Anne Kolbe

I hold a Master of Fine Art from Piet Zwart Institute (Rotterdam, 2018) and a BA in Fine Art from St. Joost ('s-Hertogenbosch, 2013). My multi-disciplinary practice results in installations, sculpture, performance, video, costumes, situations, walks, sound and text, organizational work, collaborations and more.

With my body as my main tool and material, I examine ways of becoming other. 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.

I examine the performative nature of objects, speculating and reflecting on their doings, dealings, desires and demands. Wether it's a pot plant, a doorknob or a side table's tabletop; they all resonate in many ways. In their presence, I too become an object with many echoes.

  • Portfolio
  • Activities
  • Awarded
  • Contact

    • No Volume Without Surface

    Performance

    • 02-09-2023 t/m 02-09-2023
    • In collaboration with: Dianaband (Wonjung Shin, Dooho Yi)
    • Location: Slash Gallery, Rotterdam
    • A performance by Dianaband (Wonjung Shin and Dooho Yi) and Anne Kolbe related to the exhibition 'Dots, speaking nearby dots', in which sonic events occur within a network of objects exchanging signals, inviting the viewer to enter a forest-like environment that is non-verbal, non-causal, and intimate, yet remains in a state of chaos.
    • https://www.annekolbe.com/portfolio/volume-without-surface/

    RoRo Outside

    Task

    You Never Know When You'll Need a Flower Vase

    Exhibition / presentation

    A Piece of Marble Floats Through the Hyperreal

    Performance

    • In collaboration with: Rowan van As
    • Location: Showroom MAMA / Neverland Cinema, Rotterdam

    Moving Monument

    Exhibition / presentation

    I Am an Object With Many Echoes

    Performance

    Guest room #32

    Residencies / exchange

    Blocks Blocks Blocks

    Residencies / exchange

    Flag Gazing: An Exercise

    Task

    • In collaboration with: Formerly Known as Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
    • Location: online, Rotterdam
    • Commissioned post in response to the question: “How does your artistic practice help to navigate the present situation?”
    • https://www.instagram.com/p/B_XRimHAJtc/

    descart

    Exhibition / presentation

    • In collaboration with: Helmut Smits, Katrein Breukers, Willem de Haan, Nazif Lopulissa, Tom Hoefnagels, Koen Taselaar
    • Location: St. Jacobsplaats / Google maps, Rotterdam
    • Descart is an alternative art route, containing seven artworks around the city center of Rotterdam. The artworks are not actually placed but give the impression that they exist. Descart wants to encourage people to visit these works both physically as well as digitally.
    • https://descart.org/anne-kolbe/

    RAAK award

    Task

    • In collaboration with: SIA
    • Location: , Leiden
    • In August 2020, SIA commissioned me to design the RAAK award. The RAAK award offers a platform for leading practice-oriented research by universities of applied sciences. With the prize, the governing body wants to increase the awareness and quality of research at universities of applied sciences.

    A walk in the park

    Performance

    Acknowledgments

      Scholarship

    • Young Talent work contribution, Mondriaan Fund

    • 2015
      Scholarship

    • Corona bridging artist, Mondriaan Fund

    • 2021