# Anne Imhof

Anne Imhof (born 1978 in Giessen, Germany) is a German visual artist, choreographer, and performance artist who lives and works between Frankfurt and Paris. 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. 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 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, Montréal
* Overture, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne

#### 2017

* FAUST, German Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale, Venice

#### 2019

* Sex, Tate Modern, London
* Sex, Art Institute Chicago, Chicago

#### 2020

* Sex, Castello di Rivoli, Turin

#### 2021

* Natures Mortes, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
* Sex, X-room, National Gallery of Denmark (SMK), Copenhagen

#### 2022

* YOUTH, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
* Avatar II, Sprüth Magers, London

#### 2023

* Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles (forthcoming)

#### 2025

* Doom: House of Hope, Park Avenue Armory, New York (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 Imhof represented Germany at the Venice Biennale, 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 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 Portikus e. V.
* 2012: ZAC (zonta art contemporary)
* 2020: BEN Award "Most Important Artist" in the category Gesamtkunstwerk at the B3 Biennial of the Moving Image
* 2022: Binding-Kulturpreis