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Bio Anna Bierler (*1989) works with words, typography and process based publishing. Combining graphic design methods and collective writing practices, Anna researches, designs, hosts, writes, teaches and develops community-based publishing formats, seeking to understand ways of doing and living together in times of ecological emergencies. Anna’s practice materializes in publications, radio programs, spatial set ups, reading groups, essays and poetry.
Anna co-founded the research collective Stone Network and co-organizes the reading club OOOReading Club join ↗ in Rotterdam. Anna is available for commissions and collaborations. To reach out, please send an e-mail, a DM or text/call 🖤


   ∘˚°˳∘° Education
2021 MFA, Design Department, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam NL
2019 BA, Visual Communication, Weissensee Academy of Art, Berlin DE
2014 BA, Comparative Literature, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich DE



   ∘˚°˳∘° Awards & Grants
2022 Experimental Grant, Stimuleringsfonds, Rotterdam NL
2021 Project Grant, Stichting Stokroos, Utrecht NL
2021 Project Grant, Stichting Jaap Hartens Fund, Den Haag NL
2021 Project Grant, Student Council, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam NL
2020 Project Grant, Student Council, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam NL
2018 Research Stipend, Mart Stam Stipendium, Berlin DE



   ∘˚°˳∘° Selected Teaching & Workshops
currently Tutor, Fine Art and Design in Education, ArtEZ, Zwolle NL
2023  Publishing Workshop, BYOBfair, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, with Rotting Fruits, Amsterdam NLlook ↗
2023  Storytelling Workshop, I Mean Studio, Brooklyn, New York USlook ↗
2023  Storytelling Workshop, IDW 2023, with María Mazzanti, Antwerp BE look ↗
2022  Storytelling Workshop, Zone2Source, with Marit Mihklepp, Amsterdam NL look ↗
2022  Storytelling Workshop, Field Academy, StrandLab, with Marit Mihklepp, Almere NL look ↗
2022  Storytelling Workshop, Hackers and Designers, with Marit Mihklepp, Amsterdam NLlook ↗
2022  Storytelling Workshop, Gemene Grond, Utrecht NL
2021  Storytelling Workshop, HetHEM, with Hannah Rose Whittle, Zaandam NL
2021  Storytelling Workshop, OT101, with Insa Deist, Pernilla Philip, Katharina Nejdl, Amsterdam NL
2019  Layout and Microtypography Workshop, Weissensee Academy of Art, Berlin DE
2019  Storytelling Workshop, Department for Social Work, FHSG, St. Gallen, St. Gallen CH
2017  Graphic Design Workshop, Weissensee Academy of Art, with Fritzi Jarmatz, Berlin DE



   ∘˚°˳∘° Exhibitions, Readings, Talks
2023  Exhibition, Pub 5, It’s a Book, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, Leipzig DE look ↗
2023  Reading, Meltdown, Launch of PUB 5: Floating in the Abyss, Suzi Project Space, Amsterdam NL
2023  Panel, Snowblindness, Onomatopee, moderated by Anna Winston, Eindhoven NL look ↗
2022  Radio Broadcast, Run Deep, Run Wild, Casco Art Institute, with María Mazzanti, Utrecht NLlook ↗
2022  Reading, And to the rushing water, speak, Gemene Grond, Utrecht NL
2022  Radio Broadcast, Stone Network, with Marit Mihklepp, Good Times Bad Times, Rotterdam NL
2021  Exhibition, Graduation Exhibition Sandberg Instituut, HEMbrugterrein, Zaandam NL
2022  Exhibition, Stone Telling, Rietveld Pavilion, Amsterdam NL and Online
2021  Reading, Meltdown, Soft Launch of Daisy World Mag #2, San Seriffe, Amsterdam NL
2021  Screening, No Touching the Horizon, Comfort and Vision, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam NL
2019  Exhibition, Graduation Show, Weissensee Academy of Art, Pirol Studios, Berlin DE
2017  Exhibition, 100 Years De Stijl, Botschaft des Königreichs der Niederlande, Berlin DE
2017  Exhibition, Landpartie, It’s a Book, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, Leipzig DE
2016  Exhibition, Ping Pong, Leipzig Bookfair, with Quang Nguyen, Leipzig DE



   ∘˚°˳∘° Radio Broadcasts
2023  OOO Reading Club: Growing Up, Radio Echo, with Tiiu Meiner and Mara Schwerdtfeger, De Hague NLlisten ↗
2022  Run Deep, Run Wild, Casco Art Institute, with María Mazzanti, Utrecht NLlisten ↗
2022  Stone Network 1: Building Worlds With Stones, Cloud Danslab, with Marit Mihklepp, Rotterdam NLlisten ↗
2022  Stone Network 2: Stones Grow Like Plants, Cloud Danslab, with Marit Mihklepp, Rotterdam NLlisten ↗
2022  Stone Network 3: Stone Women, Cloud Danslab, with Marit Mihklepp, Rotterdam NLlisten ↗
2022  Stone Network 4: Holes In The Ground, Layers of Time, Cloud Danslab, with Marit Mihklepp, Rotterdam NLlisten ↗
2022  Stone Network 5: As if The Stone has Swallowed it, Cloud Danslab, with Marit Mihklepp, Rotterdam NLlisten ↗
2021  Snowblindness Radio, Radio Rietveld, with Gudrun Havsteen-Mikkelsen, Amsterdam NLlisten ↗



