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, organisational 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.

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    • RoRo Buiten (2023) - Work in public space of Rotterdam, at the Bergselaan/Lisplein.
    You Never Know When You’ll Need a Flower Vase (2023) - 'You Never Know When You'll Need a Flower Vase' is a changeable installation with movable objects.
    Descart - Documentation of a performance during virtual art route 'Descart', St. Jacobsplaats, Rotterdam, 2020
    A walk in the park keeps me going - Walkietalkie performance in the Euromastpark during The trumpets magazine release, Rotterdam, november 2020
    You Have to Have a Sense of What Your Characters Are Doing When You Are Not Looking, In Order to Sell the Play - Installation, Piet Zwart MFA Graduation show, 2018
    I Am an Object With Many Echoes - Performance at Art Rotterdam 2017
    I Am a Flag, Waving and Fluttering Is What I Do Best - Performance, 2017
    Blocks Blocks Blocks - Installation at Hotel Maria Kapel, 2016
    Irregular Objects - Sculptures at CBK Den Bosch, 2015
    Another wall - Left: wall built during a four week residency at an old Citroen garage building in Den Bosch in 2011. Left: pre-existing wall.