Anna Pasco Bolta is a Spanish-born artist who lives and works in Munich. Her transdisciplinary research explores mechanisms and models for understanding and constructing the idea of life and existence. Her approach intertwines natural sciences with poetic languages, questioning systems of coexistence and politics in pursuit of a more intimate and embedded role within biodiversity. By merging art theory, pop culture, and science, her work challenges the dichotomies structuring Western thought and explores the symbiotic relationships that shape our coexistence with other species and the environment.
She studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona and graduated with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts Munich as a master student of Prof. Olaf Nicolai. Additionally, she completed a master's degree in Cultural Management and Curating at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (ES). Her works are part of collections such as the Munich City Museum and have been exhibited internationally, including at the Cairo Biennale (EG), Haus der Kunst (DE), ISEA'22 (ES), Speculum Artium (SI), La Capella (ES), and Lothringer 13 (DE).
Pasco Bolta has participated in numerous artistic residencies, such as Entorno al crear y lo creado (CL), Nord Pol Expedition of Arctic Circle Program, ArtWaves Program as part of the UN Ocean Decade (DE), ÉCART (CAN), and the curatorial program of Fabrikken and Goethe Institut Copenhagen (DK). She has received multiple research grants and awards, including Ambartgent (ES), the 15HOCH2 Kempten Prize (DE), the Ricard-Camí Prize (ES), and the New Media Prize of the City of Munich (DE).
Her artistic research is deeply connected to scientific collaborations, having worked with institutions and research groups such as the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (DE), Marum – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen (DE), the X-LAB Research Group at Hasselt University (BE), the Center for Electromicrobiology at Aarhus University (DK), the Institute of Marine Sciences of CSIC (ES), the Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC (ES), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (DE), and the Technical University of Munich (DE).
For several years, she has combined her artistic research with teaching at the Chair of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Munich (DE) and has led workshops in various cultural institutions.
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