Artist Biography

Annika is a multimedia visual artist, tattooist, photographer/filmmaker, and writer based between New York and Berlin. 

Recurring topics within Annika’s creative practice include human, animal, and environmental relationships; climate change and environmental justice; anticapitalism; queerness; disability justice; and constructions of reality and selfhood in a technologized world. 

Annika received their Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Storytelling and States of Consciousness–an interdisciplinary degree combining filmmaking, psychology, philosophy, multimedia art, and writing–from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Annika was awarded Gallatin Honors for exceptional thesis work in climate storytelling, intersectional environmentalism, and disability justice.

Education

New York University Class of 2024

Gallatin School of Individualized Study — B.A. in Multimedia Storytelling and States of Consciousness

Tisch School of the Arts — Minor in Film

Distinctions

Gallery Shows

“Gallatin Arts Festival 2024”, The Gallatin Galleries, April 14 to April 18, 2024

“To Be a Part and Apart”, The Gallatin Galleries, March 18 to April 5, 2024

Distinctions

Writer, “Albedo”  Script and “Albedo: Climate & Disability Justice Filmmaking” Interdisciplinary Research Paper, 2024

• A science-driven narrative feature film script, and a companion interdisciplinary research paper on intersectional environmentalism, disability justice, and environmental storytelling. This thesis project was awarded Gallatin Honors, the highest level of honors possible at NYU Gallatin.

Author and Illustrator, “Deathpowers” Zine-length Comic Book, 2023

• A comic investigating mental health and identity. Winner of the Dean’s Award for Summer Research grant at NYU. 

Writer, Director, “Fire Exit” Short Film, 2023

• A queer body horror short dissecting bodily autonomy. Winner of the NYU Gallatin Film Alliance Pitch Award.

Silver Recognitions for Photographic Excellence, 2019