Ann Veronica Janssens
Born in 1956 in Folkestone (United Kingdom), ANN VERONICA JANSSENS lives and works in Brussels (Belgium). Since the late 1970s Ann Veronica Janssens develops an experimental work that emphasizes in situ installations and the use of very simple or intangible materials, such as light, sound or artificial fog. The observer is confronted with the perception of the “elusive” and a fleeting experience where it crosses the threshold of clear and controlled vision, it is an experience of loss of control, instability, fragility whether visual, physical, temporal or psychological. Kamel Mennour and Ann Veronica Janssens have been working together since 2012.
Her work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions: in 2020 at the South London Gallery in London (UK) and at the Louisiana Museum in Humlebæk (DK), in 2018 at the De Pont Foundation in Tilburg (NL), at the Kiasma Museum in Helsinki (FL), at the Baltimore Museum of Art (USA), in 2017 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Villeurbanne (France), at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas (USA) in 2016 and at the SMAK in Ghent (B) in 2015.
In 2003, she participated in the exhibition “Aux origines de l’abstraction. 1800-1914” with the proposal Red 106 - Blue 132. In 1999, she represented Belgium at the 45th Venice Biennale with Michel François and her work has been part of many other international biennials such as Manifesta 10, St Petersburg, UK (2014); 18th Sydney Biennale, AUS (2012) ; Manifesta 8, Murcia (2011); 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennial, KR (2006); 11th Sydney Biennial, AUS (1998); 5th Istanbul International Biennial, TR (1997) and 22nd São Paulo International Biennial, BR (1994).
She has also collaborated on several occasions with choreographers such as Pierre Droulers and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. Since 2009, she has also initiated with Nathalie Ergino the “Brain Space Laboratory” of the Institute of Contemporary Art of Villeurbanne, an interdisciplinary project that brings together the reflections and experiences of artists and scientists.
Since 1985, she has participated in major group exhibitions such as “Shifting Spaces”, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, “Le musée absent” in Wiels, Brussels, B (2017), “Illumination” at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, DK (2016); “Another Minimalism” at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, GB (2015) ; “Zehn Räume Drei Loggien und Ein Saal” at the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, DE (2015); “Simple Forms” at the Centre Pompidou Metz, FR and the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, J, (2014); “Light Show” at the Hayward Gallery, London, UK, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Sydney, AU and the Sharjah Art Foundation UAE (2013); “Dynamo. Un siècle de lumière et de mouvement dans l’art 1913-2013” at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, FR (2013); “Fruits de la Passion” at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR (2012); “unExhibit” at the Generali Foundation, Vienna, AT (2011); “Universal Code” at The Power Plant - Contemporary Art Gallery, Ontario, CA (2009); “Ecstasy, In And About Altered States” at MOCA, Los Angeles, USA (2005); “Natuurlijk” at the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo NL (2002); “Stimuli” at the Witte de With and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL (1999).
The artist’s future projects include in the spring of 2022, and at the invitation of the Centre des monuments nationaux, the conception of a monumental work - 23:56:04 - for the Panthéon in Paris, and in the spring of 2023 a solo exhibition at the Pirelli HangarBicocca Foundation in Milan.
Works
![Exhibition view, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-pirelli-hangarbicocca-milan/3ccfd978d2-1684838898/hangar-avj-06-400x.jpg)
![Installation view, Panthéon, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/installation-view-pantheon-paris/1d2634a19e-1657902534/20-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Collection Lambert, Avignon - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-collection-lambert-avignon/fdd12b94c8-1663855816/ann-veronica-janssens-vue-exposition-22entre-le-crepuscule-et-le-ciel-22-a-la-collection-lambert-blaise-adilon-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Fondation CAB, Saint-Paul de Vence - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-fondation-cab-saint-paul-de-vence/45aee8b47c-1657902790/avj-works-07-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-airs/ab9dce5544-1617291001/8-400x.jpg)
![Blue Glass Roll 405/3 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/blue-glass-roll-405-3/79eb91dd30-1617291768/1-2019-blue-glass-roll-405-3-av-106-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-airs-2/002a963b48-1617291146/14-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-airs-3/f899a7e188-1617291192/17-400x.jpg)
![Umbrella - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/umbrella/bf72425fa6-1617291484/2-2020-umbrella-av-114-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, South London Gallery, London - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-south-london-gallery-londo/1e6d6230f4-1615284543/slg-ajv-009-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, South London Gallery, London - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-south-london-gallery-lond/4bdcf10c14-1615284509/slg-ajv-005-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, South London Gallery, London - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-south-london-gallery/8e9b8e5ccc-1615284454/slg-ajv-004-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, South London Gallery, London - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-south-london-gallery-london/ba3d2726ce-1615284396/slg-ajv-046-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-of-hot-pink-turquoise-louisiana-museum-of-modern-art-denmark/78b0e107a8-1580479825/louisiana-230120-011-copie-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/view-of-hot-pink-turquoise-louisiana-museum-of-modern-art-denmark/0c7b2398b6-1580479739/louisiana-230120-003-copie-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-louisiana-museum-of-modern-art-denmark/d96aebf365-1580479663/louisiana-230120-018-copie-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-louisiana-museum-of-modern-art/00a890999c-1580479487/kim1656bd-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-5/e415b65307-1563519336/5-2016-solo-show-ann-veronica-janssens-photo-julie-joubert-400x.jpg)
