Anna Lena Keller (*1993 in Weilheim i.Ob.) is a visual artist who lives and works in Munich in the media of sculpture and installation. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Prof. Hermann Pitz and Prof. Nicole Wermers and graduated with the diploma in 2023 with Nicole Wermers. In 2024 she received the Debütant*innen Förderung of the BBK München und Oberbayern and her solo show"konturfedern“ will take place in the Kunstpavillon im alten botanischen Garten in April 2025. In her artistic practice, she deals with body-expanding structures as well as non-human protective mechanisms, exploring the tension between "natural" and "processed" materials.
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*1993 Weilheim in Oberbayern, GER
since 2016 lives and works in Munich, GER
Education
2023 Diploma in Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2020–2023 Studies in Fine Arts, focus on sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, class of Prof. Nicole Wermers
2019–2020 Project class with Cordula Ditz, AdBK Munich
2019 Internship with stonemason Emilio Santucci, Palombara Sabina, IT
2018–2019 Exchange studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti Roma, IT, with Prof. Oriana Impei and Prof. Paolo Canevari
2014–2018 Studies in Fine Arts, focus on sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, class of Prof. Hermann Pitz
2013–2014 Freelance sculptor, Weilheim i. OB.
2010–2013 Apprenticeship as wood sculptor, State Woodcarving School in Oberammergau
Exhibitions (selected)
04/2025 konturfedern (solo show), Kunstpavillon Munich
12/2024 Jahresgaben 2024, Kunstverein Munich
11/2024 Presskuchen, space nn, Munich
09/2024 Debutant*innen 2024, Galerie der Künstler*innen, Munich
08/2024 Sensing Traces, galaxieoffgalerie, Aub near Würzburg
03/2024 AlmResidency #8, Lothringer13 Studio, Munich
12/2023 Jahresgaben 2023, Kunstverein Munich
11/2023 Peeling, Kebbel Villa – Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf
11/2023 Am Ende gewinnt der Troll, Catalogue Release Exhibition, Rosa Stern Space, Munich
10/2023 Little Issues, Gallery The Tiger Room, Munich
07/2023 Blind Date, Projects 154, Theresienstraße 154, Munich
06/2023 Tacker 2023, Galerie der Künstler*innen, Munich
04/2023 fixing leaves, permanent installation, Djerassi Sculpture Park, Woodside, California, US
02/2023 Limitation Games (solo show, diploma exhibition), AdBK Munich
09/2022 Herbstball, Kallmann-Museum, Galerie im Schlosspavillon, Ismaning
07/2022 Undermining & Oversharing, Produzentengalerie Hamburg
04/2022 Galactic Cellar, galaxieoffgalerie x USG6, Nuremberg
03/2022 Cusanuswerk Selection Exhibition 2022, Berlin University of the Arts
03/2022 Eat the cake and have it too, kontinentraum, Milchstraße 4, Munich
11/2021 Am Ende gewinnt der Troll, Orangerie, Munich
05/2021 Undermining & Oversharing, Wermers Class & Friends, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, AT
07/2020 Ille #9, ille galerie, Barerstraße 77, Munich
01/2020 [ the cause of it ] (solo show), AkademieGalerie, Munich
07/2019 Esposizione della scultura libreria, Casa dell’Architettura, Rome, IT
05/2019 Coesione, Castello Savelli, Palombara Sabina, IT
Grants and Awards
04/2025 Project grant – Erwin und Gisela von Steiner Foundation
03/2023 Debutant*innen Grant – BBK Munich and Upper Bavaria
08/2023 AlmResidency – organized by Janina Totzauer, Magdalena Jooss, Leonhard Bendel, Waakirchen
04/2023 International Scholarship, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus – Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California, US
11/2022 Young Art and New Paths Grant – State of Bavaria
03/2022 Scholarship from Cusanuswerk e.V. – Catholic scholarship foundation, Bonn
06/2019 Summer Academy Venice Grant, with Willie Bester, IT
05/2019 Erasmus Grant
07/2013 Bavarian State Prize
Publications
09/2024 Agency Loss – Publication for Debutant*innen Exhibition
09/2024 Sensing Traces – Catalogue for Residency in Aub
11/2023 Am Ende gewinnt der Troll – Exhibition Publication
06/2023 Kontingentale – Positions in the Age of Contingency / kontingentkollektiv
02/2022 Undermining & Oversharing – Exhibition Publication
03/2020 Ditz – You’re not [ ], but I am – Project Class Catalogue, Cordula Ditz
Anna Lena Keller (*1993 in Weilheim i.Ob.) is a visual artist who lives and works in Munich in the media of sculpture and installation. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Prof. Hermann Pitz and Prof. Nicole Wermers and graduated with the diploma in 2023 with Nicole Wermers. In 2024 she received the Debütant*innen Förderung of the BBK München und Oberbayern and her solo show"konturfedern“ will take place in the Kunstpavillon im alten botanischen Garten in April 2025. In her artistic practice, she deals with body-expanding structures as well as non-human protective mechanisms, exploring the tension between "natural" and "processed" materials.
