Anna Vidyaykina is a painter, animator and illustrator.
Since her debut in sand painting in 2014, she has been creating sand choreographies
for classical and contemporary music, and performing with high profile musicians
throughout Europe.
As an illustrator, Anna won the 1st prize at the International Illustration Competition Notte di fiaba and has collaborated with Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck, Mutabor Verlag Switzerland and Orecchio acerbo editore, Rome.
She lives in Vienna, Austria.
2008-2015 studies of painting and animated film
at the Vienna University of Applied Arts
2012-2013 Erasmus scholarship at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, Italy
2016-2024 teaching and learning art in various forms from teenage students and colleagues.
Sand animation performances
Exhibitions
Published books
Prizes and awards
Sand animation performances
2024
O. Messiaen: Quartett an das Ende der Zeit, Milch & Honig Festival, Kasematten, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
KlangBildKlang Festival, Universtität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, Vienna, Austria
Piano & Sand Heidi Horten Collection, Vienna, Austria
Keys to Heaven Piano Festival, Schloss Esterhazy, Eisenstadt, Austria
Jardin musical, Rêve party, Brussels, Belgium
Mozarthouse Vienna, Austria
Kammermusik Festival Graz, Austria
Schloss Thalheim, Austria
Waldarena & Christkönig-Kirche, Krumpendorf, Austria
Konzertsaal Muth, Vienna, Austria
Bühne im Hof, St. Pölten, Austria
White Lake Collective
Der kleine Prinz” Wiener Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
Peter & the Wolf 2.0 Weissensee Klassik Festival, Austria
2023
Piano & Sand Steinway & Sons, Vienna, Austria
Kulturscheune Höchberg, Germany
Weissensee Klassik Festival
Theater am Spittelberg, Vienna, Austria
Vienne-en-Val, France
Le Killoy, France
TAKT Konzertsaison, Brick-15, Vienna, Austria
“Der kleine Prinz” Milch & Honig Festival, Kasematten, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
“Sound of Sand” Konzertsaal Muth, Vienna, Austria
2022
“Lost Skin” Allegro Vivo Festival
Kasematten Wiener Neustadt
Pitten Classics Festival
POI Festival, Germany
Piano & Sand Bergfried Kultur, Passau, Germany
Podium Festival, Mödling
“Der kleine Prinz” Weissensee Klassik Festival
“Karneval der Tiere” Grafenegg
Theater am Spittelberg
Sound of Sand Spektakel
Art Lounge des Café Korb
2021
“Lost Skin” – artistic collaboration with Christoph Zimper, Florian Willeitner, Marie Spaemann, Nina Kazourian and Alexander Wienand at Weissensee Klassik Festival, Austria
“Karneval der Tiere” Café Korb, Vienna, Austria
Villa Musik, Baden, Austria
“The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross” by J. Haydn with Auner Quartet, Hofkapelle, Vienna, Austria
2019
“Musikalische Momente in Sand gemalt” (Musical moments painted in sand) with Auner Quartet, Kultursalon Bank Austria, Vienna, Austria
2018
“The Carnival of the Animals” by C. Saint-Saëns, International House of Music, Moscow, Russia
2015
“The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross” by J. Haydn, Festival sulle Vie del Prosecco, Veneto, Italy
2014
Debut in sand performance – “Danse orientale” by S. Rachmaninoff, Podium Festival for chamber music, Mödling, Austria
Exhibitions
S – Solo exhibition, G – Group exhibition
2024
“Eine kleine Reise”, Christkönig-Kirche, Krumpendorf, Austria (S)
2021
“Elemente trunken”, KochKulturMuseum, Eggenburg, Austria (G with Anna Steinhäusler and Nikita Gerkusov)
“Träum süß”, Weissensee Klassik Festival
Galerie im Alten Rathaus, Fürstenfeld, Austria (S)
2017
“rondi”, Sternstudio, Vienna, Austria (S)
2016
“Mei Gesicht, Gedicht, Geschicht”, Artist in Residence, Kunstzentrum PROGR, Bern, Switzerland (S)
2015
“Being there“, Diploma exhibition, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria (S)
2014
“Landscape rhythms”, Konferenzzentrum Loipersdorf, Austria (S)
2013
“Animate it!”, Kro Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria (G)
2012
“Luft”, ASIFA-Keil, Museums Quartier, Vienna, Austria (S)
2011
“Essence”, MAK, Vienna, Austria (G)
Published books
2020
“Von Drachenfrau und Zauberbaum / Das große Buch der österreichischen Volksmärchen“, text by Helmut Wittmann, Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck, Austria
2014
“La leggenda di Robin Hood“, text by Laura Simeoni, Orecchio Acerbo, Rome, Italy
2011
“Morgen ist morgen”, text by Frau Wolle, Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck, Austria
2009
“Hühnersuppe und Rosenduft“, text by Frau Wolle, Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck, Austria
Prizes and awards
2014
Winner of the first prize at the international illustration competition Notte di fiaba in Sarmede, Italy, followed by a publication of the illustrated book “La leggenda di Robin Hood” by Laura Simeoni, Orecchio Acerbo Verlag .
2012
Honorable mention for “folia” – Black and White Festival, Porto, Portugal
Special diploma of the festival for “folia” – New Vision International Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
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