MARIANNA SIMNETT
b. 1986, GermanyMarianna Simnett is an artist, filmmaker and musician living and working between Berlin and New York City. Simnett uses vivid and visceral means to explore the body as a site of transformation. In psychologically charged works that challenge both herself and the viewer, Simnett imagines radical new worlds filled with untamed thoughts, strange tales and desires.
In 2022, Simnett presented new works at the 59th Venice Biennale: The Milk of Dreams, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, and Société, Berlin. Simnett has exhibited in numerous prestigious institutions, including Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin (2021); the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2020); Kunsthalle Zürich (2019); the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (2019); Copenhagen Contemporary (2018); the New Museum, New York (2018); and the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2018).
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