Statement
Mijn drijfveer is een zoektocht naar de intrinsieke kwaliteiten van klei, haar ontstaansverhaal en vooral mij open stellen voor het verhaal dat het materiaal zelf te vertellen heeft. De eerste keer dat ik de kleigroeve in Boom zag, was ik ongeveer tien jaar oud. Een hoge, gelaagde, machtige muur van klei. Bij ieder volgend bezoek en tijdens verschillende werkperiodes in de groeve groeide het besef dat die immense gelaagde kleiwand heel veel verhalen en betekenissen in zich draagt. Ik ontwikkelde een werkhouding vanuit zintuiglijk intuïtief openstaan voor het materiaal. Studeren door te experimenteren. Aanvankelijk zocht ik middels keramische processen naar de expressieve kracht van klei op het grensgebied tussen klei en ‘steen’. Die onderzoekende houding heb ik verder doorgetrokken naar andere situaties zoals: de dynamiek van de Schelde in een bocht in Antwerpen; de veranderende balans tussen zoet en zout in de bodem van Zeeland; de eolische sedimenten in de woestijn van New Mexico; het ontstaan van klei, en de erosie van keramiek. Steeds gaat het om het volgen, het in gang zetten van processen om die te observeren, zoekend naar samenhangen, naar verschillen, naar de uitdrukkingskracht van het materiaal.
Anne Ausloos
Leguit 21
B-2000 Antwerp (Belgium)
M +32 (0)472 954208
anneausloos@icloud.com
anneausloos.be
Biography
Anne Ausloos lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium
Place, date of birth and nationality
Schoten (Belgium), 29 March 1954 / Belgian nationality
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Education
| 1973–1978 | Academy of Fine Arts St. Joost, department Ceramics and Sculpture, Breda, the Netherlands |
| 1991–1992 | Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Post college ceramic course, Eindhoven, the Netherlands |
Lectureship
| 1982-1985 | Teacher Academy of Fine Arts St. Joost, department Ceramics, Breda, the Netherlands |
| 1985-2001 | Teacher PXL Mad School of Arts, department Ceramics, Hasselt, Belgium |
| 2001-2019 | Teacher Luca School of Arts, department Ceramics & Glass, Ghent, Belgium |
Commissions
| 2008-2009 | Member of the selection board of Sundaymorning@ekwc, EKWC, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands |
| 2018 | Member of the selection board of the International Ceramic Triennale, organized by the union branch of Dutch ceramists |
Exhibitions / Projects
| 1978-1986 | Participation on several exhibitions in Belgium and the Netherlands |
| 1987 | ‘Kiln Sculpture’ on the Scheldt quay Antwerp with support of the Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 1987 | ‘Kiln Sculpture’ in The Hague HS railway station for In Situ 3, project of temporary art with support of the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands |
| 1988 | Solo exhibition municipal exhibition room De Kunstzaal, Hengelo, the Netherlands |
| 1988 | Group exhibition, Gallery Het Kapelhuis, Amersfoort, the Netherlands |
| 1989 | Ceramics in the Euregion, travelling group exhibition Liège, Maastricht, Aachen |
| 1989 | ‘Ovensculptuur’ for ‘Vrijplaats voor Vergankelijk Bouwen’, organized by Rijksmuseum Twente, Enschede,the Netherlands |
| 1989 | ‘Ovensculptuur’, Manifestation at Fort Ellewoutsdijk, Zeeland, the Netherlands |
| 1990 | ‘Sculptors in Earth’, project in a ceramic factory, Kutela, Finland |
| 1990 | ‘Sculptors in Earth’, group exhibition, Otso gallery, Espoo, Finland |
| 1990 | Projectvoorstel ‘Berg Beeld’, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands |
| 1991 | ‘Sculptors in Earth’, group exhibition De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 1991 | Sixth Biennale of Chateauroux, France |
| 1991 | Group exhibition in the Municipal Museum Arnhem, the Netherlands |
| 1992 | ‘Sculptors in Earth’, group exhibition, South Carelian Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland |
| 1993 | ‘Vormen van Sculptuur’ group exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum De Beyerd, Breda, the Netherlands |
| 1994 | ‘Face to face with Marcel Van Maele’, travelling group exhibition in the cultural centres of Strombeek-Bever, Tongeren, Kortrijk, Brugge, Bornem and Berchem in Belgium |
| 1994 | Solo exhibition Gallery CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium |
| 1994-1995 | ‘Sense of time’ project, work period in Sundaymorning@ekwc, EKWC, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands 1995 ‘20x20x20’, jubilee exhibition 20 years Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 1995 | Solo exhibition in Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 1995-1996 | ‘Face to Face with Marcel Van Maele’, travelling group exhibition in Belgium |
| 1996 | ‘The Workplace’ Commandery Alden Bilzen in Bilzen, Belgium |
| 1996 | ‘Unparreled splendor’, solo exhibition in the Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede, the Netherlands |
| 1997 | ‘Out of Earth and Fire’, group exhibition, Oudenaarde, Belgium |
| 1998 | ‘Terres entre Ciel et Mer’, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons, Belgium |
| 1998 | ‘Suspense’, in water tower, contemporary Art Centre, Vlissingen, the Netherlands, in collaboration with Jeroen van Westen |
| 1998-1999 | ‘Suspense’, in Z33-House for Contemporary Art, Hasselt, Belgium, in collaboration with Jeroen van Westen 1999 ‘Suspense’, solo exhibition in Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1999 | ‘Suspense’, video participation information days of Argos Centre for Art and Media Brussels, Belgium |
