Anna Maria Nowak is a freelance artist, living and working in Vienna since 2005. She was born in Poland, where she studied Scandinavian Studies at the University of Gdańsk. She received her dance education at Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz. She is a founding member of Archipelago – Verein für Performative Künste, The Loose Collective and Arbeitsplatz Wien. Since 2006 she has been continuously working with Liquid Loft/Chris Haring. Her own work explores the interplay between thought, sensation, language, and movement, focusing on emotions, age, framing, and metaphor.