Biography
Born in 1982 in Rosenheim (GER)
Lives and works in New York
Having graduated from Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich (Masters in History of Art – Medieval Art, Philosophy and Folklore), Annina Roescheisen joined Sotheby’s in Munich in 2006. In 2008 she moved to Paris where she represented contemporary artists and thus worked with a number of galleries.
Drawing on her varied background, Annina Roescheisen completed her first pieces in 2012; within a few months her artistic world was beginning to take shape.
Writing always precedes her creative work. Words, concepts and ideas intermingle on a poetic backdrop to form a real moving picture. It is this personal picture that the artist then seeks to transcribe using appropriate media. Lastly, as a final touch, comes the music (or lack thereof), which Roescheisen selects, composes and orchestrates. It arises naturally from her creation and is highly symbolic.
In the apparent visual diversity of her work, a certain unity and color show through: iconography from the past depicting religious imagery, visual interpretation, poetic staging, the media interacting to form a composition with a unique identity.
Describing herself as a multimedia artist, she makes use of video, photography, installation and sculpture in favor of an existential universality, suffused with humanity. With the embodiment of the self as the subject, the presence of the self as the present or absent motif, individuality is featured as a pretext for talking about the Other, about identity. Putting all the focus on words gives rise to visual metaphors about human relationships and social behavior, mirroring the power of communication through images…
