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Anna van Suchtelen
26 February 1961, New York NY, USA
lives and works in Utrecht, the Netherlands
education
1997-1999 - University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA – Visual Arts
1981-1987 - State University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands – MA Linguistics/Literature
exhibitions [selection]
2023 - Heliade – Upscale Galerie, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
2023 - International Print Mail Art Project – De Melkfabriek, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
2022 - Druk & Proef – Kunstruimte De Melkfabriek, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
2022 - International Print Mail Art Project – Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2021 - International Print Mail Art Project – Grafisch Atelier Thoets, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2020 - Artistintheworld – Larik, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2020 - Art Utrecht – Broese, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2018 - Mirror Garden – K.F. Hein Foundation Garden Studio, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2018 - Sonar – Kunstliefde, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2017 - Genius loci – Dapiran Art Project Space, Utrecht, the Netherlands (solo)
2017 - Utrecht Down Under, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2016 - Sweet Gongs Vibrating (w. B. Goeltzenleuchter) – San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, USA
2015 - Volatile! (w. B. Goeltzenleuchter) – The Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL, USA
2015 - La Condition Humaine – Dapiran Art Project Space, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2015 - Just like a bright silvery mist – Dapiran Art Project Space, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2014 - Pioneer Pop – Paviljoen pOp, Utrecht, the Netherlands (solo)
2013 - Our Airs Conspire – Kas Kunstuitleen Utrecht (solo)
2012 - Back to the Future – PGGM, Zeist, the Netherlands
2012 - Sky/Voyeur – Kunst aan de Scheene, Friesland, the Netherlands
2011 - Het onverwachte (The unexpected) – Kunstliefde, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2010 - Lindenduft – K.F. Hein Stichting, Utrecht, the Netherlands (solo)
2009 - Soft Voices – Paddestoel Doorn, Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht, Museum Boerhaave Leiden (solo)
2008 - Banyan Stories/Cocoon – LekArt 2008, Culemborg, the Netherlands
2005-2007 - Re-identification – Trilateral Print Exchange – SPA Yokohama, Japan, MPS Vancouver, Canada, GAU Utrecht, the Netherlands
2006 - 1 January 1939, 4am: a weather report – Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg WA, USA (solo)
2005 - Tosa-washi art project – Japanese Paper Museum Ino Town, Kochi, Japan
2005 - Jane – Kunstvaarroute 2005, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
2004 - TONG II – Museum Tongerlohuys, Roosendaal, the Netherlands
2003 - Jardins d’Amis – De Zonnehof, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
2002-2003 - Huid (Skin) and Splinters – blue room Seasons Galleries, The Hague, the Netherlands (solo)
2002 - Skin: a Pilgrimage – Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego CA, USA (duo)
2002 - Poort (Gate) – Open Stal, Oldeberkoop, the Netherlands
2001 - De koning is met mirre en al vertrokken (The king has left with myrrh and all) – Huis voor Beeldende Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands (solo)
2001 - Hortus conclusus – Phoebus Gallery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
screenings, performances and commissions [selection]
2023 - Nocturne – on book launch Helenka [film/book clip]
2023 - 5 Cocktails (w. B. Goeltzenleuchter) – Eureka Institute [art book/leporello]
2019 - Oogst (Harvest) – presentation Mirror Garden Kunstliefde, Utrecht, the Netherlands [film]
2019 - Mirror Garden (w. Uli Kürner and Carien Vugts) – on residency K.F. Hein Foundation Garden Studio [publication]
2018 - Het dunne stugge weefsel (The thin stiff tissue) – Kunstliefde/K.F. Hein Foundation Garden Studio, Utrecht, the Netherlands [film]
2017 - Genius loci I, II, III – Dapiran Art Project Space, Utrecht, the Netherlands [films]
2015 - 0º and < > – Dapiran Art Project Space, Utrecht, the Netherlands [films]
2014-2015 - Paintings for Drowning Men (w. B. Goeltzenleuchter) – Eureka Institute [artist box/folio]
2014 - Pioneer Pop – Maanzaad Foundation/Architectuurcentrum Aorta [film]
2013 - Pilgrim Kootwijk – Groene Golflengte 2013, Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands [film]
2012 - Pilgrim Kootwijk – Groene Golflengte 2012, Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands [interactive walk]
2012 - When to throw a painting to a drowning man (w. Brian Goeltzenleuchter) – Eureka Institute [film]
2012 - Our Airs Conspire – nomination K.F.Hein Kunststipendium [commission]
