Annette Weisser is a visual artist and writer based in Berlin. She is currently teaching at Kunsthochschule Kassel. From 2006 to 2019, Weisser lived in Los Angeles, where she served on the faculty of ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena. Recurrent themes in her recent work are historical trauma and collective vs. individual identity construction. In her collaborative work with artist Ingo Vetter from 1996 to 2006, she explored the heterotopic potential of public gardens, urban gardening as symbolic practice, artistic strategies for public spaces and issues of creative labor. She is founding member of "Detroit Tree of Heaven Woodshop." Weisser’s work has been shown internationally, at institutions including Heidelberger Kunstverein, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster, Kunsthaus Dresden, Kunstverein Munich, Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna, SMART Museum Chicago, Van-Abbe-Museum Einhoven, MOCAD Detroit and KW Berlin. Her writing has appeared in print and online, in forums, includingDIE ZEIT, Texte zur Kunst, Afterall, Springerin. Her first novel, "Mycelium" was published in November 2019, by Semiotext(e), Los Angeles.

Image Credit: Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin

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ArtCenter's Graduate Art program is based on intensive studio practice and rigorous academic coursework. The program is distinguished by its low faculty-to-student ratio that provides students with the attention and feedback they need to refine and achieve their artistic goals. Faculty and students are artists working in all genres—film, video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance and installation. A significant number of alumni have achieved national and international acclaim and often return to share their insights and expertise as visiting faculty and guest lecturers.