born 1980 in Annweiler am Trifels, Germany
lives in Berlin.
Education
2007–2009 Master of Fine Art, HfBK Städelschule Frankfurt am Main
2002–2007 Diploma of Fine Art, University of the Arts Berlin
2004–2005 Study of Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design London
Solo shows
2016
Alpha++ at Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne
Upper, Space One, Seoul
12x12 IBB-video space at Berlinische Galerie
2013
Home Time Show Time, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin
Container. A video installation by Rebecca Ann Tess, basis e.V., Frankfurt am Main
Rebecca Ann Tess, Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark, Neu-Anspach
2012
“It takes a company to make art great”, lampione, Frankfurt am Main
2011
A Crime must be Committed, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin
2010
Not Dad Yet Sad!, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne
Dad Dracula is Dead, Nassausicher Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
Group shows
2015
Monitoring, 32. Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel
Turtlelab Studios, Berlin
2014
High Today What’s Tomorrow?, sign CIAT – Contemporary Institute for Art & Thought, Berlin
Big Picture, part of 11th Fair of Culture, Zagreb, Croatia
pop up nak, Galerie Sabine Knust, München
2013
Villa Romana 1905–2013. Das Künstlerhaus in Florenz, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der
Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
Risk Society, MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
Qual & Wahl, Pflicht, Freiheit, Zwang, Kunstverein Wolfsburg
2012
AIR – Artist in Residence, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
Jahresgaben 2012, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
BCC #10: The Gap, Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt am Main
Open Studios, National Art Studio, Seoul
Etna Carrara, Ludwigforum, Aachen
Reality Manifestos – Can Reality Break Bricks?, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
2011
km 500 4, Kunsthalle, Mainz
28. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kassel
Filmtage – Lichter Art Award, Saasfee Pavillon, Frankfurt am Main
Villa Romana – Fellows 2011, Villa Romana, Florence
2010
New Frankfurt Internationals: Stories and Stages, Frankfurter Kunstverein
A Thousand Endless Tales – Dancing the Line of Flight, White Space, Zurich
11 Frankfurter Gegen Uni, Institut für vergleichende Irrelevanz, Frankfurt am Main
Krise / Kriza, Goethe-Institut Belgrad
Filmtage – Kunstlichter: Stimulus Kino, Frankfurt am Main
Astronomical Frontiers, BKS Garage, Copenhagen
Das ist die Lebenswelt, NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
2009
Videonale 12, Kunst Museum, Bonn
Queer Arts Festival - Threads, QCC/SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco
SMart Festival, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids
Naneci Yurdagül zeigt Angst, Geburtshaus Adam Opel, Rüsselsheim
Past Imperfect, European Media Art Event Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Dude, where´s my career?, MMK Zollamt, Frankfurt am Main
2008
Teleport Färgfabriken, Färgfabriken Norr, Östersund
Vertrautes Terrain – Aktuelle Kunst in und über Deutschland, ZKM, Karlsruhe
Tormpe-loeil Polizei, Realism Working Group, Free Class FMM, Frankfurter Kunstverein
Farnsworth Galleries, Project Space Rungestrasse, Berlin
Gender*d*rama, Statthaus Böcklerpark, Berlin
2007
Altenburg: Provinz in Europa, Lindenau Museum, Altenburg
Student Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Screenings
2015
Cairo Video Festival, Cairoc
Message to Man International Film Festival, St. Petersburg
International Short Film Festival, Hamburg
Cinema Akil – Outbox Short Film Festival, Dubai
2014
In the Heat of the Night, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg
Short Films by German and Israeli Filmmakers, Kunstmuseum, Bochum
2013
Kunst im Kino, München
2012
Videoart at Midnight #40, Kino Babylon, Berlin
Wisdom of Shadow, Sinopale 4 (Sinop Biennale), Sinop
Home Time Show Time, Villa Romana, Florence
Films by Kerstin Cmelka, Keren Cytter, Rebecca Ann Tess, Elaine MGK, Basel
Rencontres International Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Basel Art Week, Elaine MGK, Basel
Athens Video Art Festival, Stoa Kourtaki, Athens
2011
Rencontres International Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Gaité Lyrique, Paris
Videovisionen, Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg
Lichter Kurzfilmnacht, Hafen 2, Frankfurt
2009
Queer cafe, Copenhagen
Entzaubert – Queer DIY Film Festival, Schwarzer Kanal, Berlin
Lectures
2014
Artist Talk, Black Sheep Lecture, Panic Blossom, Seoul
Artist Talk, Department for Culture and Education of the German Consulate General, Shanghai
2012
Reenactment in Video Art, Freie Universität, Berlin
Symposium Reality Manifestos – Can Reality Break Bricks?, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
2011
Screening and Artist Talk, Residency Unlimited, New York City
2009
Free Class/FFM, Academies – Along the Rhine, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Awards
2012
Artist in Residence Program, Kulturamt Frankfurt, Seoul
Studio Scholarship, Aus der Stadt aufs Land, Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark
2011
Villa Romana Fellowship, Florence
2010
Balmoral Scholarship for New York
2006–2008
German National Academic Foundation
2004–2005
