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Art Residency JCE BIENNALE (Paris)
October 2017 - January 2018
Works selected for
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A series of works conceiving “construction as self-construction” – or the transformation of oneself through making, measuring and counting.
"Les restes" piece purchased by Sabadell Bank Foundation
Anna Ill
1990, Vilanova i la Geltrú - Barcelona
Based in London
My work explores the concepts of extimacy, memory, identity and gender through the combination of sculptures with textiles, video and photography. I focus on the under-represented bodies that once were lost and abandoned, in relation to the dichotomy between its presence and absence, in order to offer them a new space where to co-exist.
Collectively and personally, I develop a poetic cartographic work based on the female body made from memories and traces: what once was personal and private becomes public and visible, political and tangible.
In my artistic research, sustainability is a key principle during my creative process. I put special attention to found and abandoned objects, which I manipulate and transform in order to establish an intimate dialogue with them and to take them away from their invisibility, forgetfulness and abandonment. In-between urban archaeology and fiction, these materials partly tell their own story, partly mine. I am interested in the chronology of the materials that over the years contained mysterious layers of memories.
Studies
-MA Art and Space. Kingston University London (2015-2017)
-Modern and traditional decoration. Erasmus École Boulle Paris (2014-15)
-Textile Art/Design. Escola Massana de Barcelona (2012-2015)
Solo exhibitions
Upcoming 2023
A(R)MOUR
L&B Contemporary Gallery Barcelona
2022
ET ELISSA DEVINT DIDON
Upcoming : Casa Cultural la Mercè de Girona, curated by Natàlia Chocarro and the support of the Fundació Vila Casas
2020
HOW TO DISAPPEAR
June 2020 at Jupiter Woods London
August 2020 at Filet Space London
2019
BECOMING OBLIQUE
Trait d'Union (Hectolitre) Bruxelles
2019
OBJECTIVE CHANCE
L&B Contemporary Gallery Barcelona
2016
INNER
Gallery Sensei London
Awards & Prizes
2nd Prize PREMI ESCULTURA 2021 Fundació Vila Casas;Museu Can Mario Palafrugell
IN-RUINS 2021, in partnership with Fondazione Armonie d’Arte and supported by Regione Calabria and Comune di Squillace (July 2021)
Award ALLARTNOW RESIDENCY - Virtual residency / work in progress
MAWA in partnership with Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Art (Canada) , AllArtNow (Sweden) and Jiser (Spain)
1st Prize ARTPERTOT + Grant / Casa Solleric (P. de Mallorca) and Maison de la Catalanité, 2020
Prize SALA ART JOVE 2020 / Exhibition Sala Art Jove Barcelona 2020
Award INUND'ART 2019 / Casa de Cultura de Girona, 2020
Award JISER 2019 / Fully funded residency in Tunis (May and June 2019)
Award + <35ART 2018 / Exhibition at Sala Parés (Barcelona) and FAC Greco2 (Madrid), among the artsits of the Barcelona Art Nou 2018
Award + Grant XXIa Biennal d'Art Contemporani Català 2018 /
Exhibition at Centre of Art Maristany (Barcelona), Sala Fortuny (Reus), Tinglado1 (Tarragona), Public Library of Lleida, La Sala (Vilanova and the Geltrú) and Culture Forum Berger Balaguer (Vilafranca of the Penedés)
Award Fundació Privada Reddis (II edition) 2018 /
Exhibition at Museum of Reus (Tarragona)
Award for Incheon Art Platform Seoul 2018 /
Scholarship from Incheon Catholic University (South Korea)
Exhibition with Sandwich collective at Incheon Art Platform Seoul 2018
Award JCE Biennale 2015-2017, Fully funded residency in Paris (November-February, 2018) and exhibition at Le Beffroi of Montrouge (Paris, France), Museum of the Empordà (Figueres,Spain), Spazio Culturale Antonio Ratti (Como, Italy), Kunstbygningen (Vrå, Denmark), Hala Stulecia (Wroclaw, Poland), CēsixBrewey (Latvia) and Museum Cardoso De Souza (Amarante, Portugal).
Group exhibitions
2022-2023
PREMI FOTOGRAFIA FUNDACIÓN VILA CASAS 2023
Project: “Preludi“. Exhibition: Palau Solterra de Torroella de Montgrí, 2023.
THE WAY WE RISE, 2022
Project: “Heart back together“ video. Exhibition at (h)Artslane London, 2022.
PRELUDIOS DE MI LIRA / Dotze artistes per a dotze poemes, at la Sala (Vilanova i la Geltru), Barcelona. March 2022.
ALL ART NOW
Laterna Magica Museum (Copenhagen), Magmart International videoart festival (Nàpoles) i Video Formes Festival 2023 (France).