![Untitled (Pink Coco Lopez) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/untitled-pink-coco-lopez/c2655ce5da-1562253979/av15-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-2/b22b34b0cd-1563519210/10-2013-ann-veronica-janssens-photo-fabrice-seixas-400x.jpg)
![Disque noir - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/disque-noir/6a3ab07813-1562256046/av71-400x.jpg)
![Magic Mirrors (Blue and Pink #2) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/magic-mirrors-blue-and-pink-2/495577e7ef-1562255502/av55-400x.jpg)
![IPE 650 Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/ipe-650-paris/1401c90aa2-1562255138/av42-400x.jpg)
![Chapeau (Stetson) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/chapeau-stetson/6f2d4ba920-1562255232/av51-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Chapelle Saint Vincent, Grignan - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-chapelle-saint-vincent-grignan/160c011af9-1563522317/12-copie-2-400x.jpg)
![Ann Veronica Janssens, Untitled (White Glitter), 2016-, courtesy the artist. Installation View ‘Luogo
e Segni’ at Punta della Dogana, 2019 © Palazzo Grassi, photography Delfino Sisto Legnani e
Marco Cappelletti. - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-punta-della-dogana/051320c3f9-1568900471/iv-luogo-e-segni-janssens-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-1/d410d606fb-1563519174/2-2013-ann-veronica-janssens-photo-fabrice-seixas-400x.jpg)
![Candy Sculpture 812/3-608-805/2 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/candy-sculpture-812-3-608-805-2/468b50f640-1562255937/av66-400x.jpg)
![“Space Shifters”, Hayward Gallery 2018
Photo. Mark Blower - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-hayward-gallery-london/7bb68cf983-1568900689/mark-blower-180922-space-shifters-hayward-0187-400x.jpg)
![Plastillon orange - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/plastillon-orange/c040798c31-1562253839/av8-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Grand Palais, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-grand-palais-paris/e71802ed64-1563521967/29-2013-ann-veronica-janssens-dynamo-photo-fabrice-seixas-400x.jpg)
![Aerogel - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/aerogel/5e5de95194-1562254978/av24-400x.jpg)
![CL2 Blue Shadow & Sunset R - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/cl2-blue-shadow-sunset-r/45e02901b3-1562256499/av95-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Sidney Biennale - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-sidney-biennale-2012/772bcdfd47-1563521510/janssens-installation-view-sw-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Museo Cappella Sansevero, Naples - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-museo-cappella-sansevero-naples/26bd38e49d-1563522912/7-photo-marco-ghidelli-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, S.M.A.K, Ghent - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-s-m-a-k-ghent/8cc30b6eaa-1563525875/av-janssens-s-m-a-k-2015-photo-dirk-pauwels-4-400x.jpg)
![15 Mai - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/15-mai/07c086acad-1562255472/av53-400x.jpg)
![16 Aquatic Blocks (110) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/16-aquatic-blocks-110/699e0ea156-1562256593/av96-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-4/895ad9880a-1563519306/1-2016-solo-show-ann-veronica-janssens-photo-fabrice-seixas-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-musee-de-l-orangerie-paris/2fe50d8cfd-1563527378/3-400x.jpg)
![May - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/may/b05ce6827f-1562255197/av43-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, MANIFESTA, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-manifesta-hermitage-museum-saint-petersburg/0ff381dacc-1563525291/img-5264-400x.jpg)
![Untitled (anneau doré) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/untitled-anneau-dore/a4b2996849-1562255905/av63-400x.jpg)
![CL9 Pink Shadow - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/cl9-pink-shadow/f061d6a595-1562256283/av79-400x.jpg)
![Sans titre - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/sans-titre/7066400969-1562256000/av70-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, LaM, Villeneuve d'Ascq - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-lam-villeneuve-d-ascq/b9798af0cb-1563525714/201509-loclj-ndewitte083-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, IAC, Lyon - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-iac-lyon/673ce7dea7-1563525991/visuel-ann-veronica-janssens-7-400x.jpg)
![Diptych CL2 Blue Shadow & CL9GN35 Sunset Bright Green - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/diptych-cl2-blue-shadow-cl9gn35-sunset-bright-green/3381cbf618-1562256353/av80-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, De Pont Museum, Tilburg - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-de-pont-museum-tilburg-2/69e3bd97d3-1563526718/dsc2915-400x.jpg)
![Concordant Golden Square 45° turned - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/concordant-golden-square-450-turned/5e8568206f-1562255867/av61-400x.jpg)
![Disque argent - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/disque-argent/2f0bef38d7-1562256202/av75-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Kiasma, Helsinki - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kiasma-helsinki-2/e5f8aee2b1-1563527004/181025pvp035b-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-3/c94277a511-1563519260/9-2013-ann-veronica-janssens-photo-fabrice-seixas-400x.jpg)
