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Anne Daems — biography

Born in 1966, Lier, Belgium
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium

Solo Exhibitions

2021 
Tuinkamer (Garden room), Bozar, Brussel

2020
Parsnip Peel Ochre Grated Radish Pink Sap Green Polka Dots Lava Cake Black, 3A Gallery, New York

2019
De naaktslak had een vergeet-mij-nietje in zijn mond, Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen

2016
Aan De Rand Van Het Bos, Het Vijfde Seizoen, Den Dolder (with Voebe de Gruyter)

2014
When The Linden Blooms, Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis (with Kenneth Andrew Mroczek) in the context of the exhibition La vie est faite de belles rencontres
From here to there and back again, Elisa Platteau, Brussel (with Kenneth Andrew Mroczek)

2010
Elegant Amusement, Elisa Platteau, Brussel

2009
Not every rabbit is like the other, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerpen

2008
Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège
Elke Dag, Artis, ’s Hertogenbosch
Parsley And Pearls, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
Het Begint te Waaien, Heapsteaps 8, Stichting VHDG, Leeuwarden

2006
Anne Daems Invites, Galerie Micheline szwajcer, Antwerpen

2005
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen (with Dan Graham),
De Pont Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Tiburg
Remember The Small Things, (with Koenraad Dedobbeleer), cc. Strombeek, Brussel

2003
Gallery Side 2, Tokyo

2001
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery Side 2, Tokyo
Points of Suspensions, Tokyo
Rites of Spring. Marres, Maastricht
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen

1999
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Paris

1997
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen

1995
MK-Expositieruimte, Rotterdam

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2022
Expo #1 by KAOS vzw, Gallery Sofie Van den Bussche, Brussels, Belgium

2019
Le petit cercle Bruxellois, A.VE.NU.DE.JET.TE Institute De Carton, Brussel
Fotobook Belge, FOMU, Antwerpen

2018
Aroundabout Jack Jaeger, Kunstverein Langenhagen
20 jaar NICC, NICC, Antwerpen

2017
Expo KAOS, YellowArt, Geel

2016
Patterns and Stains, EP, New York
Another Place, My life, Casco, Utrecht
Locals, Brass, Brussel

2014
Another Dream, Another Sense, Another Mind, Bibliotheek Rechtsgeleerdheid, Leuven
A Pair Is Not A Collection, LLS 387 ruimte voor actuele kunst, Antwerpen
Return to Sender, projectruimte Wiels. Brussel

2013
Sensory Fabric, Westside, Den Bosch
Horizonnen, Fries Museum Leeuwarden, NL
Dreaming of the South, Marion de Cannière Gallery, Antwerpen

2012
Collection XXXII: Persoonlijkheidstest, Mukha, Antwerpen
Same Same But Different, Vacant Galeries, Vienna
She’s Here, Kamarade, Stockholm and Fotogalleriet, Oslo (cat.)
Vacanza Permanente, NICC, Antwerpen (cat.)
BOOKSHOWBOOKSHOP, BE-Part, Waregem

2011
The self-portret, the house and the seasons, Muzee, Ostende
Twin rooms, De Garage, Mechelen (in dialoog met Gert Verhoeven)
In – and outside – writing, Voorkamer, Lier

2010
The Power of Drawing, Geukens & De Vil Galerie, Antwerpen
La part des ombres, 20e Edition Printemps de Septembre, Musee Henri-Martin, Cahors
On View, Elisa Platteau, Brussel
(Out of) Control. Biennale Internationale de la photographie et des Arts visuels de Liège

2009
Convention, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Works, fragments of a collection, STUK, Leuven
Let’s Pick The Cherries First, Elisa Platteau, Brussel
A Fantasy for Allan Kaprow, The Contemporary Image Collective in Cairo (CIC)

2008
Honorer Honoré, par Damien Delepeleire, de Garage, Mechelen (cat.)
Reader, Galerie Today, Artis Den Bosh
The Hands Of Art, SMAK, Gent & Marta, Herford (cat.)

