Anne Mercedes

Anne Mercedes is a London-based visual artist who was born in Paris.
Her work is concerned with embodying tensions.
She is a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors since 2009.

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland. Escorté des hippocampes noirs, 2014.
National Museum of Ceramics, Sèvres, France. Etude pour Ulysse n°1, 2011.
Frank Steyaert House, Gent, Belgium. Grande Hottée, 2011, Compression/explosion 1, 2009.
International Ceramics Research Center, Denmark
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, Korea
Museum of Walbrzych, Poland
Terra, Serbia. Very Large Compression/Explosion, 2013-2014.

 

AWARDS

2010 Brian Mercer 2011 Bronze Casting Residency
2008 * “Artist in residence award II”, International Ceramics Research Center, Denmark
* UK Crafts Potters Association Charitable Grant
2007 “Project Network” award, International Ceramics Research Center, Denmark

 

MEMBERSHIP

Royal British Society of Sculptors
FORUM, The Network for Artists

 

PRESS / PUBLICATION

2015 L’infini dans le fini, catalogue published on the occasion of solo show Sous les monstres, la fleur, with an interview with Anne Mercedes by Anne Rivière, Galerie Le Fil Rouge, February 2015. ISBN 978-2-9551331-0-1
2014 « Alchimie de la matière et du feu », Maxime Maillard, La Côte, 25 Avril 2014.
Conversation avec le temps, interview with Anne Mercedes by François Brack, Galerie d’art 1045, Spring 2014.
2013 « Anne Mercedes, une oeuvre inquiète » by Carole Andreani, La revue de la céramique et du verre, 192, Sept-Oct 2013.
2012 « Anne Mercedes, Meester van de Materie » by Frank Steyaert, Klei Magazine, Voordhuizen, The Netherlands, March 2012.
« 1963-2012, Tradition & Innovation: Five decades of Harrow Ceramics », Foreword by Alun Graves, Edited by Tessa Peters, University of Westminster, London, 2012. ISBN 978-0-9541044-3-6
2011 *S’imbriquer, sous la direction de Clotilde Boitel, textes de Frédéric Bodet et Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida, Silvana Editoriale, Milano, 2011, ISBN / EAN 9788836620876
*Porcelain another way 2010, Wroclaw, 2011.
2010 *Circuit céramique aux Arts Décoratifs : la scène française contemporaine, sous la direction de Frédéric Bodet, pp.58-61, Edition Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, ISBN 978-2-916914-22-0.
*European Ceramic Context 2010, Kunstmuseum Bornholm, 2010, ISBN 978-8789059-86-0.
2009 * Collaboration to Wall Pieces, Dominique Bivar-Segurado, A&C Black, 2009, ISBN 978-1-408-10407-1.Read a review by Sumi von Dassow about this book
*La Revue de la céramique et du verre, 168, Sept. 2009, in « La part du feu » by Carole Andreani, p.35.
*12. Westerwaldpreis 2009, Keramik Europas, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany, 2009, p.174, ISBN 978-3-930081-17-2.
* Adventures of the fire, World Contemporary Ceramics, 5th Ceramics Biennale, World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, South Korea, 2009, pp.26-29. ISBN 978-89-89748-70-0.
2008 * Céramique Contemporaine, Biennale Internationale Vallauris 2008, Somogy éditions d’art, Paris, 2008, pp.78-79. ISBN 978-2-7572-0182-4.
* Ceramic Review 229, January/February 2008.
2007 BA honours Ceramics Degree show 2007, University of Westminster, London, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9541044-2-9.
Residencies
2014 One month at TERRA, Kikinda, Serbia.
2013 One month at TERRA, Kikinda, Serbia, for the 32d Terra Symposium.
2011 One month at Briqueterie De Wulf, Beauvais, France.
Three months at Fonderia Artistica Mariani, Pietrasanta, Italy, for the Brian Mercer Residency.
2010 One month at Lapp Insulators Factory, Jedlina Zdròj, Poland, for the Porcelain another way Residency.
One month at Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark.
2009 One month at Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark.
2008 6 months at Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark: « Network Project » and « Artist in Residence Award II ».
Academic qualifications
1986 MA in Philosophy (Distinction), University of Paris I – Sorbonne
1988 Agrégée de philosophie
2007 Ceramics BA (HONS), University of Westminster, London