Anna and Maria Ritsch are sisters who work individually in the fields of photography & art and started the collaboration ‘ritschsisters’ in early 2020. Their focus is in photography and video that explore the tensions between the physical, spatial, and emotional. The duo collaborates internationally, with Maria based in Vienna and Anna in New York City.
Gallery representation in Europe : VASTO Gallery, Barcelona
serious Inquiries are welcome
︎ E-Mail
︎ Instagram
Awards
2022 selected for ‘FOAM TALENTS ‘22’, FOAM Amsterdam, NL
2022 shortlisted for ‘Belfast Photo Festival’, category Photo-book with ‘The Act of Sitting’, UK
2021 Culture Award for Photography, Vorarlberg Austria - Recognition Award winner, AT
Upcoming Exhibitions
2024 VASTO Gallery, Barcelona, ES / November
2024 Foto Tallinn - group show, EE / Setpember
Exhibitions
2024 Residency + Exhibition at Villa Clea - solo show, Milan, IT
2024 Athens Photo Festival - group show, GR
2024 Rachel Comey New York - solo show, US
2024 Booksalon 10x10 Photobooks - Talk, New York, US
2024 STAGE Bregenz - group show, AT
2023 Afterhour furniture, Book Presentation - Together Apart, Vienna, AT
2023 Vienna Art Book Fair, Book Presentation - Together Apart, Vienna, AT
2023 Head Hi New York - Book Launch & Prints - Together Apart, US
2023 FAQ Festival, Bregenzerwald - Ei,i: a dialogue with the self - group show, AT
2023 Kiosk 1090 Vienna - Book Launch (July-August) Vienna, AT
2023 Auction Delta Cultura Vienna - group show, AT
2023 Deutsche Börse Phototgraphy Foundation, Frankfurt DE / February -May
2022 EOS Kunstraum, Munich DE / opening December 8th
2022 FOAM Amsterdam - Foam Talents 22, ‘The Act Of Sitting’, group show / on view till January 23, NL
2022 DWDS Bregenz - solo exhibition / on view till Oct 29th, AT
2022 O’Flaherty’s Gallery NYC - ‘The Patriot’ - group show, USA
2022 DELTA Cultura - Auctioned by Dorotheum Wien - group show, AT
2022 allerART Bludenz - Kunstankäufe Land Vorarlberg - group show, AT
2022 VBKÖ for ‘Foto Wien’ - ‘The Female Landscape’ - group show, AT
2021 ORF Studio Dornbirn - Vorarlberger Culture Award of the Nominees- outtakes of the The Act of Sitting - group show, AT
2021 Künstlerhaus Bregenz - ‘An Vogel’ - group show, AT
2021 Künstlerhaus Bregenz - New Members - group show, AT
2021 Flatz Museum Dornbirn - ‘TOGETHER APART’ - Solo exhibition ritsch sisters, AT
2020 Online Exhibition Print Series at Ana Berlin Communications Vienna, AT
2020 ICEP Auction Vienna - Auctioned by Sotheby’s Vienna, AT
Books / Publications
2023 ‘Together Apart’ - by Anna und Maria Ritsch. Published by Pool Publishing
2021 ‘The Act of Sitting’ - by Anna and Maria Ritsch. Published by Pool Publishing
ACHTUNG Magazine, Foam Magazine, report magazine, anyonegirl, iD, Vice, Vogue.it , art - Das Kunstmagazin, diePresse, Office Magazine, Interview Magazine Germany, Schon Magazine, The Opera Magazine VII, Toksick Magazine, L’Officiel Spain, 10 Magazine, Arch Daily, Fucking Young Magazine, Quality Magazine, Girlgaze, The Photographic Journal, Zoll+ Magazine, Superior Magazine, Bauforum, Parnass Magzine
2022 selected for ‘FOAM TALENTS ‘22’, FOAM Amsterdam, NL
2022 shortlisted for ‘Belfast Photo Festival’, category Photo-book with ‘The Act of Sitting’, UK
2021 Culture Award for Photography, Vorarlberg Austria - Recognition Award winner, AT
Upcoming Exhibitions
2024 VASTO Gallery, Barcelona, ES / November
2024 Foto Tallinn - group show, EE / Setpember
Exhibitions
2024 Residency + Exhibition at Villa Clea - solo show, Milan, IT
2024 Athens Photo Festival - group show, GR
2024 Rachel Comey New York - solo show, US
2024 Booksalon 10x10 Photobooks - Talk, New York, US
2024 STAGE Bregenz - group show, AT
2023 Afterhour furniture, Book Presentation - Together Apart, Vienna, AT
2023 Vienna Art Book Fair, Book Presentation - Together Apart, Vienna, AT
2023 Head Hi New York - Book Launch & Prints - Together Apart, US
2023 FAQ Festival, Bregenzerwald - Ei,i: a dialogue with the self - group show, AT
2023 Kiosk 1090 Vienna - Book Launch (July-August) Vienna, AT
2023 Auction Delta Cultura Vienna - group show, AT
2023 Deutsche Börse Phototgraphy Foundation, Frankfurt DE / February -May
2022 EOS Kunstraum, Munich DE / opening December 8th
2022 FOAM Amsterdam - Foam Talents 22, ‘The Act Of Sitting’, group show / on view till January 23, NL
2022 DWDS Bregenz - solo exhibition / on view till Oct 29th, AT
2022 O’Flaherty’s Gallery NYC - ‘The Patriot’ - group show, USA
2022 DELTA Cultura - Auctioned by Dorotheum Wien - group show, AT
2022 allerART Bludenz - Kunstankäufe Land Vorarlberg - group show, AT
2022 VBKÖ for ‘Foto Wien’ - ‘The Female Landscape’ - group show, AT
2021 ORF Studio Dornbirn - Vorarlberger Culture Award of the Nominees- outtakes of the The Act of Sitting - group show, AT
2021 Künstlerhaus Bregenz - ‘An Vogel’ - group show, AT
2021 Künstlerhaus Bregenz - New Members - group show, AT
2021 Flatz Museum Dornbirn - ‘TOGETHER APART’ - Solo exhibition ritsch sisters, AT
2020 Online Exhibition Print Series at Ana Berlin Communications Vienna, AT
2020 ICEP Auction Vienna - Auctioned by Sotheby’s Vienna, AT
Books / Publications
2023 ‘Together Apart’ - by Anna und Maria Ritsch. Published by Pool Publishing
2021 ‘The Act of Sitting’ - by Anna and Maria Ritsch. Published by Pool Publishing
ACHTUNG Magazine, Foam Magazine, report magazine, anyonegirl, iD, Vice, Vogue.it , art - Das Kunstmagazin, diePresse, Office Magazine, Interview Magazine Germany, Schon Magazine, The Opera Magazine VII, Toksick Magazine, L’Officiel Spain, 10 Magazine, Arch Daily, Fucking Young Magazine, Quality Magazine, Girlgaze, The Photographic Journal, Zoll+ Magazine, Superior Magazine, Bauforum, Parnass Magzine