Anna Niedhart

Upcoming;
Horror
10.10—23.11.2025

Opening Reception Friday 10. 2025, 6pm to 10pm
The Wall Gallery Brooklyn

Berlin-based artist Anna Niedhart’s multidisciplinary practice interrogates the psychological complexities inherent in our digital age through painting, drawing, and object making. Her work, distilled from acute personal observations, manifests as hybrid forms that challenge the boundaries between human and animal. These chimeric beings serve as potent metaphors for the fractured sense of self and the adaptive strategies required in our rapidly evolving world.

At the heart of her oeuvre lies a dynamic interplay between traditional and digital media. Using both gouache and digital painting, the artist creates fluid, translucent compositions that function as visual analogies for the ephemeral nature of modern life. The deliberate exposure of the artistic process – evidenced by expressive brushstrokes, spontaneous color interactions, and digital glitches – becomes a commentary on the vulnerabilities inherent in a society where performativity is the primary mode of interaction. The figures depicted are often reminiscent of mythological creatures or baroque animal portraits, whose states oscillate between pastoral function and nightmarish echo. Their bodies seem to be in a constant state of transformation and radiate both comfort as well as unease. The vibrant and inviting color spectrum serves as a sugary camouflage, masking the existential disquiet. Counterbalancing her two-dimensional works, Niedhart creates tactile objects in ceramics, wood, and silk. These sculptural pieces serve as a tangible response to the increasing digitalization and technological mediation of human experience. By emphasizing the physical materiality and inviting actual touch, these objects function as grounding mechanisms in a world increasingly dominated by the virtual.

With its introspective approach, the work of Anna Niedhart captures emotional states, translating the anxiety, isolation, and sensory overload of modern life into visual and tactile experiences. By merging traditional craftsmanship with digital techniques, her art becomes a poignant commentary on the inextricable intersection of humanity and technology in the 21st century. 

Text: Robert Seidel