Annika Kahrs
Annika Kahrs lives and works in Berlin. Her performances, film and sound installations show in various ways the importance of acoustic information in the form of music and sound in different social, cultural and political structures of coexistence. Kahrs has received in recent years numerous awards and scholarships, which include the Mercedes-Benz Art Scope & Arts Initiative Tokyo in Japan (2024), at Casa Baldi of the German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome, Italy (2024) and at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles, USA (2023). Nominated for the shortlist of the Pauli Prize (formerly the Böttcherstraße Bremen Art Prize) in the autumn of 2024, her works have been featured in numerous national and international exhibitions. Her most recent ones include Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Berlin (2025), Biennale Son, Sion, Switzerland (2025), EMΣT | The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Greece (2025), Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland (2025), 60th October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia (2024), Schering Foundation, Berlin (2023), TONO Festival, Mexico City, Mexico (2023), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (2022), 16e Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon, France (2022), The Brick (LAXART), Los Angeles, USA (2021).
Annika Kahrs is in residence at the Tarabya Cultural Academy from February to May 2026.
Annika Kahrs lives and works in Berlin. Her performances, film and sound installations show in various ways the importance of acoustic information in the form of music and sound in different social, cultural and political structures of coexistence. Kahrs has received in recent years numerous awards and scholarships, which include the Mercedes-Benz Art Scope & Arts Initiative Tokyo in Japan (2024), at Casa Baldi of the German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome, Italy (2024) and at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles, USA (2023). Nominated for the shortlist of the Pauli Prize (formerly the Böttcherstraße Bremen Art Prize) in the autumn of 2024, her works have been featured in numerous national and international exhibitions. Her most recent ones include Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Berlin (2025), Biennale Son, Sion, Switzerland (2025), EMΣT | The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Greece (2025), Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland (2025), 60th October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia (2024), Schering Foundation, Berlin (2023), TONO Festival, Mexico City, Mexico (2023), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (2022), 16e Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon, France (2022), The Brick (LAXART), Los Angeles, USA (2021).
Annika Kahrs is in residence at the Tarabya Cultural Academy from February to May 2026.