Turtle Pond, 2025
Turtle Pond, 2025
Turtle Pond, 2025
2025
oil, acrylic, charcoal, chalk, and fixative on canvas
200 × 190 cm
2025
oil, polyamide filament, and used plush turtle on canvas
72 × 100 cm
Frieze London, 2023
2023
Oil, egg tempera, flashe, pigment on textile
80 × 120 cm
2023
Oil, acrylic, wood stain, spray paint, ink on textile
90 × 70 cm
2022–2023
Oil, spray paint, ink on textile
125 × 80 cm
2023
Oil, spray paint, egg tempera on textile
135 × 80 cm
2023
Oil, flashe, oil stick, egg tempera, wood stain on textile
140 × 220 cm
2023
Oil, oilstick, spray paint, egg tempera, pigment, wood stain on textile
200 × 140 cm
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, 2023
2023
Oil, ink, vinyl paint, pigments on textile
200 × 120 cm
2023
Oil, ink, acrylic, oilstick, pigments on textile
180 × 120 cm
2023
Oilstick, ink, pigments on textile
180 × 110 cm
2023
Oil, acrylic, spraypaint, vinyl paint on textile
120 × 90 cm
2022
Oil, vinyl paint, pigment, ink, spray paint on textile
180 × 135 cm
2022
Oil, pigments on textile
95 × 65 cm
2022
Oil, vinyl paint, acrylic, spray paint on textile
140 × 125 cm
2022
Oil, pigment on textile
130 × 120 cm
Forever Home
Damien & The Love Guru, Zurich, 2022
Forever Home
Damien & The Love Guru, Zurich, 2022
2022
Oil vinyl and pigments on oil cloth
40 × 55 cm
2022
Oil vinyl and pigments on oil cloth
60 × 45 cm
2022
Oil vinyl and pigments on oil cloth
50 × 40 cm
Wine Or Candy
Haus der Kunst, Oslo, 2022
2021
Oil and enamel on synthetic textile
63 × 112 cm
2021
Oil and enamel on synthetic textile
63 × 112 cm
Point No Point
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2020
Point No Point
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2020
2020
Oil and enamel on synthetic fabric
140 × 205 cm
Signs and Portents
Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2020
Signs and Portents
Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2020
Signs and Portents
Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2020
Signs and Portents
Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2020
2020
Enamel on synthetic fabric
135 × 80 cm
2020
Enamel on synthetic fabric
150 × 110 cm
2020
Enamel on synthetic fabric
160 × 118 cm
2019–2020
Oil, spray paint, acrylic and enamel on synthetic fabric
135 × 110 cm
2019–2020
Oil, spray paint, enamel and marker on synthetic fabric
80 × 150 cm
2019
Oil and enamel on synthetic fabric
90 × 60 cm
2019
Oil, spray paint, enamel on velvet
100 × 80 cm
Images no. 7–9: documentation by Eric Bell; images no. 10–16: documentation by GRAYSC
Artissima art fair, Torino, 2019
2018
Oil and spray paint on polyester
120 × 90 cm
2019
Oil and lacquer on polyester
90 × 50 cm
Anne Fellner is a Swiss/U.S. artist based in Berlin and Zurich. Her genre-bending paintings navigate a broad field of styles and materials: from figuration to abstraction, from hard-boiled to hypnotic, from cinematic to plein-air. Drawing on a variety of techniques, the artist projects her signs and figures onto colourful, synthetic fabrics, allowing the textile’s physical properties to set the tone. Her work explores the narrative role of figuration in painting, where artist, viewer, and figure each compete for the role of protagonist.
