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Anna Witt, born 1981 in Wasserburg (Germany), studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in the studio of Asta Gröting and Magdalena Jetelovà and Performative Sculpture in the studio of Monica Bonvicini in Vienna. She lives and works in Vienna.

Working with performative intervention and video installation, Anna Witt´s practice deals with the construction of cultural stereotypes and individuals positioning within social systems. Her works ambivalently sit between fictional re-enactment and documentary staging and represent the problematic of subject-formation in relation to identity politics, collectivity and citicenships rights.

 

Exhibitions (choice):

Solo:

2010:„Marusa Sagadin & Anna Witt, Grazer Kunstverein (with Marusa Sagadin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------„Civil Takeover“, Lothringer13, Städtische Kunsthalle München -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------„Radical Thinking“, Gallery Michael Wiesehöfer, Colonge--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2009: „Me“, Gallery Michael Wiesehöfer, Colonge (with Julia Gröning)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2008: „Micorsocial“, Demoraum, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2007: „Empower me“, Raum 58, Munich---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2006: „Homefront", EntoderwederGallery, Dorfen-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003: „Money to find“, AkademieGalerie, Munich

Group:

2010: „das ist die Lebenswelt“, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ „What is waiting out there“, 6th Biennale for Contemporary Art Berlin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Triennale Linz 1.0, Lentos Kunstmuseum -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------„Where do we go from here“, Seccesion, Viennaa--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------„Moving Images: Artists & Video/Film“, Museum Ludwig, Colonge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------„Lust and vice. The 7 Deadly Sins from Dürer to Nauman“, Kunstmuseum Bern-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"New German Artt", German Embassy, London--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2009: „Failure“, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Girls, Girls Girls“ Steinle Contemoprary, Munich-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Dank an“, Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Crossing Munich“, RathausGalerie, Munich----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------„Urban Hacking“, Paraflows, Vienna--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Postalternativ“ Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2008: „Bidoun´s Cinema“, Artfair Dubai------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Vienna has has deserved us“, Privatgalerie, Munich ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------„Rec Mode“, Gallery Valentina Moncada, Rome---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manifesta 7, Rovereto, North Italy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+10, Columbus Art Foundation, Halle 14, Spinnerei Leibzig --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2007: „Coffee and Drina“, VBKÖ, Vienna----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „I would eat that“, Providence, Rode Island---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Before Property“, Werkstatt, Dordrecht----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------„Legally“, Hyperion Tavern, Los Angeles------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2006: „Bonny Prince Germans“, Low Salt Gallery, Glasgow --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------„Top to Bottom“, Magazin 1, Vienna ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Desperate Secure, in Training“, Grazer Kunstverein, Steirischer Herbst ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „This is not a good house“, Protections, Kunsthaus Graz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Leif Rumke Preis“, Lotringerhalle13, Städtische Kunsthalle Munich ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „St. Mungo and me“, Lightbox Gallery, Los Angeles------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005: „Evergreen“, Bundesgartenschau Munich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ „Ghostakademie“, Rathausgalerie, Munich ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Munich“ / el Particular, Mexico City------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004: „I want to be your superhero“, Kunstarkaden, Munich---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------„Munich“, Galeria Futura, Prague------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „So klappt`s“, Museonturm, Frankfurt------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2003: „Homemade“, Museonturm, Frankfurt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ „Insights“, Haus der Kunst, Munich --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Invasion1“, PasingerFabrik, Munich

Grants and Scholaships:

2010: Staatsstipendium für Video- und Medienkunst Österreich------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2008: Pfann-Ohman Preis (Diplomgruppe Bonvicini)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Förderpreis Columbus Art Foundation---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007: Ordinariatspreis für Performative Bildhauerei-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2006: Leif Rumke Preis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------2005: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Vollstipendium------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GhostProf. für Versuche, Titel von Uli Aigner (Künstlerin und Kuratorin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Erasmus Stipendium für Wien ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------