Born 1951, in Antwerp, Belgium
Lives and Works in Antwerp, Belgium
Education
2022 Honorary Doctorate Outstanding Merits, UA University Antwerp
1970-1975 MA Graphic Design, Fine Arts Academy of Antwerp, Belgium
2026
energies keskia kontrabalance, dépendance, Brussels, Brussels
comfortt turlurons _Nostalgie, Cavalli, Basel
2025
Empreint_Jdirai_Odissey, dépendance VIEW, Brussels, Belgium
Dudoute_Toaster_Absolu, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2024
Rendez-Vous in Doctrineland, Ulrik, New York, USA
2023
FACADE: a Stage for Brussels, KANAL-Centre Pompidou, Brussels, Belgium (Public Installation)
Alles=Goed, West Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
VEERKRACHT THUIS!, BOEKS, Ghent, Belgium
2022
AMVK in Print, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Placenta Saturnine Bercail, Zeno X Gallery Antwerp Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium
2021
Life Is Perfect, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2019
Syzygy, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Unweit von Dir, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2018
AMVK, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
AMVK, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
2017
What Would I Do in Orbit?, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Hoogtepunten van Geïsoleerde Genialiteit, Promotiezaal KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2016
What Would I Do in Orbit?, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany Pseudo-Fourier, Solo Shows, São Paulo, Brazil
Voor Alle Seizoenen, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp, Belgium
Het Eigenaardige Leven van de Dingen (The Strange Life of Things), Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2015
Flower Power, Grote Markt Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium (Public Installation)
Love Shack, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, France
Serving Compressed Energy with Vacuum, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
2014
Dialoog, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven & Andrea Pichl, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
3 Carrels (Degenerate Customized Solutions), Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium Documentary Review on a Residency / Documentaire Terugblik op een Residentie, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2012
Meesteres van de horizont, Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
Love and Insight in Trendy Places, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2011
In a Saturnian World, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, USA
Inzichten en Vergezichten, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium
2009
Nothing More Natural, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
Nothing More Natural, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
On Mars the Rising Sun is Blue, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2008
Nothing More Natural, WIELS, Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium
Nothing More Natural, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
2007
Über das Ich, DAAD-galerie, Berlin, Germany
Oh the Sick Lady / Ah the Sick Lady (Explodes from within), Barbara Thumm Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Chapter of opening the Mouth of Time, International Filmfestival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006
Veerkracht thuis!, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium
2005
AMVK – EZFK: Europäisches Zentrum für Futuristische Kunst, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2004
How reliable is the brain?, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Marriages: Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven & Mauro Pawlowski, MoMu, Antwerp, Belgium
2003
Anti-Sade, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Het Kunstlicht - Cultuurcentrum De Spil, Roeselare, Belgium Dieper, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem, Belgium
In Dreams, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2002
Video art by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Rabo video club di Ruangrupa, Jakarta, Indonesia
HeadNurse, Amazone, Brussels, Belgium
2001
Le Paon, Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussels, Belgium
2000
RE-PAIN (nursing care in melancholy stupor), L’école supérieure d’art, Grenoble, France PROBER 5, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
1999
Nursing care, in melancholy stupor, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
1998
HEADNURSE, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1997
Eclips Galeria Dels Angels , Barcelona, Spain
1996 Morele
Herbewapening, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem, Belgium
Eclips - interior with video, ARGOS centre for art and media, Brussels, Belgium
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Galerie Staudenhof, Potsdam, Germany
1995
God en Geweld, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
De Beelden Van Mijn Gedachten Zijn Mijn Gedachten Zelf, Sequenz, Frankfurt, Germany
1994
Het Madrigaal,Galerie Witzenhausen + Partners, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993
Belgisch Spleen, Parbleu, Antwerp, Belgium
Paradogma, Maldoror Galerie, The Hague, The Netherlands
1991
Met Onderandere Een Hard Lichaam, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Een Bloem Van Smarten Was Haar Mond, Galerie Transit, Leuven, Belgium
1990
Shangri-Lah, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Grensgebieden, Watertoren oost-Souburg, Vlissingen, The Netherlands
1989
Verdeel en heers, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium
Goddelijke 3-1 heid / Sex / Kunstgeschiedenis, 1900-’45, Kunst-Zicht, R.U.G., Ghent, Belgium
1988
De O. optie en het cijfer 8, Montevideo, Antwerp, Belgium