2007
Abstract Things, Laura Bartlett Gallery, london
Levity, the Drawing Center , New York (cat.)
Talk to the Natures, Galerie Today Gallery, Brussels
The Moss Gathering Tumbleweed Experience, NICC, Antwerpen,
Tumbleweed Spin Off, Galleria Klerkx, Milano
Silent Revolutions, Tweebronnen & Hortus Botanicus, Leuven (cat.)

2006
Point of Purchase, D.u.m.b.o Arts Center , Brooklyn
Bruegel Revisited, Nationale plantentuin van Belgie, kasteel van Bouchout, Meise (cat.)
Check-in Europe, European Patent Office, München

2005
Monopolis-Antwerpen, Witte de With, center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (cat.)
Out of place, UBS Art Gallery and Momenta Art, New York (cat.)
Hellenic American Union (HAV), Athena (curator Artemis Potamianou)
Visionair België/Belgique Visionaire, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussel

2004
Le proche et le Lointain, Domaine de Kerguéhnnec, Bignan
Zie Tekening, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen, Lier
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen
In Extremis, Printemps de Septembre, Les abattoirs, Toulouse (cat.)
No Friture, Mannheimer kunstverein / kunstverein Ludwigshafen (cat.)
Hors Limite, Jo Delahaut en dialogue avec Anne Daems, Archetype, Brussel

2003
Wiels!, Center for Contemporary Art, Brussel (cat.)
Urban Drama, de Singel, Antwerpen
Once upon a time…, M KHA, Antwerpen (cat.)

2002
Spring, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège
Lost Locations, Brugge 2002 (cat.)
European Eyes on Japan, Prefectural Museum of Okayama, Okayama / Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum (cat.)
Mapping the Process, Essor Gallery, London
What about Hegel (and you)?, Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart
Elsewhere, WBD, Berlin
Aktuelle Sammlungsperspektiven, Museum Ludwig, Köln
Studio 18, Gertrude contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

2001-2003
Retrospective Dan Graham, Museu Serralves, Porto / Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris / Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo / Kiasma, Helsinki / Chiba City Museum of Art ,Chiba (uitnodiging: Dan Graham) (cat.)

2001
Encounter, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo (cat.)
Sonder Schau 2001, Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munchen
(They say this is the) Place, St.-Jansplein & KFZ, Antwerpen (cat)
Aller Retour Anvers 2001, le Lieu Unique, Nantes
Essor Gallery, London

2000
Brussels by Light, KBC galerie, Brussel
La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire, Villa Medici, Roma
Kunstenaars van de galerie, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen
3ness, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle

1999
Midnight Walkers & City Sleepers, de Wallen & W139, Amsterdam
Trouble Spot. Painting, MUKHA/NICC, Antwerpen (cat.)
Drawings that I found, Stéphane Ackermann Agence d’Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Laboratorium, Antwerpen Open & Roomade, Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerpen (cat.)
Small Stuff, H. Teirlinckhuis, Beersel & Galerie Nicole Klagsbrun, New York (cat.)
Triple X, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Prijs van de Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst 1999, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussel

1998
Guy mees en andere kunstenaars van de galerie, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen
On the Desperate and Long Neglected Need for Small Events, Office Tower Manhattan Center Project, Roomade, Brussel
Fascinerende Facetten van Vlaanderen, 58/98, Twee uur breed en twee uur lang,
Centro Cultural de Belém,Lisboa & Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen

1997
Camping, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen

Curatorial

2006
Anne Daems Invites. To prevent scratches on the wooden floor, the couch was put on four different towels to drag it to the other end of the room, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen

Publications

2016
22 Producten Van De Dagbesteding, Het Vijfde Seizoen, Den Dolder

2014
Opa-Tisha-Wocka-Locka, Mer. Paper Kunsthalle (with Kenneth Andrew Mroczek)

2008
Elke Dag, Artis Den Bosch

2007
72 Girls and Some Boys Who Could Be Models, J & L Books, New York

2005
Remember the Small Things, Merz, Gent (with Koenraad Dedobbeleer)

2003
Anne Daems Drawings, Merz, Gent

1999
Sunparks, edition Mark Van Moerkercke