2012.
Professional career
Solo shows
2012
* Audition Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim
2013
* SOTSB njjy, New Jersey, Basel
* Parade, Portikus, Frankfurt
2014
* Carré d'Art, Musée d'art contemporain, Projectroom, Nîmes
* Rage II, Liste Performance Program, Basel
* Rage I, Deborah Schamoni, Munich
2015
* DEAL, MoMA PS1, New York
2016
* Angst, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
* Angst II, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
* Angst III,
Biennale de Montréal
La Biennale de Montréal (BNL MTL) is a bi-annual multidisciplinary arts event to confront the Quebec and Canadian art with those of foreign artists around common issues and concepts corresponding to ''"the timeliness of the art"''.
Founded in 1 ...
, Montréal
* Overture, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne
2017
* FAUST,
German Pavilion, 57th
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...
, Venice
2019
* Sex, Tate Modern, London
* Sex, Art Institute Chicago, Chicago
2020
*Sex,
Castello di Rivoli
The Castle of Rivoli is a former Residence of the Royal House of Savoy in Rivoli ( Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy). It is currently home to the Castello di Rivoli – Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, the museum of contemporary art of Turin.
In 19 ...
, Turin
2021
* Natures Mortes,
Palais de Tokyo
The Palais de Tokyo (''Tokyo Palace'') is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to ...
, Paris
* ''Sex'', X-room,
National Gallery of Denmark
The National Gallery of Denmark ( da, Statens Museum for Kunst, also known as "SMK", literally State Museum for Art) is the Danish national gallery, located in the centre of Copenhagen.
The museum collects, registers, maintains, researches and han ...
(SMK), Copenhagen
2022
* YOUTH,
Stedelijk Museum
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. , Amsterdam
* Avatar II,
Sprüth Magers
Sprüth Magers is a commercial art gallery owned by Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers, with spaces in London, Berlin, Los Angeles and offices in Cologne, Hong Kong, New York and Seoul. The gallery represents over sixty artists and estates, inclu ...
, London
2023
*
Sprüth Magers
Sprüth Magers is a commercial art gallery owned by Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers, with spaces in London, Berlin, Los Angeles and offices in Cologne, Hong Kong, New York and Seoul. The gallery represents over sixty artists and estates, inclu ...
, Los Angeles (forthcoming)
Group shows
2011
* Andrei Koschmieder puts, Real Fine Arts, New York
* Birth of the Worm, The Leland Hotel Ballroom, Detroit
* Open Studios, Villa Romana, Florence
2012
* Beautiful Balance, CAPC, Musée d'Art Contemporarin, Bordeaux
* Beautiful Balance, Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt
* Beautiful Balance, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
* Zauderberg, Graduation show, MMK Frankfurt
2013
* Soapy, Neue alte Brücke, Frankfurt
* Gemini, curated by Jeanne Graff, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
* Freak out, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
* Mike / Restlessness in the Barn, curated by Oona von Maydell, with Cosima von Bonin, Jana Euler, Lucie
* Stahl, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
* Coded Conduct, Pilar Corrias, London
2014
* Present Future, curated by Jamie Stevens, Artissima, Torino
* Boom she Boom, Works of the collection, MMK, Frankfurt, Germany
* Tes Yeux, curated by Anne Dressen, 186f Kepler, Paris
* The Mechanical Garden, curated by Naomi Pearce, CGP London, London
* Trust, curated by Michele D'Aurizio, Fluxia Gallery, Milan
* Liste Performance Program, curated by Fabian Schöneich, Basel
* Abandon the Parents, SMK Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
* Die Marmory Show, Deborah Schamoni, Munich
* Pleasure Principles, Lafayette Foundation, Paris
2015
* Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
* Works on Paper, William Arnold, Brooklyn
* IN MY ABSENCE, curated by Dorothea Jendrike, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France
* Our Lacustrine Cities, curated by Laura Mc Lean Ferris, Chapter NY, New York
* Angelic Sisters, Kepler 186, with John Armleder, Genesis P.Orridge, Stefan Tcherepnin, Milan
* Do Disturb, Palais de Tokyo
* Nouveau Festival, Centre Pompidou, Paris
* Life Gallery, curated by Marlie Mul, Vilma Gold, London
* New Frankfurt Internationals, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
* New Frankfurt Internationals, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
Venice Biennale
In 2017 Anne Imhof represented Germany at the
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...
, transforming the pavilion with her performance piece, 'Faust'
The performers arranged themselves throughout the pavilion, above and below the installed glass floors. Sometimes crawling under the floors, other times engaging in activities which range from looking sulky and checking their mobile phones, to masturbation and lighting small fires.
Imhof was rewarded the prestigious
Golden Lion
The Golden Lion ( it, Leone d'oro) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguishe ...
award for "Best National Participation", in a much written about effort. This award is given to only one of the 85 exhibitions mounted in pavilions in the Giardini della Biennale and across Venice
Awards
* 2017: Absolut Art Award
* 2017: ''Golden Lion'' for best national contribution at the Biennale di Venezia
* 2015: Award of the National Gallery
* 2013: Studio Scholarship in Paris from Hessische Kulturstiftung
* 2012: Graduate Award of the
Städelschule
The Städelschule (), Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, is a tertiary school of art in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It accepts about 20 students each year from 500 applicants, and has a total of approximately 150 students of visual a ...
Portikus e. V.
* 2012: ZAC (zonta art contemporary)
*2020: BEN Award "Most Important Artist" in the category
Gesamtkunstwerk
A ''Gesamtkunstwerk'' (, literally 'total artwork', translated as 'total work of art', 'ideal work of art', 'universal artwork', 'synthesis of the arts', 'comprehensive artwork', or 'all-embracing art form') is a work of art that makes use of al ...
at the
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image
The B3 Biennial of the Moving Image (German: ''B3 Biennale des bewegten Bildes'') is a cross-media moving image festival in Frankfurt, Germany. It features films, media art, games, and artistic confrontations with VR, AR and MR by internation ...
* 2022: Binding-Kulturpreis 2022
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Further reading
from ''The New York Times
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1978 births
Städelschule alumni
German choreographers
German performance artists
German contemporary artists
Living people