Anya Janssen

WORKS

Unfinished Sympathies 1, 2020
Karisma-Stift auf Canzon-Papier / Karisma pen on Canzon paper
65 x 55 cm

Exhibitionview, Hunger nach Bildern, 2020, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln

Laxity, 2020
The Storm, 2019
Crook, 2020
Öl und Halbedelsteine auf Leinen / Oil and gemstones on linen
je / each 80 x 60 cm

 

Unfinished Sympathies 2, 2020
Karisma-Stift auf Canzon-Papier / Karisma pen on Canzon paper
65 x 55 cm

Crépuscule 3, 2020
Karisma Stift auf Canzon-Papier / Karisma pen on Canzon paper
65 x 55 cm

The Hands of God and Evil 1, 2014
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
180 x 150 cm

Unfinished Sympathies 6, 2020
Karisma-Stift auf Canzon-Papier / Karisma pen on Canzon paper
65 x 55 cm

When Flooded Turn Around Don’t Drown, 2017
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
160 x 120 cm

The Way Things Never Were (People Say I’m Different), 2017
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on Linen
200 x 150 cm

Rites of Passage 3, 2007
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
160 x 120 cm

Little Sister 1 (Cloud-Dwellers), 2021
Öl auf Leinwand / Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm

The Kiss (Cloud-Dwellers), 2021
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
220 x 120 cm

Little Sister 2 (Cloud-Dwellers), 2021
Öl auf Leinwand / Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm

Lango Girl III (People Say I’m Different), 2017
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
90 x 70 cm

Lango Girl IV (People Say I’m Different), 2017
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
90 x 70 cm

People Say I’m Different II (People Say I’m Different), 2019
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
220 x 160 cm

The Kiss II (Cloud-Dwellers), 2021
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
230 x 120 cm

Warmblüter (Cloud-Dwellers), 2021
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
85 x 65 cm

The Waiting Room I, 2015
Bleistift auf Papier / Pencil on paper
80 x 65 cm

Rites of Passage 6, 2007
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
180 x 120 cm

The Hands of God and Evil 2, 2014
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
35 x 25 cm, 10 x 10 cm

The Visitors 4, 2014
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
60 x 80 cm

The Visitors 1, 2014
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
100 x 120 cm

The Visitors 3, 2014
Öl auf Leinen / Oil on linen
100 x 120 cm

The Waiting Room IV, 2015
Bleistift auf Papier / Pencil on paper
80 x 65 cm

MEDIA

EXHIBITIONS

BIOGRAPHY

Anya Janssen Website

 

1962 geboren in den Niederlanden / born in the Netherlands

lebt und arbeitet in Arnheim / lives and works in Arnhem

 

Einzelausstellungen / Solo shows (Auswahl / Selection)

2022
Cloud-Dwellers, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln
Earthligs, Museum More, Gorssel (NLD)

2021
Clouddwellers, TORCH Gallery, Amsterdam (NLD)

2017
People say I’m different, Het Klooster, Tiel (NLD)
People say I’m different, Torch gallery, Amsterdam (NLD)
The hour of the wolf in the land of milk & honey, Galerie Vorn und Oben, Eupen (BEL)

2016
Retro-active, Janine Bean gallery, Berlin

2015
The House, Natlab, Eindhoven (NLD)
The House, Galerie Short cuts, Namur (BEL)

2014
De uitspraak 2, Paleis van justitie, Arnhem (NLD)
The House, Torch gallery, Amsterdam (NLD)

2013
Anatomisch museum, Nijmegen (NLD)
Back two back, Pan Kunst Forum, Emmerich

2012
The Shapeshifter, Torch gallery. Amsterdam (NLD)
The Shapeshifter, Willem3, Vlissingen (NLD)
The Shapeshifter, MMKA, Arnhem (NLD)

