Personal / Education

21 May 1974

Born in Leningrad (Russia). Russian/Dutch (obtained in 2002). Resident in the Netherlands since 1998.

2005—2006

Study at the Sandberg Institute, Applied Arts Department, Amsterdam.

1998—2001

Study at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, ceramics department. Graduated July 2001.

1992—1998

Study at the State St-Petersburg Academy of Art and Design, ceramics department. Graduated May 1998.

Exhibitions

June 2007

W139 Basement, group show with Art Partners, Amsterdam.

Mei-Oktober 2007

"Pretty Dutch", group exposition, Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden.

Mei 2007

"Sweet Vanitas", solo exhibition, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam.

April 2007

W139 Basement, group show "One And Another Painting", Amsterdam.

December 2006

Kitsche-nette, group show, ArtKitchen Gallery, Amsterdam.

June 2006

"Rietveld naar de Beurs", Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam.

Mei 2006

Mart house "white, bright, and delighting home", Amsterdam.

January 2006

IMM Cologne, group exhibition "SHOW", Germany.

May 2005

KunstRAI 2005, solo show, Schröder Gallery, Amsterdam.

January 2005

"In Tijdelijk Gebruik, museale kunst en cultureel erfgoed in de Hoftoren", Ministry of Education, Culture & Sciences.

May 2004

KunstRAI 2004, Amsterdam.

April 2004

Exhibition at the BLIK gallery, Rotterdam.

June—September 2003

Exhibition about contemporary ceramics, museum "Princessehof", Leeuwarden.

May 2003

KunstRAI 2003, Amsterdam.

March—April 2003

Solo exhibition at Schröder Galerie/Ateliers, The Hague.

JuneSeptember 2002

Solo exhibition at the museum "Princessehof", Leeuwarden.

May 2002

KunstRAI 2002, Amsterdam.

March—May 2002

Exhibition at the Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam.

September—October 2001

Group exhibition at Shell Research Center, Amsterdam, in collaboration with BLIK gallery.

July 2001

Graduation exhibition at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.

June 2000

"Rietveld naar de Beurs 2000", sale exhibition in the Beurs van Berlage.

July 1999

Participation in the 8th International Ceramic Symposium (Ceramics Millenium) Amsterdam; group exhibition at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, ceramics department.

May 1999

Group exhibition devoted to Max Heymans.

May 1999

"Rietveld naar de Beurs", sale exhibition in Beurs van Berlage.

May—June 1999

Group exhibition "The Magic of Gold" in "De Nederlandsche Bank".

April 1999

International AIAS Student Seminar "Park of the Future", Amsterdam; park sculpture "The Hand of Life".

Commissions

January—March 2004

Project for the interior of the FMO bank, The Hague.

July 2003 (2006)

"The Hand", floor mosaic for the entrance of the Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam.

August 2000

"The Arc of Noah", project with "Artists for Sail 2000" in collaboration with other artists.

May 2000 (2002)

"Klaagmuur", project with Amnesty International for Colombia in collaboration with other artists, installation in Colombia in 2002.

Prizes

September 2001

Winner of the Shell Young Art Award 2001.

November 2000

Prize in the photo competition for the Siemens Art Calendar 2001.

Work in collection

Museum Het Princessehof, Leeuwarden.

FMO Bank, The Hague.

Private collections...

Publications

Metropolis M, jaargang 15, nr. 5 (1999)

"Kunstacademies onder vuur".

De Florijn, 12 May 1999

"De magie van goud".

Het Parool, 26 May 1999

"Kunststudenten recyclen kleding Max Heymans".

Het Parool, 29 June 2001

"De bv Rietveld".

SiteView, 6 October 2001

"Tegelvloer wint 1e prijs".

Kunstblad, 6 December 2001

"Shell Young Art Award 2001".

Status, nr. 5, jaargang 11, April 2002

"Hoofdzaken in glas".

Keramika nr. 2 zomer 2002

"Tegelinstallatie van Anna Volkova, Het verleden op de vloer".

Tableau Fine Arts Magazine 2004

"Anna Volkova/Renze Koenes keramiek en schilderijen".

Practice / Workshops

July 1999

Workshop "Beyond Gravity", ceramics in the visual world, 's-Hertogenbosch Art Academy.

July 1999

Workshop with the Makkum Majolica factory, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam.

June 1995 and June-July 1996

Practice at the St.Petersburg Porcelain Factory.