Education
- Berlin Program for Artists (BPA), 2019–2020
- Diploma in Painting, class of Astrid Klein, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, 2015
- Study of Painting, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, 2009–2015
Upcoming
- Questions, in conversation with with Samuel Haitz, Saint-Martin Bookshop, Brussels, 28 November 2025
- CRASH 2, New Scenario, online, 2025
- Artist Talk, Zurich University of the Arts, 2025
Solo & duo exhibitions
- Turtle Pond, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2025
- Für Ilse 2, with Okka Esther-Hungerbühler, Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, 2024
- Stadt, Land, Fluss, Swiss Art Awards, Basel, 2023
- Forever Home, Damien & The Love Guru, Zurich, 2022
- Primordial Dime, Zyrland Zoiropa, Berlin, 2022
- Depth Of Field, with Alessandro Carano, Castiglioni, Milan, 2022
- Wine or Candy, Haus der Kunst, Oslo, 2022
- Onion Chamber, with Carla Milentis, Holden Garage, Berlin, 2021
- Für Ilse, with Okka-Esther Hungerbühler, new-home, Berlin, 2021
- Signs and Portents, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2020
- Point No Point, BPA Studios, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, 2020
- Take My Face, Liszt, Berlin, 2019
- Castle of Insolence, with Burkhard Beschow, TONUS, Paris, 2017
- Filterest, with Burkhard Beschow, Real Positive, Cologne, 2016
- Wind in the Willows, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, 2015
- Meet the Neighbors, with Burkhard Beschow, BSMNT, Leipzig, 2015
- Drywine, with Burkhard Beschow, Info-Punkt, Leipzig, 2012
Selected group exhibitions
- MARTWA NATURA, C45 Studio, Wiesbaden,2025
- Kunststipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, 2025
- Intimate Opening, makam, Berlin, 2025
- An Account in the Luck and Misfortunes of ____, Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels, 2024
- A Gentle Cruise, JVDW Galerie, Dusseldorf, 2024
- Vanitas Fair, Galerie Anton Janizewski, Berlin,2023
- Nature, Charim Gallery, Vienna, 2023
- Compound, Bbberlin, Systema, Marseille, 2023
- Doors, Provence, Zurich, 2022
- 22 Women Artists, Stations, Berlin, 2022
- Sammlung Simonow Vol. 3, Delphi Space, Freiburg, 2022
- Energy Patterns, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Berlin, 2022
- What do you mean when you don’t understand me when I say I'm not looking for a solution, I just want you to feel what I’m saying to you, Feux Pâles, Brussels, 2021
- Laube zur Schiefen Lage, Cabaret Voltaire, Münsterhof, Zurich, 2021
- Stipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus Zurich, 2021
- Stay With Me - 4 Generations of Painters, Kunsthaus Zofingen, 2021
- Sömmervögel, Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich, 2021
- Sammlung Simonow Vol. 2, die wellenmaschine, Berlin, 2021
- No Day But Today, Bjurholmsgatan 3C, Stockholm, 2020
- Die Walz Roadshow UK, Hackney City Farm, London, 2020
- Boboli Börnicke, offsite, Börnicke, 2020
- Living As, hosted by Sangt Hipolyt, Loggia, Munich, 2020
- True Grid, unanimous consent, Zurich, 2020
- A Quest For Lasting Values, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, 2020
- The Late Show, Main Street Gallery, Toronto, 2019
- August, Haverkampf Gallery, Berlin, 2019
- bandwagon, Pogo Bar at KW Institute, Berlin, 2019
- I ain’t though, Ortloff, Leipzig, 2019
- Rock The City, Root Canal, Amsterdam, 2018
- Keeper Of A Fever, No Place Gallery, Ohio, 2018
- Featherstrokes Of A Damozel, Stadium, Berlin, 2018
- Der Schneckentraum, Suicidal Oil Piglet, Melbourne, 2017
- Wildlife Skulpturenpark, Nesoddparken, Oslo, 2017
- My Heliotropic Eyes, M.I/mi1glissé, Berlin, 2017
- Yey an unusual way of spelling yay, Jir Sandel, Los Angeles, 2017
- Real Positive/die walz, offsite, Frankfurt, 2017
- Times New Romantic, M.I/mi1glissé, offsite, Berlin, 2017
- Psaumes de Gorphoncelet, Center, Berlin, 2017
- Xecret Ballhaus, Museum Lytke, Leipzig, 2017
- I Live Vicariously Through You, Low Rence, San Francisco, 2017
- 1st Art Safiental, Graubünden, 2016
- Works From The Collection, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, 2016
- Switchers, Galerie fiebach, minninger, Cologne, 2016
- The 7th Guest, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, 2016
- Dress Rehearsal (by Centre for Style), Akademie der Künste, 9th Berlin Biennale, 2016
- Body Holes, New Scenario, IX. Berlin Biennale, online, 2016
- Works from the Collection, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, 2016
- Comedy Club, offsite, Berlin
