Born in Minsk in 1975
Lives and works in Düsseldorf
e-mail: Anna Sokolova
EDUCATION / RESIDENCES
2007-2010 Academy of Media Arts, Cologne; postgraduate study
2005-2007 Art Academy Düsseldorf; classes of Daniel Buren, David Rabinowitch
2003-2005 Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France
2002 Künstlerhaus Boswil, Switzerland
1994-2000 Belarusian Academy of Arts, Minsk, Belarus; Monumental Painting department
1991-1994 Minsk Art School of Glebov, Minsk, Belarus
AWARDS / COMISSIONS
2023 NEUSTARTplus – work scholarship from the “Stiftung Kunstfonds” Foundation
2022 NEUSTART KULTUR (2. Edition) – project funding by “Stiftung Kunstfonds” Foundation
2013 FÖRDERPREIS FÜR BILDENDE KUNST DER LANDESHAUPTSTADT DÜSSELDORF – Prize for Fine Art of the City of Düsseldorf
2002 Work scholarship from the Aargau-Belarus Partnership
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Imai Foundation – Inter Media Art Institute
Benrath Palace and Park Foundation
European Media Art Festival
City of Mechelen, Belgium
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 BLOWN-UP. Bloom. Düsseldorf
2016 STATION. Gasthof Worringer Platz. Düsseldorf
2013 KUNSTRAUM. Prize for Fine Art of the city of Düsseldorf. Kunstraum Düsseldorf
2013 BLACK-WHITE-BLACK. Quartier am Hafen. Cologne
2007 EMBEDDED STRUCTURE. Collaboration with Oleg Yushko. Atelier vor St. Martin. Cologne
2002 SWEETLAND. Goldenes Kalb Gallery. Aarau
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Good as Hell: Voicing Resistance, Manifesta 14, National Gallery of Kosovo. Prishtina, Kosovo
2022 Exercises in Respect. RIBOCA 3. Riga, Lithuanian
2022 When The Sun Is Low—The Shadows Are Long. GfZK. Leipzig, Germany
2022 Fight Like a Girl. Kunsttraject. Amsterdam, Holland
2022 So Far, Yet So Close. De Balie. Amsterdam, Holland
2022 So Far, Yet So Close. Arti et Amicitiae. Amsterdam
2022 The Medium is the Message: Flags and Banners. The Wende Museum. Culver City, California
2022 When The Sun Is Low—The Shadows Are Long. Galeria Arsenal. Białystok, Poland
2021 Every Day. Art, Solidarity, Resistance. Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kyiv, Ukraine
2020 Through Your Eyes. Künstlerverein Malkasten. Düsseldorf, Germany
2020 Touching Distance. Ў Gallery. Minsk, Belarus
2020 D1G1TAL S3CR3TS. Weltkunstzimmer. Düsseldorf, Germany
2020 Video Windows 01-18. City of Gold. Essen, Germany
2020 Video Window 08: LINEMENT. City of Gold. Essen, Germany
2019 Video Lounge of the imai Foundation. NRW-Forum. Dusseldorf, Germany
2019 New Magical Realism. The Minories Galleries. Colchester, England
2019 Mysterious radio Signal. Atelierhaus Hansastraße. Neuss, Germany
2018 PRA___BEL. Fundacia Villa Sokrates: XIX Trialog Belarusian Outside, Galeria Krynki, Krynki, Poland
2018 Zbor in Progress. Ў Gallery. Minsk, Belarus
2017 III II I. Ў Gallery. Minsk
2017 Space of Diffusion. Tbilisi History Museum. Tbilisi, Georgia
2017 Space of Diffusion. Contemporary Art Space. Batumi, Georgia
2016 Non-Fashion. National Centre for Contemporary Arts. Minsk, Belarus
2016 Zbor. Belarusian Art Movement. Izolyatsia. Kiev, Ukraine
2016 Looking at the Big Sky. Ya Gallery. Kiev, Ukraine
2015 Zbiór/Zbor – Konstruowanie Archiwum. Galeria Arsenał. Białystok, Poland
2015 Space of Diffusion. NCCA National Center for contemporary Arts. Kaliningrad, Russia
2015 Looking at the Big Sky. New German Video Art. LOOP, Alternative Space. Seoul, South Korea
