“My life purpose, moving in balance.”- Anima Roos
Anima Roos (1956, Lubumbashi, Zaï re) is a Belgian ceramist. She attended evening classes of drawing at the Academy of Ghent, but soon creating by means of the potter’s wheel became her real passion.
She strived to make wafer-thin porcelain ceramics. Since 1978 she has her own studio in Ghent. Roos took pottery courses in France (1979), and England (1980), and masterclasses from among others David Leach (Great Britain), Peter Lane (Great Britain), Horst Göbbels (Germany), David Roberts (Great Britain) and G. Gimatti (Italy).
Since her visit to China in 2004 she produces porcelain vessels and bowls which are unique, thrown on a wheel, hand painted with leafy foliage of blacks and whites and adorned with koi fish transfers. From 1983 onwards she had many exhibitions. A selection: Ceramics from Belgium (group exhibition), Gmunden, Austria (1995), Galerie La Réserve, Knokke, Belgium (2000), Galerie Teemas, Rotterdam (2001), Terre et terres, Toulouse, France (2016). Roos was awarded the First Prize at the International Pottenbakkersfestival (Potters’ Festival), Gouda (2001).
EDUCATION
Academy of ceramics of Ghent: 1977-1981.
Pottery journeys to France (1979) and England (1980).
Masterclasses with a.o. David Leach (UK), Peter Lane (UK), Horst Göbbels (Germany), David Roberts (UK) G. Gimatti (Italy)
In 1981 she installs her own studio in Ghent (Belgium).
RECENT EXPOSITIONS
2022
Wouter De Bruycker Fine Arts & Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, 15th May – 12th June, 2022
Ceramic Art Andenne, Belgium, 14 May 2022 – 12th June, 2022
2020
Nora Eccles Museum of Art Logan, UT, January 24th-May 2nd, 2020
Hold – Redline Gallery Denver, CO, May-August, 2020
Cerco Zaragoza (Sp.), september 2020Le couvent de Treigny (Fr.), 12 september – 1 november 2020
Alcora Catalonië (Sp.), oktober 2020
Galerie du Don Le Fel (Fr.) 8 maart- 23 april 2020
Puls Contemporary Ceramics – Anette Sloth, Brussels, 8 februari – 21 maart 2020
2019
“Hommage à G.Godar” Musée La Piscine, Roubaix, 19 oktobre 2019 tot 2 februari 2020
Galerij Carla Koch Amsterdam (N.) 11 oktober-27 oktober 2019
Galerij Pi Kwadraat Erpe -Mere (B.) 21 septemberTerra Viva Saint Quentin la Poterie (Fr),2 juni – 28 juli 2019
Alfajar Ceramica Malaga (Sp), 14 juni -28 juli 2019
ASU Art Museum Tempe, Az, June 22-September 21, 2019
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art Sedalia, MO, October-December, 2019
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