Bio/Exhibition
History
Anna
Frants is an internationally renowned New Media artist and curator who
co-founded both CYLAND Media Art Lab and the CYLAND Foundation Inc.
CYLAND is one of the most active New Media art nonprofit
organizations, and houses the largest archive of Eastern European video
art online. As Co-Founder of Cyland, Frants organizes exhibitions at
top art and technology institutions around the world; as a curator and
artist, Frants is an important voice in the cultural dialogue
surrounding experimental and new media art. Frants has served as a
contributing writer to NYArts Magazine as Art and Antiques Magazines
and contributed to symposiums and panels for universities, festivals,
and exhibitions worldwide.
Anna
Frants’ interactive art installations have been exhibited at top venues
around the world including the Venice Biennale, the St. Petersburg
Biennial, Moscow Biennial and Polish Biennial, The State Hermitage
Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia), Pratt Institute (New York, USA), The
Chelsea Art Museum (New York, USA), Convergence (London, UK),
RSProjects (Berlin, Germany), VAP / Gogolfest (Kiev, Ukraine) and
Transmediale (Berlin, Germany), and Frants has participated in an
exclusive 17 day expedition to The Arctic Circle with The Farm
Foundation of Arts and Sciences.
Her works can be found in collections of
The Museum of Art and Design, The State Russian Museum, Kolodzei Art
Foundation, The Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art and numerous
private collections around the world.
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Exhibition
History
2023
XXII International Image
Festival, XENOlandscapes, Bogotá CO
2022
Ferment: Metamorphoses and
Reflections at the National Arts Club, New York, US
CYFEST-14: Ferment, ASU MIX Center in Arizona, US
Art & Environment=CROSSING Exhibition, Miro
Center in Gwangju KR
CYFEST-14: Ferment, HayArt Cultural Center in Yerevan AM
Creative Machine 3 Exhibition, Goldsmiths College, London
UK
PROJECTION, PROJECTIONS exhibition at the UNLOCQ53,
Brussels BE
ID ART/TECH Exhibition at the Museum of Russian Art,
Minneapolis, US
It’s About Time to Launch the Quick Brown Fox Again… Isn’t It?, All-Russian
Decorative Art Museum, Moscow, RU
2021
Visionary Dreams #3292-3296, Borey
Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
Cyfest-13 "Cosmos and Chaos" exhibition, Stieglitz State
Academy of Art and Design, St.
Petersburg, RU
Cyfest-14
FERMENT Arts + Ecology Festival, Dartington Trust,
Dartington UK
“Chronotop”
contemporary art festival, Vyborg, RU
“Non-stop”
festival, GROUND Solyanka Gallery, Moscow, RU
Homage to a
Personage,
Kuryokhin Center for Contemporary Art,
St. Petersburg, RU
2020
Amabie Media
Installation,
Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
ID. ART:TECH Exhibition
at the
National Arts Club, New York, US
2019
Visionary dreams #3287-3291, Borey
Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
CYFEST13 -"Chaos and Cosmos" exhibition, Made In NY Media
Center by IFP, New York US
12th Annual
CYFEST – “ID”, St.
Petersburg RU
MakerArt exhibition –
Maker Faire Rome, Rome IT
Offline/Online Exhibition, Cultural Center Gromov, St.
Petersburg RU
The Lookout Festival, Fort “Constantin” in Kronstadt, RU
Fragments of Metamodernism, Berthold Centre in St.
Petersburg,
RU
ID. ART:TECH, Ca’ Foscari Zattere, Venice IT
Future/Past, Showfields center in New York, US
2018
Visionary dreams #3283-3286,
Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
The
Creative Machine 2 Exhibition - Goldsmiths, University of
London, UK
The Leonardo
Convening
– San Francisco Art Institute, US
Quiet
Voices.
Contemporary Art about the Siege - Museum Center,
Krasnoyarsk RU
Weather Forecast: Digital Cloudiness - at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice,
IT
From
Non-Conformism to Feminisms: Russian Women Artists - at
the
Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis US
Uncommon
Natures -
Brighton Digital Festival, Brighton UK
The Memory
of Water -
Seminaria Sogninterra, Maranola IT
Weather Forecast: Digital Cloudiness - 11th CYFEST
exhibition in
Reggia di Caserta, IT
"Casts"
exhibition
at the Scientific-Research Museum of the Academy of Arts in St.
