ANNA ZEMÁNKOVÁ

Anna Zemánková (1908–1986) is considered one of the most important representatives of Art Brut. Her work is and was shown in the international pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2024 and 2013. This has been preceded by international solo and group exhibitions since 1971. Among the most important were Outsiders at the Hayward Gallery in London in 1980 and the São Paolo Art Biennial in 1981. After her death, her work was shown in museums worldwide, in 1997 at the High Museum of Art Atlanta, USA, in 2007 at the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, in 2011 at the Museum Montanelli, Prague, the Saarland Gallery and the European Art Forum Berlin, in 2012 at the Museum of Art Kobe, Japan and the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan, in 2017 at the Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland. It is part of numerous private and public collections, including Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne; Arnulf Rainer Collection; The Musgrave Kinley Outsider Art Collection; L’ Aracine; The Museum of Everything; and the abcd/Bruno Decharme Collection.