ANISSA TAVARA (born 1992, Hamburg) holds degrees in both Engineering and Fine Arts. She received her artistic education from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, with a study abroad at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris.
Her practice explores the tension between digital abstraction and material embodiment, specifically grounded in a material-driven, form-finding approach, with a strong focus on biomaterials and their processual behavior. Central to her work are translations between analog and digital space — negotiating object- and image-based logic, control and material autonomy.
SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 - Upcoming (Solo Exhibition), Galerie du Haut Pavé Paris, France
2024 - INTO THE BUBBLE (Group Exhibition), Künstlerverbund im Haus der Kunst, Haus der Kunst München, Germany
2024 - NACHLASSen (Group Exhibition), XPON-Art Gallery Hamburg, Germany
2024 - ART NUMERIQUE (Virtual Group Exhibition), latlas.beauxartsparis.fr, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
2023 - DIE ZUKUNFT GEHÖRT DEN PILZEN (Group Exhibition), Künstlerhaus & Stadtgalerie Lauenburg, Germany
2022 - YEARNING FOR MATTERING DIFFERENTLY (Group Exhibition), part of the Non-Knowledge, Laughter & the Moving Image-Research Project by Annika Larsson
RESEARCH & TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT
2025 - Patent pending (DPMA), technique utilizing controlled shrinkage of biopolymers to encode three-dimensional information into flat, translucent films — translating depth into two-dimensional visual surfaces.
2025 - Algal Biotechnology, a course by the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT), Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Scotland, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB), Germany and Matís, Iceland.
2023 - FUNKEN ACADEMY - RE:SOURCING, Shaping the Invisible: folding of DNA strands and rendering structures in nano scale, Klub Solitaer e.V., Germany, Ars Electronica, Austria, Wro Art Center, Poland, and Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems, Germany
WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
2024 - CRAFTING THE FUTURE (Workshop), School of Survival, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
2024 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOPLASTICS (Workshop), École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
2023 - AI PERSPECTIVES (Artistic Participation), during Helmholtz AI Conference & Helmholtz Imagining Conference Hamburg, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Germany
GRANTS
2025 - DEUTSCHLANDSTIPENDIUM, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, Germany
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