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Anna Bettina Schimkat (* 1974 in Darmstadt) is a German artist, based in Leipzig, Germany and New York, USA. Her body of work comprises scultpures, soundpieces, installations and performances.

Life and Work
Schimkat underwent training as a wood sculptor and then studied visual art at Bauhaus University, Weimar. She later combined these experiences focusing on architecture-related media as masterstudent with the german sculptor Monika Brandmeier at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Since 2006 she is based in Leipzig, where she founded an artspace ("A und V Projekt- und Hörgalerie", 2007) und the network of independent galleries "Lindenow". Her current artistic pratice can be categorized as sound art and installation art. She currently lives and works in New York City.

Her works and performances have been presented internationally in solo and group shows, as well as festivals    ; and are part of private and public collections.

Together with the poet and soundartist Michael Barthel she performs as Duo Schimkat/Barthel since 2016.

Exibitions and Performances(selection)

 * 2022: RESHAPE Festival, Bandshell, Miami Beach (USA)
 * 2022: 24th Sculpture Garden, Galery Mörfelden-Walldorf (GER)
 * 2022: ZIXP /All:y:Ears, Hitness Club/ZiMMT, Leipzig (GER)
 * 2022: WEITERSAGEN,performance puplic space, Völksen (GER)
 * 2022: MASH UP VII - MOVE, Galery Gosh, Leipzig (GER)
 * 2021: SING MIT - SING WITH US! (w/ Michael Barthel), Mining and Technology Park, Großpösna (GER)
 * 2021: Imaginaziun, Casa Lechmann, Sumvigt (SUI)
 * 2021: Intraregionale Festival, Kunstverein Völksen, Hannover/Völksen (GER)
 * 2021: RE:FLUX16 Festival, Moncton (CAN)
 * 2021: Ab-Raum, D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig (GER)
 * 2020: Inside and Out, Rathausgalerie Grimma (GER)
 * 2020: Schlagzeichen, Westpol A.I.R. Space, Leipzig (GER)
 * 2019: Festival of Experimental Music, Academy of Fine Arts Munich (GER)
 * 2019: The Bells of Mutzschen, Artist Residence Prösitz (GER)
 * 2019: Whereabouts, bb15 - Space for Contemporary Art, Linz (AUT)
 * 2019: Sonify (w/ Michael Barthel), K21, Düsseldorf (GER)
 * 2019: back there, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin (GER)
 * 2018: WIND, Rostock University of Music and Theatre (GER)
 * 2018: INACT Festival de Performances, Straßburg (FRA)
 * 2016: Off the Radar, Longbridge Light Festival, Birmingham (UK)
 * 2016: Windsigns, Wadden Tide Festival, Blåvands Huk (DK)
 * 2016: noisexistance Festival, Schwankhalle, Bremen (GER)
 * 2011: EX SITU, La Station Vastemonde, Saint-Brieuc (FRA)
 * 2010: The directions of light, Goethe Institut, Damaskus (SYR)
 * 2009: LABOR, Galery Eigen+Art, Berlin (GER)

Publications (selection)

 * 2021: A VOCHEL WO RED (Duo Schimkat / Barthel), LP, Scrotum Records, Leipzig
 * 2020: Brot und Ro-sen, LP, Fragment Factory, Hamburg
 * 2018: RESONANZ, artist catalog, Edition Kunstraum Barthel, Leipzig
 * 2018: Spinhouse, audio tape, Fragment Factory, Hamburg
 * 2015: Rondo NR3, audio tape, recordings for the summer, Leipzig
 * 2012: wind, Pressplay 3 - CD, anthology of the independent radio play scene, Mairisch Verlag, Hamburg
 * 2011: wind, audio tape, recordings for the summer, Leipzig


 * Homepage Anna Schimkat