2010 - Overtocht (Passing) – Festival Utrecht over Utrecht, Louis Hartlooper Complex, Utrecht [film]
2008 - Mannen van Sonnenborgh (Men of Sonnenborgh) (w. Henk van Voorst) – Museum Sonnenborgh, Utrecht, the Netherlands [film]
2008 - Overtocht (Passing) – LekArt 2008, Culemborg, the Netherlands [performance]
2007 - Cocoon – Utrecht Manifest, Utrecht, the Netherlands [film]
2007 - Watershawl – CBKU/Zangsporen, Utrecht, the Netherlands [commission]
2006 - The Shopping Wall – Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, Canada [interactive project]
2005 - Pleased to meet you/Banyan Stories – CBK Amersfoort, ’t Hoogt Utrecht, the Netherlands [performance/film]
teaching
2018-present - Summer School Eureka Institute/Utrecht University, the Netherlands [faculty teaching]
2014-2019 - Eureka Institute, Syracuse, Italy [faculty teaching Translational Creativity]
2006 - Exploration of Collage – University of California San Diego, San Diego CA, USA [UCSD Extension summer course]
2006 - Ritual & Memory: Experimental Approaches to Installation Art – Central Washington University, Ellensburg WA, USA [graduate course]
2003 - Logboek van een plek (Diary of a location) – Grafisch Atelier Utrecht [art education]
2006-present - various lectures, presentations and artist talks, a.o. at BAK/Art Utrecht, CBKU/ZAP-U, K.F. Hein Foundation Utrecht, Utrecht Manifest, Museum Boerhaave Leiden, Emily Carr University of Art and Design Vancouver, University of British Columbia Vancouver, Central Washington University Ellensburg
2002-present - teacher various workshops a.o. at Culturele Zondagen/Peace of Utrecht, De Vuurdoop Utrecht, Sanskriti Kendra Foundation New Delhi, Kinderkunstfabriek Maastricht, GAU Utrecht
residencies
2018 - Garden Studio K.F. Hein Foundation, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2011 - Eureka Institute for Translational Medicine, Syracuse, Italy
2006 - Kas/Lusthof Utrecht – Kunstuitleen/CBKU, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2006 - Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, Canada
2006 - Central Washington University, Ellensburg WA, USA [visiting artist fellowship]
2005 - Sanskriti Kendra Foundation, New Delhi, India
2002 - Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego CA, USA
awards and grants
2021 - Van maker tot lezer (From creator to reader), Dutch Foundation for Literature, Amsterdam
2020 - travel grant Dutch Foundation for Literature, Amsterdam
2018 - nomination PZC Public Award
2018 - nomination Zeeland Book Prize 2018
2013 - Stokroos Foundation, Utrecht
2012 - nomination K.F. Hein Art Stipend
2012 - nomination Kunstliefde Prize 2012
2009 - Scholingsfonds voor Kunst en Cultuur, Bussum, the Netherlands
2007 - Scholingsfonds voor Kunst en Cultuur, Bussum, the Netherlands
2006 - Reino Randall Memorial Fellowship, Ellensburg, WA, USA
2002 - Consulate-General of The Netherlands, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2000-2001 - Commission SBKU, Utrecht, the Netherlands
work in collections
UMC Art Collection, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Kunstuitleen, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Collection Van Winter)
Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Kunstsporen Foundation, Doorn, the Netherlands
Museum Tongerlohuys, Roosendaal, the Netherlands
Collection Van Winter, Utrecht, the Netherlands
various private collections
work at publisher’s house and writing
2023-2024 - various lectures and presentations related to book publication Helenka, a.o. at Kunststof NTR/Radio 1, Broese Bookstore Utrecht, Literary Café Borsele, Groote of Oranje Sociëteit Zutphen, Museum Boerhaave Leiden, the Netherlands
2023 – Helenka: Pioneer between scientists and freedom fighters – Cossee Publishers, Amsterdam [novel, literary non-fiction, 304 pages]
2022-present - Art Utrecht – journalist
2019 - The Valley Crossing: The Value of Creativity for Enhancing Translational Ecologies, Insights, and Discoveries (w. Brian Goeltzenleuchter, Kelly Brown and Gianfranco Grompone) – Frontiers in Psychology [article]
2017-present - various lectures and presentations related to book publication Versailles aan de Schelde (Versailles at the Scheldt), a.o. at Walking Route Battle of the Scheldt 2019, VPRO radio program OVT, Historical Museum De Bevelanden Goes, Nationaal Baggermuseum Sliedrecht, Kunstkring Kloetinge, Helikon Utrecht, Special Sunday Noorderkerk Ede, Bookstore Day 2018, Zeeland Book Week 2018, Het Paard van Troje and De Koperen Tuin Goes, Drvkkery Middelburg, Bookstore Van Rossum Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2017 - Versailles at the Scheldt – Cossee Publishers, Amsterdam [novel, literary non-fiction, 320 pages]
2011-2017 - Lucy Art Platform – journalist
1990-1998 - freelance designer and illustrator [book covers]
1988-1997 - HES Publishers Utrecht, SDU The Hague, de Prom/De Fontein Publishers Baarn, the Netherlands – editor