- The Bathhouse Show, Space Space Gallery, Tokyo, 2016
- SAUERSAZOBOMB, Melbourne-Offsite-Index/Info-Punkt, Berlin, 2016
- Six Memos for the Next Millennium, offsite, Mallorca, 2016
- First Utterance, offsite, Berlin, 2016
- Fellner-Beschow-Lytke, Museum Lytke, Leipzig, 2016
- CRASH, New Scenario, online, 2015
- Amourteurs, Future Suburban Contemporary, Copenhagen, 2015
- VENICE BEACH GALAXY X-GOLD, offsite, Marseille, 2015
- Leipzig malt, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, 2015
- Windowlicker, Center, Berlin, 2015
- Nominee Exhibition for Student Prize of the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, HGB Galerie, Leipzig, 2014
- Official Office, Store, Dresden & Recess, New York, 2014
- Copy & Repeat, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig, 2013
- My Sky Is The Limit, New Bretagne, Essen, 2013
- We outsourced everything and now we’re bored, L’Atelier-KSR, Berlin, 2013
- Hotel Moscow, Artplay, 2013
- Festisvall, Ortloff, Leipzig & Artíma Gallery, Reykjavik, 2013
- Fight II, Center, Berlin, 2013
- Inbox Allstars, C. Rockefeller Center for Contemporary Arts, Dresden, 2013
- Landscapes In Transformation, Centre d’Art Passarelle, Brest, 2012
- Natur 3d, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, 2012
Art fairs
- Vanitas Fair, Galerie Anton Janizewski, Berlin, 2023
- Autumn, Frieze Focus, solo presentation Damien & The Love Guru, London, 2023
- Liste Showtime, invited by Damien & The Love Guru, Basel, 2021
- Art Brussels, invited by Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2020
- Artissima, with Mickael Marman, invited by Damien & The Love Guru, Torino, 2019
- Paris Internationale, invited by Tonus, Paris, 2017
- Art Cologne, invited by Real Positive and Galerie Fiebach, Cologne, 2017
Grants, awards, stipends, prizes
- Swiss Art Award, Basel, 2023
- Exhibition stipend, Pro Helvetia, 2023
- Work stipend from the City of Zurich, 2021
- Student prize of the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, 2014
- Audience prize “Best Video Work,” Building Building, Dresden/Utrecht, 2014
Residencies
- Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, 2024
- Berlin Program for Artists (BPA) at Gropius Studios, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, 2020
Curated projects (selection)
- The Bellermann Hypnotist Vol 7: Stefan Thater, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, 2024
- Tereso y Margarito, Juan Larraín González, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, 2023
- The Bellermann Hypnotist Vol 6: Burkhard Beschow, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, 2023
- ///SANGTHIPOLYT////VIKTORIAWENDELSKOUSEN||||||||BBBERLIN| MATTHIEUPALUD|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||, BPA Raum, Berlin, 2022
- …although the dynamic was clear on close inspection, at a distance it was difficult to tell if they were making fun of him or if he was making fun of them., John Ryaner & James Sturkey, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, 2022
- The Bellermann Hypnotist Vol 5: Kamilla Bischof, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, 2022
- The Bellermann Hypnotist Vol 4: Mahsa Saloor, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, 2022
- The Bellermann Hypnotist Vol 3: Samuel Haitz, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, 2022
- The Bellermann Hypnotist Vol 2: Okka-Esther Hungerbühler, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, 2021
- The Bellermann Hypnotist Vol 1: Benedikt Bock, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, 2021
- Casa Uovo, group exhibition, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, 2021
- Living As, group exhibition, Sangt Hipolyt x Loggia, München, 2020
- Comedy Club 1–4, three group exhibitions, different offsite locations, Berlin, 2017
- The 7th Guest, group exhibition, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, 2016
- Works from the Collection, group exhibition, online & Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, 2016
- SAUERSAZOBOMB, group exhibition, Melbourne-Offsite-Index/Info-Punkt, offsite, Berlin, 2016
- Havenstrasse, group exhibition, Punk Cafe/Info-Punkt, offsite, Berlin, 2016
- #TheColorofYourSheetsMayAttractBedbugs, Naomi Pollack, Info-Punkt, online, 2016
- #sickpainting, Tom Fellner, Info-Punkt, online, 2015
- Cambios de Estado, Cosima zu Knyphausen & Francisca Khamis, Museum Lytke, Leipzig, 2015
- Sub Rosa, digital poetry album, Info-Punkt, online, 2014
