I create spatial characters who are ready for the drama of life. I’ll take you to an art fair where the objects themselves become the viewers, or we visit the park and merge with other life forms.
As a form of self-examination and speculative collaborations across and within different modes of being, I like to be with, think with and become things that thwart my attempt to identify with them. I want to get to know them intimately and on their terms. The resulting bodies all have stories to tell.
I examine the performative nature of objects, speculating and reflecting on their doings, dealings, desires and demands. Wether it’s a pot plant, a door knob or a side table’s tabletop; they all resonate in many ways. In their presence, I too become an object with many echoes.
Contact
info[at]annekolbe[dot]com
Next- 2023 SCHANDE no. 6 magazine release
Stichting BAD, Rotterdam, NL
Now- 2022-2023 RORO BUITEN
Rotterdam, NL
Past- 2023 Door de heg
Stichting BAD, Rotterdam, NL - 2023 YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN
YOU’LL NEED A FLOWER VASE
Solo, Rotterdam, NL - 2022 Way of Life
Aanschouw at Art Rotterdam, NL - 2022 SCHANDE #5 release
Worm, Rotterdam, NL - 2022 My Ornamental Body
AITW-HUBSA-AIR, Goes, NL - 2022 Borderless Point
ATM x WORM RESISTER, Seoul, KR - 2022 Wild Summer of Art
Brutus, Rotterdam, NL - 2022 SCHANDE #4 release
Worm, Rotterdam, NL - 2021 SCHANDE #3 release
Kunst & Complex, Rotterdam, NL - 2022 DE ACHTERGROND
radio show at radio WORM - 2022 FUTURA RESISTENZA
Roodkapje, Rotterdam, NL - 2022 The Plantastic rockstars
Podium OCW, Rotterdam, NL - 2022 Ronnie & Anita
DOOR, Dordrecht, NL - 2021 Twenty-five performances for Christmas
The Performance Bar, Rotterdam, NL - 2021 Buxusbitch
Every Friday 10-11 am at radio WORM - 2021 SCHANDE #2 release
Kunst & Complex, Rotterdam, NL - 2021 SCHANDE #1 release
Kunst & Complex, Rotterdam, NL - 2021 Buxus Concept Store: It’s a Way of Life
Aanschouw, Rotterdam, NL - 2021 Cantos Deus + Henrietta Müller + Anne Kolbe
Attent, Rotterdam, NL - 2021 Publieke werken
Outdoor exhibit on billboards spread through the city of Rotterdam, NL - 2020 Cantos Deus + Peter Fengler + Anne Kolbe
Livestream from Attent, Rotterdam, NL - 2020 Trumpets of the Apocalypse
(Walkie-Talkie Edition), Voluntary Fire Brigade of the Apocalypse, Euromastpark Rotterdam, NL - 2020 Otje Festival, Rotterdam, NL
- 2020 RAAK-award
Commissioned, SIA, Leiden, NL - 2020 In conversation with (…)
Performance with Eros Chien, Attent, Rotterdam, NL - 2020 Descart
Art route, Rotterdam, NL - 2020 Flag Gazing: an Exercise
Commissioned post,
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL - 2020 Other Ways of Watching Together
Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, NL - 2019 A focus with Anne Kolbe: Uncomfortable objects
Exhibition walkthrough and workshop,
Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL - 2018 30 jaar Kunst & Complex
Kunst & Complex, Rotterdam, NL - 2018 Haarlemse Herfst
De Vishal op locatie, Haarlem, NL - 2018 Tripping Autonomy
Piet Zwart Institute MFA Graduation Show,
De Kroon, Rotterdam, NL - 2018 Moving Monument
Charlois Speciaal, Rotterdam, NL - 2017 Poses Against Gravity
Studio Omstand, Arnhem, NL - 2017 Foam x Patty Morgan internetcafé
Foam, Amsterdam, NL - 2017 Prospects & Concepts
Mondriaan Fund at Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL - 2016 Sub-marine Jungle: Veteran Party
www.submarinejungle.com - 2016 With a rising and falling motion
Ruimte Caesuur, Middelburg, NL - 2016 Guestroom #32
Code Rood, Arnhem, NL - 2016 Rob de Vries Gallery & Projects: Anne Kolbe
Rob de Vries Gallery & Projects, Haarlem, NL - 2016 Art Rotterdam
Rob de Vries Gallery & Projects,
Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam, NL - 2016 MAMA’s X-mas Crib: Welcome to the Jingle
Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, NL - 2015 Hyper Hyper
Willem II Fabriek, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL - 2015 Blocks blocks blocks
Residency, Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, NL - 2015 De Kersentuin
Kers Gallery at Kunst RAI, Amsterdam, NL - 2015 Beelden in Leiden
Hooglandse Kerkgracht, Leiden, NL - 2015 Reductiv.nl
Vasarely Museum, Budapest, HU - 2015 Bavo Baby
De Vishal and St. Bavo kerk, Haarlem, NL - 2015 Reductiv.nl
Tatranska Gallery, Poprad, SK - 2015 Nieuw
Rob de Vries Gallery and Projects, Haarlem, NL - 2015 Reductiv.nl
Galeria Vytvameho Umeni, Ostrava, CZ - 2014 Art in Redlight
Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, NL - 2014 Reductiv.nl
Galeria El, Elbląg, PL - 2014 Kopstukken
Huis met de Hoofden, Amsterdam, NL - 2014 Beeldentuin Ravensteyn
Heenvliet, NL - 2014 Magma Crowed
Magma Exposities, Antwerpen, BE - 2014 Undo Space
Residency with Marjet Zwaans, Het Langhuis, Zwolle, NL - 2014 Greyscale
Duo with Tijl Orlando Frijns, St. Elizabethziekenhuis, Tilburg, NL - 2013 Glow Festival
Huize de Laak, Eindhoven, NL - 2013 Niet van Gisteren
De Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond, NL - 2013 Eindexpositie AKV St. Joost
Academy building, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL - 2013 Once more, unto the breach, dear friends, once more
Lokaal 01, Breda, NL - 2013 Sub-marine Jungle
www.submarinejungle.com - 2013 Styrhl Bouieng
De Boo, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL - 2013 Leerling-meester expositie # 5 Thomas Bakker: Raum
Kunstpodium T, Tilburg, NL - 2012 CA-YAC.Z
De Zeeuwse Rozentuin, Kats, NL - 2012 Eindejaarsexpositie Vughterstraat
Vughterstraat 280, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL. - 2011 Interbellum
TenToon, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL - 2011 The Company of Humor
Lokaal 01, Breda, NL - 2011 Apart
Lokaal 01, Breda, NL - 2010 Kamerpoezie
University Library of Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL
Nominations
2016 7th Sybren Hellinga Art Prize, Kunsthuis Syb
Grants
2023 Kunstenaar Basis / Artist Basic, Mondriaan Fund
2021 Corona-overbrugging kunstenaar, curator en beschouwer / Corona Bridging Grant for Artists, Curators, Researchers, Mondriaan Fund
2015/2016 Werkbijdrage Jong Talent / Young Talent Development Grant, Mondriaan Fund
Education
2016-2018 Piet Zwart Institute
Fine Art (MA)
2008-2013 AKV St. Joost Breda / ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Fine Art (BA)