2011
The Shapeshifter, Polarraum, Hamburg
Plaatsmaken, Arnhem (NLD)

2009
KCG, Arnhem (NLD)

2006
Double-edged II, Fuorizona Arte Contemporanea, Macerata (ITA)

2005
Back to back, Pan Kunst Forum, Emmerich

2004
Double-edged II, Willem III, Vlissingen (NLD)

2003
High Responder, Mondo Bizzarro, Bologna (ITA)
Double-edged, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (NLD)

2000
Displaced, Peninsula,Eindhoven (NLD)
Headdip I, de Lege Ruimte, Gent (BEL)
Headdip II, Arkel Gallery, Brussel (BEL)

1998
Brainstorms, Galerie Torch, Amsterdam (NLD)

1997
The parliament of Monsters, Galerie De lege ruimte, Gent (BEL)

1995
Animal Urge, Museum voor moderne kunst, Arnhem (NLD)

1994
Galerie Klecks/Herne, Herne

1993/94
Deranged inheritance, Galerie Torch, Amsterdam (NLD)

1992
Explorer of new lands, Galerie Torch, Amsterdam (NLD)

1988
Galerie L. Mifka, Amsterdam (NLD)

1986
Galerie 408, Amsterdam (NLD)

1985
Galerie Goem, Nijmegen (NLD)

 

Gruppenausstellungen / Group shows (Auswahl / Selection)

2023
XOXOXO (Treasures from the Vault), Heejsteck, Utrecht (NLD)

2021
Xmas-marQt, Art Gallery O-68, Velp (NLD)
We are stardust, we are golden, and we long to return to the garden, Art Gallery 0-68, Velp (NLD)
Onward & Upward, Droog studios, Amsterdam (NLD)
NL=US, Rotterdam (NLD)
Stubenhocker: Post!, Galerie Roy, Zülpich

2020
Hunger nach Bildern, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln
Big Art no5, Hembrug, Zaanstad (NL)
Sick artworks/a quarantined collection, Patty Morgan, Amsterdam (NL)
Nasty women de Balie, Amsterdam (NL)
Hoe is het nu, ACEC, Apeldoorn (NL)

2018
Oxymoron, met Els van ‚t Klooster, Galerie Windkracht 13, Den Helder
Join the Dots/Unire le distanze,Salone degli Incanti, Triest (ITA)
Twilight furniture, Kunstgemaal Bronkhorst (NLD)
Zomerexpo (Galerie Bart), Stevenskerk Nijmegen (NLD)

2017
Het Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst (NLD)
Excellence on repeat, Torch gallery (NLD)
Ostrale’Biennale, Dresden
Kunstenfestival Aardenhout (NLD)
6 voor 6, Loods 6, Amsterdam (NLD)

2016
Kunst aan het Spaarne, Teylers museum, Haarlem (NLD)
3 tekeningen expositie, Witteveen visual art centre, Amsterdam (NLD)
Ennys favorites, Delta Loyd/Ohra, Arnhem (NLD)
Salon Special, Janine Bean gallery, Berlin
Natura Mystica, Kunsthal Hof 88, Almelo
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton collection
Wat zij mij vertellen, Circa…dit, Arnhem (NLD)
Gedfedartfair, Arnhem (NLD)

2015
Motorenhalle, Dresden
My animal friend, Janine Bean galerie, Berlin
Young & beautiful, galerie Nasty Alice, Eindhoven (NLD)
Spiegeloog, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem (NLD)
Kunst op de koffie, Arnhem (NLD)
The collectors vernissage, The grand Berlin, Berlin
Christmas special show, Janine Bean gallery, Berlin

2014
Sla je slag, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem (NLD)
Mannen door vrouwen, Stedelijk museum Zwolle, Zwolle (NLD)
Tekenkabinet, Museum Waterland, Purmerend (NLD)
Natura mystica, Hot prospects, Leusden (NLD)
Bison caravan, Terrafino, Amsterdam (NLD)
30 years of Torch, Torch gallery, Amsterdam (NLD)
Accomplices II, Kunstruimte Tetem, Enschede (NLD)
Accomplices III, Kunstenlab Deventer (NLD)
Koud, galerie Nasty Alice, Eindhoven (NLD)
Buconic turmoil, Torch gallery, Amsterdam (NLD)
Verborgen schatten,collectie Provincie Gelderland, Ede (NLD)

