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Annabell Häfner

© Courtesy of Annabell Häfner and Bremond Capela
© Credits photo: Nicolas Brasseur
Biography

Born in 1993 in Bonn, DE
Lives and works in Berlin, DE

Influenced by the ideas of anthropologist Marc Augé, Annabell Häfner’s work explores the concept of non-places—transitional and anonymous spaces such as airports, hotel lobbies, waiting rooms, and shopping malls. The artist examines how these environments shape our perception of time, identity, and solitude.

Using fluid acrylic washes and delicate chalk marks, Häfner creates compositions where the boundaries between interior and exterior, abstraction and figuration, reality and memory become blurred. Her paintings do not merely document these spaces but transform them into emotional landscapes, imbuing them with a meditative, almost dreamlike quality. Rather than reproducing the sterile nature of non-places, Häfner evokes an atmosphere that oscillates between the real and the surreal, offering a poetic reflection on the ephemeral nature of modern existence.

Annabell Häfner (born in 1993, lives and works in Berlin, DE) studied at the Weißensee Academy of Art in Berlin. Her work has recently been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Kallmann Museum, Ismaning, DE; Tara Downs, New York, US; and Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions at prestigious institutions such as the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE; Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, DE; and the Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg, DE. Her practice has been recognized by several awards, including the Kallmann Prize (2024), the Rundgang 50Hertz at the Nationalgalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (2021), and the Mart Stam Prize (2021).

Exhibitions

Curriculum vitae

Solo and two-person exhibitions
  • 2026
    The Nature of Light, Bremond Capela, Paris, FR
  • 2025
    Schöne Aussicht, The Kallmann Prize, Kallmann Museum, Munich, DE
  • Emanuele Catellani Contemporary, Turin, IT
  • 2024
    Near and Elsewhere, Tara Downs, New York, US
  • Seven Hills, Bremond Capela, Paris, FR
  • The Void of Now, Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
  • 2023
    a place to be, Tara Downs, New York, US
  • room with a view, Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
  • 2022
    Annabell Häfner: Nicht-Orte, Galerie im Tempelhof Museum, Berlin, DE
Group exhibitions
  • 2025
    Radical Hope, Ambra Medda Office, Milan, IT
  • Archive Highlights, Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
  • 2024
    What are we looking for when time stands still?, Galerie Krobath, Vienna, AT
  • Blue Hour, PhillipsX, New York, US
  • 2023
    Berliner Salon, Behncke Gallery, Munich, DE
  • Vanitas, Galerie Anton Janizewski + Grisebach, Berlin, DE
  • 2022
    In Between, Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, DE
  • Ich gehe in den Wald und sing‘ ein Lied, Kunstraum Konrad, Vienna, AT
  • Room of One‘s Own/ Part II, Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
  • 2021
    Weissensee!, Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg, DE
  • Feelings Are Real (It‘s True), Galerie Anton Janizewski, Berlin, DE
  • Mart Stam Preis 2020, Galerie Parterre, Berlin, DE
  • Artists Inside Groupshow, Berlin, DE
  • Ipso Facto, Kühlhaus, Berlin, DE
  • Fragmente und Brücken, Galerie Gefängnis LeCarceri, Kaltern, IT
  • Rundgang 50Hertz, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
  • 2020
    Not Cancelled, Weserhalle, Berlin, DE
Fairs
  • 2025
    Supper Club, Bremond Capela, Hong Kong, CN
  • Art Cologne, Rüdiger Schöttle, Cologne, DE
  • Felix Art Fair, Tara Downs, Los Angeles, US
  • Art Paris, Rüdiger Schöttle, Paris, FR
  • 2024
    Felix Art Fair, Tara Downs, Los Angeles, US
  • 2023
    NADA Miami, Tara Downs, Miami, US
  • Art Cologne, Rüdiger Schöttle, Cologne, DE
  • The Armory Show, Rüdiger Schöttle, New York, US
  • Art Basel, Rüdiger Schöttle, Basel, CH
  • ARCO Madrid, Rüdiger Schöttle, Madrid, ES
  • Felix Art Fair, Tara Downs, Los Angeles, US
  • 2022
    Art Cologne, Rüdiger Schöttle, Cologne, DE
Awards
  • 2024
    Kallmann Prize, 2nd place, Ismaning, DE
  • 2022
    Kickstarter Scholarship, Kunstfonds
  • 2021
    Rundgang 50Hertz, Nationalgalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • 2020
    Mart Stam Prize
  • Inside Art Fellowship
Education
  • 2021
    Meisterschüler postgraduate degree with Nader Ahriman, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, Berlin, DE
  • 2020
    diploma degree of Fine Arts, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, Berlin, DE
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