Born 1986, Tbilisi, Georgia
Education
2010 Diploma, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; Meisterschülerin from Prof. Georg Herold and Prof. Christopher Williams
2004-2005 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, class of Prof. Hubert Kiecol
2002 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, class of Prof. Alexander Roob
Solo exhibitions
2020
Barbara Thumm, Berlin (forthcoming)
Electric Forest (Bowery), (with Florian Meisenberg), Simone Subal Gallery, New York
2019
Anna K.E., curated by Noemi Smolik, Stone Projects, Prague
REARMIRRORVIEW, Simulation is Simulation, is Simulation, is Simulation…, Georgian Pavilion, curated by Margot Norton, Venice Biennale, Venice
Complimentary Blue (with Florian Meisenberg), Kunstpalais Erlangen, curated by Amely Deiss & Milena, Mercer, Erlangen, Germany
2018
Crossing Gibaltar at Midday, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Profound Approach and Easy Outcome, Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY
Late Checkout (West Berlin) with Florian Meisenberg, WNTRP, Berlin
2016
Intangible Economies of Desires, Sommer Gallery, Tel Aviv
Leaving the Rock Stage, Primary, Nottingham
2015
Teen Factory, Simone Subal Subal, New York, NY
Teen Factory, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2013
two whores in the same dress, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
I suppose my doctor is dead, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY
The car was his and story mine, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
2012
He was hit by a car, can he still dance?, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
2011
Gone Tomorrow, Gallery Figge von Rosen, Cologne
Without Jewel, Kunstverein Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany (Cat.)
2010
Profound Approach and Easy Outcome, Galerie CapitalGold, Düsseldorf
2008
Urban Female Entertainment, feat. Tamara K.E. Pilot Projekt, Düsseldorf
Permanent Vacation, feat. Florian Meisenberg, EY artforum GAP 15, Düsseldorf
2007
Being Spielberg, Galerie Hasen presents Anna K.E. & Florian Meisenberg, Schaufenster des Kunstvereins für die Rheinlande und Westphalen, Düsseldorf
Healthy Children for a Wealthy Future, feat. Florian Meisenberg, Kunstcodex Codexpartners, Munich
Museum for…, feat. Florian Meisenberg, di.vitrine, Düsseldorf
Anna K.E. feat. Florian Meisenberg, Performance with installation parallel to ART Cologne, citta di bologna, Cologne
Group exhibitions
2019
11 Comrades of Time, Hardspace, Basel, Switzerland
2018
Out of Line, September Gallery, Hudson, New York
Twelve Women Gone Missing, TAF – Tbilisi Art Fair, Tbilisi, Georgia
roesler hotel #28: screenspace, curated by Vik Muniz, Lucas Blalock & Barney Kulok, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo
2017
Feminismus 3.0, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, Germany
ZWANZIG, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2016
Goat Boy, Gagosian Gallery Athens, Greece
Nausea, VR Exhibiton organized by Phillip Hausmaier, San Francisco, Berlin & NYC
Labor Relations. From the International Contemporary Art Collection of Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, CollectionWroclaw Contemporary Museum (Cat.)
Nuites Blanche, Monaco
Watermark, SIGNAL, NYC
Late Checkout II, with Florian Meisenberg, Signal, Brooklyn, NY
Countdown Belladonna, with Florian Meisenberg, Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt
Ways of Looking, E-Werk, Freiburg
MDF Blog, Planthouse, NYC
Night Transmissons: Electronic Intimacy, TV sets in Iceland transform into art venues
2015
When I Die…, 68projects, Berlin, Germany
Enchanted Space, curated by Barbara London, Fridman Gallery, New York, NY
Spieglein, Spieglien an der Wand, curated by Friedrich Grafling and Johanna Stemmler, Kunstverein Wiesen e.V. Wiesen, Germany
No entrance, no exit, curated by Lumi Tan, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Kunst Raum Riehen, Switzerland
Teen Paranormal, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara,CA
Dara Birnbaum, Anna K.E., Eli Keszler and Stephen Squibb, The Kitchen, New York, NY
2014
Teen ParanormalThe Renaissance Society, Chicago; Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
Quadriennale Düsseldorf, K10, Düsseldorf, Germany
Set in MotionPetach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel
2013
Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
IF NOT, TOMORROW, Artitude/Senatsreservespeicher, Berlin
Vom Zaudern. Motive des Aufschubs, Übergangs und Abschweifens, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
1.pers.sing., curated by Johannes Sperling, b-05 Montebaur, Germany
Body Light, Venus & Apoll, the project space of Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf
Gruppo di famigilia in un interno, Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2012
Qui Vive?, The III Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow
Limning, Show Room 170, New York, NY
Jesturing, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY
Cleaning a Bed from Morning Dust, Boutique, Cologne
2011
Kunstpreis Junger Westen 2011, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
Palets, Gallery Barbara Thumm, Berlin
2010
Leave Your Hat On, Von Beuys Inspiriert, Schmela Haus, Museum K21, Düsseldorf
New Talents, Young Biennale Köln 2010, Cologne (Cat.)