   ∘˚°˳∘° Residencies & Research
2023  Weeds Residency, hooops, Libken, Uckermark DE
2023  Reassemble Lab: Weatherscapes, Fiber, Amsterdam NL
2022  Finis Terrae, Research Residency, Finistère, Brittany FR
2022  LIOS lab, arts of ecology residency programme, Bledów Desert PL
2022  Hoe het water van Utrecht ons verbindt, Gemene Grond, residency programme, Utrecht NL
2022  CLOUD Danslab & Good Times Bad Times Community Radio, De Hague and Rotterdam NL
2023  Evening Class, Elementare Typographie, Rudolf Barmettler, Schule für Gestaltung, Zurich CH
2018  Typographic Summer Program, with Dafi Kühne, Rudolf Barmettler, Näfels CH



   ∘˚°˳∘° Recent & Selected Design Commissions
currently Graphic Design, Extra Intra, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam NL
2023  Graphic Design, Sound Office, with Insa Deist, Rotterdam NL look ↗
2023  Graphic Design, Spit City, Elio J Carranza, transmediale, Berlin DE look ↗
2023  Graphic Design, Snowblindness, published by Onomatopee, with Gudrun Havsteen-Mikkelsen, Eindhoven NL look ↗
2022  Graphic Design, Daisy World Mag #5, in collaboration with Alix Stria, Amsterdam NL
2022  Graphic Design, Soothing Pants, Alice Slyngstad, Vleeshal, Middelburg NL look ↗
2022  Graphic Design, Graduation Show 2022, Melkweg, with Alix Stria, Amsterdam NL look ↗
2022  Graphic Design, PUB Journal #5, Sandberg Instituut, with Alix Stria, Amsterdam NL
2022  Graphic Design,Life After Sandberg, Sandberg Instiuut, with Alix Stria, Amsterdam NL look ↗
2021  Graphic Design, The Rip of Venus, Mino Buonincontri, Milano IT
2021  Graphic Design, Say You Love Me, title sequence and subtitles, DFFB, Berlin DE
2021  Graphic Design, On Isolation, key visual, FHNW Basel, Basel CH look ↗
2020  Graphic Design, PUB Journal #4, with Michael Weber, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam NL look ↗



   ∘˚°˳∘° Selected Publications
2022 Poem, I want to change, featured in: Robida #8, Topolò IT look ↗
2022 Poem, I want to change, featured in: Daisy World Magazine #5, Amsterdam NL look ↗
2022 Short Story, Meltdown, featured in: PUB Journal #5, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam NL
2021 Publication, and deep deep holes and tracks and traces and changes, HetHEM, Zandaam NL
2021 Online Publication, Stone Telling, Rietveld Pavilion, with Insa Deist, Amsterdam NL look ↗
2021 Essay, Construction Sites, featured in: Issue No 6, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam NLlook ↗
2021 Short Story, Meltdown, featured in: Daisy World Magazine #2, Amsterdam NLlook ↗



   ∘˚°˳∘° Selected Publications on Work
2022 Article, Sensorial Heritage Field Academy Online read ↗
2021 Article, The Sign of the Stars, Graduation Catalog 2021, Print and Onlineread ↗
2021 Article, Metropolism Mag Onlineread ↗
2018 Article, Novum Young Talents 05/18 Print
2017 Article, AIGA – Eye on Design Onlineread ↗
2017 Article, Page Onlineread ↗


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Workshop Script, Towel for Strandlab Almere, with Marit Mihklepp, NL 2022

Snowblindness, Publication, published by Onomatopee, with Gudrun Havsteen-Mikkelsen, NL 2023 buy 🖤 ↗

Sound-Office, Online Publication, with Insa Deist, NL 2023look ↗

Stone Network, Residency at CLOUD Danslab and Good Times Bad Times Radio, with Marit Mihklepp, NL 2022

Various Publications, Extra Intra, NL 2021–ongoing

Graduation Show 2022, Melkweg, with Alix Stria, NL 2022

Floating in Debris, Publication, Pub Sandberg, with Alix Stria, NL 2022

Softer Marks, felted rug, pillows and reader installation, Sandberg Instituut graduation show, HetHEM, NL 2021

Say You Love Me, title sequence and subtitles for Kirsten Brandt, DE 2021

Stone Telling, experimental publishing project, Rietveld Pavilion, NL 2021look ↗

The Rip of Venus, publication for Mino Buonincontri, IT 2021

On Isolation, key visual, FHNW Basel, CH 2021look ↗

We need to talk, workshop and publication, FHSG, St. Gallen, CH 2019

Graphic Design, PUB Journal #4, with Michael Weber, Sandberg Instituut, NL 2020 look ↗

Exhibition Design, 100 Years De Stijl, Botschaft des Königreichs der Niederlande, DE 2017