My work is transdisciplinary, informed by practice-based research, often engaging with (natural) science.
As a practitioner with a theatre background my focal point is on the staged and performative: bodies and objects, space and time are negotiated in relation to each other, often as experimental arrangements that invite viewers to become active themselves.
I am concerned with the ephemeral nature of live art as a singular experience of contact within a specific spatial and temporal framework. My projects are epistemological and ontological investigations seen through the lenses of differing motifs, creating and uncovering narratives.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
2023 Diploma with Distinction, Academy of Fine Art, Nuremberg (DE)
2020 – 2023 Study at Academy of Fine Art, Nuremberg (DE), Prof. Jochen Flinzer, Meisterschülerin (Master Student)
2018 – 2020 Study at Academy of Fine Art, Nuremberg (DE), Prof. Michael Sailstorfer
2015 – 2018 Study at Academy of Fine Art, Nuremberg (DE), Prof. Ottmar Hörl, Meisterschülerin (Master Student)
2006 – 2008 Visiting student Ethnomusicology, Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg (DE), Prof. Marianne Bröcker, Prof. Max Baumann
2000 National Diploma
of Acting, NCDT accredited, Arts Educational Schools London (UK)
1996 – 2000 School of Acting, Arts Educational Schools London (UK)
Research / Arts & Science
2023 – current Performing Beyond the Human: Investigating the Intersection of Halobacterium salinarum and Human Performers in Multispecies Assemblages. Live Art in the Anthropocene.
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Lars Blunck, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg,
Dr. Robert Reichelt, Institute of Microbiology, University of Regensburg
2021 Aeros: Air in Times of Covid and Climate Change. Installation with scientific fog, silver textile and weather balloons in collaboration with Tintschl Group
2015 – current Brain Songs: Mappings of Mind, Memory and Space.
With the support of the Institute of Pathology, Klinikum am Bruderwald Bamberg and the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Erlangen
2020 Sono: Experimental Music Theatre Exploring ASMR and Opera.
Scientific advisor: Prof. Dr. Claus-Christian Carbon, Department of General Psychology and Methodology, Institute of Psychology, University of Bamberg
Work / Exhibitions
2023 PULL WHIP PUSH, Solo Exhibition, Kreis Galerie, Nuremberg (DE)
2023 Performing Beyond the Human, Lecture Performance, Live Acts, Kunstbunker Nuremberg (DE)
2023 Performing Beyond the Human, Lecture Performance, Goethe Institute Bulgaria, Sofia (BGR)
2023 Performing Beyond the Human, Group Exhibition curated by Rositsa Getsova, Elizabeth Thallauer, LOOK Festival Sofia (BGR)
2023 Alles 526, Performer for Alex Müller, Kunsthalle Nuremberg (DE)
2022 trilogy56nord, Participatory Film Project and Open Air Cinema, Kulturamt Erlangen (DE)
2022 Digital Air, VR & Hybrid Exhibition, curated by Lana Novikova, Franca Walser, Edel Extra Nuremberg (DE) & Fabrika Moscow (RUS)
2022 Geldbeichte, Performance for Film, “Arbeit”, Sound of the City Festival, Oper Wuppertal, Wuppertaler Filmproduktion WUPPERwerft (DE)
2021 Thriller, Group Exhibition, Kesselhaus, Kunstverein Bamberg
(DE)
2021 Aeros, representing Edel Extra, RathausArt, Nuremberg (DE)
2021 Strips, with Max Weisthoff, Lost Weekend meets Young Art curated by Lee Jaemin, Lost Weekend Munich (DE)
2021 Zooomworld Video, Interactive Dance Video, Fonds Darstellende Künste (German Federal Performing Arts Fund) (DE)
2021 Zooomworld App, Dance Theatre & AR App, Internationales figuren.theater.festival Erlangen (DE)
2020 Der River, Group Exhibition curated by Michael Sailstorfer, Anselm Reyle, Gregor Hildebrandt, Alte Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig (DE)
2020 Insane in the Membrane, with Eva-Maria Neubauer, Lost & Found Kunst-Parcours Stadtpark Nuremberg (DE)
2020 Sono, Experimental Music Theatre, Leonardo- Zentrum für Kreativität und Innnovation Nuremberg & Kulturforum Fürth (DE)
2020 Cherry Dreams, Solo Exhibition, Edel Extra Nuremberg (DE)
