Villa Aurora Grant Recipients | 2022
Oct, Nov, Dec
Anna Haifisch | Visual Artist
Anna Haifisch was born in 1986 in Zwenkau. She studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig. Since 2015 she has been drawing “The Artist”, a series of books about being an artist. “The Artist” is a bird-like, fragile being who, more or less successfully, moves in the art world. The “The Artist” books were published in several languages and in exclusive series for the New York Museum of Modern Art, the French newspaper Le Monde, the US website VICE.com, texts on art ‒ or 2021 for Art Basel in Basel and Miami.
Publications (Selection)
2020 ⅼ „Exzess und Entzug, Fernes vor Gursky“, Text von Marcel Beyer, Spector Books (Leipzig)
2019 ⅼ „Schappi“, DE, Rotopol (Kassel)
2018 ⅼ „Von Spatz“, ENG, Drawn and Quarterly (Montreal)
2017 ⅼ „The Artist – Der Schnabelprinz“, Reprodukt (Berlin)
Solo exhibitions (Selection)
2019 ⅼ „The Mouse Glass“, Riso Club, Leipzig
2018 ⅼ „The Artist“, Micēlijs Riga, Latvia
2017 ⅼ „The Artist“, Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz
2017 ⅼ „Die Halle der edlen Schnitzwerke“, Galerie der Kunstsammlung Oberösterreich, Linz, Austria
Group exhibitions (Selection)
2020 ⅼ „Am Ende diese Arbeit“, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
2019 ⅼ „Currents“, Mount Analog, Seattle, USA
2018 ⅼ „Bruit Qui Court“, Galerie Nathalie Halgand, Wien, Austria
2017 ⅼ „Authentizität. Das Authentisch Unauthentische“, Halle für Kunst Lüneburg
Prizes/ Awards (Selection)
2020 ⅼ Max und Moritzpreis as best German-speaking Comic Artist
2018 ⅼ Sondermann Preis für Komische Kunst, advancement award
2017 ⅼ Finalist at LA-Times Book Prize („The Artist“)
2016 ⅼ e.o.plauen Förderpreis („Von Spatz“), advancement award