Anna Vidyaykina 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
Since 2016 teaching and learning from teenage students and colleagues
Sand animation performances
Exhibitions
Published books
Prizes and awards
Sand animation performances
2023
Piano & Sand “NEW MOON” 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
2021
“Elemente trunken”, KochKulturMuseum, Eggenburg, Austria (G with Anna Steinhäusler and Nikita Gerkusov)
“Träum süß”, 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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