![Golden circle - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/golden-circle/0909f70f8d-1562256108/av73-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Grand Palais, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-grand-palais-paris-1/7b77160f38-1563522036/31-1-2013-ann-veronica-janssens-dynamo-photo-fabrice-seixas-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-espace-de-l-art-concret-mouans-sartoux/ed174b1d9b-1563525788/eac-191-abstraction-geometrique-belge-2015-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, IAC, Lyon - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-iac-lyon-2/8f792a0d9f-1563526125/visuel-ann-veronica-janssens-1-400x.jpg)
![CL2 Blue Shadow - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/cl2-blue-shadow/3f5ea02288-1562256236/av78-400x.jpg)
![Plastillon Bleu Azur - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/plastillon-bleu-azur/fddf8c3fec-1562255073/av37-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Kiasma, Helsinki - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kiasma-helsinki-3/022aa68924-1563527254/181025pvp046bb-400x.jpg)
![Golden square - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/golden-square/6428cfcff0-1562253941/av9-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, De Pont Museum, Tilburg - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-de-pont-museum-tilburg/ca6ed086e7-1563526607/dsc2959-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Kiasma, Helsinki - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kiasma-helsinki/01db9b74f8-1563526839/o4a9793bb-400x.jpg)
![Disque anodisé rouge - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/disque-anodise-rouge/84b9504061-1562255969/av69-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris/a22fc5cfff-1563519086/1-2013-ann-veronica-janssens-photo-fabrice-seixas-400x.jpg)
![CL9GN35 Sunset Bright Green - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/cl9gn35-sunset-bright-green/26acad0b45-1562256433/av84-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, IAC, Lyon - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-iac-lyon-1/5d4fb17d94-1563526064/visuel-ann-veronica-janssens-6-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Kiasma, Helsinki - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-kiasma-helsinki-1/cb0a81011d-1563526916/181025pvp020bb-400x.jpg)
![Brass Disc - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/brass-disc/308cc87cea-1562256471/av91-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Eglise Saint Honorat des Alyscamps, Arles - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-arles/f73ab0fc9f-1563522169/dsc-2000-6-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, De Pont Museum, Tilburg - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-de-pont-museum-tilburg-1/d25396bfab-1563526650/dsc2933-400x.jpg)
![CL2E354 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/cl2e354/aeb1e6130c-1623062847/dscn0986bis-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Sidney Biennale - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-sidney-biennale/6342e8598f-1563521709/janssens-installation-view-sw-4-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, SHED, Notre-Dame de Bondeville - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-shed-notre-dame-de-bondeville/b420d0652b-1563526322/dsc2909-400x.jpg)
![voyage à Kyoto - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/voyage-a-kyoto/9bed567132-1562256682/av97-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, MAC/VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-mac-val-vitry-sur-seine/56a72d0779-1563526478/5-2017-pegase-c16-64-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Grand Palais, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ann-veronica-janssens/exhibition-view-grand-palais-paris-2/5da106f056-1563522078/35-2013-ann-veronica-janssens-dynamo-photo-fabrice-seixas-400x.jpg)
Exhibitions & News
![Endless Summer - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/endless-summer/852c950434-1662460863/5-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Jours blancs - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/jours-blancs/35f3a3579a-1634725558/4-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Landscape of Geometry - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/landscape-of-geometry/ca963bb957-1621936321/7-400x266-crop.jpg)
![airs - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/airs/f2471ef64d-1617095912/17-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Ann Veronica Janssens - © © ADAGP Ann Veronica Janssens
Photo. archives kamel mennour
Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris/London, Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/ann-veronica-janssens-2016/c36db7493f-1562165245/6-2016-solo-show-ann-veronica-janssens-photo-julie-joubert-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Winter show - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/winter-show/addaefbe19-1600173355/3-2015-winter-show-photo-julie-joubert-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Ann Veronica Janssens - © © ADAGP Ann Veronica Janssens
Photo. archives kamel mennour
Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris/London, Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/ann-veronica-janssens/5c2400b68e-1562164924/8-2013-ann-veronica-janssens-photo-fabrice-seixas-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Dan Flavin
Sans Titre (to the Real Dan Hill), 1978
Néons rose, doré, bleu, vert ; Métal laqué
243,8 x 13 x 20 cm
Vue de l’exposition « Lux Perpetua », kamel mennour, Paris, 2012
Photo. Fabrice Seixas
Collection privée, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/lux-perpetua/555d67a350-1563549694/2-1978-sans-titre-to-the-real-dan-hill-fabrice-seixas-400x266-crop.jpg)