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*1993 Weilheim in Oberbayern, GER
since 2016 lives and works in Munich, GER
Education
2023 Diploma in Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2020–2023 Studies in Fine Arts, focus on sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, class of Prof. Nicole Wermers
2019–2020 Project class with Cordula Ditz, AdBK Munich
2019 Internship with stonemason Emilio Santucci, Palombara Sabina, IT
2018–2019 Exchange studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti Roma, IT, with Prof. Oriana Impei and Prof. Paolo Canevari
2014–2018 Studies in Fine Arts, focus on sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, class of Prof. Hermann Pitz
2013–2014 Freelance sculptor, Weilheim i. OB.
2010–2013 Apprenticeship as wood sculptor, State Woodcarving School in Oberammergau
Exhibitions (selected)
04/2025 konturfedern (solo show), Kunstpavillon Munich
12/2024 Jahresgaben 2024, Kunstverein Munich
11/2024 Presskuchen, space nn, Munich
09/2024 Debutant*innen 2024, Galerie der Künstler*innen, Munich
08/2024 Sensing Traces, galaxieoffgalerie, Aub near Würzburg
03/2024 AlmResidency #8, Lothringer13 Studio, Munich
12/2023 Jahresgaben 2023, Kunstverein Munich
11/2023 Peeling, Kebbel Villa – Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf
11/2023 Am Ende gewinnt der Troll, Catalogue Release Exhibition, Rosa Stern Space, Munich
10/2023 Little Issues, Gallery The Tiger Room, Munich
07/2023 Blind Date, Projects 154, Theresienstraße 154, Munich
06/2023 Tacker 2023, Galerie der Künstler*innen, Munich
04/2023 fixing leaves, permanent installation, Djerassi Sculpture Park, Woodside, California, US
02/2023 Limitation Games (solo show, diploma exhibition), AdBK Munich
09/2022 Herbstball, Kallmann-Museum, Galerie im Schlosspavillon, Ismaning
07/2022 Undermining & Oversharing, Produzentengalerie Hamburg
04/2022 Galactic Cellar, galaxieoffgalerie x USG6, Nuremberg
03/2022 Cusanuswerk Selection Exhibition 2022, Berlin University of the Arts
03/2022 Eat the cake and have it too, kontinentraum, Milchstraße 4, Munich
11/2021 Am Ende gewinnt der Troll, Orangerie, Munich
05/2021 Undermining & Oversharing, Wermers Class & Friends, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, AT
07/2020 Ille #9, ille galerie, Barerstraße 77, Munich
01/2020 [ the cause of it ] (solo show), AkademieGalerie, Munich
07/2019 Esposizione della scultura libreria, Casa dell’Architettura, Rome, IT
05/2019 Coesione, Castello Savelli, Palombara Sabina, IT
Grants and Awards
04/2025 Project grant – Erwin und Gisela von Steiner Foundation
03/2023 Debutant*innen Grant – BBK Munich and Upper Bavaria
08/2023 AlmResidency – organized by Janina Totzauer, Magdalena Jooss, Leonhard Bendel, Waakirchen
04/2023 International Scholarship, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus – Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California, US
11/2022 Young Art and New Paths Grant – State of Bavaria
03/2022 Scholarship from Cusanuswerk e.V. – Catholic scholarship foundation, Bonn
06/2019 Summer Academy Venice Grant, with Willie Bester, IT
05/2019 Erasmus Grant
07/2013 Bavarian State Prize
Publications
09/2024 Agency Loss – Publication for Debutant*innen Exhibition
09/2024 Sensing Traces – Catalogue for Residency in Aub
11/2023 Am Ende gewinnt der Troll – Exhibition Publication
06/2023 Kontingentale – Positions in the Age of Contingency / kontingentkollektiv
02/2022 Undermining & Oversharing – Exhibition Publication
03/2020 Ditz – You’re not [ ], but I am – Project Class Catalogue, Cordula Ditz