2013
Hal project, Space mass, Seoul (KOR)
The Flood, galerie Wittenveen, Amsterdam (NLD)
Drinnen/draussen, galerie Roy, Zülpich
Drinnen/draussen, Kers galley, Amsterdam (NLD)
Tekenkabinet, Museum Waterland, Purmerend (NLD)
Buro Beukorkest, TAC, Eindhoven (NLD)
Schaufenster, Berlin
Komplizen, Ostrale 2013, Dresden

2012
There was a world once, Maerkisches museum, Witten
Living room, B & N gallery, Londen (GB)
The far future is nature, Kunstruimte Tetem, Enschede (NLD)
Nieuwe naakten, MMKA, Arnhem (NLD)
Ruimte voor realiteit, MMKA, Arnhem (NLD)
Salontentoonstelling 2012, Stichting WEP, Groningen (NLD)

2011
She Me, Stedelijk Museum, Zwolle (NLD)
Art Miami Pulse, Miami, FL (USA)
Liefde in de kunst, p.Art of our life, Zwolle (NLD)
Sammen igen, Kunstverein Heppenheim
Out of Ostrale, Pecs (HUN)
Zoo op zolder, Historisch museum, Arnhem (NLD)

2010
Out of Ostrale, the Wilson Shaft gallery, Katowice (POL)
Out of Ostrale, Alter Schlachthof, Eupen (BEL)
Dutch girls, Espaceenny, Laag-keppel (NLD)
Arti010, Fokker terminal (NLD)
Ostrale010, Dresden
Frida Kahlo, Bart kunst in huis. Nijmegen (NLD)
Hoe is het nu, K13, Velp (NLD)
Delta Loyd/Ohra, Amsterdam (NLD)

2009
The unforgettable fire, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NLD)
Ostrale09, Dresden
Together, Willem III, Vlissingen (NLD)
Pelgrimage,12 1/2 jaar Arteria, Dwingeloo (NLD)
Long stories, Alysis zorggroep, Arnhem (NLD)
Galerie Majke Husstege, ’s Hertogenbosch (NLD)
Hoogtepunten provinciale kunstcollectie, Gemeente Arnhem (NLD)
Delta Loyd/Ohra, Amsterdam (NLD)
Tekeningenfestijn, De zevende hemel, Velp (NLD)

2008
In the Land of Retinal Delights, Laguna Beach Art Museum (USA)
Long stories, o.a. Torch gallery, Amsterdam (NLD)
Cilo design, Zutphen (NLD)
We zijn weer thuis, Plaatsmaken, Arnhem (NLD)
Back to the future, CBK Gelderland, Arnhem (NLD)

2007
Leve de schilderkunst, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NLD)
My generation, Kunsthaus Essen
Cats, Mondo Bizzarro, Rome (ITA)
Zomeropstelling, MMKA, Arnhem (NLD)
Cilo design, Zutphen (NLD)
Double Vision, Delta Lloyd, Den Haag (NLD)
A weblog in the flesh, Zoete broodjes, Amsterdam (NLD)

2006
3D, Sign, Groningen (NLD)
Identity, me, myself and I, deWillem3, Vlissingen (NLD)
Heyoka, Pan Kunst Forum, Emmerich
Heyoka, Piazza der E.ON Mitte, Kassel
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered, Locus 010, Rotterdam (NLD)
Floating in your rainbowcoloured eyes, Deiska, Amsterdam (NLD)
Mag het gewoon mooi zijn?, kwart eeuw kunst collectie Delta Loyd, Amsterdam (NLD)

