German visual artist, choreographer and performance artist
Anne Imhof (born 1978 in Giessen, Germany) is a German visual artist, choreographer, and performance artist who lives and works between Frankfurt and Paris.[1] She is best known for her endurance art, although she cites painting as central to her practice.
Life
Imhof was born in Giessen and grew up in Fulda.[2] She received private drawing lessons from a teacher at a boarding school in England.[3] 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.[3] She graduated from the Städelschule in Frankfurt in 2012.[4]
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 Imhof represented Germany at the Venice Biennale, transforming the pavilion with her performance piece, 'Faust'[9] 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 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[10][11]
