Anke is interested in the material expression of the deep, abstruse things which move in us and between us. Exploring these things that are beyond words, but with a process that often begins with them, Anke finds their expression in the corporeal and material. She works between mediums and disciplines, with drawing remaining fundamental to her practice.
Born in Roermond, Netherlands. Living and working on unceded Dharawal Land, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
contact & saless: klevjera@gmail.com
Image by Kyati Suharto
education
2018-2023 Certificate IV in Visual Arts; Ceramics
Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs
2013-2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts; Painting
National Art School, Sydney
2004-2005Statement of Attainment; Photography I, Drawing I&II, Printmaking I&II,
Sydney Gallery School, TAFE Meadowbank College
solo exhibitions
2025 ‘love story of mountain and sky’
Strathnairn Gallery, ACT
2017 ‘in the middle of somewhere…’
Gallery 371, Marrickville NSW
2007 ‘an exhibition; prints and drawings by Anke Klevjer from the 2004-2005 archives’,
Residential space, Ashfield NSW
group exhibitions
2026 ‘Three Ways of Seeing’
Alchemy Interiors, Port Kembla
2025 ‘In Review’
Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
2025 ‘Recipricocity’
Sydney Ceramics Market Exhibition, Sydney
202524th Dobell Drawing Prize Finalists
National Art School, Sydney
2022 ‘mono no aware’
Central Australian Aviation Museum, Alice Springs
2021 ‘Heatwork’
Watch This Space, Alice Springs
2018 CDU Student Exhibition
Witchetty’s Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
2016 ‘Ephemeral Nature’
Gallery Klei, Sydney
2016 'Memorial'
Wellington St. Projects, Sydney
2016 'New Graduates 2'
Factory 49, Marrickville, Sydney
2015 'National Art School Graduate Show'
National Art School, Sydney
2015 ‘In parts, in pieces’
National Art School, Stairwell Gallery, Sydney
2015 ‘Grid Show 2015’
National Art School, Sydney
2014 & 2015‘Crossing Borders’ for Refugee Advice Casework Services (RACS)
National Art School, Sydney
2014 ‘Boundless Plains: Creative Conversations with Asylum Seekers’
Annandale Creative Arts Centre, Sydney
bibliography
‘Ceramics at Purple House’, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 62 No 3, November 2023. (Published article).
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 61 No 3, November 2022. (Published review).
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 61 No 2, July 2022. (Photos of ceramic work).
National Education Pictorial Survey
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 57 No 2, July 2018. (Photos of ceramic work).
National Education Pictorial Survey
artist residencies/ internships/ awards
2025 Finalist Wollongong Art Prize, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong.
2025 Finalist 24th Dobell Drawing Prize, National Art School, Sydney.
2025 Residency April-June, Strathnairn Arts Association, Canberra, ACT.
2024 June, Summer Residency at AqTusheti, Omalo, Georgia.
2016 National Art School Aboriginal Internship Award.
2017 Internship at Tapatjatjaka Art Centre. Titjikala, NT .
2010 Artist in Residence. River Ashram, Varanasi, India.
public collections
St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst
SMBC Theological College, Sydney