1986-1989 Royal Academy for art & styling, Den Bosch
1981-1986 City Academy, Maastricht

EXPOSITIONS

2007

Th Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands, 'Preview' group exposition

Art Amsterdam 2007 with Jan van Hoof gallery, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, recent paintings

Art Amsterdam 2007 with Th Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands, works on paper

“Bring Your Own Artwork” Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2006

Th Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands, ' Winterzicht ' with Manu Baeyens and H.F.van Steensel

Jan van Hoof gallery, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands ' Zicht op 2007 ', group exibition

Galerie Maria Chailloux, Loods 6, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Convoi Exceptionel'

Galerie Berendsen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, group exibition

Silas Marder gallery, Bridgehampton, N.Y., U.S., 'The big show'

Th Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands, 'Preview', group exposition

Art Amsterdam 2006, Jan van Hoof gallery, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Grafisch Atelier 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, group exposition

“Licht en landschap in de hedendaagse grafiek” with Jan de Bie and Toon Laurense,
Jan van Hoof gallery, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Teekengenootschap Pictura Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Participation in installation of Marjan Teeuwen

2005

A&A Galerie Hasselt – Stevoort, Belgium,
“We met / we mad” Anke Roder & Manu Baeyens

CAT Art Twente, Jan van Hoof gallery, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Galerie van der Mieden, Antwerpen, Belgium
Summershow Groepsexpositie with Dirk van der Eecken,
Reinoud van Vught, Jasper Krabbé and others

Art Rotterdam, Jan van Hoof gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Galerie van der Mieden, Antwerpen, Belgium, solo
2004

de Krabbedans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, “Stichting Plint ten years”

Galerie/Parc de Sculptures Le Besset, St. Jeure d´Andaure, France

KunstRai, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Jan van Hoof gallery, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Kunstverein Arthaus, Ahaus, Germany, 'Landschaften'

Jan van Hoof gallery, 's-Hertogenbosch, 'Signatuur'

Art Twente, Hengelo, The Netherlands, Jan van Hoof Gallery, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

FIAC, Paris, France, Kunsthandel Borzo

2003

Jan van Hoof galerie, 's-Hertogenbosch, 'Source Lab' solo

Grafisch Atelier, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 'de Scandinavische Wind'

KunstRai, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Jan van Hoof gallery

COSUN, Breda, The Netherlands, solo

'Tien jaar Jan van Hoof gallery, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

2002

Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam, The Netherlanmds, 'Op Visite'

Art Twente 4, Hengelo, The Netherlands, Jan van Hoof gallery, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Jan van Hoof gallery, 's-Hertogenbosch, Te Netherlands, 'Thuiswedstrijd'

Kunstuitleen Oosterhout, The Netherlands, 'Nieuwe Aanwinsten'

ART Rotterdam with Jan van Hoof gallery, The Netherlands

2001

Jan van Hoof gallery, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 'Omgevingsbeelden'

KEG, Schijndel, The Netherlands, 'Licht & Flora'

NBKS, Breda, The Netherlands, 'Rerum Natura'

2000

Ona Art Centre, Ona, Noorwegen, solo

KW14, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 'een Ceder in mijn Tuin'

De Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond, The Netherlands, 'hoe het zij, waarheen het zij, vertrekken!'

1999

Peninsula, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Niggendijker, Groningen, The Netherlands

Galerie Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden, The Netherlands

1998

KunstRai, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Galerie Lambert Tegenbosch

Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1997

Galerie Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden, The Netherlands, solo

Artis, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Galerie 't Kijkhuis, Oosterhout, The Netherlands, 'Tafels, Bladen, Stoelen, Doeken'

KunstRai, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Galerie Lambert Tegenbosch

NBKS, Breda, The Netherlands, 'Salon III'

1996

De Gele Rijder, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 3 group expositions

1995

De Verschijning, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 'la Vie Organique' solo

Artotheek Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Ideas of Nature'

1994

Kunst & Vliegwerk, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 'Over de Zee' solo

Collections

Aegon collection, Collection Lanschot Bankiers,

COSUN collection, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo,

Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst SM's, ’s-Hertogenbosch,

Triodos bank collection and multiple privat collections

Art libraries

Artotheek Breda, Artotheek 18, Bergen op Zoom, Artotheek Zuid-Oost Amsterdam,

Artotheek Oost Amsterdam, De Nobelaer, Etten –Leur, De Krabbedans, Eindhoven, Kunstenlab Deventer,

Kunstuitleen Oosterhout, SBK, Amsterdam
One of the first things that can be mentioned about the works of Anke Roder (1964, Bayreuth, Germany) is the particular technique she uses. She creates her paintings by using melted bee wax to which she adds pigments (a technique called encaustic). Her paintings can exist of bee wax only, but she also combines wax with oil paint. By often using thick pieces of wreckage, she seems to arise the two-dimensional character of painting. Becoming object-like, her works are showing similarities with the thick-layered works of the Dutch ‘tachiste’ painter Bram Bogart.

In contradiction with the abstract works of Bogart, the subject in Roders work remains clearly visible: it’s all about nature. Her representations can be roughly classified into two groups: panoramas (skies, beaches, seascapes and other open areas) and flora (flowers, branches, mosses). It’s like she walks through landscapes, on the one hand zooming in and at the other hand zooming out.

Working with bee wax is very laborious. Firstly, the concrete grains of wax must be heated in a pan placed in warm water. After doing this, the pigments can be added to the transparent liquid. Beyond, Roder applies the wax layer after layer to her bearer. Caused by the transparent character of the material, underlying forms and colors keep visible, like echo’s coming up to the surface from the depth.

Mainly depicting the flora works in wax only, Roder uses for her panoramas also oil paint. The difference in tactility between the two materials correlates with the tactility of the different elements of the subject she represents. The water in the sea, the snow at the fields or the sand on the shore is touchable for human hand and is recalled by the ‘concrete’ material oil paint. Against that, the distance, that what is above the horizon, remaining untouchable, is captured in the glazy, airy bee wax.

Partly caused by absence of mankind, tranquility and peace are dominating values in the artworks of Anke Roder.

Silence is perceptible, the log cabin that pops up here and there in the panoramas is more an expression of man’s wish being there than that he actually is present.
This year for the first time Roder is also showing works on paper. Although she uses different materials like ink, aquarelle and gouache, these drawings, created on obsolete paper, are breathing the same kind of transparency as her paintings. These drawings and collages were made during a long period synchronously with her paintings and, till now, always disappeared in an antique suitcase. They can be read as diary notes and form an investigating source and key to her paintings