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​_born in 1963, Viborg, Denmark

Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium

Ane Vester is working with painting on the basis of a conceptual and expanded approach, where what defines the works as paintings is continuously subject to negotiation. She is combining color surfaces with words, working site-specifically with respect to the space and the light, and calling into play materials like wood, glass, Plexiglas and aluminum. There’s a sense of curiosity in these experiments, which plays a role in opening up for fundamental painterly questions regarding place, language and memory. Ane Vester’s early works from the 1990s was based on a sculptural and installation-related interest. Since that time, she has been changing her focus towards painting in the broadest sense. However, she has consistently held on tightly to a sensibility about the work’s existence within the space and its relation to the body, where it can be experienced, by turns, as picture, as object and as sign.​

text by Magnus Thorø Clausen

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_solo exhibitions 

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2023

Onderstroom/Undercurrents, with Lore Stessel – Rossicontemporary, Brussels

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2021

The change of colour is likely, Book presentation and exhibition, Bladr - platform for artist’s books, Copenhagen

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2019

An ordinary colour, M HKA, INBOX, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp

A difference, a very little difference, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp

On Primaries, Rossicontemporary, Brussels

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2017

On Red & Blue, Rossicontemporary, Brussels

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2016

Celadon, Phoebus Galerij, Rotterdam 

New Stories, Rossicontemporary Brussels

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2015

Recollection, FeliXart Museum, Brussels

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2014

Geukens & De Vil Gallery, Knokke

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2013

CO21 Centre de Couleur Contemporaine, Brussels

Geukens & De Vil, Knokke

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2012

Rossicontemporary, Brussels

Echo, with Ida F. Ferdinand, Lieux-Communs, Namur 

From Denmark with love, Ampersand House, Brussels

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2011

Rossicontemporary, Brussels

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2005

Phoebus Galerij, Rotterdam

White Out Studio, Knokke

Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels

Herman Teirlinckhuis, Beersel

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2003

Århus Kunsthal, Århus DK

CCNOA Brussels

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2001

Cultureel Centrum van Strombeek-Bever,Grimbergen

1996

Overgaden, Danish Cultural Ministry’s Exhibition Space, Copenhagen

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1995

Zeitraum, Malerei, Copenhagen

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1994

Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth UK

Gentofte Kunstbibliotek, Copenhagen

Galerij Bruges la Morte Brugge 

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_represented in art collections

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Proximus Art Collection

AXA Art Collection

The Danish Arts Foundation

Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Federal Public Services Foreign Affairs Belgium

Private collections international

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_p​rices and bursaries

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Danish Arts Foundation three-years development grant in 1996

Danish Arts Foundation working grants in 1995, 2006, 2009 and 2012 

Kunsten en Erfgoed Vlaanderen development grant in 2011

Kunsten en Erfgoed project grants in 1999, 2013 and 2020

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_bibliography

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The change of color is likely, published by Peter Foolen Editions, ISBN ISBN 978-94-90673-29-1; texts by Ann Cesteleyn and Magnus Thorø Clausen

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Van Stof tot Asse, published by vzw De Ziener, 2017,  ISBN 9789082435320; text by Em. Prof. Dr. Willem Elias

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Delicate Minimalist Abstractions by Ane Vester, www.artistrunwebsite.com, juli 2018, by Dallas Jeffs

Les couleurs de Proust: Ane Vester, article in Focus Vif 24/04/2016 by Guy Gilson

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Epures chromatiques, article in La Libre Belgique 15/04/2016 by R.P.T.

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Open M, Attitudes to Form, published by Museum M Leuven, text by Ann Cesteleyn, 2015

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Jo Delahaut, Hors Limites, published by Botanique Brussel, 2013; texts by Laura Neve and Sadik Köksal

AgZ true colours – three words sur Ane Vester et Sylvie Eyberg, exhibition text Centre de Couleurs

Contemporaines Bruxelles, text by Alain Geronnez, 2013

Decors November 2012, Margareth Fracas and wall painting Ane Vester, text by Philippe Willaert, 2013

Knack, Schoonheid van Europa, article about exhibition From Denmark with love, Ampersand House, by Piet Swimberghe, 2012

Elle Decor Italia,article about Ampersand House with works by Ane Vester, April-May 2012, by Marc Heldens 

Honorons Honoré, 2008, ISBN:978-90-7719300-6; texts by Koen Leemans, Damien De Lepeire, Denys

Zacharopoulos, Hans Theys, Bruno Di Rosa and Corinne Bertrand.

Farvefænomener, Bemalinger i dansk skulptur, 1998, ISBN: 87-88944-379; texts by Mikkel Bogh and Erland Knudssøn Madsen.

The Residents, Argos Editions 2007, ISBN: 9789076855233, text by Katerina Gregos and Aaron Schuster.

Ane Vester, booklet published on the occasion of soloexhibition in Kunsthal Aarhus 2003, published by Århus Kunsthal

Enkele woorden over een tentoonstelling van Ane Vester, exhibition tekst Herman Teirlinckhuis, januari 2003, text by Hans Theys

Act, Hedendaagse Belgische kunst, published by ING, 2002

Speervuur, Jong Beeldend Talent in Vlaams-Brabant, 2002, text by Guillaume Bijl.

Le Fil Rouge 3, Biennale d’art contemporain Louvain-la-Neuve, 2000

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Fact & Value, new positions in sculpture and painting, 2000, ISBN: 87-88944-39-5; text by Mikkel Bogh

Stille waters en verbrale vibraties, article in De Morgen february 2000, by Luk Lambrechts

Traneudstilling 1994, booklet published on the occassion of the soloexhibition Traneudstilling, text by Luk Lambrechts

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