Anna Berndtson
Anna Berndtson (born 1972 in Malmö, Sweden) is a performance artist.
Biography
Anna Berndtson attended Dartington College of Arts in England from 1996 to 1999, and obtained a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Theater. She went on to study performance under Professor Marina Abramović at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Braunschweig from 2001 to 2005, and obtained a Diploma (equal to a Master of Fine Arts) in Visual Arts. Anna Berndtson has taught Performance Art, amongst others at Fachhochschule Ottersberg and in the Sverigefinska folkhögskolan, Haparanda.[1]
Career
Berndtson began her art career in the late 1990s. She incorporates her own body into her art, for example in her performance piece Churned, where she immersed herself in a tub of cream and churned it into butter over several hours.[2] Berndtson works mainly with Long Duration Live Performance, but since the mid 2000s has also started to produce photography and videos.[3]
In 2003, Berndtson co-founded the performance duo TallBlondLadies (TBL), together with her collaborative partner, German artist Irina Runge. The duo works with gender and female clichés.[4]
Exhibitions and awards
Anna Berndtson has performed and exhibited work at Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel,[5] Bergmancenter, Fårö,[6] Liljevalchs, Stockholm,[7] Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin,[8] The LAB Gallery, Dublin,[9] Artists Space, New York City,[10] Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin,[11] MoMA PS1 in New York City,[12] Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and VV2 at the Venice Biennale.
She has received residence grants from institutions such as the Bergman Estate on Fårö in Sweden (2013), Nordic Artists' Centre Dalsåsen, Norway (2012),[13] Fire Station Artists' Studios and Arts & Disability Ireland Studio Award, Dublin (2010)[14] and Künstlerhäuser Worpswede (2006)[15] as well as working grants from amongst others Konstnärsnämnden in Sweden (2016 – 2017, 2010 – 2011, 2007) and Aase & Richard Björklunds fond, Malmö (2014 and 2006).[16]
She is a member of the Abramovic Foundation founded by Marina Abramović in 2008.
References
- ↑ "Performance artist: Post-secondary vocational education (EGY)". Svefi. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Cutie, Jena (2013-05-30). "Keep Milwaukee Avenue weird". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ↑ Shaw, Kurt. "Box Heart Gallery's 11th annual 'Art Inter/National'". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2023-05-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "TBL - The First Decade". platform arts. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ↑ on, Enrico. "VernissageTV Art TV - Anna Berndtson: Apostlahästarna (per pedes apostolorum) / Interview". vernissage.tv. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ↑ "Anna Berndtson – Du fick svart". Bergmancenter. 2013-09-04. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
- ↑ "Liljevalchs". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ HKW
- ↑ "The LAB". Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Artists Space". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ HAU
- ↑ MoMA PS1: Exhibitions (past): Into me/Out of me. Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Artists in Residence 2012". Nordic Artists' Centre. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Fire Station Artists' Studios". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Künstlerhäuser Worpswede Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Berliner Theaterfestival No Limits: Tanz ist rebellischer als Sprechtheater". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in Deutsch). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- Featured Long Durational Work at Marina Abramovic Institute (MAI)
- Shannon Cochrane for Rapid Pulse International Performance Festival
- ArtWiki – 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
- "Rhizome – at the New Museum". Rhizome. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- "FADO". pperformanceart.ca. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- Video – When Time Becomes Form, Artists Space, New York
- INTO ME / OUT OF ME, KW Berlin
- INTO ME / OUT OF ME, MoMA PS1, New York Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Artfacts.Net
- aboutperformance.de (German)
External links
- "Anna Berndtson". annaberndtson.com.
- "Tall Blond Ladies". tallblondladies.com.
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