CONTACT: abasbacker at yahoo dot com

Anna Bas Backer is a comic artist and a visual artist. Her career began with large paintings illustrating spaces and places devoid of humans. Whilst she first started experimenting with comics in documentary style drawings, she later went on to use comics to comment on and critize the work she did as an artist.
Anna is co-founder of the art collective Palatti, organizing art projects, residencies and exhibitions around the world since 2005. (Visit the website: Palatti group). In 2010 she left the collective to be able to concentrate fully on her comics.
In 2008 she co-founded the comic blog collective 'Chicks on Comics'.

For news, updates and regular online cartoons visit the blog 'annabb comics'.

Education:
Studied in the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (1999-2003) and the Rhode Island School of Design, USA (2001-2002)

Online:
Co-author and co-founder of the project 'chicks on comics'; an on-going, online comics discussion between 9 female artists internationally.

Publications:
2011 "Jet Boy, Jet Girl", mini-comic, 20 pages in 'Burlesque Ediciones' (Argentina)
2011 Electrocomics "The Break Out" (Germany)
2010 Massive, a graphic anthology (#8) (Portugal)
2009 Fierro (November Issue) (Argentina)
2009 - 2010 Night Vultures, monthly cartoon about local bars together with Ulla Loge for the 'Exberliner magazine', Berlin (Germany)

Fanzines:
Renate #17, #18. #20 (Berlin), Milk and Wodka #9, #10 (Switzerland), Larva #6, #12 (Colombia), Vinagreta #6, #7 (Colombia), Gambuzine (Portugal), Work Life Balance by Chicks on Comics (International

Own publication:
2010 "Jet Boy, Jet Girl", mini-comic, 20 pages
2009 "On comics and luv", small booklet collection of personal cartoons
2008 Si esto en un Artista # 1, #2, documentation of 24 hour comic marathons about being an artist. Book and documentary presentation in Casa del encuentros of the Museo de Antioquia and Taller 7 in Medellín/ and Lugar a Dudas in Cali (Colombia)
2007 Palatti China: Exploring Chongqing, catalogue on project and exhibition of art collective Palatti in China.

Exhibitions: (a selection)
2011 "Serve and Destroy" with NETTMANN in 'Buchhandlung', Berlin/ DE
2011 "Dear Amsterdam, Greetings from Istanbul" in Kulter, Amsterdam/ NL
20 10 Palatti Istabul, Art Pie Istanbul during the Tuyap Art Fair/ TU
2010 Chicks on Comics, Galería LDF/ AR
2010 In your face, Centraal Museum Utrecht/ NL
2010 Es una zona difícil, Kunstvlaai 8, Amsterdam/ NL
2010 Salon Fabríl, cheLA, Buenos Aires/ AR
2010 El Postre, Mussetta café, Buenos Aires/ AR
2010 Fake Record Covers, Platfon, Basel/CH und Rom/ IT
2009 Save Berlin, Stattbad Wedding, Berlin/ DE
2008 Renates Neue Hits, Neurotitan, Berlin/ DE
2008 Palatti at the Kunstvlaai 7, Amsterdam/ NL
2008 Comics marathon "Si esto es un artista", Lugar a Dudas & Taller 7, Cali & Medellin/ CO
2007 Palatti China: Exploring Chongqing, Southwest University Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2007 Del Arte no politico a la metfora de los huevos del tero, CCEBA (Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires)/ AR
2007 Group show in Temporary Home, Kassel/ DE
2007 solo: TOTAL-artspace, Berlin/ DE
2007 Doing time in Argentina or/ o lo intenté con el tiempo que tuve. El Basilisco, Buenos Aires/ AR
2007 Very Selected, Gallery Zink, group show curated by Marcel van Eeden, Munich/ DE
2006 Palatti Kosova Berlin, Project Space NewRioTokio, Berlin/ DE
2006 Palatti-project: Out of Foreign Focus, Gallery Hani i 2 Robertëve, (exhibitied and curated) Prishtina/ Kosovo
2006 solo: The Fall into Disrepair, Galerie Jonas Reuber, Berlin/ DE
2005 Kon. Prijs v. vrije Schilderkunst 2005, (Dutch Royal Prize for Painting),
GEM Den Haag Gemeente Museum, The Hague/ NL

Grants/ Recidencies:
2010 Work/ travel grant from Fonds BKVB/ NL and IFA/ DE.
2008 Work/ travel grant from Fonds BKVB/ NL
2008 Artist residency in Taller 7, Medellín/ Colombia
2008 Artist residency in Lugar a Dudas, Cali/ Colombia
2007 Artist residency in El Basilisco, Buenos Aires/ AR
2007 Work/ travel grant from Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam/ NL
2006 Support for the Palatti-project Out of Foreign Focus in Kosovo by The Mondriaan Foundation/ NL, and the Swiss Cultural Programme of Kosovo (Pro Helvetia)/ CH/ Kosova.
2006 2nd Start Stipendium by Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam/ NL
2005 Nomination 'Koninklijke Prijs v. vrije Schilderkunst 2005', (Royal Dutch Prize for Painting) GEM Den Haag Gemeente Museum, (3rd place 'publics choice') the Hague/ NL.