2005
I asked for, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin
Double-Talk, Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam (NLD)
After Nature, Aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels (BEL)
Les tres riches heures, Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen (NLD)
Crysalis, Biennale d’arte contemporanea, Bari, Trani (ITA)
Bisoncaravan, Centre du Soleil/Musee du District, Mali (FRA)
Art Basel, Torch gallery, Basel (CHE)
Girls growing, Soil gallery, Seattle (USA)
Rush, Ohra, Arnhem/ Delta Loyd, Amsterdam (NLD)

2004
Bison Caravan, Willem III, Vlissingen (NLD)
10.Anniversary Juxtapoz, Minna gallery, San Fransisco, CA (NLD)
Pin Ups and Down, Mondo Bizzarro, Rome (ITA)
Top 100, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NLD)
Fuorizona-Arte contemporanea, Macerata (ITA)
Art Cologne, Torch gallery, Köln

2003
De Ontmoeting (collecties ING & MMKA), MMKA, Arnhem (NLD)
Female Turbulence, Aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels (BEL)

2002
Gardening with artists II, W#AK, Vlissingen (NLD)

2001
Gardening with artists, galerie Torch, Amsterdam (NLD)
Kunstbeurs, Basel (CHE)
Unbreakable, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NLD)

2000
Totem, Vishal, Haarlem (NLD)
Histerical Optimism, De Branderij, Antwerpen (BEL)
Poesie, Love, Sneeuwwitje, Pfft…, Museum voor moderne kunst, Arnhem (NLD)
Visies op het culturele lichaam, KatholiekeUniversiteit, Nijmegen (NLD)
Kinder des 20. Jahrhunderts, Galerie der Stadt Aschaffenburg / Mittelrheinmuseum Koblenz

1999
Phase, Hooghuis,Arnhem (NLD)
100 jaar Sonsbeekpark, Sonsbeek Art & Design, Arnhem (NLD)
Peninsula Wintersalon, Peninsula, Eindhoven (NLD)

1998
Melancholy & Eros, von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
ART ’96, Galerie Torch, Basel (CHE)
Kunstmuseum, Thun/S, Staedtische Galerie, Regensburg
Staedtische Galerie, Aschaffenburg
Een wereld van verschil, Museum voor moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NLD)
The waking dream, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle (USA)

1997
Zelfportret, gemeente Valburg, Andelst (NLD)
Kleine kunstwerken uit de kollektie, ABN/AMRO Amsterdam (NLD)
Melancholy & Eros, Ludwig Forum, Aachen
Watertoren, Vlissingen (NLD)
Beyond their sex, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NLD)
Biennale Gelderland, van Reekum museum, Apeldoorn (NLD)

1996
Girls! Bad girls, Stadshallen Markt, Brugge (BEL)
Kleine kunstwerken uit de collectie, ABN/AMRO. Amsterdam (NLD)
ART ’96, Galerie Torch, Amsterdam (NLD)
Watertoren, Vlissingen (NLD)
Beyond their sex, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NLD)
Biennale Gelderland, van Reekum museum, Apeldoorn (NLD)

1995
Art Amsterdam, Galerie Torch, Amsterdam (NLD)

1994
Arte Piccola, Stichting Amazone, Amsterdam (NLD)
L’invasione degli ultra piccolo, Transepoca, Mailand (ITA)
Sirenen, Art Cologne, Galerie Torch, Köln

1993
Selbstportraits, Thomas Rehbein, Cologne
L.A. International, Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles (USA)
Realism, Galerie de la Tour, Basel (CHE)
Realities, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NLD)
ART ’93, Galerie Torch, Amsterdam (NLD)
Sirenen, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen
The frozen Fountain, Amsterdam (NLD)
Sirenen Business Women, Galerie Snoei, Rotterdam (NLD)
Freaks of Nature, Artotheek Oost, Amsterdam (NLD)

1992
Fruits de la passion, Witzenhausen & Meyerink, Amsterdam (NLD)
Sirenen Nature Women, Galerie Apunto, Amsterdam (NLD)
Sirenen Nature Women, Watertoren, Vlissingen (NLD)
Realities, Circulo de bellas artes, Madrid (ESP)
Discountshow, Galerie Torch, Amsterdam (NLD)
Miniatuurmuseum, Reflex modern art gallery, Amsterdam (NLD)
Art Cologne, Galerie Torch, Köln

