Ans Bakker - Resume - Press

Résumé Ans Bakker
*Born in Zwartsluis, the Netherlands, 1963

Education
*1989-1993 Theatre Design at Utrecht School of the Arts
*1985-1989 Stylist at the Bijenkorf
*1980-1985 C.N.S. Schildersschool Zwolle

Ans Bakker
With a background as a window-dresser at the Bijenkorf, she studied Theatre Design at Utrecht School of the Arts, after which she set up as an artist/decorator/’beautifyer’. She worked as an art director and stylist at large events for almost 10 years. After this period she has thrown herself into visual and applied art. Fascinated by stories, Ans Bakker succeeds in turning them into visual objects and installations. Her ‘Celestial Nests’ and glass and felt installations ‘My Heaven’ manifest this. Visitors are invited to experience the rooms and take part in her symbolic journeys.

Ans Bakker works with various materials. By working glass and combining it with other materials, she succeeds in turning these ‘hard’ materials into soft treats for the eye. Her chandeliers of blown glass are fanciful and graceful.

Expositions 2009, 
*BeeldenBoulevard Noordwijk 2009. *Museum Freriks Winterswijk * Galerie Charlotte Lugt Amsterdam * Galerie Living Art Den Bosch * Dutch Design Salon Den Bosch/Breda *Kruidhuis Den Bosch * Galerie Art Fusion Amsterdam *

Expositions 2008
*Kunstveiling Bio in de Wolken te Arnhem  *Irok Gallery Horst *Open Atelierroute Zeist*Gallery De Avonturijn in Epe 18 okt-22 nov 2008 *Gallery Living Art Den Bosch-okt-dec 2008 *Gallery Auwsjoekelaatfabriek Gulpen  *Beeldentuin Het Vagevuur, Odijk  *Galerie  STARK andersinkunst Amersfoort *Kunst&Co -interne galerie Co van der Horst Amstelveen.

Expositions 2007
*Wittense Kunstdagen Stoffels Wooncomfort *Kokwooncenter Hoogland *Gallery of Art F.B te Bad Bentheim-Duitsland *Galerie Yorash te Valkenburg *EMMA AWARD (European Masters of Modern Art) Burgau-Oostenrijk  Ie prijs sculpturen 7e prijs artists (30 countrys-66 artists) *Galerie Irok te Horst (L) *Koperen Hoogte Zwolle *Galerie het Kunstmagazijn Achel Belgie 

Expositions 2006
*Galerie Mooi Noordwijk aan zee *Rotary Gala Kunstveiling Noordwijk aan zee *Alzheimer kunstveiling Rotterdam *Staalkaart Amersfoort *Rosenhaege beeldentuin Winterswijk *galerie Heleen Hoogenboom Bilthoven *Atelierroute Bilthoven 'Kunstkring Beekk' *Dudok cafe Arnhem groepsexpo *Van Tetterode glasatelier, Amsterdam, groepsexpo 

Expositions 2005
*Staalkaart  Amersfoort. *Galerie Fates in Leiden *'Kunstenaars in Dudok, Arnhem, 
*Art transit expo, Amersfoort, *Catharinakapel, Harderwijk *Staalkaart, Amersfoort, *Kunstbank De Bilt

Expositions 2004
*Kok wooncenter, 2004 *'Zwartsluis met verve', Zwartsluis, 2004 

1993-2003 Art-Director voor diverse bedrijfs-events, 
Auping, Mees Pierson, Amev, Martin Air, Levob, Nespresso, KPN, Telford, Maison van den Boer, Martin Air Partyservice, Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam, Openluchtmuseum Arnhem, Mimex, Vaillant, Sportgala NOC, 

Publications/report in books: 

*Country Interiors, uitgeverij: Taschen, ISBN: 3-8228-5886-2

Reports/interviews in magazines:
*Fjoezzz no 2-2009 glasvakblad.2009 
*Marketingmagic-online intervieuw febr 2009
*Intervieuw Ans Bakker Kunstzinnig.nl maart 2009 
*Chatwalk Modeontwerper Jaap Rijnbende najaar 2007
*Wit (bruidsmagazine) februari 2007
*Rusland Seasons december 2006 
*BuitenLeven, mei/juni 2004 
*Grund genug, sept/okt/nov 2002 
*Residence,dec 2000 
*Elle Decoration, nov-dec 1999 
*The World of Interiors, juni 1997 
*Seasons, winter 1996

Publicaties in magazines: 
*Bijenkorf Magazine, Elle, Elle Wonen, Squeeze, Madame Figaro,  Bambini,Margriet-binnenkijken, Villa d'arte, Seasons, VT Wonen, Living, AD Magazine.

T.V programme's
The Greatest Royalty Expert of the Netherlands 2009 (Award: Ans Bakker's crown 'Frozen Lives')
*Interior programme Bert Kluizinga – metamorphosis ‒ autumn 2002 and Christmas 2002
*Home and Garden – interview Ans Bakker – winter 1996