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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    • No Volume Without Surface

    Performance

    • 02-09-2023 t/m 02-09-2023
    • In samenwerking met: Dianaband (Wonjung Shin, Dooho Yi)
    • Locatie: 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 Buiten

    Opdracht

    You Never Know When You'll Need a Flower Vase

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    A Piece of Marble Floats Through the Hyperreal

    Performance

    • In samenwerking met: Rowan van As
    • Locatie: Showroom MAMA / Neverland Cinema, Rotterdam

    Moving Monument

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    I Am an Object With Many Echoes

    Performance

    Guestroom #32

    Residenties / uitwisseling

    Blocks Blocks Blocks

    Residenties / uitwisseling

    Flag Gazing: An Exercise

    Opdracht

    • In samenwerking met: Formerly Known as Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
    • Locatie: 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

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • In samenwerking met: Helmut Smits, Katrein Breukers, Willem de Haan, Nazif Lopulissa, Tom Hoefnagels, Koen Taselaar
    • Locatie: St. Jacobsplaats / Google maps, Rotterdam
    • Descart is an alternative art route, containing seven artworks around the city centre 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

    Opdracht

    • In samenwerking met: SIA
    • Locatie: , Leiden
    • SIA gaf mij in augustus 2020 de opdracht om de RAAK-award te ontwerpen. De RAAK-award biedt toonaangevend praktijkgericht onderzoek van hogescholen een podium. Met de prijs wil het regieorgaan de bekendheid en kwaliteit van het onderzoek van hogescholen verhogen.

    A walk in the park

    Performance

    Erkenningen

      Stipendium

    • Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, Mondriaan Fonds

    • 2015
      Stipendium

    • Corona overbrugging kunstenaar, Mondriaan Fonds

    • 2021