New German Art, German embassy, London
Pure Pigment, class of Prof.Christopher Williams, WW Düsseldorf
Kommt Doch, class of Prof.Georg Herold, WW Düsseldorf
2009
Born in Georgia, Cobra Museum, Amsterdam (Cat.)
Junge Kunst Förderpreis, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany
Junge Kunst Förderpreis, Galerie Schlassgoart Pavillon du Centenaire, Arcelor Mittal Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
Suspended, Neuen Kunstforum Köln, Cologne (Cat.)
2008
Junge Kunst Förderpreis, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Germany
Junge Kunst Förderpreis, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany (Cat.)
Unter Tag (11min), Gloriahalle, Düsseldorf
2007
Regarding Düsseldorf 2, Kunstverein 701, Düsseldorf (Cat.)
Galerie Hasen, Performance at Sommer MMOGG, with Florian Meisenberg, MMOGG Düsseldorf
2006
Are You Ready Ray?, Beck & Eggeling/new quarters, Düsseldorf
Disadvantage Agassi, with Florian Meisenberg, Villa De Bank,
Enschede, The Netherlands
Group show, Artoll Kunstlabor, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
Wir sind mal Freunde gewesen, Gloriahalle, Düsseldorf
2005
I´m not a Suicidor I´m an Investigator, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund (Cat.)
And the Ship is Sailing, Old Volksbank, Borken (Cat.)
Kleines Affektchen 2, Performance/Video-Event, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Kleines Affektchen 3, Performance/Video-Event, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Those Who Have Double Parked, Benefiz-Exhibition, Parkhaus in Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf
Group show, Kunstverein Mönchengladbach, Germany
2004
Makingo Film Production, mobil am Hafen, Kunsthaus Zug, Schweiz (Cat.)
Kleines Affektchen 1, Exhibition & Performance/Video-Event, Museum Bochum, Germany
Scholarships / Prizes
2012
Herbert Zapp prize for young art
2011
Kunststiftung NRW
Kunstpreis Junger Westen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
2010
DAAD Scholarship
NRW Travel Scholarship
2009
International Studio Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, NY
2008
Audi Art Award 2008 for progressive performance,’GALLERY HASEN’ project, Düsseldorf
Junge Kunst Förderpreis, Saar Ferngas AG, Saarbrücken (Cat).
2007
Rotary Club Scholarship, Düsseldorf
Lectures
2012 NY Studio Residency Program (Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design), New York, NY
2011 International Studio Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, NY
2010 University of Arts and Social Sciences, Bonn
Bibliography
2019
Franchini, Attilia Fattori. “Conversations: A Body to Tune into Simulation: Anna K.E.,” Mousse. July 2019.
“Georgien – Anna K.E.”, Kunstforum. June 2019.
Moffitt, Evan. “The Art of Getting It Wrong – 58th Venice Biennale: The Best of the
Arsenale Pavilions,” Frieze. May 10, 2019.
Herriman, Kat. “Dance Halls, Pigeons & Reverent Homages: Our Favorite Venice Biennale
Installations,” Cultured. May 8, 2019.
“Anna K.E.’s Georgia Pavilion,” Art Spectacle International Asia. March 29, 2019.
Nam, Hiji. “Interviews: Anna K.E. on her presentation for the 58th Venice Biennale”,
Artforum. February 15, 2019.
Paterson, Claudia. “Anna K.E. and Florian Meisenberg: Open Source,” King Kong.
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2018
Greenberger, Alex. “Anna K.E. Will Represent Georgia at the 2019 Venice Biennale,” ArtNews. November 26, 2018.
Heinrich, Will. “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week: Anna K.E.,” The New York Times, February 16, 2017. Print.
Chittenden Morgan, Nicholas. “Critic’s Picks: Anna K.E.,” Artforum. February 15, 2018.
2017
Wiley, Chris. “Different Pace-‘Elastic Hours’, the 8th edition of the Sequences biennial in Reykjavik, Iceland, took time scales – both short and long – as its subject,” Frieze.com, October 25, 2017.
Chiragdin, Neil. “Mural, mural on the wall – the Large Wall,” Queens Chronicle, August 24, 2017.
“The Queens Museum Unveils New Exhibitions for the Summer Season.” Times Ledger, April 21, 2017.
Herriman, Kat. “In the Studio with Anna K.E.,” Cultured Magazine. January 12, 2017.
