Le bûcheron Painting

Anne van der Linden Born in 1959 in England Lives in France Classic literary studies 1978 to 1987 Numerous travels in foreign countries, particularly in East Africa First self-taught drawings Works at a cabinet maker, learns French polishing 1982 Passes Paris Fine-Arts School competitive examination 1984 to 1988 Oil painting abstract period Creates with the artist Jean-Louis Costes the texts and drawings magazine "La vache bigarrée" 1988 Settles in the suburb of Paris Meets the Australian artists June Shenfield and Ken Shepherd, who keep the bookshop and art gallery “Cannibal Pierce” in Saint-Denis 1990 to 1992 Stops painting, works at a printer's 1992 Goes back to painting and progressively to a figurative style Makes sets for musical shows First exhibitions at the gallery Cannibal Pierce, then at the gallery “L'Usine" in Paris At the same time gets a fine arts degree at Paris 8 University 1995 First publication about her painting, "Heavy Meat" ed Jean-Pierre Faur Starts showing regularly her art in Paris, in the provinces and in foreign countries 1997 to 1999 Actress for experimental plays, movies and performances From that period she multiplies silkscreen and offset editions with independent editors (CBO, Chacal puant, Bongout…) most of them in collaboration with writers (June Shenfield, Hélène Girard, Costes, Lisa Falour…) 1999 Creation of a web site about her work "The heavy shop" Works as an illustrator for French diaries and for literature edition 1999 to 2000 Author and actor of 3 shorts inspired from her painting's themes •"Le repassage"directed by Costes, with Lisa Falour, Anne van der Linden •"La citerne"directed by Christophe Peter, with Lisa Falour, Costes, Anne van der Linden •"La caverne sentimentale" directed by Pascal Toussaint and Xavier Liberman, with Hélène Girard, Costes, Marie-Anne, Anne van der Linden 2003 Creates the silkscreen magazine "Ton cul pue" in collaboration with the artist Olivier Allemane 2002 Draws for the online diary Un Regard Moderne created by the members of the former group Bazooka, a French subversive artists collective from the 80's 2003 First personal exhibition at the art gallery "Les Singuliers", Paris, becomes permanent artist of the gallery.