Ana Schmidt is a German architect and a painter, winner of the Threadneedle Prize in 2018.
Born in Bochum, Germany, Schmidt moved with her family to Asia and lived in Vietnam and Thailand.
[1] 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 a ARC Living Master from the Art Renewal Center.
[4] She currently lives and works as an artist and urban planning architect in Bilbao, Spain.