Anna Nunes
Born in Matosinhos, Portugal, 1993. Lives and works in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Education
2017 MSc Biology, Animal Behavior & Adaptation, Wageningen University.
2012 BSc Forest & Nature Conservation, Ecology, Wageningen University.
Courses and workshops
2022 – Current Member of This Work Club. An initiative of This Art Foundation, This Works is a club for and by artists in which the exchange of knowledge and experience is central. Members can participate in a programme of master classes, receptions, workshops, etc.
2022 – Current Writing coaching by Yoeke Nagel.
2022 Masterclass: Cultural Networking by Nienke van der Wal, cultural coach and founder of the Young Collectors Circle, Museum Schiedam.
2022 Masterclass: Writing About Art by art historian and curator Marijan Cousijn, Museum Schiedam.
Solo/Duo exhibitions
2021 Taking you there…, Warnars & Warnars Art Dealers, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
2019 The Line1 Parade, De Broodfabriek, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
2019 People of the Boé, Gallery Koenders, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2018 Paintings by Anna Nunes, Impulse Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Group exhibitions
2023 ART The Hague, Gallery OpenArtExchange, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2023 Summer Saloon, CBK Zuidoost , Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2023 Ties, Gallery OpenArtExchange, Schiedam, The Netherlands.
2023 Jubilee edition, Art in the Park, INNOCOM, Beerzel, Belgium.
2022 111 artists > 111 pieces of art, WG Kunst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2022 In memory – portraits of loved ones, The Dutch Portrait Prize, Loods 6, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2022 Alternative Realities, Museum Night, Amare, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2022 Setting for Reset, Uit Het Gareel, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2021 ART The Hague, Uit Het Gareel, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2021 Faraway places, Uit Het Gareel, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2020 Powerful Women, Gallery De Nispenhoeve, Prinsenbeek, The Netherlands.
2020 Wageningse Makers, City Hall, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
2019 Jubilee edition, Museum Night, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Talks / Interviews
2022 Alternative Realities, Museum Night, Amare, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2022 Setting for Reset, Uit Het Gareel, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2022 Episode 5, Podcast MeeMakers, Table talk led by Sascha van Loenen, Hilversum, The Netherlands.
2021 Faraway Places, Uit Het Gareel, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague.
2020 Powerful Women, Gallery De Nispenhoeve, Prinsenbeek, The Netherlands.
2020 Tussenstop 5, Podcast interview, Ron van der Sterren, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Lectures/ Presentations
2020 Wild Being, De Lievelinge, Vuren, The Netherlands.
2019 The Line1 Parade, De Broodfabriek, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
2019 Recapture of Paradise, Jubilee edition Museum Night, The Hague, The Netherlands
Collections
My paintings, drawings and engravings are included in private and corporate collections in the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and the United States of America.
Corporate collections
2020 CIMART BV, Beerzel, Belgium.
2020 Gruzollo BV, Prinsenbeek, The Netherlands.
Projects
2020-2022 MeeMakers, Voordekunst, Amsterdam.
Co-founder of the art collective MeeMakers. An initiative with the aim of bringing art lovers in direct contact with artists and the process of making contemporary art. MeeMakers was made possible by Foundation Voordekunst, the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund, Platform ACCT and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
International exchanges / Residencies
2018 The Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation, Cres-Lošinj, Croatia.
Research project on the protection of bottlenose dolphins and their habitat in the Cres-Lošinj archipelago in the North Adriatic Sea.
2017 Chimbo Foundation, Boé region, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
Project related to the conservation of forested areas, including the sacred forests of Fulani communities in the Boé region. Partly thanks to this project, sacred forests in the Boé region have in 2021 been granted a legally protected status. A cooperation with Wageningen University and the Chimbo Foundation.
2015 Wageningen University and Twana Adventure, Expedition through Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
Project related to human-wildlife conflict & wildlife conservation programs in Southern Africa.
2011 Columbia University, New York, United States of America.
Participation in research expedition in the Hudson Valley. Project related to the quality and conservation of forested areas in the Hudson Valley, New Jersey.
Awards and grants
2023 Project Grant, Grant for research and the development of new work in collaboration with CACAU (São Tôme, West-Africa), Fonds voor Cultuur Participatie, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2018 The Willem Barentsz Award, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
In 2017, I lived and worked with West African communities in the Boé region (Guinea-Bissau) to preserve their sacred forests and way of life. For this collaboration, I received in 2018 an award from the Faculty of Resource Ecology at Wageningen University. An award for the execution of the project as well as for my contact and communication with the local population.
