Anna van der Ploeg is a contemporary artist from South Africa currently living in Belgium.
EDUCATION
2020 – 22 Master of Fine Arts (graduated with high distinction)
KASK Royal Academy School of Arts, Belgium
2011 – 15 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Cape Town
SOLO SHOWS
2025 Sun on a saucer with Liz Forster, SAFFCA La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
Internal Species with Erin Chaplin and Joel Sorensen, Otomys, Melbourne
2024 Invited / Art Brussels, Reservoir, Brussels, Belgium
Shorter this time, Reservoir, Cape Town, South Africa
2023 Let there be no fuss, Museum M, Leuven, Belgium
Fourteen envelopes addressed to Lucienne, Otomys, Melbourne, Australia
Omens in hot bacon contradiction, David Krut Gallery, New York
Omens in hot bacon contradiction, David Krut, Johannesburg, South Africa
2022 Gates, Winona, Brussels, Belgium
Orators, MAP KASK Royal Academy, Gent, Belgium
2021 Gale force scheduled for day off, MAP KASK Royal Academy, Gent, Belgium
oona calx: Tripping Stone, Otomys, Melbourne, Australia
Visitor, David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, South Africa
2020 Map with Open Windows, 196 Victoria, Woodstock, South Africa
2018 Growing to another Sun, SMITH Studio, Cape Town, South Africa
2016 Arc and Toll, SMITH Studio, Cape Town, South Africa
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Gibela, FEDE Arthouse, Cape Town
2024 SEED III by the Southern African Foundation For Contemporary Art, Villa Arcadia, Johannesburg
Fallow Grounds by Reservoir Projects, Spaced Out Foundation, Uckermark
Berlin Art Week, Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin
LANDscape[s]: artworks from the MAPSA Collection, Richmond
P, R-EF, De Verffabriek, Gent
Ellipsis: Approximations to a voice, Johannes Stegmann Gallery, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
2023 Atari, No Mans’ Art, Amsterdam
Reservoir (independent curators booth), Investec Cape Town Art Fair
2022 Scratch, Lion Sands, Sabie
Latitudes Art Fair, Johannesburg
Breakfast, Studio Ashby, London
Lush, Cavalli Estate, Cape Town
Kortrijk Stimulans Competition, Kortrijk
Days of being wild, Cavalli Estate, Cape Town
Out of the dusk, David Krut Projects, Johannesburg
2021 Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg
Falling Awake, The Fourth, Cape Town
Grote Voetbalmatch, KASK Royal Academy, Gent, Belgium
Zomersalon, Kunsthal, Gent
Hot Mess 2, Neuzeit Ost, Berlin
2020 Smalls, Otomys, Melbourne
Farewell to good good friends, SMITH Studio, Cape Town
Becoming: what is and what is not, Oliewnhuis Museum, Bloemfontein
(Art Bank of South Africa New Acquisitions)
2019 ABSA Champagne Festival, Inanda Club, Johannesburg
Summer Salon, OTOMYS, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Rendezvous II, SMITH Studio, Cape Town
Secret Garden, Art on Avenues, Stellenbosch
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
2018 Spier Light Art Festival, Spier, Stellenbosch
Rendezvous, SMITH Studio, Cape Town
FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg
Globalising Mokuhanga, Art-Trofi, Moscow
Close Encounters, SMITH Studio, Cape Town
Comics comics comics, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
Salad, SMITH Studio, Cape Town
2017 Open Show, Bridgewater Studios, Cape Town
In Search of Mokuhanga Light, CfSHE Annex, Tokyo
Out of Nowhere, SMITH Studio, Cape Town
AIR 2017 Exhibition, MI-Lab, Tokyo
Open Show, Bridgewater Studios, Cape Town
In Search of Mokuhanga Light, CfSHE Annex, Tokyo
Out of Nowhere, SMITH Studio, Cape Town
AIR 2017 Exhibition, MI-Lab, Tokyo
2016 AKAA (Also Known As Africa) Art Fair, Paris
From Whence They Came, SMITH Studio, Cape Town
Between stars and Tracks, The Project Room, Namibia
Best in Show, SMITH Studio, Cape Town
Summer Exhibition, Ebony, Cape Town
SKETCH at SMITH Studio, Cape Town
2015 Cabinets of Curiosity, Untitled, Cape Town
Sasol New Signatures Finalists Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum
RESIDENCIES
2024 SAFFCA La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
2023 Artist in Residence at Museum M, Leuven, Belgium
Reservoir, Cape Town, South Africa
David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, South Africa
2022 David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, South Africa
2021 David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, South Africa
2017 MI-Lab Mokuhanga Program, Japan
2017 Vice-Versa Foundation, Goa, India
2016 Atelier le Grand Village, Massignac, France
PUBLICATIONS
Museum Leuven – Nummer Zeven, March 2023
Onrust Magazine, November 2022
Metropolis M Magazine, August 2022
Towards the Source, Anna van der Ploeg and Daniella Mooney, 2018
GIF 4, The Artist’s Press, 2018
COLLABORATIONS
2024 Collaboration with composer Charlie Usher
2024 Text with Lucienne Bestall, Thulile Gamedze, Margie Orford, Zayaan Khan, Bongani Kona, Karin Schimke, and Keely Shinners
2023 Writing/painting with Lucienne Bestall
2019 oona calx – Ongoing projects with Daniella Mooney
2018 Artclub & Friends Artwear Collection
AWARDS
2022 Finalist for the Artsthread Global Design Graduate Show in collaboration with GUCCI
2022 KASK Legaat de Leu Prize
2022 Finalist for the Kortrijk Stimulans Competition
2021 The Elizabeth Greenshields Award
2020 Government of Flanders Master Mind Scholarship
2020 KASK School of the Arts Scholarship Award
2019 The Elizabeth Greenshields Award
2015 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition Finalist
COLLECTIONS
Iziko South African National Gallery
V&A Museum, London
South African National Art Bank
Hollard Art Collection
TEACHING
2023 Printmedia, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town