Documentation sur la résidence au APM-Résidence, 2026
2024, photo: Natalia Keshi
Biography
German artist Anna Ditscherlein (born in 1986) has been living in Paris since 2022. Her paintings – figurative, large-format, expressive and imaginary – have been shown in group exhibitions in Riga (Surrender, 2021), Vienna (Prospektive, 2019), Paris (Speed Dating, 2022) and Saint-Denis (Incertitude, 2022). In 2025, her first solo exhibition in Paris took place at the Galerie du Haut-Pavé. Anna Ditscherlein has also participated in residencies in China (Taohuatan, 2023), Denmark (Gludsted, 2019) and France (APM, Saint-Jacut, 2026). She studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in Ralf Kerbach‘s painting studio (diploma, 2021). She also holds a degree in visual communication (Bachelor of Arts, 2014, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle). Semesters abroad at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2010/11) and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris (Nina Childress studio, 2020/21) are part of her European educational background.
Solo shows
2025 Assise sur la langue d'une grenouille, Galerie du Haut-Pavé, Paris
2007 Monkeys, drawings, glass works, sculptures, Town museum Stolpen (DE)
Group shows (selection)
2026 Hommage à Gérard Gasiorowski, Bon pour Accord, Saint-Julien-du-Sault (FR)
2026 Goretti Game, Saint-Briac, Presbytère (FR)
2025/26 Unseren Garten bestellen, Motorenhalle Dresden (DE)
2025 On Printed Matters, Artist books, Galerie Stephanie Kelly, Dresden
2025 Quand reviendrez-vous ?, Saint-Julien-du-Sault, (curator: Antoine Perrot, Longjun Zang)
2024 Pariser Licht, 3W1F, Dresden
2024 Kolkata International Art Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata (IN)
2024 9th Dresden Artists' Fair, Participation
2022 Incertitude, HCE Galerie, Saint-Denis (FR), (curator: Gastineau Massamba)
2022 Speed Dating, Motorenhalle Dresden
2022 Speed Dating, Théâtre des Expositions, Paris (curator: Violette Morisseau, Vincent Enjalbert)
2021 Surrender, Pilot Gallery, Riga (LV), (curator: Elina Drake)
2020 Prospektive, Oktogon Dresden, (curator: Lena Dobner)
2019 Prospektive, Semperdepot, Vienna
2019 Waschecht, Blaue Fabrik Dresden
2018 Sprösslinge mit Spass, Radebeul city gallery
2018 Wunder.point an artistic search for traces, Radebeul Museum of Lies
2017 10 years of “Der Maulkorb”, Gallery Adlergasse, Dresden
2009 Welcome to Syria. Exhibition on a study trip to Syria, Gallery Salonfähig, Halle (DE)
Residencies and Scholarships
2026 APM Résidences d'artistes, Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer (FR)
2025 28nd International Dresden Summer Academy for Visual Arts, metal casting, scholarship & exhibition
2025 São Paulo in Dresden, german-brazilian residency & exhibition
2023 Tao Hua Tan International Artist Retreat and Residency, (CN)
exhibition at Hefei – Kurume Friendship Art Gallery
2023 La Résidence des Talents – Espace des possibles, Meschers-sur-Gironde (FR)
2019 The International Art Workshop, Gludsted (DK)
2019 22nd International Dresden Summer Academy for Visual Arts, scholarship & exhibition
Artistic Education
2021 Fine Arts Diploma, Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, studio Prof. Ralf Kerbach
2020–21 Erasmus, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, studio Prof. Nina Childress
2014 Bachelor of Arts, communication design, University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein Halle
2010–11 Erasmus, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
2006–08 1st degree of Fine Arts, University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein Halle