Ann Veronica Janssens (b. 1956 in Folkestone, United Kingdom) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Janssens is most recently the subject of a retrospective at Pirelli HangarBiccoca, Milan. Janssens’s work has also been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at institutions including Collection Lambert, Avignon, France; Fondation CAB, Brussels, Belgium; Panthéon, Paris, France; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX; Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland, among many others. Her work is included in several collections such as the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX; Musée d’art Modern, Brussels, Belgium; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark.
Exhibitions
After the peacock wheel
23 Jun – 25 Aug 2023
Bortolami
Grand Bal
5 Apr – 30 Jul 2023
Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan
entre le crépuscule et le ciel
2 Jul – 9 Oct 2022
Collection Lambert, Avignon
5766 chemin des Trious
4 Jun – 9 Nov 2022
Fondation CAB, Saint-Paul-de-Vence
23:56:04
1 Jun – 30 Oct 2022
Panthéon, Paris
Hot Pink Turquoise
23 Sep – 29 Nov 2020
South London Gallery
Hot Pink Turquoise
23 Jan – 17 May 2020
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
The Song of the Araponga
28 Jun – 9 Aug 2019
39 Walker
Ann Veronica Janssens
10 Nov 2018 – 31 Mar 2019
De Pont Museum, Tilburg
Ann Veronica Janssens
12 Oct 2018 – 13 Jan 2019
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Space Shifters
26 Sep 2018 – 6 Jan 2019
Southbank Centre, Hayward Gallery
Ann Veronica Janssens: Fog Star
30 May – 31 Oct 2018
Baltimore Museum of Art
Ann Veronica Janssens / Baltimore
May 2018
The Absent Museum
2 Apr – 13 Aug 2017
Wiels Contemporary Art Centre
University of Disasters
30 Mar – 22 Apr 2017
Bortolami
Mars
24 Mar – 7 May 2017
Institute d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes
Going Home: 43 Fifth Avenue
15 Nov – 18 Dec 2016
43 Fifth Avenue, New York
I Beam U Channel
30 Jun – 12 Aug 2016
Bortolami
Ann Veronica Janssens
23 Jan – 17 Apr 2016
Nasher Sculpture Center
Ann Veronica Janssens
9 Jan – 20 Feb 2016
Bortolami
.A | Ayşe Erkmen & Ann Veronica Janssens
31 Oct 2015 – 14 Feb 2016
S.M.A.K., Ghent
Ann Veronica Janssens: yellowpinkblue
15 Oct 2015 – 3 Jan 2016
Wellcome Collection, London
Philaetchouri
6 Apr – 30 Apr 2015
La Verrière, Fondation D'Enterprise Hermès
First lines, like first dates, or the first bite of dessert, can be deceptive.
28 Mar – 26 Apr 2014
Bortolami
Chapelle Saint-Vincent
25 May – 15 Sep 2013
Chapelle Saint-Vincent, Paris
18th Biennale of Sydney: All Our Relations
27 Jun – 16 Sep 2012
Carriageworks, Sydney
Rundlederwelten
20 Oct 2005 – 8 Jan 2006
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Ann Veronica Janssens
3 Jul – 17 Aug 2003
Kunsthalle Bern
1999 Venice Biennial: Horror Vacui
13 Jun – 17 Nov 1999
Ca’ Giustinian, Venice
Press
Orlando Whitehead 'Eludes literal interpretation': Evocative new artwork unveiled in front of European Parliament The Brussels Times Jan 2024Amanda Wall Ann Veronica Janssens’ Emulation of Biological Structural Color FF2 Media Jul 2023David Behringer 4 Must-See Art Exhibitions in New York This Summer milk-design Jul 2023Dilpreet Bhullar Ann Veronica Janssens’ ‘Grand Bal’ conjures performative and sensorial experience stirworld Jul 2023Ana Vukadin Ann Veronica Janssens’s Heightened Sensual Perception ArtReview Jul 2023Billy De Luca Ann Veronica Janssens at Pirelli Hangar Bicocca “That Space Between Inhale and Exhale. That.” Office Jun 2023Benoit Loiseau Ann Veronica Janssens wraps Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca in light, mist and magic Wallpaper* Apr 2023Dilpreet Bhullar Fondation CAB Saint-Paul-de-Vence exhibits minimalist works from its collection Stir World Aug 2022Karen Orton Making the Invisible Visible, Ann Veronica Janssens Ark Journal Apr 2022Hettie Judah Ann Veronica Janssens review – Jackson Pollock meets Disney Princess Party The Guardian Sept 2020SLG Ann Veronica Janssens: Hot Pink Turquoise at the South London Gallery South London Gallery Sept 2020Monica Khemsurov The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week The New York Times Style Magazine Jan 2020Scott Indrisek Ann Veronica Janssens and Michel François - The Song of the Arapongo ArtReview Sept 2019Alina Cohen 5 Artists Using Glitter to Create Dazzling and Complex Artworks Artsy Aug 2019Cultured Gallery Peeping: New York Heats Up With A New Wave of Summer Exhibitions Cultured Magazine Jul 2019Kerr Houston Tension and Convergence: Ann Veronica Janssens’ Fog Star Bmore Art Jun 2018Roberta Smith ADAA: A Fair to Remember Starts a Month of Art Show Madness The New York Times Mar 2018Laura Gascoigne Tracey Emin finds a kindred spirit in Turner The Spectator Oct 2017Jean-Marie Durand Troubles de la perception avec Ann Veronica Janssens et son exposition "Mars" à Villeurbanne Les lnrockuptibles Mar 2017Christian Lund Ann Veronica Janssens: Passion for Light The Huffington Post Sept 2016Jeffrey Kastner Ann Veronica Janssens Artforum Mar 2016Pieter Plagens From Software to Plein Air, Plus Minimalism in Heaven The Wall Street Journal Jan 2016David Ebony David Ebony's Top 10 New York Gallery Shows This Winter Artnet Jan 2016Ann Veronica Janssens Review: Artist Ann Veronica Janssens takes us inside the rainbow Star-Telegram Jan 2016Ann Veronica Janssens Ann Veronica Janssens @ Bortolami 2-Times Jan 2016Roberta Smith Ann Veronica Janssens Casts Strong Beams at Bortolami The New York Times Jan 2016Isabella Smith Ann Veronica Janssens: Illuminating the Masses AnOther Jan 2016Natalija Paunić Ann Veronica Janssens Minimalistic Space Manipulations on view at Bortolami New York Widewalls Jan 2016Ali Morris Into the mist: Ann Veronica Janssens fills the Wellcome Collection with a thick, multicoloured fog Wallpaper* Oct 2015Antonia Wilson States of Mind: Ann Veronica Janssens’ yellowbluepink Creative Review Oct 2015— Bortolami gallery’s exhibit shows 3 x minimalist encounters FirstIndigo&Lifestyle Apr 2014Writings
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