- Eine Sorge weniger, Gritli Faulhaber & Hanna Stiegeler, Museum Lytke, Leipzig, 2014
- Tools of the Ape, group exhibition, Museum Lytke, Leipzig, 2013
Teaching & Artist Talks
- Lecturer in BA Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts, 2025–
- Curtain Call, interdisciplinary exhibition project with students of the University of the Arts Bremen, concept, coordination, 2025
- Professorial Teaching Assignment, Class of Painting/Drawing Prof. Katrin von Maltzahn, University of the Arts, Bremen, 2022–2025
- Lecture, Perspectives in Painting, Class Painting/Drawing Prof. Katrin von Maltzahn, University of the Arts Bremen, 2024
- Artist Talk, Kombiniere, Kombiniere, University of the Arts Bremen, 2022
- Artist Talk, Ahnung, with Okka-Esther Hungerbühler, Slow Rise Radio, 2022
- Artist Talk, Jumps & Cuts, Berlin Program for Artists, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2020
- Artist Talk, Art Taaalkssss, Institut Kunst, Academy of Art and Design, Basel, 2020
- Workshop, Fold, Texture, Pattern: Textile in Painting, Institut Kunst, Academy of Art and Design, Basel, 2020
- Lecture, A Penchant for Purple, Institut Kunst, Academy of Art and Design, Basel, 2020
- Lecture Performance, Artists as Independent Publishers, with Burkhard Beschow, University of Bremen, 2016
- Workshop, While We Work, AFFECT Program for Collaborative Artistic Practices, Agora, Berlin, 2016
Related activities
- Kaotic with a K – T-shirt launch, with Tina Braegger, Stefan Tanase, Basel Social Club, 2025
- Lurker Moxie Heart, reading, Tanznacht, Berlin, 2021
- Stipendien der Stadt Zürich, exhibition catalog, Ed. Helmhaus, Zürich, 2025
- Wine or Candy, artist book, Ed. Anne Fellner, Berlin, 2023
- Swiss Art Awards, exhibition catalog, Ed. Bundesamt für Kultur, Bern, 2023
- Stipendien der Stadt Zürich, exhibition catalog, Ed. Helmhaus, Zürich, 2021
- Stay with Me, publication, Ed. Kunsthaus Zofingen, Zofingen, 2021
- The Present in Drag: 9. Berlin Biennale, exhibition catalog, Ed. Distanz Verlag, Berlin, 2016
- Studienpreis 2014, exhibition catalog, Ed. Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, 2015
- We Outsourced Everything and Now We Are Bored, publication, Ed. l’Atelier kSR, Berlin, 2013
- Copy & Repeat, exhibition catalog, Ed. Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig, 2013
- Inbox Allstars, publication, Ed. Inbox93, Leipzig, 2013
- Birds & Flowers, artist book, with Burkhard Beschow, Ed. Anne Fellner & Burkhard Beschow, Leipzig, 2012
- Natur 3D, exhibition catalog, Ed. Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, 2012
- Texts, editions, other print contributions
- Autumn, collaboration with Studio Pandan, Edition for Frieze Focus, London, UK, 2023
- “The Grid is the Backdrop”, text for The End Surprised Me exhibition by Cosima zu Knyphausen, Weiss Falk, Basel, 2023
- “Curtains & Hot Ice”, text for Curtains exhibition by Lewis Miller, Modern Institute, Glasgow, 2022
- Poster for Poster Issue, Provence Magazine, Zurich, 2021
- The Bellermann Hypnotist, radio play for Montez Press Radio, 2020
- Signs & Portents, collaboration with Studio Pandan, edition for Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2020
- Complex Taste, with Burkhard Beschow, texted-archive, online, 2020
- Illustrations for Schlüssel is Key, Benedikt Bock, Zurich, 2019
- FOPU @fookbair, Info-Punkt, artistic intervention, Städelschule, Frankfurt, 2015
- Growing Up is Changing, with Burkhard Beschow, Gauss PDF, online, 2013
- “Spirit World Rising”, David 'Nein' Roeder, 2025
- Aargauer Zeitung, “Neue Bilder auf alten Leinwänden”, Anna Raymann, June 28, 2023, p. 14
- “Anne Fellner’s Paintings Flirt with Ugliness”, Mitchell Anderson, Frieze, 2022
- ‘Invocations And Impressions Of A Place That Is Not A Place’, Spike’s Monthly Picks For Liste Expedition, Leila Peacock, Spike Magazine, 2021
- ‘Okka-Esther und Anne und Lotti und Ilse’, Laura Helena Wurth, Monopol, 2021
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, “Nachbarinnen,” May 16, 2021, No. 19, p.46
- ‘What Five Years of the Berlin Program for Artists Taught Us’, interview with Carina Bukuts, Willem De Rooij, Simon Denny and Sofia Duchovny, Frieze, 2020
- ‘Anne Fellner “Signs and Portents” at Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels’, Mousse Magazine, 2020
- Take My Face, Critic’s Picks, Alexandra Symons-Sutcliffe, ArtForum, 2019
- ‘Looking back at Comedy Club’, AQNB, 2017
- Crash, Dis Magazine, 2015
- Spiegel Kultur, “Hier spricht der Lippenbär”, 2012
