Marianna Simnett

Marianna Simnett is a multidisciplinary visual artist. Simnett uses vivid and visceral means to explore the body as a site of transformation. In psychologically charged works that challenge both herself and the viewer, Simnett imagines radical new worlds filled with untamed thoughts, strange tales and desires. Marianna Simnett (b. 1986, London) lives and works in Berlin and New York. Her solo exhibition Headless is currently on view at the Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, and from March 2026 she will be subject of a major solo exhibition at Secession, Vienna. Her work was part of last year‘s Art Basel Parcours sector and her solo exhibition WINNER was recently on view at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. Her first work for the stage, entitled GORGON , commissioned by LAS Art Foundation premiered at HAU 2, Berlin in 2023. Her work The Severed Tail was presented at the 59th Venice Biennale: The Milk of Dreams and at the 66th BFI London Film Festival, British Film Institute, London. Her work has been exhibited internationally in solo shows at venues including City Gallery Wellington, Wellington; Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen; MA, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem; Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich; MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; The New Museum, New York; and Zabludowicz Collection, London. Selected recent group exhibitions include Manifesta 15, Barcelona ; Yours Truly , Nahmad Contemporary, New York; Topalekuak , Tabakalera, San Sebastian; 1.5 Degrees , Kunsthalle Mannheim; The King Is Dead, Long Live the Queen , Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden; Espressioni: The Epilogue , Castello di Rivoli, Turin; Prize of the Böttcherstraße , Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen; British Art Show 9 , various cities; A Fire in my Belly , Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin; Unprecedented Times , Kunsthaus Bregenz; and The Body Electric , Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Marianna Simnett is part of a number of public collections including Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel; Adrastus Collection, Arévalo, Avila; Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montréal; Arts Council England; Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim; Museum for Modern Art, Frankfurt; among others.