Erasmus/Sokrates Scholarship, London
Rebecca Ann Tess
born 1980 in Annweiler am Trifels, Germany lives in Berlin. Education 2007–2009 Master of Fine Art, HfBK Städelschule Frankfurt am Main 2002–2007 Diploma of Fine Art, University of the Arts Berlin 2004–2005 Study of Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design London Solo shows2016Alpha++ at Philipp von Rosen Galerie, CologneUpper, Space One, Seoul 12x12 IBB-video space at Berlinische Galerie 2013 Home Time Show Time, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin Container. A video installation by Rebecca Ann Tess, basis e.V., Frankfurt am Main Rebecca Ann Tess, Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark, Neu-Anspach 2012 “It takes a company to make art great”, lampione, Frankfurt am Main 2011 A Crime must be Committed, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin 2010 Not Dad Yet Sad!, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne Dad Dracula is Dead, Nassausicher Kunstverein, Wiesbaden Group shows 2015 Monitoring, 32. Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel Turtlelab Studios, Berlin 2014 High Today What’s Tomorrow?, sign CIAT – Contemporary Institute for Art & Thought, Berlin Big Picture, part of 11th Fair of Culture, Zagreb, Croatia pop up nak, Galerie Sabine Knust, München 2013 Villa Romana 1905–2013. Das Künstlerhaus in Florenz, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn Risk Society, MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei Qual & Wahl, Pflicht, Freiheit, Zwang, Kunstverein Wolfsburg 2012 AIR – Artist in Residence, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt am Main Jahresgaben 2012, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen BCC #10: The Gap, Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt am Main Open Studios, National Art Studio, Seoul Etna Carrara, Ludwigforum, Aachen Reality Manifestos – Can Reality Break Bricks?, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna 2011 km 500 4, Kunsthalle, Mainz 28. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kassel Filmtage – Lichter Art Award, Saasfee Pavillon, Frankfurt am Main Villa Romana – Fellows 2011, Villa Romana, Florence 2010 New Frankfurt Internationals: Stories and Stages, Frankfurter Kunstverein A Thousand Endless Tales – Dancing the Line of Flight, White Space, Zurich 11 Frankfurter Gegen Uni, Institut für vergleichende Irrelevanz, Frankfurt am Main Krise / Kriza, Goethe-Institut Belgrad Filmtage – Kunstlichter: Stimulus Kino, Frankfurt am Main Astronomical Frontiers, BKS Garage, Copenhagen Das ist die Lebenswelt, NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen 2009 Videonale 12, Kunst Museum, Bonn Queer Arts Festival - Threads, QCC/SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco SMart Festival, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids Naneci Yurdagül zeigt Angst, Geburtshaus Adam Opel, Rüsselsheim Past Imperfect, European Media Art Event Beursschouwburg, Brussels Dude, where´s my career?, MMK Zollamt, Frankfurt am Main 2008 Teleport Färgfabriken, Färgfabriken Norr, Östersund Vertrautes Terrain – Aktuelle Kunst in und über Deutschland, ZKM, Karlsruhe Tormpe-loeil Polizei, Realism Working Group, Free Class FMM, Frankfurter Kunstverein Farnsworth Galleries, Project Space Rungestrasse, Berlin Gender*d*rama, Statthaus Böcklerpark, Berlin 2007 Altenburg: Provinz in Europa, Lindenau Museum, Altenburg Student Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast Screenings 2015 Cairo Video Festival, Cairoc Message to Man International Film Festival, St. Petersburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg Cinema Akil – Outbox Short Film Festival, Dubai 2014 In the Heat of the Night, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg Short Films by German and Israeli Filmmakers, Kunstmuseum, Bochum 2013 Kunst im Kino, München 2012 Videoart at Midnight #40, Kino Babylon, Berlin Wisdom of Shadow, Sinopale 4 (Sinop Biennale), Sinop Home Time Show Time, Villa Romana, Florence Films by Kerstin Cmelka, Keren Cytter, Rebecca Ann Tess, Elaine MGK, Basel Rencontres International Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin Basel Art Week, Elaine MGK, Basel Athens Video Art Festival, Stoa Kourtaki, Athens 2011 Rencontres International Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Gaité Lyrique, Paris Videovisionen, Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg Lichter Kurzfilmnacht, Hafen 2, Frankfurt 2009 Queer cafe, Copenhagen Entzaubert – Queer DIY Film Festival, Schwarzer Kanal, Berlin Lectures 2014 Artist Talk, Black Sheep Lecture, Panic Blossom, Seoul Artist Talk, Department for Culture and Education of the German Consulate General, Shanghai 2012 Reenactment in Video Art, Freie Universität, Berlin Symposium Reality Manifestos – Can Reality Break Bricks?, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna 2011 Screening and Artist Talk, Residency Unlimited, New York City 2009 Free Class/FFM, Academies – Along the Rhine, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne Awards 2012 Artist in Residence Program, Kulturamt Frankfurt, Seoul Studio Scholarship, Aus der Stadt aufs Land, Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark 2011 Villa Romana Fellowship, Florence 2010 Balmoral Scholarship for New York 2006–2008 German National Academic Foundation 2004–2005 Erasmus/Sokrates Scholarship, London