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Bio/Exhibition History 

Anna Frants
Lives and works in New York City and St-Petersburg
Born Russia | 1965

Education

1984-1989 Muhina Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg , Russia
Masters Degree in Industrial Design

1996 Pratt Institute School of Advanced Studies, New York, NY.
Certificate in Computer Graphics and Video animation

AWARDS

1989 Best Thesis of the year

1995 Autodesk Planet Studio Award for 3 min animation “Angel”

ART FAIRS

2004 - Photo New York, presented by Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

2008 - scope New York, presented by Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, New York, NY.

2009 - scope Miami, presented by Dam,Stuhltrager Gallery, Miami, FL.

2009 - scope New York, presented by Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, New York, NY.

2008 - Tide , presented by The Russian National Center of Contemporary Art , Helsinki, Finland.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Sediments, curator Natalia Akhmerova, Barbarian Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

2009 Visionary Dreams # 3005- 3009, curator Tatiana Ponomarenko Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2009 Drum Painting, curator marina Koldobskaya, Moscow Biennial, moscow Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.

2009 Drum Painting, curator Kazunobu Yanagi, Kyoseino Sato Contemporary Art Museum, Fukuoka Japan.

2007 Visionary Dreams #2395-3000, curator Tatiana Ponomarenko, Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2007 Made in Ancient Greece, curator Marina Koldobskaya, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2006 Visionary dreams #2391-95, curator Tatiana Ponomarenko, Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2005 Sarchofagus Ghanian Style (Funeral of A Dreamer), curator Abraham Lubelski, BerlinerKunst Project Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 "The New new", curator Leah Stuhltrager, East/West Project, Berlin, Germany

2009 Drum Paining s part of the Moscow Biennial, curator Marina Koldobskaya, Moscow Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.

2009 Difficalty of Choice as part of St. Petersburg Biennial, curator Marina Koldobskaya, Dialogues, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St-Petersburg, Russia.

2009 Soda water, part of exhibition Eta Luda curator Petr Belyi Loft Projects, St-Petersburg,Russia.

2009 From Non-Conformism to Feminisms: Russian Women Artists from the Kolodzei Art Foundation, Chelsea Art Museum, New York

2009 Act, part of Cyberfest, The Central Exhibition Hall, St-Petersburg,Russia.

2009 Shine a Light, curator Leah Stuhltrager, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

2008 Soda Water, curator Marina Koldobskaya, The State Hermitage Museum, St-Petersburg, Russia.

2008 Fur die Stadt, curator Leah Stuhltrager, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

2008 Parallel Play, curator Natalia Kolodzei, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY.

2008 In the Shade of An Olive Tree, curator Leah Stuhltrager, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

2007 Lightness as part of Cyberfest, curator Marina Koldobskaya, Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2007 Unforseen, curator Nailya Alexander, Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, NY.

2006, Touch me, curator Abraham Lubelski, CIGE, Beijing, China

2006 Unauthorized Access, curator Yolanta Gora Wita, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2005 The Window, curator Kazunobu Yanagi, Kuoseino Sato Museum of Contemporary Art, Fukuoka, Japan.

2004 Touch Me, curator Abraham Lubelski, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY.

2004 Sarchofagus Ghanian Style (Funeral of A Dreamer), curator Olga Thomson, Gallery Kvadrat, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2003 From Leningrad to St. Petersburg, curator Natalia Kolodzei, Chelsea Museum of Art, New York, NY.

2003 Touch, curator Maria Korosteleva, Anna Ahmatova Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2003 "Angel" as part of Red Shift Festival, curator Yuri Gavrilenko, Anthology Film Archive, New York, NY.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Art magazine (Iskusstvo) #4 2004 Sarchofagus Ghanian Style (Funeral of A Dreamer)
by Olga Khoroshilova p.101

NYArts Vol 9 2005 Touchme: by Lena Sokol,Vol. 9 2005 New York p. 69

NYArts Vol 10 2005 Labarotory of Life and Death by Carry Roseland p. 64

Time Out (St. Petersburg) # 21 2007 Cybersuper by Olga Khoroshilova p. 94

Afisha #20 2007 Long good bye by Sasha Iordanov p. 20

Snob magazine 2009 "Drumpainting and Melted Keyboards" by Katya Kibovskaya

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Kolodzei Art Foundation www.kolodzeiart.org

KuoseinoSato Museum of Contemporary Art, Fukuoka Japan