Anneke Lauwaert's work is usually built around one idea and in situ.:
The themes cross universal and intimate roads and are linked with actuality.
As an artist, Lauwaert uses figurative as well as an abstract visual language.
This varies depending on the research associated with the space where the work will take place.
What drives her in art is an absolute passion for the diversity of materials and the possibilities they offer.
The artist investigates up to (or beyond) the borders of their potential and performs the actions that make the idea performable.
She examines the more traditional materials such as bronze, plaster, clay, cement, wood, but also the more unusual ones such as rubber, neoprene, paper, aluminum.
Video is also addressed as a medium that introduces moves to sculpture who is static by nature.
EXHIBITIONS
2020
Participation at 'Beestig' Stadsfestival in Damme
Duo exhibition at Hors Tempsia in Linkebeek, Brussels
Groupshow at Yoc , gallery Dessers, Hasselt
2019 : Exhibition in Watou, Kasteelstraat 1 gallery
Group show at What Else, Mesnil-Eglise
Groupshow « Couples d'artistes » at S&H De Buck, Ghent
Individual participation at BAD, Ghent
2018
Exhibition at Monumento, Brussels
Participation at BAD, Ghent, with gallery S&H De Buck
Solo at Sint Lucasgalerie, Brussels
Groupshow « Intimacy » at S&H De Buck, Ghent
2016
Solo in gallery Détour, Namur
Solo in Rivoli with Gery art gallery, Brussels
2015
Istanbul: Group show at the University of Mimar Sinan
Brussels, Chapel of Boondael, exhibition 'check point'
Participation in Art Up in Lille
Group show 'Quinze au cube' at Galerie Détour, Namur
2014
Participation in Off Art Fair in Brussels
Participation in Art Up in Lille
Participation in Truc Troc Art in Brussels
2013: Exhibition at Gery Art Gallery in Namur
Participation in Off Art Fair in Brussels
Exhibition during the festival Les Fêtes de la Saint-Martin at Tourinnes-la-Grosse
Exhibition at Louis Schmidt Prize competition in Brussels
2012
Exhibition at the Cultural Centre of Jodoigne
Exhibition at Galerie Juvénal in Huy
2011
Exhibition at Ianchelevici Museum, taking part in Expo X3 project organized by the Cultural Centre of La Louvière
Group exhibition at Glabais and at the Cultural Centres of Genappe and Brabant Wallon
2010
Winner of 28th Competition of small-scale sculptures and objects by the town of Harelbeke
2009
Group exhibition at the Jodoigne Cultural CentreParticipation in exhibition on the square notion, the Carré dans tous ses états at Rochefort Cultural Centre
2008
Solo exhibition at the Orangerie in Bastogne and at the Cultural Centre Les Roches in Rochefort
Installation at the exhibition of clay and stone works La Terre et Les Pierres exhibition in Jodoigne, organized by the Cultural Centre of Brabant Wallon
2007
Group exhibition at Rixensart Art Trail2006: Water Installation of art on water at Kunst op het Water exhibition in Oud-Heverlee in Leuven
Participation in group exhibition around form and content in wood Vorm en Inhoud in Hout at Monumental, Helan Arts Foundation in Antwerp
Monumental sculptures at "Sculpture 2006" exhibition on Armand Steurs Square in Brussels
2005
Solo exhibition at Galerie Juvénal in Huy
2004
Participation in the award winners' exhibition of Piet Staut Competition at Beveren in Antwerp
2003
Fortis Prize Winner of Piet Staut Competition at Beveren in Antwerp
2002
Group exhibition at the Prix de la jeune sculpture at Sart Tilman and at the Châtaigneraie in Liège
2001
Participation in the Le trèfle à cinq feuilles exhibition in Louvain-la-Neuve
2000
Participation in the exhibition by Médiatine competition in Brussels
Awarded First European Sculpture Prize at competition and exhibition of monumental outdoor sculptures at the Centre Géographique de l'Europe des 15 in Viroinval
Participation in Nature and Sculpture, a contemporary art stroll in the precincts of Brugmann Hospital in Brussels
1999
Group exhibition at CBR cement company in Brussels
Exhibition at Luxemburg Contemporary Arts Centre at the Grange du Faing in Jamoigne
Participation in the Huitième Biennale des Artistes Namurois by Namur Cultural Centre in Namur
1998
Solo exhibition at Les Carmes in Marche-en-Famenne
1997
Awarded Sculpture Prize at Les Carmes competition and same exhibition in Marche-en-Famenne
1995
Selection of one sculpture at the exhibition by Godecharle competition at the Académie du Midi in Brussels
Participation in a group exhibition by five former students of St-Lucas Gent at Campo Santo Chapel in Gent
1992
Point de Départ at Cultural Centre Pianofabriek in Brussels, organized and took part in an exhibition by former students at St-Lucas Gent
EDUCATION & TRAINING
1986 - 1991
Qualification in higher artistic education, department of Visual Arts at St-Lucas Gent.
CONFERENCES & MASTERCLASSES
2016
Masterclass video, Academy of Liege
2000
Selection and participation in event-competition Art/Terre 2000 in Comines-Warneton
1999
Training course on white cement organized by Galerie de Prêt d'Oeuvres d'Art in Brussels and CBR cement company
Participation, during a month, in Congress at Espace Partenaire in Hamois
1995
Masterclass in heated glass (blown as well as cast) at the glass section of Mechelen Academy, directed by Miloslava Svodobova and Koen Vanderstukken
1994
Advanced training in sculpting Portuguese marble at Evora Arts Centre in Portugal
Training in bronze methal at Félix Roulin's foundry in Biesmerée
Training in cutting granite and limestone at MPG quarry in Denée
1992
Participation in International Congress on Stone Sculpture organized by Michel Smolders since 1977 in Les Avins-en-Condroz