Anne Kern

curriculum vitae

1981	born in Dresden, raised in Saxon Switzerland
1999-2006	drawing school under Klaus Drechsler
2000-2004	study of social pedadogy at the Evangelische Hochschule (EHS) Dresden
2000-2002	attendance at the New evening school at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) Dresden
2004-2009	study of painting/graphics at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) Leipzig under Prof. Annette Schröter
2009	since then freelance work as an artist
2012	founding of the Kunstmeile Wehlen (KMW) / Saxon Switzerland
2014	expansion and relocation to the »Schöne Aussicht« studio in Wehlen, Saxon Switzerland

The landscape seems to offer Anne Kern's painting everything. It is her subject, her fascination, her field of experimentation and her metaphor all in one. Man-made broken sandstone is her subject matter, the visually stunning nature of Saxon Switzerland her backdrop. Quarries, bizarre rock formations reflected in crystal-clear water, occasional traces of human life, an abandoned boat, a hut. The brushstrokes are broad, large linear strokes organise and provide adequate support in the form of breaks, crevices and cracks. The colour palette does without colouristic sensations. Blue, turquoise and grey, as well as green, brown and ochre, are finely tuned and contrasted, modulated between light and dark.

Michael Böhlitz
Anne Kern. Essenzen, Katalog der Ausstellung, Dresden: Galerie Himmel 2019, S. 7

Anne Kern does not find the image in her self-encounter through nature and colour when painting in the landscape. In the spirit of one of the greats of painting, Paul Klee, she confirms his statement: »Art does not show the visible, but makes visible«. Her multiple transformations of rocks and water in light and colour on the canvas are the finite prerequisites for infinite approximations. In her painting, she opens up the spirit-filled depths of creation, revealing and unlocking its living mystery.

Friedhelm Häring
Zur Malerei von Anne Kern, in: Anne Kern. Essenzen, Katalog der Ausstellung, Dresden: Galerie Himmel 2019, S. 15

Light, movement, change, growth and decay are the origins of nature, which I try to explore through my work.

Anne Kern
Anne Kern. Zeichnungen, Dresden 2017, S. 21

further exhibitions

2007	Blitzgalerie, Dresden: »Landschaften«
2009	HAGER Partnerschaft – Rechtsanwälte, Leipzig: »Alles was Recht ist – Grafiken der Fachklasse Annette Schröter« (participation)
2010	Galerie Kuhturm, Leipzig-Lindenau: »Kernzone«
	Galerie Mitte, Dresden: »Kopf an Kopf« (participation)
	Galerie drei, Dresdner Sezession 89 e.V.: »GesteinsArt« (with Ursula Güttsches)
	Galerie Treibhaus e.V., Dresden: »Stille Wasser«
2011	Turmgalerie Schloss Augustusburg e.V., Augustusburg: »Grenzgänger I«
	Landschloss Zuschendorf, Pirna: »Grenzgänger II«
2013	Oberhessisches Museum, Gießen: »Kernzone«
	Berufsgenossenschaft für Wohlfahrtspflege (BGW) Akademie Dresden: »Der Kern der Dinge«
	Politbüro Bündnis 90/Grünen, Dresden: »grünland«
2016	Kuratorium Altstadt Pirna e.V., Mägdlein Schule Pirna: »Steinig«
	Deutscher Alpenverein e.V. Sektion Dresden (with Gottfried Körner)
2017	GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden: »Bruchstücke« (Kabinett)
	Galerie FLOX, Dresden: »kernfusion« (with Thomas Kern, Steffen Kern and Georg Baselitz)
2018	GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden: »Blickwechsel« (solo exhibition)
2019	GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden: »Essenzen« (catalogue)
2020	Galerie Klinger, Liegau-Augustusbad: »Zwischenwelten« (with Gabi Keil)
2022	GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden: »Spiegelung« (Kabinett)
2023	Galerie Kunstlade Zittau , Zittau: »Einblicke – Durchblicke«
	Galerie Steinhaus e.V., Bautzen: »Von der Berge Macht und der Felsen Kraft« (with Sabine Veit)
2025	Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur in der Oberlausitz, Schloss Königshain: »Blaues Wasser, roter Fels«
2025-2026	Sächsische Landesaerztekammer, Dresden: »Landschaftsbilder aus der Kernzone«