Ana Schmidt

Ana Schmidt is a German architect and a painter, winner of the Threadneedle Prize in 2018. She focuses her work on urban landscapes.

Biography and career Born in Bochum, Germany, Schmidt moved with her family to Asia and lived in Vietnam and Thailand.

Years later, she moved to Spain to study at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, where she received a Master of Science in Architecture. Schmidt also received an ARC Living Master from the Art Renewal Center.

In 2018 she won the Columbia Threadneedle Prize, a major art prize for contemporary figurative art.

She currently lives and works as an artist and urban planning architect in Bilbao, Spain. Cervantes Gallery, Oviedo, Spain, 2015 Basque Architectural Association in Bilbao, Spain, 2010

Awards

ARC Salon Award (landscape category), 2020 Columbia Threadneedle Prize for her painting, Dead End, 2018 ARC Salon Award (landscape category), 2018 ARC Salon Award (landscape category), 2015 AixeGetxo Award 2013 Ora Prize Award 2012 - 2013