Petersburg, RU
Media Art
Festival
at MAXXI in Rome, IT
RAW Pop Up at The
Moore Building, Miami’s
Design District, US
Kuryokhin
Art Award
exhibition, Kuryokhin
Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, RU
Personal
Spaces, National Arts Club NY, US
"Just You Wait!" and Contemporary Art on the Run, Solyanka
State Gallery,
Moscow, RU
We’ll
Have Another Chance, 11th
Annual CYFEST,
St.
Petersburg, RU
2017
Visionary dreams #3278-82,
Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
#
0 at the Brighton Digital Festival, London UK
Quiet Voices. Contemporary Art about the Siege - State
Museum of the History, St. Petersburg RU
# 0 at 10th annual
Governors
Island Art Fair, New York US
Constructions and Multitudes, 10th CYFEST,
GROUND Khodynka, Moscow RU
HYBRIS
Exhibition - Ca’Foscari University, Venice, IT
PERSONAL STRUCTURES – open
borders - European
Cultural Centre,
Venice, IT
Stay
Tuned exhibition - Popov Central Museum of Communications,
St.
Petersburg RU
International Group Exhibition - Aragon 232 Gallery,
Barcelona,
ES
Interpretations -
10th CYFEST, Museum
at the Russian Academy
of Arts, St.
Petersburg RU
Participation Effect -
10th CYFEST, Stieglitz
State Academy of
Art and Design, St.
Petersburg, RU
# 0, Tate Exchange
- Digital Maker
Base Camp, London UK
2016
Jumping Jacks - ARTEHOS 2016,
Hospitalet, Barcelona ES
Visionary dreams #3273-77,
Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
#
0 at 10th Cyfest,
The Made in New York Media Center, New York US
Point
of View - 10th CYFEST, Museum
Center of the RSUH, Moscow RU
# 0 at 10th Cyfest, SOFA / Corferias, Bogota CO
Sfumato exhibition, Valery
Arkania Gallery, Tbilisi GE
Art Festival Seminaria Sogninterra, Maranola IT
Jumping Jacks,
Alexander Gallery, Rose, ME
On the
Lookout,
Pushkinskaya 10 Arts Center, St. Petersburg, RU
Made
in Ancient Greece, Kuryokhin
Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, RU
Nargifsus,
Transfer Gallery,
Brooklyn, US
Patterns of
the Mind,
Convergence, London, UK
Patterns of
the Mind,
The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, New York, US
2015
Made
in Ancient Greece, Kuryokhin
Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, RU
Patterns of
the Mind,
9th Annual Cyberfest, Berlin, DE
Doll House,
Luda
Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
Personal
Space #1,
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, RU
Urbi et Оrbi,
The
6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow RU
Art Prospect
2015,
St. Petersburg, RU
Approaching
the Meaning,
The State Museum of Urban Sculpture, St. Petersburg, RU
Williamsburg
on Warren,
One Art Space, New York, USA
On My Way,
Ca’Foscari University, Venice, IT
The Other
Home,
Made in NY Media Center by IFP, New York, USA
Storm in a
Tea Glass,
The Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, RU
Visionary
dreams #3268-72,
Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
The
Magician’s Hat,
Solyanka State Gallery, Moscow, RU
2014
Visionary
dreams #3264-68,
Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
The Other
Home,
Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, DE
Berlin Days
Tokyo,
Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, JP
This Leads
to Fire,
The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, USA
Finding
freedom in
Russian Art, 1961-2014, The Paul and Lulu Hilliard
University
Art Museum, Lafayette, USA
ЖИ/ВИ
(Painting and Video
in Relations), The Solyanka State Gallery, Moscow, RU
Colouring
Soundscapes,
Manege of the First Cadet Corps, St. Petersburg, RU
Capital of
Nowhere,
MANIFESTA 10, St. Petersburg, RU
Symphony for
the Slide
Projectors, GROUND Project, Moscow, RU
The Other
Home,
Frants Gallery Space, St. Petersburg, RU
Magnetic
North,
The UBS Art Gallery, New York City, USA
Signal 2014,
Loft
Contour, St. Petersburg, RU
Sergey
Kuryokhin Modern
Art Award Exhibition, Kuryokhin Contemporary Art Center,
St.
