Anne Imhof (born 1978 in Giessen, Germany) is a German visual artist, choreographer, and performance artist who lives and works between Frankfurt and Paris.^[1] She is best known for her endurance art, although she cites painting as central to her practice.

Imhof was born in Giessen and grew up in Fulda.^[2] She received private drawing lessons from a teacher at a boarding school in England.^[3] She moved to Frankfurt, living in a commune and making music in her twenties. She worked as a bouncer for a club called Robert Johnson.^[3] She graduated from the Städelschule in Frankfurt in 2012.^[4]

In 2017 Imhof represented Germany at the Venice Biennale, transforming the pavilion with her performance piece, 'Faust'^[9] The performers arranged themselves throughout the pavilion, above and below the installed glass floors. Sometimes crawling under the floors, other times engaging in activities which range from looking sulky and checking their mobile phones, to masturbation and lighting small fires. Imhof was rewarded the prestigious Golden Lion award for "Best National Participation", in a much written about effort. This award is given to only one of the 85 exhibitions mounted in pavilions in the Giardini della Biennale and across Venice^[10][11]

• 2017: Absolut Art Award^[12]
• 2017: Golden Lion for best national contribution at the Biennale di Venezia^[13]
• 2015: Award of the National Gallery^[14]
• 2013: Studio Scholarship in Paris from Hessische Kulturstiftung^[15]
• 2012: Graduate Award of the Städelschule Portikus e. V.^[16]
• 2012: ZAC (zonta art contemporary)^[17]
• 2020: BEN Award "Most Important Artist" in the category Gesamtkunstwerk at the B3 Biennial of the Moving Image^[18]
• 2022: Binding-Kulturpreis^[19]