Parallelle Werelden, Kunstencentrum Carlos Demeester, Roeselare, Belgium
1987
Hard op de tong 6x6x6, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
L’Age d’Or No. 2+3 Bar Europa, Shaffy Theater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
L’Age d’Or No. 2+3, Varation Australis, The Performance Space, Sydney, Australia
L’Age d’Or No. 2+3, Montevideo, Antwerp, Belgium
1986
De Mens in het Dier - een kwestie van Hormonen, Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1985
De Mens In Het Dier, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium
Transport, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
De Anatomie van Club Moral, Archive Space, Antwerp (Berchem), Belgium
De Mens In Het Die, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium
1984
Hersens Met Horens, Club Moral, Antwerp, Belgium
De 4 Uitersten, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Force Mental, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
1983
39 Steps of Hitchcock Versus 19 Enochian Keys, Production Hair, London, UK
Hoeren en Profeten, Nieuwe Workshop, Brussels, Belgium
Orwellcon, UFSIA, Antwerp, Belgium
1982
Le Mal, La Morale et Sentimental, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
Industriële Typen, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1981
Stress, V234, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
Stress = (Proviand + Politik) x (Jugend = Poison), Künstlerhaus, Hamburg, Germany Exposit, Pseudo, Antwerp, Belgium
Komfort Über Alles!, Salon O, Leiden, The Netherlands
1980
Only The green moments make it acceptable, LACMA, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States of AmericaUSAdam, The Netherlands
Logik : Zukunft = Rekombinant DNA: Serendipitat, Kunstkneipe, Ingelheim-Am-Rhein, Germany
1979
Future: Logics = Art : Science, Art Something, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1978
We Are Watches So I Never Come Too Late, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
2026
Sonsbeek 2026, City of Arnhem, The Netherlands
10th Biennial of Painting, Museum Roger Raveel, Belgium
2026 Biennale Matter of Art, GAMPA Centre of Contemporary Art in Pardubice, Czech Republic
Révolte!, Emile Verhaerenmuseum, Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium
2025
S & W & ..., Inbox at M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
dénonce-moi, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
WE. Der Körper als Zeichen, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Artetage - 35 Years!, Artetage Center for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok, Russia (Upcoming)
Stoff. Textil und der weibliche Akt II, Villa Schöningen, Berlin, Germany
Middelheim 75 jaar: Voor Alle Seizoenen revisited, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960–1991, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
the Lord will spit out the lukewarm, with Violet Dennison, Kelsey Isaacs, Olivia van Kuiken, Bortolami Gallery, New York, USA
2024
What’s The Story?, KMSKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Salon de la Muse, Aaimachine, Antwerp, Belgium
Sur tes lèvres, FRAC Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
Other Intelligences, Other Natures, NeMe Arts Centre, Cyprus
Braaains, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris, France
Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960–1991, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2023
This Is Us, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
Works on Paper, Zeno X Gallery Antwerp Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium
Affiniteiten #5: Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven & Danny Devos // Carole Vanderlinden & Walter Swennen, LLS Paleis, Antwerp, Belgium
Seduction of a Cyborg, Waldburger Wouters, Brussels, Belgium
Collectie presentatie, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
2022
FINIS TERRAE, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium
Know Thyself, Ponti, Antwerp, Belgium
Museum in motion, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Scribble, dabble, splatter, smear. Biënnale van de Schilderkunst 8, Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen, Belgium
Lenin was een paddenstoel - Bewegende beelden in de jaren 1990, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Allez, Allez!, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, France
40 Years Zeno X Gallery - the eighties, Zeno X Gallery Antwerp South, Antwerp, Belgium
You’re Finally Awake!, Theta, New York, USA
Oude Wijn/Nieuwe Zakken, de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
PingPong, Provinciehuis Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
2021
The Earth is Flat Again, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
Van Coo naar Kunst, Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
Women Artists in the Kunsthalle Bern - An Archival Investigation, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Panoramas and Drones, Rhombus Press, New York, United
On est heureux quand on manifeste, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France Triënnale Brugge
2021: TraumA Poortersloge, Bruges, Belgium
2020
Risquons-Tout, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
Works on Paper, Zeno X Gallery Antwerp Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium
K.I.P. 20/21, Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium
2019
Living in Colour. A Common Ground Between Visual Arts and Interior Architecture, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
Women. Underexposed, Belfius Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
The Road is Clear, In De Ruimte, Ghent, Belgium
Cheval Rétif & Bas-Ventre, ÀDuplex, Geneva, Switzerland
The Assembled Human, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
The Untamed, KARMA International, Zürich, Germany
