Anne Pincus facts for kids

Anne Pincus, born in Melbourne, Australia in 1961, is a talented Australian painter and installation artist. She creates amazing artworks that often make people think deeply. Today, she lives and works in Munich, Germany.

Anne Pincus's Journey as an Artist

Anne Pincus started her art journey by studying Visual Art at the Monash University, Gippsland campus from 1978 to 1983. After her studies, she joined a group of artists called the Roar 2 Studio in Fitzroy, Melbourne. This was a place where artists worked together and shared ideas.

Later, in 1992, she earned a Graduate Diploma in Religious Education from La Trobe University. In 1994, Anne moved to Germany, which became her new home. Since then, she has shown her art in many different exhibitions, both by herself and with other artists.

Exploring Art and Nature

Anne Pincus's art often explores big ideas like space and time. An art critic named Nevill Drury once said that her paintings have a "mystical quality." This means her art can make you feel a sense of wonder and timelessness.

In recent years, Anne has been very interested in how we see different places. She often paints gardens, but not just as pretty pictures. She sometimes adds symbols from topographical maps onto her blurred oil paintings of gardens. This mixes the idea of a real place with a more dream-like feeling.

She also explores how people think about forests. Are they scary, like in fairy tales, or are they fragile and needing protection? Anne shows these different feelings through her paintings and special art installations.

Unique Art Installations

One of Anne Pincus's most interesting art pieces is an installation called 'Parachute Love'. An installation is a type of art that uses a space or room to create an experience for the viewer. 'Parachute Love' features a large parachute that seems to float in the air.

In 2006, she displayed this artwork in St. Benedict's Church in Munich. Later, in 2014, she showed it again at Saint Blaise Abbey, Black Forest. This time, it was part of an art project about "Building Bridges with Christ." The parachute floated beautifully beneath the old Gothic ceiling of the abbey.

Sharing Her Knowledge

Besides creating her own art, Anne Pincus also teaches. She shares her skills and passion for art at the Münchner Volkshochschule [de], which is an adult education center in Munich. This means she helps other people learn about art and develop their own creative talents.

Anne Pincus's Exhibitions

Anne Pincus has had many opportunities to share her art with the world. Here are some of her solo and group exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions

• 1984: "Recent Works", The Gallery, Akaroa, New Zealand
• 1993:
  • "Recent Paintings", Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne
  • "Shadow Stories", Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
• 1997: "Malerei", Café Gap, Munich
• 1998: "ask the dust", Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
• 1999: "Ölgemälde", Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Munich
• 2000: "Distillations", Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
• 2001: European Patent Office, Munich
• 2003: "Transcience" (installation), St. Rupert's Church, Munich
• 2004:
  • "Of the Body and Other Strange Phenomena", 84 GHz, Munich
  • "In der Schwebe" (installation), Church of the Resurrection (Auferstehungskirche), Munich
• 2006: "Parachute love" (installation), St. Benedict's Church, Munich
• 2009: "The Latitude of Shadows", Galerie Kaysser, Munich
• 2010: "Swimming with Medusa" (installation), werkschau.galerie für objekte + bilder, Munich
• 2012: "The lay of the land: a topographical memoir", Anita Traverso Gallery, Melbourne
• 2014 "Anne Pincus | The Alchemist's Garden", International Press Club of München

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 1986: Nicola Jackson, Anne Pincus, James Paul Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
• 1990: Inside Stories, Roar 2 Studios, Melbourne
• 2008: “Open Studio”, Anne Pincus and the naughty see monkey, 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne
• 2009: International Art, Schloss Ruhpolding (works from "The Latitude of Shadows")
• 2014: "Parachute love" (installation), Saint Blaise Abbey, Black Forest (with others)
• 2015: "Planet solitude" P-Galleria of the Artists' Association in Pori, Finland
• 2019: "20 Positionen", Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing, Bavaria
• 2021 "Blicklichtung", KVD Gallery, Dachau (with Eva Ertl)
• 2022:
  • 19th Lenggries Art Week, Prinz Heinrich barracks, Lenggries, Bavaria ("Swimming with Medusa" and "Persephone's Garden" installations)
  • Downunder in Munich, Werkgalerie Einstein 28, Munich
• 2022: "Unter Holz über Wasser" (Under Wood, over Water), Landshut Art Association (with Eva Ertl)
• 2022-2023 "Playing With Nature" Annual Exhibition Tutzing: Exhibition with 30 female artists of GEDOK Munich
• 2024: "Trouble in Paradise", galerieGEDOKmuc