Annina Roescheisen

Born in Germany in 1982 to a German father and Slovenian mother,[5] Roescheisen spent her childhood in Munich. She received her master's degree in History of Art, Philosophy and Folklore from the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich.[6]

In 2006, Roescheisen began working at Sotheby's in Munich. In 2008, she moved to Paris and in 2015 to New York.

In 2012, Roescheisen began making her own art, using photography, video, sculpture, installation and other mediums.[7][1] Roescheisen opened two exhibitions in Paris in 2013. In 2015, her exhibition What Are You Fishing For was displayed at the Palazzo Bembo as part of the 56th Venice Biennale.[8] Roescheisen was awarded the BORN Art Award for her A Love Story exhibition in 2015.[9] Since 2012 she is performing in”Systema Occam” by French contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan. This performance was shown at the MAMO/ Le Corbusier in Marseille, the Delacroix Museum in Paris, the Hermès Foundation in Paris, and the French Alliance Institute in New York, to name a few.

In their 2015 review of her series, “What are You Fishing For”, Wall Street International emphasised that “Her “holistic” approach to art allows for a broad spectrum of activities and has seen the artist become an active participator in the human rights field and a collaborator with fellow artists.”

In 2016, Time Out New York named her as one of the top 10 emerging artists to follow.

Roescheisen is a multi disciplinary artist. Her work includes video, photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, performance art, and documentary.

Roescheisen’s multimedia works are held together by underlying concepts such as iconography, poetry, literature, Medieval art, German Romanticism, Gothic architecture, the fairytale, the inspection of dream and reality, and the visible and invisible world. But above all her work deals with the observation, reflection and investigation of humans and their emotions.

Throughout her artistic practice a constant interplay between dream and reality takes place. The medium of video is used to further explore this relationship where it is considered ‘painting in motion and emotion’. The videos are slow and deliberate, the music compositions shaped to form a new level of interpretation, encouraging the viewer to exist outside time constraints, constrictions and pressures. Her work shifts between childhood and adulthood, shedding light on human existence in all its forms.

Roescheisen states: Art, is a non-verbal and universal, free language, that raises awareness and brings us back to our emotional truths. Where the simple word often seems stuck in the brain, the artistic visual language pierces on our emotional body, therefore revealing our emotional truths.

We often understand color as a unity, we don’t tend to divide them into its components. A color (form) stays the same, while our vision of color (emotion) is dynamic.

In the context of Roescheisen’s social and philanthropic engagements she collaborates with institutions worldwide such as the United Nations Foundation and the BWM Foundation. She was invited to numerous public talks including the World Economic Forum (Davos), Global Table (Bogota & Berlin), and Summit of Peace (Bogotá), to speak and share the impact and importance of art from an interdisciplinary approach. She believes art can be used to ensure and engage in collaborations with governments, institutions, NGOs, as well as locally with universities and individuals to promote an agenda of sustainability, social welfare, and human rights. In 2013, Roescheisen served as the "godmother" of the Ninoo Association for Autistic Children.[10][5] In 2016, Roescheisen began working on the project The Exit Fairytale of Suicide to raise suicide awareness in collaboration with the German organization Freunde fürs Leben.

2017 -Celeste Art Prize, longlisted, London (UK)

2016 -International Award of Outstanding Excellence – by IFFPIE – Internat. Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration & Equality, Jakarta -Born Award, Category Art, Born.com & Land Rover Group, ” La Belle Création” for the piece of videoart “A Love Story”, Courchevel (France) -Award of Merit – Best female filmmaker of the “Best Short Film Festival”, International Competition (USA) -International Short Film category –Award for A Love Story (2015), Love International Film Festival, Los Angeles (USA) -Speechless Film Festival, Speechless Shorts (Professional category) –Award for A Love Story (2015), Mankato, Minnesota (USA)

2015 -Aesthetica Art Prize, longlisted, St. Mary’s Abbey (UK) -Best Short Film Festival, Award of Merit: Best Women Filmmaker: category for A Love Story (2015), International Competition. Los Angeles (USA)

-Crossing Boarders, Personal Structures, GAAF Foundation, Venice Biennale. Ed. European Cultural Center, 2015 -Lillie – une aventure vers la lumière (at Bookstorming and Chez Moi, Paris, France), ed. La Baleine Project, 2013 -Over the Rainbow (at Bookstorming, Paris, France), ed. La Baleine Project, 2013

• Annina Roescheisen website

Omer Soylemez (June 2019), "An interview with Annina Roescheisen". SIMPL Mag 0. David Musetti (June 2018), "La Profondeur de l'Art". PHOTO Magazine