Petersburg, RU
Drumpainting
Photorobot,
Uzupis Art Incubator, Vilnius, LT
Re:
Collection, Museum of
Art and Design, New York, USA
2013
Capital of
Nowhere,
Ca’Foscari University, Venice, IT
The End of
Light,
New York Academy of Science, New York City, USA
Cutlog Art
Fair,
New York City, USA
In the Shade
of an Olive
Tree, The Kyosei-no-Sato Kurokawa Inn Gallery, Fukuoka, JP
Time Keeper,
Transmediale, Berlin, DE
Capital of
Nowhere,
9th Annual Cyberfest, Berlin, DE
Migrants,
5th
Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU
Visionary
dreams #3261-64,
Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
Snow-Covered
Cartoons,
Loft Project ETAGI, St. Petersburg, RU & The Solyanka State
Gallery, Moscow, RU
2012
Resonant
Matter,
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, RU
Drumpainting,
The
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, RU
Visionary
Dreams #3258-61,
Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
At Heaven’s
Door,
The 6th Annual CYBERFEST, St. Petersburg, RU
Video
Guerrilha Festival,
Sao Paolo, BR
Time Keeper,
The
Empire Project, Istanbul, TR
Life is a
Struggle,
Conversion, St. Petersburg, RU
Timekeeper,
iMAL,
Brussels, BE
Timekeeper,
The
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, RU
True North,
Alaska
Museum of Art, Anchorage, USA
2011
SIGGRAPH
Asia 2011,
Hong Kong, CN
The Fourth
Moscow
Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU
ArtVilnius
2011,
Vilnius, LT
ArtParis 2011,
Paris, FR
Transmediale,
ConcentArt e.V, Berlin, DE
We Are Here,
Ca’Foscari University, Venice, IT
Visionary
dreams #
3253-3357, Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
2010
Visionary
Dreams
#3245-3353, Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
We Are Here,
The
Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg, RU
Breathing in
the Air,
VAP Gogolfest, Kiev, UA
World Arts
Olympus,
Queen Mary, Long Beach USA
220V,
RSProjects,
Berlin, DE
Sediments,
Barbarian Gallery, Zurich, CH
The NEW New
-
East/West Project, Berlin, DE
Made in
Ancient Greece,
Museum of Art and Design, New York City, USA
2009
Scope Miami,
Miami, USA
Visionary
Dreams
#3245-3352, Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
3rd Annual
Cyberfest,
The Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, RU
3rd Annual
Cyberfest,
Loft Projects, St. Petersburg RU
Moscow
Biennial,
Moscow Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, RU
Dialogues,
St.
Petersburg Biennial, St. Petersburg, RU
Drum Painting,
The
Kyosei-no-Sato Kurokawa Inn Gallery, Fukuoka, JP
Shine A Light,
Dam
Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
Scope,
New York
City, USA
Concerning
the Spiritual
Tradition in Russian Art. Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation
Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, Chelsea
Art
Museum, New York City, USA
2008
2nd Annual
Cyberfest,
Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, RU
Shine a Light,
Dam
Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
Tide,
Presented by
The Russian National Center of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
Moscow - New
York =
Parallel Play, Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, USA
In the Shade
of An Olive
Tree, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn USA
Scope,
New York
City, USA
Visionary
dreams #3245-3351, Borey
Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
2007
Visionary
dreams
#3245-3350, Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
1st Annual
Cyberfest,
The Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg, RU
Unforseen,
Nailya
Alexander Gallery, New York City, USA
Made in
Ancient Greece,
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, RU
2006
Visionary
dreams #2391-95,
Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
China
International
Gallery Exposition, Beijing, CN
Unauthorized
Access,
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, RU
2005
The Window,
The
Kyosei-no-Sato Kurokawa Inn Gallery, Fukuoka, JP
Sarcophagus,
Ghanian
Style, or The Funeral of a Dreamer, BerlinerKunst Project
Gallery, Berlin, DE
2004
Touch_me,
Broadway
Gallery, New York City, NY
Sarcophagus,
Ghanian
Style, or The Funeral of a Dreamer, Gallery Kvadrat, St.
Petersburg, RU
2003
From
Leningrad to St.
Petersburg, Chelsea Museum of Art, New York City, USA
Touch,
Anna
Ahmatova Museum, St. Petersburg, RU
Red Shift
Festival,
New York City, USA
Education
Baron
Stieglitz St.Petersburg Academy of Art & Industry (St.
Petersburg , Russia)
Pratt Institute School of Advanced Studies (New York, NY)
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