2020-21
MATEIXES MANCANCES 2021 / Project “Estudi comunitari: Narratives tèxtils" Collaborative art research and exhibition at Grau-Garriga d'Art Tèxtil Contemporani, Barcelona 2021
IN-RUINS open studio, Castello di Squillace and Palazzo Pepe (Calabria, IT)
PREMI ESCULTURA 2021 Fundació Vila Casas Museu Can Mario Palafrugell (Girona) : Second prize
ALLARTNOW
MAWA in partnership with Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Art (Canada) , AllArtNow (Sweden) and Jiser (Spain), 2021
TEN LITTLE INDIANS 2020 - VIDEO ARTE
“Losing touch” selected artwork. Upcoming online exhibition:
online MLAC and Khlab, organised by Silvia Giambrone and Fabrizio Pizzuto. Art critic by Chiara Cottone Link website MLAC
ART KM 0 / L&B Gallery Barcelona, January 2020 -
SALA D'ART JOVE 2020 / Sala d'Art Jove Barcelona 2020
PREMI ART PERTOT INUND'ART 2020 / Casa Solleric (P. de Mallorca) and Maison de la Catalanité, 2020
CÀPSULES DE CONFINAMENT 2020 / Fundació Vila Casas 2020
2018-2019
4 ARTISTS:Barcelona Gallery Weekend in L&B Gallery Barcelona, 2019
JISER 2019: Exhibition Musée Safia Farhat in Centre d’Arts Vivants
Radés Tunis, 2019
<35ART: Exhibition Sala Parés (Barcelona) and FAC Greco2 (Madrid) 2018
XXI BIENNAL D'ART CONTEMPORANI CATALÀ 2018-2019
Centre d’Art Maristany (Barcelona), Sala Fortuny (Reus), Tinglado1 (Tarragona), Biblioteca Pública de Lleida, la Sala (Vilanova i la Geltrú) and Cultura Fòrum Berger Balaguer (Vilafranca del Penedès)
IIº PREMI D'ART CONTEMPORANI FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA REDDIS 2018
Exhibition Museu de Reus (Tarragona)
N.S.E.O: in collaboration with Joan Ill.
Exhibition Essenheimer Kunstevern, Mainz (Germany) 2018
STUDIOLESS: Exhibition organised by Sandwich at Incheon Art Platform Seoul (South Korea) 2018
2017
WATER IS WET: Exhibition Stanley Picker Gallery (London)
SACRIFICI: Art work selected for the Teatre Villaroel (Barcelona)
JCE Biennale 2015-2017 (JEUNE CRÉATION EUROPÉENNE): Exhibition
Le Beffroi de Montrouge (Paris, France), Museu de l’Empordà (Figueres, Spain), Spazio Culturale Antonio Ratti (Como, Italy), Kunstbygningen (Vrå, Denmark), Hala Stulecia (Wroclaw, Poland), Cēsis Brewey (Latvia) and Museu Cardoso De Souza (Amarante, Portugal)
2016-2014
CALL IT SWAN / THE FAKE SHOW:
Organised by Pluszerocollective. Kingston University (London) 2015-2016
EXTIMACY: Organised by Pluszerocollective. Safe House 1 (London) 2016
DIS-SIDERE: Front window for the exhibition “Prêt-à-porter 1958-2008”. Palau Robert (Barcelona) 2014
DILO (EVOCO and ODAS 1.11): Performances in collaboration with Laura Pardo. Centro de Arte Mutuo (Barcelona) 2013-2014
Art Residencies
-IN-RUINS, CATANZARO ITALY (July 2021)
- ALLARTNOW VIRTUAL RESIDENCY - CANADA, SWEDEN AND SPAIN
-HECTOLITRE, Bruxelles (July 2019)
–JISER,Tunisia (May and June 2019)
-PILOTENKUECHE,Leipzig Germany (April-July 2018)
-THE WHITE GIFT with SANDWICH,London (December 2017)
-JCE BIENNALE, Paris (November 2017-February 2018)
Collective
SANDWICH, since 2016: Ongoing art collective. Recent shows: in London and Seoul. Workshops/Symposiums at Raven Row, Croydon Arts Shop, Ugly Duck, Jupiter Woods and 4cose (London) Link
Online Press
Videoformes Festival - Clermont-Ferrand Link
Archivalia, edited by In-ruins- Anna Ill - Noli me tangere Link
Fundació Vila Casa "Et Elissa devint Didon" Centre Cultura la Mercè (Girona) Link
Forme Unique : Anna Ill - Noli me tangere Link
In-ruins residency Calabria 2021 Italy, press release Link1 Link2 Link3 Link4
"Desaparèixer cap endins" Segon Premi Escultura Fundació Vila Casas 2021 Link Link 2
Losing touch, text critic by Chiara Cottone, Ten Little Indians 2021 Link critic
“Què van crear els artistes confinats?” Gemma Ventura 2020 (Artist Number 9) Link
“Diversos artistes - Càpsules de confinament: art i pandèmia a Catalunya” Link
8tv- Artic “Com van viure els artistes el confinament” Link
“Càpsula de confinament Anna Ill” April 2020, Link
L’art que hem vist, gaudit i patit , El Punt d'Avui Link
Anna Ill, tots els objectes que som de Clàudia Rius (El Núvol) Link
Tots els organismes by Pli-é Collective , Sala Art Jove 2020 Link
Sala Art Jove 2020, Travessies: 5 Anna Ill Link
La presse -Exposition « Entrelacés » au Musée Safia Farhat à Radès : De fils et d’aiguilles…- Tunisie Link
Interview for Jiser, Anna Ill BCN/TNS/ALG 2019 Link
Jiser BCN/TNS/ALG 2019 Link
L’artista que filava objectes de Clàudia Rius (El Núvol) Link
Sala Parés - Press release Link
8tv- Artic Art jove i emergent (6′) Link
TV3 Telenotícies Cultura Link
TV2: Punts de vista (18’02’’) Link
Bonart “Finalistes de la XXI Biennal d’Art Contemporani Català: Avui, Anna Ill (Vilanova i la Geltrú, 1990)” Mercè Vila Link
Collected press Link
XXI Biennal d’Art Contemporani Català per Màrius Domingo -Altacapa Link
CanalBlau “La Sala de Vilanova mostra l’obra seleccionada per la Biennal d’Art Contemporani Català” Link
JCE Biennale Como Italy, 2018 Link
JCE Biennalen – Kunstbygningen i Vra (Denmark) 2016 Link
JCE Biennalen – Magazine Link