1991
Sirenen, Kunstenaarscentrum, Bergen (NLD)
Sirenen New Female Energy, Galerie Torch, Amsterdam (NLD)
The selfportrait, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NLD)
The selfportrait, het Kritzraedthuys, Sittard (NLD)

1990
Linea Art, Galerie Torch, Gent (BEL)

1989
Barock & Roll, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NLD)

1988
Kunstwerken in boekvorm, Apollohuis, Eindhoven (NLD)

1987
The complete works, Hooghuis, Arnhem (NLD)

1986
Galerie Goem, Nijmegen (NLD)

 

Sammlungen / Collections

ABN/AMRO
Museum voor moderne kunst Arnhem, Arnhem (NLD)
Delta Loyd, Amsterdam (NLD)
Ohra, Arnhem / Den Haag (NLD)
the People of the Labyrinths, Arnhem (NLD)
Diesel (ITA)
CBK Gelderland, Arnhem (NLD)
SBK Schiedam, Schiedam (NLD)
SBK Brabant, Tilburg (NLD)
Stadtsparkasse Emmerich, Emmerich
HZ Zeeland, Vlissingen (NLD)
Graydon, Amsterdam (NLD)
Humanoid, Arnhem (NLD)
Phoelich & Enklaar, Arnhem (NLD)
Provincie Gelderland (NLD)
Dela, Amsterdam (NLD)
Menzis, Wageningen (NLD)
Bright white studio, Aalten (NLD)

 

Lehre und Vorlesungen / Teaching and Lectures:

2020
Campaign image for Onward&Upward, Droog, Amsterdam (NLD)
Yearmaster Kunstpodium T, Tilburg (NLD)

2015
Tutorials painting at Riesa Efau, Dresden

2014
Commission artwork Rijnstate ziekenhuis Arnhem (NLD)
Commission Print for exhibition ‘Marketgarden‚, Museum Arnhem (NLD)
Workshop ‘Just another day’, Studium Generale Artez, Arnhem (NLD)

2013
Curator ‚Ernstig geschikt‘, Showroom Arnhem (NLD)
Curator ‘Komplizen’, Ostrale 2013 (NLD)
Curator ‘Accomplices II’, Kunstruimte Tetem, Enschede (NLD)
Curator ‘Accomplices III’, Kunstenlab Deventer (NLD)

2012-recent
Supervisory board, Produktiehuis & Galerie Plaatsmaken Arnhem (NLD)

2012
Tutorial ‚Oog op kunst‚, Arendheemcollege, Arnhem (NLD)
ecture at Arendheemcollege Arnhem (NLD)
Lectures ‚The Shapeshifter„, MMKA, Willem3 Vlissingen, Polarraum Hamburg
Print designer for The People of the Labyrinths

2011
Curator ‚Rijp en groen‚, Plaatsmaken & Showroom Gang, Arnhem (NLD)

2009
Tutorials & lecture at University College Falmouth, Cornwall (UK)

2007
Commission HZ Zeeland, Vlissingen (NLD)

2005
Dialog: ‘the portrait’, with Philip Akkerman, Willem 3, Vlissingen (NLD)

2004-recent
Teaching at Artez Bachelor Fine art & Fashion Design, Arnhem (NLD)

2002
Curator ‘Gardening with artists II’, Torch gallery, Amsterdam (NLD)

2001
Curator ‘Gardening with artists I’, W#AK, Vlissingen (NLD)

1999
Curator ‘Phase’, Hooghuis, Arnhem (NLD)

1997
Curator ‚Zelfportret”, gemeente Valburg (NLD)

1996–2013
Sales manager The People of the Labyrinths during Pret-a-porter, Paris (FRA)

1991–1993
Sirenen projects