2016
“Labour Relations”, (exh. cat) MWW – Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, Poland
Nunes, Andrew, “The 6 Freshest Booths at Art Basel’s Nova Section,” Creators, Vice. December 8, 2016.
Kerr, Dylan. “7 Young Rising Stars to Discover at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016,” Artspace. December 1, 2016.
Fitzpatrick, Corrine: “Artists on Artists: Anna K.E.”, BOMB Magazine 135, p. 135-137., Spring 2016. Print.
Dumbadze, Devi: “Anna K.E.: Teen Factory”, Springerin magazine, p. 61-62., January 2016. Print.
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ARTE IN COPPIA magazine, p.12-15., June 2016. Print.
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.Herriman, Kat: “How Five New York Artist Couples Share Space”, New York Times, T magazine, February 11. Online.
2015
“Anna K.E., Teen Factory (New York-Berlin)”, Time Out New York, October 2015. Online.
Vogel, Wendy. “Framing Frieze New York with Gary Carrion Murayari,” Art in America, May, 2015. Online.
Rooney, Kara L., “No Entrance, No Exit”, The Brooklyn Rail, February, 2015. Print.
“No Entrance, No Exit”, The New Yorker, February, 2015. Print.
Kats, Anna. “Anna K.E. Builds and Unfinished Swimming Pool at the Kitchen”, ArtInfo, 1/16/15
Smith, William. “Anna K.E.”, Art in America, January 2015, p. 25, Print.
2012
A well-to-do man is cruising in his fancy car when a small hen runs out on the road in front, Monograph of Anna K.E., ed. Sabine Becker, Gia Edzgveradze. Publisher: Hatje Cantz.
Qui Vive?, The III Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, ed. NCCA, MMOMA, “Novoe Iskusstvo”.
Smolik, Noemi, “Anna K.E., Figge von Rosen Galerie,” Artforum, January issue.
2011
“Claudia Posca: Kunstpreis junger Westen 2011”, Kunstforum International. Bd. 213., January-February.
Kunstpreis Junger Westen 2011, Kunsthalle Reklinghausen, ed. Ferdinand Ullrich, Hans-Jürgen Schwalm. Printed by: Druck Verlag Kettler.
Rising: Young Artists to keep an Eye on! Ed. Olaf Salié. Catalogue text: Sabine Elsa Müller. Publisher: DAAB.
Bettina Willumat: Spiel mit Stilen und Spannungen, Bergisches Handelsblatt Zeitschrift, July 01.
von Maltzahn, Sophie, “Lass uns zwischen den Wellen lesen,” FAZ, September 10.
Weiffen, Frank, “Mit bunter Vielfalt experimentiert,” Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, June 08.
2010
New Talents Biennale Köln No2, editor: FUHRWERKSWAAGE Kunstraum e.V., catalogue text: Oliver Tepel. Publisher: Salon Verlag.
“Quadriennale Düsseldorf”,Artplus booklet, ART, September 01.
Zeitcampus No.3, 100 Studenten von denen wir noch hören werden, DIE ZEIT, May-June.
Meister, Helga, “Beuys-Hut wird entzaubert,” Westdeutsche Zeitung, November 09.
2009
Born in Georgia, The Cobra Museum, ed. Lieke Fijen, Els Drummen. Printed by: Grafinoord, Assendelft.
Suspended, Neues Kunstforum Köln, ed. Gia Edzgveradze. Publisher: Kehrer Verlag.
Meister, Helga, “Ohne Tempo-Limit”. Art Cologne: Die Düsseldorfer Jungstars Anna K.E. und Florian Meisenberg im Doppelporträt, K.West, April.
Meister, Helga, “Vier Georgier in der Diaspora”, Westdeutsche Zeitung, May 31.
2008
Junge Kunst Förderpreis 2008, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslauten, editor: Dr. Heinz Höfchen, Renate Berger, catalogue text: Georg Peinlich, printed by: Ninodruck.
“Glamourpaar im Kunststress”, Express, October 25.
Meister, Helga, “Audi Art Award für “Gallery Hasen”,” Westdeutsche Zeitung, October 25.
Sebastian, Klaus, “Audi Award: Preisverleihung mit Ironie,” Rheinische Post, October 25.
2007
Regarding Düsseldorf 2, ed. 701 GmbH. Printed by: Heinendruck GmbH.
2005
I´m not a suicidor I´m an investigator, Museum am Ostwall, ed. Kurt Wettengl, Gia Edzgveradze. Printed by: Druckhaus Lensing.
And the Ship is Sailing, Old Volks bank, ed. Gia Edzgveradze. Printed by: Druck Verlag Kettler.
2004
Makingofilm, Kunsthaus Zug, Kunsthalle Göppingen, ed. Alexander Roob, Georg Winter. Publisher: Salon Verlag & Edition.