2014 Alphabet. Art Gallery of G.H. Vashchanka. Gomel, Belarus
2014 Approach to Realities. Kunstraum Düsseldorf
2014 Looking at the Big Sky. 40 Jahre Videokunst, Goethe-Institut, Chicago, USA
2013 Looking at the Big Sky. BABEL 2013 – Festival. Genua, Italy
2013 APPROACH TO REALITIES. Organhaus Art Space. Chongqing, China
2013 -O-L-O-G-Y, Amstel 41 project space, Amsterdam
2013 Manifest in the Presence of the Viewer. Azgur Museum. Minsk, Belarus
2012 Abiogenesis. D-52. Space for Contemporary Art. Düsseldorf
2012 Sensorial Panoptikum. Beck & Eggeling Contemporary. Düsseldorf
2012 Palace Complex. Gomel Palace & Park Ensemble. Gomel
2012 It is High Time to Get Down to Down to Earth Art. Ў Gallery. Minsk
2012 Atelier. Platform for new art and choreography. PACT Zollverein. Essen
2011 Under Construction. WWU. Düsseldorf
2011 Licht Spiel Orte. Light Art Project. ArToll Kunstlabor. Bedburg-Hau, Germany
2011 Echo 3. Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany. Bonn
2010 Audi Art Award. NRW-Forum. Düsseldorf
2010 New Talents No2 Biennale Köln. Cologne
2010 Echoraum Neueroeffnung. Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany. Bonn
2010 Mash Up. EMAF European Media Art Festival. Osnabrück
2009 Along the Rhine. KIT Kunst im Tunnel. Düsseldorf
2009 Jahresausstellung KHM. Trinitatiskirche. Cologne
2009 Art Campus KHM. Art Cologne. Cologne
2009 Videonale 12. Interventions. Kunstmuseum Bonn
2009 Contourlight. Circuit of Light Art. Mechelen, Belgium
2009 M‘artian Fields – Collaboration. M’ARS. Centre for Contemporary Arts. Moscow
2008 Glasmoog. Academy of Media Arts. Cologne
2008 Jahresausstellung KHM. Trinitatiskirche. Cologne
2008 Cameracartell. Kran Film Collective. Brussels
2008 Good-By II. Galerie für Fortgeschrittene. Berlin
2008 RCS. Han Ji YuN Contemporary Space. Beijing, China
2007 Rundgang. Art Academy Düsseldorf
2006 Mania of Cleanliness. National Centre of Contemporary Art. Moscow
2006 Rundgang. Art Academy Düsseldorf
2005 Videobrasil. 15th International Electronic Art Festival. Sao Paulo
2005 Nuit Blanche. Eyes Need Sugar. Elysée Montmartre. Paris
2005 Panorama 6. Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporaines. Tourcoing, France
2005 Côte Court. Film festival. Paris
2004 Panorama 5. Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporaines. Tourcoing, France
2003 Festival of Belarusian Culture. Clermont-Ferrand
2002 Slow. Video competition. Künstlerhaus Boswil. Switzerland
2001 Escape. International biennale. National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion. Tirana, Albania
2000 New Names. Republican Gallery of Artists Union. Minsk, Belarus
1999 Percorsy 99. International media arts festival. Castagnyole Monferrato, Italy
1999 International Festival of Contemporary Art. Palace of Youth. Minsk, Belarus
1998 Time Space Person. Republican Gallery of Artists Union. Minsk, Belarus
1997 Duty Free. Galeria Podlaska. Biala Podlaska, Poland
LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
2016 OBJECT IN A VISUAL FIELD. Lecture, workshop. Ў Gallery. Minsk
2016 Lecture in frame of exhibition Looking at the Big Sky. Ya Gallery. Kiev, Ukraine
2014 VIDEO-OBJECT-VIDEO. Lecture. Ў Gallery. Minsk
2014 VIDEO-OBJECT-VIDEO. Lecture, performance. NRW-Forum. Düsseldorf
2013 Lecture and workshop in frame of artist exchange program at Organhaus Art Space. Chongqing, China
LINKS
imai
kalektar
secondary archive