Marianna Simnett is an artist who has gained global recognition for her visceral and theatrical works, which include film, installation, performance, sculpture, music and drawing.
Simnett was listed by Artnet as one of 12 artists to break out big in 2021. She is part of the major group show A Fire in My Belly at Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, and will open her solo exhibition CREATURE at City Gallery Wellington in March.
Recent solo exhibitions include those at Kunsthalle Zürich (2019), Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (2019), Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2019), the New Museum, New York (2018) and Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2018). She is a joint winner of the Paul Hamlyn Award 2020, won the Jerwood / FVU Award in 2015 and was shortlisted for the Jarman Award in 2017.