Anan Fries (they/them) is an artist based in Basel and Berlin. Fries makes sculptures, installations and performances that unearth the myths woven into technology: 3D-printed reliquaries, prompted genitals, purification rites for smartphones. Their work moves in the TF Spectrum – the stretch between tech feminism and tech fascism, which often run on the same machines.

Recent exhibitions include Kunsthalle Basel (Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, 2026), HEK Basel, Somerset House London, Exhibit Galerie Wien, Konsthall C Stockholm and the Regionale. Performances and live computer game essays premiered at HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin and Kaserne Basel; video and VR works were shown at IDFA DocLab and DOK Leipzig. Fries received a Werkbeitrag from Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt (2026) and the IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling (2025), and was a finalist for the Lumen Prize (2026).

Fries came to visual art from experimental theatre, as co-founder of the collectives machina eX (2010) and Henrike Iglesias (2012), and studied Cultural Studies in Hildesheim and at DAS Arts Amsterdam. In 2026 Fries co-curated New Rituals [for the End of the World] at HEK Basel with Marlene Wenger. Residencies include Pro Helvetia in Taipei and transmediale in Berlin (both 2025).