Marianna Simnett

Marianna Simnett is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Berlin and New York. Her immersive narratives center around the overlapping and at times incongruous themes of vulnerability, autonomy, control, pain, metamorphosis, and care. Simnett’s work has been exhibited internationally in solo exhibitions at venues including Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2024); LAS, Berlin (2023); Société, Berlin (2022); Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2019); Kunsthalle Zürich (2019); Museum MMK für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2018); New Museum, New York (2018). Upcoming solo exhibitions include the Max Ernst Museum (2026), Brühl and the Vienna Secession (2026).

During her stay at Villa Aurora, Marianna Simnett will work on a series of paintings exploring Balkan folkloric monsters, as well as a feature-length screenplay.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 | Charades, Société, Berlin
2025 | Interlude, Art Basel Parcours
2024 | WINNER, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2023 | GORGON, LAS Art Foundation, Berlin
2024 | WINNER, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2019 | SEIZURE, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen
2019 | LAB RATS, Kunsthalle Zürich
2018 | Blood In My Milk, New Museum, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 | Chrysalis: The Butterfly Dream, Centre d’art contemporain Genève
2022 | The Milk of Dreams, Arsenale, Venice Biennale
2022 | Espressioni: The Epilogue, Castello di Rivoli, Turin
2022 | Exhibition as part of the nomination for Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße, Kunsthalle Bremen

Selected Awards
2024 | CIRCA Prize
2017 | Jarman Award, shortlisted
2015 | Jerwood/FVU Awards