Anne de Vries
*1977, lives and works in Berlin and Amsterdam
Anne de Vries is an artist whose work ranges from video installations, dioramas, sculptures and mixed media collages, publications, inventions and interventions. His body of work forms a labyrinth of interrelated narratives often based on popular culture, subcultures and self-invented characters and themes. Interconnectivity between differently perceived realities play a central role in Anne’s artworks, and lends the works a hybrid appearance. It invites the viewer to re-establish a story's hidden character or object's possible function and by that illuminates the process of making meaning of a work of art.
His works have been shown at several institutions, biennials and galleries worldwide, such as KUMU Art Museum (Tallinn), ZKM (Karlsruhe), Cell Projects (London), The 9th Berlin Biennale, MOMENTUM Nordic Biennale (Moss, NO), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), MAMbo, (Bologna), Frans Hals Museum (Haarlem), NEST (Hague), Foam Museum (Amsterdam), Manifesta Foundation (NLD), PS1 MoMa (New York), Centre Culturel Suisse (FR), New Wight Biennial (Los Angeles), Museum Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt am Main), The Moving Museum (Istanbul), and FRAGILE (Berlin).
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Education
2017-2018 International Studio & Curatorial Program, Broolyn, New York, USA
2011-2012 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000-2002 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999-2000 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, USA
1997-1999 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Selected solo exhibitions
2025 Breaking news, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland
2023 Duo booth, Blue Velvet, NADA New York, US
Trauma Unclogged, TRAUMABARUNDKINO, Berlin, Germany2022 Day Care Drill, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland
Oblivion, Colli-Independent, Rome, Italy
STOMPING GROUNDS XXL installation, Kraftwerk, Berlin, Germany
De Wachter, Secret Service, Zoetermeer, Netherlands2021 OBLIVION 22, Colli-Independent, Rome, Italy
HEAVY LOAD, FRAGILE, Berlin, Germany2020 TRANCE IN AMSTERDAM, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Safe the World (outdoor sculpture), Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands2018 Qrowd Qontrol, Friesmuseum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
2017 Work on Paper, ISCP, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2016 PUBLIC CORTEX, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, Netherlands
OBLIVION, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, France2015 SUBMISSION, Cell Projects, London, UK
E_MERGE, Foam Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
LISTENING' Anne de Vries & Olga Balema, Thibault, Los Angeles, USA2014 The (s)Oil we Eat, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BRANDS – CONCEPT/AFFECT/MODULARITY, Salts Basel, Switzerland2013 On Board, Grand Palais, Fiac, Paris, France
2012 Trails of the Hive Mind, Sandy Brown Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Trails Rising, The Green Room in the Composing rooms, London, UK2011 TruEYE SurView, Anne de Vries & Yngve Holen, W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rijks OPEN, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Anne de Vries v.s. Billy Rennekamp, Future Gallery Berlin, GermanySelected group exhibitions
2026 Salon Amsterdam, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2025 Particolare, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
4FSB2, Goswell Road, Paris, France
Polyphonic Views, Funkhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2025 Bank, Basel Social Club, Basel CH
2025 bottom’s just another floor, Meet Factory Gallery, Prague CZ
2024 STAMP ALERT – Connecting The Dots, ODYSSEY, Cologne DE2024 PROLOGUE: CHLOROPHYLLIC CHORUS, COUNCIL+, Berlin, DE
2024 SMA volume 7, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2024 To Romanticize with Indecision, Cassina Projects, Milano IT
2023 Heterotopia, Biennale de l’Image Tangible #3, Paris FR
2023 MANIFESTO XXll, Espace Niemeyer, Paris FR2023 Clueless Agency, PGS, Prague CZ
2022 The rhythm of the night, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem NL
2022 Open Your Eyes, Kühlhaus Berlin DE
2022 Techno, Berlin und die große Freiheit, Kraftwerk, Berlin DE
2022 De Wachter, AIVD, Zoetermeer NL
2021 Salon Hang 24/7, KUNSTVEREIN Amsterdam NL
2021 Up All Night, Kumu Art Museum Tallinn, EE
2020 Trance in Amsterdam, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam NL
2019 Berlin Atonal, Kraftwerk, Berlin DE
2019 MOMENTUM10,Nordic Biennale, Moss NO
2019 Dance of Urgency, Q21 Museums Quartier, Vienna, AT2018 Leaps and Bounds, ISCP, New York US
2017 Welcome Too Late, Museum Kunsthal Charlottenburg DK
Welcome Too Late, Museum Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen DK2016 9th Berlin Biennale Curated by DIS, Berlin DE
2015 Asdzáá nádleehé, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York US
2015 Hamster Handy, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt DE
2014 Still/Life Photography, Three Shadows Museum, Beijing CN
2014 LISTE Basel 19, Martin van Zomeren, Basel CH2012 The Dark Cube, Palais de Tokyo, Paris FR
2012 New Wight Biennial, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles US2012 Forecast The Days Of Aquarius, Lake Placid Blue, Like Ocean bursts, Max Mayer Galerie, Dusseldorf DE
2011 TruEYE SurView DUO, W139, Amsterdam NL
2010 Sister Sister City, Curated by Lindsay Lawson, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles US
2010 Berlin, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles US
2010 Spring Rape, Preteen Gallery, Mexico City MX2003 At least begin to make an end, W139, curated by Ann Demeester, Amsterdam, Netherlands NL
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VAPULA'S OBSESSION 78%, 2025 Brass pulver, epoxy, patina, resin core, acrylic paint 55 x 89 x 35 cm
LITTLE HERALD, 2022 Messing coating, patina, resin core, 1/6 knight with metal armor, (this art installation consists of a unique set of high-quality components to collect, install, and to be played with) 35 x 45 x 30 cm
PLAY TIME IS OVER, 2025 film still 22-minute video installation with sound Ed. 3 + 1 EP
PUBLIC DISPLAY, 2022 Bronze coating, rusted patina, carved rigid foam core, metal bar, acrylic cables 180 x 120 x 80 cm
SAFE SPACE - CHOCO RELIEF, 2022 Messing coating, patina, resin core, semi-customized 1/6 action figures, (this art installation consists of a unique set of high-quality components to collect, install, and to be played with) dimensions variable
SAFE SPACE - TICKLE PLAY, 2022 Bronze coating, patina, hard polylactic acid core, semi customized 1/6 action figures, (this art installation consists of a unique set of high-quality components to collect, install, and to be played with) dimensions variable