Anna Belleforte

My art looks at the intersection of architecture, nature and us. Drawing on observation, memory and imagination, I compose images of buildings and landscapes that are recognizable, but not real – except for the maps integrated in the paintings, which imbues them with a sense of place. I aim to capture how we may feel connected to a place, not in a nostalgic way necessarily, but how we as human beings are connected (or not) to our environment, nature and the rest of the world. What is the impact of our choices? Where do we experience beauty? How do our needs interact with nature’s needs?
In my series of the past few years I repurpose old maps, add paint, and cut them up to build architectural compositions. The effect is an intriguing image both close-up and at a distance. The works look like paintings, but are built with pieces of paper, and are varnished to protect the colours.
I also work on commission, incorporating your personal maps and/or depicting architecture that is special to you.

HBA Art History / Fine Art (summa cum laude), University of Western Ontario, Canada
MA Art History (magna cum laude), Queen’s University, Canada
MA Architectural Conservation, University of York, UK

2025 October, Salt Spring National Art Prize Canada, People's Choice Youth Prize winner
2025 October, Larnaca Biennale, Cyprus
2025 Bricks and Stones Greek-Dutch exhibition, Mets Art Center Athens
2024, 100 years is nothing, Museum Heerenveen, the Netherlands
2024 Kunstmaand Ameland, Netherlands
2024, Greek Light, Mets Art Center, Athens, Greece
2024, Zuruck in die Zukunft, Treff gallery, Soest, Germany
2022 & 2023, Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam
2023, solo show 'Follow the Maps', Eemhuis, Amersfoort NL
2023, Discovery Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
2022, NECTAR Art & Urban Nature, Sint-Joriskerk, Amersfoort NL
2021, nominee Salt Spring National Art Prize, Canada
2021, Haus der Niederlande, Munster, Germany
2020, Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands
2019, Openstal, Oldeberkoop, Netherlands
2018, Budapest Art Residency & Exhibition
2017 & 2019, Kunstmoment, Diepenheim, Netherlands