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ANOOK CLÉONNE (NL, 1972)
Visual Artist
Billy-sur-Oisy, Burgundy, France
info@anookcleonne.com
www.anookcleonne.com
BIOGRAPHY
Anook Cléonne is a Dutch visual artist based in Burgundy, France.
A graduate of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and former participant in the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam, she has developed an artistic practice spanning several decades, with an international trajectory encompassing exhibitions, artist residencies, public commissions and works held in public and private collections.
From 2022 to 2026, Anook Cléonne devoted much of her energy and focus to developing Vouch, the independent platform she founded in 2018. Under her direction,Vouch strengthens the position of mid-career artists through meaningful encounters with new audiences, offering a complementary model alongside galleries.
Its innovative approach was recognised and praised by the Dutch Council for Culture (Raad voor Cultuur), which highlighted Vouch as an innovative model addressing the gap in support for artists at this stage of their careers.
Alongside her work as an artist and cultural entrepreneur, Cléonne has explored the intersections of art, social innovation and cultural patronage. For many years, Cléonne has taught drawing at ArtEZ University of the Arts in the Netherlands, remaining connected to the academy and its artistic community while continuing her own practice from Burgundy, France.
Having brought Vouch to a new level of maturity, Anook Cléonne has entered a new chapter in Burgundy, France. The move marks a deliberate shift in focus, allowing her to devote renewed attention to her own artistic practice.
The distance from the Dutch art world offers a valuable new perspective on her work, creating space for reflection, experimentation and a deeper engagement with her artistic direction.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Exodus, Biblical Museum, Buitenplaats Doornburgh, Netherlands
2022 - Vouch, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 - Vouch, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018 - In the House of My Mother, solo exhibition, Grave, Netherlands
2017 - PineWood Fine Art, Berlin, Germany
2017 - Art Rotterdam Contemporary, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2016 - Berliner Liste, Berlin, Germany
2016 - Kölner Liste, Cologne, Germany
2016 - This Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 - Het Blauwe Uur, Loods6, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 - Het Blauwe Uur, Notre Dame des Arts, Ubbergen, Netherlands
2012 - Taxonomy of Trust, De Boterhal, Hoorn, Netherlands
2012 - Root Causes, Caylus, France
2011 - ZomerExpo: Chosen Anonymously, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands
2010 - About Trust, Caylus, France
2010 - Vertrouwen Verbeeld, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2008 - Hortus Conclusus, Rosendael, Netherlands
2008 - Fabulous Freaks, CBK Arnhem, Netherlands
2006 - Solo exhibition, Galerie Petra Spuijbroek, Haarlem, Netherlands
2004 - Souvenir, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004 - Souvenir, Galerie RA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 - Rietveld at Large, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 - The Best Of…, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 - All, Antwerp, Belgium
2001 - Mental Traces, Kala Khoj, India
2001 - Metamorphoses, Ceramic Biennale, Kapfenberg, Austria
1999 - Solo exhibition, Galerie de Witte Voet, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2022 - Le Maupas, ceramic residency, France
2022 - Vale Valados, Reliquas, Portugal
2015 - Vale Valados, Reliquas, Portugal
2012 - DRAWinternational, Caylus, France
2010 - DRAWinternational, Caylus, France
2005 - NIR, Rome, Italy
2004 - NIR, Rome, Italy
2004 - Graphic Studio Daglicht / Beeldenstorm, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2003 - Dutch Cultural Institute, Rome, Italy
2001 - Kala Khoj, Pondicherry, India
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Works by Anook Cléonne are held in public and corporate collections, including:
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Museum LAM / VandenBroek Foundation, Lisse
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem
University Medical Center, Amsterdam (UMC)
Militair Revalidatieon Center, Aardenburg
Royal Netherlands Navy, Den Helder
Royal Dutch Shell, The Hague
Ahold Collection, Zaandam
Zilveren Kruis / Achmea, Noordwijk
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Amsterdam
PRC Bouwcentrum, Bodegraven
Her work is also represented in numerous private collections in the Netherlands and internationally.
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2024 - Enexis, headquarters East Netherlands
2014 - Royal Bierens Gearings, Tilburg
2011 - Provincial States of Gelderland
2011 - Tychon, Otterlo
2008 - Buurtbanken, Arnhem
2008 - MN Services, Rijswijk
2007 - De Stromen / Opmaat Group, Rotterdam
2006 - Headquarters, Royal Netherlands Navy, Den Helder
2005 - Park Transwijk, Utrecht
2004 - Joke Smitplein, Utrecht
2002 - Zilveren Kruis / Achmea, Noordwijk
2001 - Noordik High School, Vroomshoop
AWARDS & GRANTS
2022 - Scholarship, Mondriaan Fund
2005 - Project Grant, Van Bijlevelt Fund
2002 - Scholarship, Mondriaan Fund
2002 - Travel Grant, Pauwhof Fund
2002 - Travel Grant, Van Bijlevelt Fund
1996 - Berlage Stipend, graduation project
1996 - Start-up Grant, Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
EDUCATION
2023 - Contemporary Patronage, Utrecht University, Prof. H. den Braber
2022 - Into the Light, theatrical storytelling course
2013 - 2015 - Philosophy and Rhetoric, Jan Vaessen
2010 - 2011 - KIS: Art, Innovation and Strategy, Cultuur+Ondernemen, Amsterdam
1999 - 2000 - Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
1991 - 1996 - Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
graduated with honours
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2018 – present - Founder and initiator, Vouch
, www.vouch.nu
2012 - 2021 - Guest professor, Honours Programme in Social Innovation, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle
2008 - present - Artist collaboration, Art Partner, Amstelveen
2006 - present - Professor in drawing, visual language and concept development, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem
2005 - 2007 - Professor in Autonomous Art, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2016 - Speaker, TEDxArnhem
PUBLICATION
2021 - JA!
ISBN number 978-90-90354-17-0