| 2000 | Solo exhibition in the Trade Art fair stand of Gallery De Witte Voet, KunstRai 2000, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2000-2001 | ‘Settled Suspensions’, project, work period in Sundaymorning@ekwc, EKWC, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands |
| 2002 | ‘Settled Suspensions’, solo exhibition in Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2002 | ‘Settled Suspensions’ solo exhibition in the Art fair stand of Gallery De Witte Voet, KunstRai 2002, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2003 | ‘A Journey’, entery for the exhibition ‘Now & Now’- the 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003, South Korea |
| 2004 | ‘Light, Air, Earth and the cycle of things’, group exhibition in Gallery Wit, Wageningen, the Netherlands |
| 2004 | ‘Holding In’, solo exhibition in Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2004-2005 | ‘Artist in residence’ in the Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico, USA |
| 2005 | ‘Triplicate’ jubilee group exhibition 30 years Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2005 | ‘In Progress’, presentation open studio day in the Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico, USA |
| 2006 | ‘Earth–Paper–Water’, solo exhibition in Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2007 | Work visit to the Harwood Museum, Taos, New Mexico, USA |
| 2007 | In Situ research project in Death Valley, California, USA |
| 2007 | Trees De Mits & Anne Ausloos in Gallery R53, Oostende, Belgium |
| 2008 | ‘Paper Works’, solo exhibition in Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2008 | ‘Paper Works’, installation in group exhibition ‘Es ist was es ist’ in Gallery Krammig & Pepper Contemporary, Berlin, Germany |
| 2008-2009 | ‘Paper Works’, installation and photography of Paul Ausloos in Huize Bonaventura, Ghent, Belgium 2009–2010 ‘New Loves’, group exhibition Princessehof, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands |
| 2009-2010 | ‘Desert Passage’, Anne Ausloos, Gerco de Ruijter and Jeroen van Westen in the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, USA |
| 2010 | ‘Favourites’, 35 years Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2010 | ‘Earth Reflections’, installation for ‘No Holds Barred’ in the Art fair stand of Gallery De Witte Voet, Art Amsterdam Rai, the Netherlands |
| 2010 | ‘Around the circle’, group exhibition Anne Ausloos, Rod Bugg, Pieter Geraerds, Rem Posthuma and Martin Smith in Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2010 | ‘Flint Hills Soil in Progress’, installation in Art Space Pioneer Bluffs, Matfield Green, Kansas, USA |
| 2011 | ‘Loam Sheathed’, in Situ project for the Art project Tuinwijk, the 100th anniversary of the Garden Suburb of Eijsden, Belgium |
| 2012 | ‘Unearthed’, solo exhibition in collaboration with Jeroen van Westen, Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2013 | ‘Earth mapping Chase’, research project in collaboration with Jeroen van Westen and Ton Haak in The Flint Hills of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, USA |
| 2013 | ‘Co-incidence’, final presentation of research project in my studio, Leguit 21 and at the neighbour Graphic Matter Leguit 23, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 2014-2018 | ‘Balancing between Sweet and Salt’, research project in collaboration with Jeroen van Westen organization of the Art Institution De Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede, the Netherlands |
| 2015 | ‘Border World’, installation in collaboration with Jeroen van Westen in the Art Institution De Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede, the Netherlands |
| 2016 | ‘Earth attitude’, installation in collaboration with Jeroen van Westen in Galerie De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2017 | ‘Terra’, installation for the group exhibition ‘Global Warming’, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium |
| 2018 | ‘Terra’, installation for the group exhibition ‘Intermediate Image’ in DordtYart, Dordrecht, the Netherlands |
| 2018 | ‘Bright Adventures’, intervention into the collection of the Zeeuws Museum, in cooperation with Jeroen van Westen, Middelburg, the Netherlands |
| 2018 | ‘Bright Cloister Brick adventures’, guided tour and performance of the Abbey complex of the Zeeuws Museum in cooperation with Jeroen van Westen, Middelburg, the Netherlands |
| 2018 | ‘Sea Garden’ and ‘Suspense’, two projects in collaboration with Jeroen van Westen for the final event ‘Balance between Sweet and Salt’, Schouwen-Duiveland, the Netherlands |
| 2019 | ‘Terra’, installation for the group exhibition ‘Work in Progress’, Gallery De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2019 | ‘Waterlanders’, set out to re-discover the island’s Schouwen-Duiveland freshwater culture, installation in cooperation with Jeroen van Westen in Stadhuismuseum (Townhall Museum) Zierikzee, the Netherlands 2019–2020 ‘In a Lifetime’, contribution to the exhibition ‘Nature Morte, Nature Vivante’, Centre d’innovation et de design Grand-Hornu, Belgium |
| 2023 | ‘Kamer vol klei’ exhibition in the Albert Van Dyck Museum, Schilde, Belgium with work from Anne Ausloos, Alexandra Engelfriet, Bie Michels, Nathalie Doyen, Lutgart De Meyer, José Vermeersch, Pierre Culot en Rogier Vandeweghe |