Three Moral Tales, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Amberes - Roberto Bolaño’s Antwerpen, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Artistic Intelligence, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
S.M.A.K. 20 years: The Collection - Highlights for a Future, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium #SHEROES, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2018
Works on Paper I, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Pissing in a River. Again!, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
In Search of Sunrise, Galerie Crèvecoeur, Marseille, France
Naughty Kids - Punk in Antwerp 1977-2018, Lange Zaal Academie, Antwerp, Belgium
2017
The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany Exhibition asImage: Art Through the Camera’s Eye, Ludlow 38 / Goethe-Institut, New York, USA
Ecce Homo, Antwerp, Belgium
Superdemocratie, Belgische Senaat, Brussels, Belgium
The Museum of the Maddening Beauty, Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
I Plan to Stay a Believer, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, USA
Proof of Life, Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Step Up! Belgian Dance and Performance On Camera 1970-2000 (chapter 3), Argos, Brussels, Belgium
Rechts / Averechts, Designmuseum, Ghent, Belgium
Copy Construct, Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen, Belgium
2016
Urgent Conversations: Athens - Antwerp, EMST, Athens, Greece
Biënnale de Rennes 5: Incorporated!, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France Artists’ Film Biennial, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Alice Channer, Lucy Kim, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Ingrid Wiener, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, USA
The Eighties - A Decade of Extremes, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
The Eternal Return of the Real, Forde, Geneva, Switzerland
The Image Generator II, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp, Belgium
2015
The importance of Being..., Museu de Arte Modernda, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Drawing / The Bottom Line, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Mommy, Yale Union, Portland, USA
6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
The Importance of Being…, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Importance of Being…, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
The Future=Beurssc50uwburg, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
2014
Works on Paper I, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
The Sea, Salut d’Honneur Jan Hoet, Various locations, Ostend, Belgium
De Vierkantigste Rechthoek, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Flashback, Meditations on Memory and Film, SMAC, Berlin, Germany
7 RAUMTHESEN, Rotwand Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
2013
One Torino, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Ruhe - Störung - Streifzüge durch die Welten der Collage / Disturbing the Piece - An exhibition through the world of collages, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Happy Birthday Dear Academie, MAS, Antwerp, Belgium
Opening New Space, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
Works on Paper, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2012
Artists of the gallery, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2011
Works on Paper, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Contour - 5th Biennial of Moving Image, Stadscentrum, Mechelen, Belgium
Jo Baer - Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, The Artist’s Institute, New York, Belgium
2010
Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Animism, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Parallellepipeda, Museum M, Leuven, Belgium
Animism, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp, Belgium
2009
A Story of the Image: Old and New Masters from Antwerp, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore
2008
An Attribute of Living, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Manifesta 7, European Biennale of Contemporary Art, Trento, Italy
2007
Works on Paper, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2006
25 years Zeno X Gallery, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Extremities. Flemish art in Vladivostok., Museum Artetage, Vladivostok, Russia
2005
The Last Generation, apexart, New York, USA
Visionair België, c’est arrivé près de chez nous, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2000
The World on its Head / De Wereld op zijn Kop. Contemporary Belgian Art from Flanders, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
Manic, Locus Media Inc., New York, USA
1999
Trouble Spot. Painting, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp / NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
1998
Aspects de l’art actuel en Belgique, FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Calais, France
Shopping the Stars, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1997
Silent Movie, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Loplop, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1995
Art and Electronic Media in Europe, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China
1993
Vierkant, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1990
Audio Art, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
1989
Works on Paper, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1987
Dance Umbrella, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
CNAP Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
FRAC Normandie Rouen, Rouen, France
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
RMFAB Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
S.M.A.K. Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
University of Chicago, Chicago, USA