Anna Katharina Scheidegger

Anna Katharina Scheideggerwas born in Switzerland (1976).  She attended the ENSAD (Ecole Nationale Supérieur des Arts Décoratifs) in Paris and  graduated with distinction in 2003. 

 She continued her studies at Le Fresnoy, studio national des arts contemporains. Later, she became a member of the Académie de France à Madrid (Casa Vélazquez). She currently resides in both Paris and Bern.

Anna Katharina Scheidegger works in a variety of media.

 Her photographs are part of the National Fund of Contemporary Arts of France, the collection Société Général and the Ing Real Estate Photography Collection and the MEP (Maison Européen de la photographie, Paris). 

She has received numerous awards and honors, including the Werkbeitrag für Fotografie and the travel grant of the Canton of Bern (CH), the Artist in Residency Stipend (CH), the scholarships at the Cité internationale des Arts in Paris, the Werkbeitrag of the Fondation des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques (F), or the support of the French film promotion. In 2020 she won the Bourse de Recherche du Collège International de la photographie du Grand Paris.