2019 Church of Money Film, with Heinz Gubler (CH), Mediathek Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Media Centre Federal Agency for Civic Education), (DE)
2019 The Incarnation and the Becoming, Solo Exhibition, BBK Nuremberg (DE)
2019 The Fifth Orbital, Ritual Performance, Open Studio Ei Arakawa and Sarah Chow Festung Hohensalzburg, Salzburg (AT)
2019 Rroooaaarr!, Group Exhibition, Tiergarten Nuremberg (DE)
2018 Heavy Metal Erntedank, Group Exhibition curated by Amely Deiss, Kunstpalais Erlangen
(DE)
2018 Ansbach Contemporary, Group Exhibition curated by Ihsan Alisan, Johannes Vetter, Ansbach (DE)
2018 Guten Abend, gute Nacht, with Joanna Maxellon, Blaue Nacht-Kunstwettbewerb Nuremberg (DE)
2018 Shibuya Bear Girl, Performer for Joanna Maxellon, Shibuya Tokyo (JPN)
2017 Brot und Spiele, Solo Exhibition, House of Finance, Goethe Uni Frankfurt
(DE)
2017 Best Of, Group Exhibition curated by Barbara Engelhard, Joanna Maxellon, AEG Halle, Nuremberg (DE)
2017 Going Headless, Group Exhibition curated by Övül Durmusoglu, AdBk Nuremberg (DE)
2017 Forbidden People, Performer for Alicia Framis, Kunsthalle Nuremberg (DE)
2017 Monodie der Menschlichkeit, Performer for Sebastian Tröger, Kunstpreis der Stadt Bamberg (DE)
2016 Monodie der Menschlichkeit, Performer for Sebastian Tröger, Kulturpreis der Stadt Nürnberg (DE)
2016 Die Pracht der Arbeit, Guerilla-Performace, Manifesta Zurich (CH)
2016 Zirkulation, Interactive Performance, kontakt Festival, Bamberg (DE)
2015 Moneybrain, Participatory Action,
Lange Nacht der offenen Museen, Munich (DE)
2015 GELDspuren, Solo Exhibition, Münchner Bank Museum
, Munich (DE)
2014 Geld-Pilgerreise, Durational Performance, from Zürich to Frankfurt
(CH), (AT), (UK), (DE)
2013 Batseba, Recital and Theatre Installation, Kulturforum Fürth (DE)
2012 Seherin, Group Exhibition, Grüner Keller Fürth (DE)
2012 Ofrenda II, Live Streamed Performance & ebay Auction, Lichtspiel Kino Bamberg (DE)
2012 Ofrenda I, Procession & Performance, Waste Incineration Plant, Bamberg (DE)
2012 No Sentimental Suicide Note, Solo Exhibition, Badstrasse 8 Fürth (DE)
2011 – 2012 Sleeping King, Decomposing Sculpture, Land Art, Landkreis Herzogenaurach (DE)
2009 – 20 11 ¡Manos!, One to One Intimate Theatre , public spaces, i.a. Feldkirch (AT), (DE)
2008 – 2011 Die Kathrina, Sitespecific Mysteryplay, i. a.. Ostfriedhof München (DE)
2007 – 2011 Kleiner Fuchs, Physical Theatre, i. a. Performance Art Depot Mainz (DE), (AT)
Scholarships / Residencies
2024– 2025 Grant Atelierförderung der Stadt Fürth (DE)
2023 – 2024 Scholarship Chancengleichheit für Frauen in Forschung und Lehre, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (DE)
2023 Max und Rita Körndl Förderpreis für junge Kunst, Kreis Galerie Nuremberg (DE)
2022 Artist in Residence, Stadt Erlangen, Kunstpalais Erlangen (DE)
2022 Grant Junge Kunst und neue Wege, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (DE)
2020 Residency Künstlerhaus Lukas Ahrenshoop
(DE)
2016 maecenia – Frankfurter Stiftung für Frauen in Wissenschaft und Kunst (DE)
2014 maecenia – Frankfurter Stiftung für Frauen in Wissenschaft und Kunst (DE)
2011 Residency 28. Neuenburger Kunstwoche
(DE)
2005 Symposium Internationales Forum Junger Bühnenangehöriger Theatertage Berlin (DE)
Teaching
2020 – current Teaching Assignments “Aesthetic Forms of Play”, Academy of Fine Art, Nuremberg (DE)
2019 Workshop “Money Games – Performing Having and Not-Having”, Hochschule Luzern (CH)
2012 Intensive Training “Physical and Spatial Awareness in the Performer”, Fundacja Centrum Solidarnosc, Gdansk (PL)
Professional Associations
Rotary Collection Nürnberg-Sigena
2022 – current Member Freie Szene Nuremberg e.V. (Freelance Theatre Association), (DE)
2021 – current Member Künstlergruppe Adapter
2014 -– 2015 Board Member BBK Nuremberg Mittelfranken (Vocational Association of Fine Artists), (DE)
2012 -– 2020 Member BBK Nuremberg Mittelfranken (Vocational Association of Fine Artists), (DE)
2009 – 2011 Dobrowlańska & Poetter Performing Arts Platform (co-founder), Berlin (DE)
2006 – 2008 Company Member, International Arts Resource, Grotowski Institute (PL), (UKR)
Contact
anna(at)anna-steward.com
PHOTO
Laila Auburger