Anne Imhof is a contemporary German artist renowned for her performances, paintings, and installations. Utilizing materials such as black dibond, glass plinths, heavy-metal music, and Gothic performers, Imhof explores and critiques prevailing power dynamics, often evoking a sense of unease in her audience. Her performances, marked by subtle body language, constrained spaces, and everyday materials, portray human emotions in a formal and almost depersonalized manner. Describing her choreographic process, Imhof stated, “It’s basically the thoughts of the people that are performing in it that, in the end, shape it.”

Born in 1978 in Geißen, Germany, Imhof studied under Judith Hopf at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, graduating in 2012. Since then, she has been featured in several solo exhibitions, including “DEAL” (2015) at MoMA PS1 in New York and “Angst II” (2016) at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. Her work "Faust" (2017), presented at the German Pavilion of the 57th Venice Biennale, earned her the prestigious Golden Lion for Best National Participation. Imhof currently lives and works between Berlin and New York.

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