Anna Bettina Schimkat (* 1974 in Darmstadt) is a German artist, based in Leipzig, Germany and New York, USA. Her body of work comprises scultpures, soundpieces, installations and performances.[1][2][3]
Life and Work
editSchimkat underwent training as a wood sculptor and then studied visual art at Bauhaus University, Weimar. She later combined these experiences focusing on architecture-related media as masterstudent with the german sculptor Monika Brandmeier at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.[1][4] Since 2006 she is based in Leipzig, where she founded an artspace ("A und V Projekt- und Hörgalerie", 2007) und the network of independent galleries "Lindenow".[5][6] Her current artistic pratice can be categorized as sound art and installation art.[7][8] She currently lives and works in New York City.[9]
Her works and performances have been presented internationally in solo and group shows, as well as festivals [10][11][12][13][14]; and are part of private and public collections.[15][16]
Together with the poet and soundartist Michael Barthel she performs as Duo Schimkat/Barthel since 2016.[17]
Exibitions and Performances(selection)
edit- 2022: RESHAPE Festival, Bandshell, Miami Beach (USA)
- 2022: 24th Sculpture Garden, Galery Mörfelden-Walldorf (GER)
- 2022: ZIXP /All:y:Ears, Hitness Club/ZiMMT, Leipzig (GER)
- 2022: WEITERSAGEN,performance puplic space, Völksen (GER)
- 2022: MASH UP VII - MOVE, Galery Gosh, Leipzig (GER)
- 2021: SING MIT - SING WITH US! (w/ Michael Barthel), Mining and Technology Park, Großpösna (GER)
- 2021: Imaginaziun, Casa Lechmann, Sumvigt (SUI)
- 2021: Intraregionale Festival, Kunstverein Völksen, Hannover/Völksen (GER)
- 2021: RE:FLUX16 Festival, Moncton (CAN)
- 2021: Ab-Raum, D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig (GER)
- 2020: Inside and Out, Rathausgalerie Grimma (GER)
- 2020: Schlagzeichen, Westpol A.I.R. Space, Leipzig (GER)
- 2019: Festival of Experimental Music, Academy of Fine Arts Munich (GER)
- 2019: The Bells of Mutzschen, Artist Residence Prösitz (GER)
- 2019: Whereabouts, bb15 - Space for Contemporary Art, Linz (AUT)
- 2019: Sonify (w/ Michael Barthel), K21, Düsseldorf (GER)
- 2019: back there, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin (GER)
- 2018: WIND, Rostock University of Music and Theatre (GER)
- 2018: INACT Festival de Performances, Straßburg (FRA)
- 2016: Off the Radar, Longbridge Light Festival, Birmingham (UK)
- 2016: Windsigns, Wadden Tide Festival, Blåvands Huk (DK)
- 2016: noisexistance Festival, Schwankhalle, Bremen (GER)
- 2011: EX SITU, La Station Vastemonde, Saint-Brieuc (FRA)
- 2010: The directions of light, Goethe Institut, Damaskus (SYR)
- 2009: LABOR, Galery Eigen+Art, Berlin (GER)
Publications (selection)
edit- 2021: A VOCHEL WO RED (Duo Schimkat / Barthel), LP, Scrotum Records, Leipzig
- 2020: Brot und Ro-sen, LP, Fragment Factory, Hamburg
- 2018: RESONANZ, artist catalog, Edition Kunstraum Barthel, Leipzig
- 2018: Spinhouse, audio tape, Fragment Factory, Hamburg
- 2015: Rondo NR3, audio tape, recordings for the summer, Leipzig
- 2012: wind, Pressplay 3 - CD, anthology of the independent radio play scene, Mairisch Verlag, Hamburg
- 2011: wind, audio tape, recordings for the summer, Leipzig
References
edit- ^ a b Kunstraum Barthel. "KB:Anna Schimkat". Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Galerie Eigenheim. "Anna Schimkat | Galerie Eigenheim". Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ ODP Galerie. "ODP Galerie – Anna Schimkat". Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Monika Brandmeier. "Klasse Branmeier - Anna Schimkat". Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Wunderwesten (2013-12-20). "Anna Schimkat im Wunderwesten". Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Leipziger Volkszeitung (2018-10-04). "Ganz schön groß geworden: das Lindenow feiert zehnten Geburtstag" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ nevertrustcockrock (2017-09-16). "NTCR – Interview № 6 // Anna Schimkat". nevertrustcockrock (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Leipziger Volkszeitung (2019-07-07). "Blinde feiern etwas langsamer" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ "Anna Schimkat". iscp-nyc.org. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
- ^ Intraregionale Hannover (2021). "Anna Schimkat – Intraregionale – Klangkunstfestival in der Region Hannover" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ Georg Scharnweber (2019-10-16). "Rostock: Stipendiaten zeigen ihre Werke". NNN.de (Norddeutsche Neueste Nachrichten) (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Weser Kurier (2016-06-28). "Noisexistance-Festival: Geräusche, Lärm und Krach" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ WERK Birmingham (2016). "Longbridge Light Festival 2016, The Shadow Factory". Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Intact Festival (FR) (2019). "Distance - Anna Schimkat" (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. "SKD | Online Collection". Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. "SKD: 180 Ideen für Sachsen". Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Recordings For The Summer (Label). "Anna Schimkat & Michael Barthel". Retrieved 2021-09-11.