Anna Vonnemann is a visual artist whose practice bridges the rigorous intellectual heritage of conceptual art with the lush, technical mastery of the Old Masters. A former student of avant-garde pioneer Franz Erhard Walther at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Vonnemann translates Walther’s inquiries into material and action into the realm of painting. Her large-scale floral compositions and sensual depictions of the human body serve as a profound exploration of the essence of the medium itself.

Her latest practice focuses on the phenomenon of manual reproduction and self-copying. In an era defined by technical reproducibility, Vonnemann experiments with the inherent impossibility of exact repetition. Her work explores the "significant difference"—the subtle variations and nuances that emerge when a complex subject is painted multiple times. This fascination with the "Rapport" motif—the smallest unit of a potentially infinite structure—draws a line from the order of classical pattern to the post-war "all-over" technique. Each repetition is a meditation on the moment-bound nature of existence, echoing the philosophy of Heraclitus and Roland Barthes.

Vonnemann’s distinguished career has taken her from Hamburg to New York, Israel, and Vienna, where she spent years intensively studying the works of Rubens. Her work has been widely exhibited across Europe, with recent highlights including the NordArt 2025, the BBA Artist Prize shortlist at Kühlhaus Berlin, and solo presentations at the Richard Haitzmann Museum of Modern Art. Whether exploring the rhythmic structures of the "Rapport" or the baroque sense of memento mori, Vonnemann’s paintings only truly come into being through the viewer's engagement, creating a meaningful difference in the moment of activation.

Education & Training

1977–1981

Studium an der Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg

Fachbereich Freie Kunst bei Franz Erhard Walther

Hamburg, Deutschland

Exhibition & Projects (Selection)

2025

PRACHT, Anna Vonnemann + Pavel Feinstein, Galerie Kunstkontor, Potsdam, Deutschland

NordArt 2025, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf/Rendsburg, Deutschland

Artist Prize-short list, BBA-Gallery, Kühlhaus Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland

Sommerausstellung, Stiftung Starke, Berlin, Deutschland

Salon International d'Art, Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, Frankreich

Landesschau des BBK Schleswig-Holstein, Museum Flensburg, Flensburg, Deutschland

2024

Anna Vonnemann - Die Suche nach der künstlerischen Identität, Museum für Moderne Kunst Richard Haitzmann, Niebüll, Deutschland

Frontviews, Haunt, Berlin, Deutschland

KunstSchaffen, Museum Robbe & Berking, Flensburg, Deutschland

NordArt, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf/Rendsburg, Deutschland

On Flowers, Schaufenster, Berlin, Deutschland

Landesschau des BBK Schleswig-Holstein, Museumsinsel Schloss Gottorf

Schleswig, Deutschland

2023

Far Reach, MaHalla, Berlin, Deutschland

Gut und schön – schön und gut, Galerie Kunstkontor, Potsdam, Deutschland

Landesschau des BBK Schleswig-Holstein, Stadtgalerie, Kiel, Deutschland