Anke Buchmann

My name is Anke Buchmann. As an artist, my work encompasses sculpture, performance, and audience engagement. My research is concerned with the question of how to preserve and document lived experiences in clay, including memories and performative actions. Synchronising my breath with slowed down gestures I then let my body decide about duration and type of action to transform the clay. I create a dialogue between my body and the material to access memories, thoughts and emotions; resulting in objects that function as documentation of my lived experience - carrying my breath, my touch, my presence. My work is informed by my journey as a forced right-hander, including my reflections on the resulting disconnection between body and mind. By combining my unique experiences with a deep commitment to process, my work invites the audience to engage with and reflect upon the power of embodied memory and experience.

2015 – 2018 Central Saint Martins, London | BA (Hons) Ceramic Design

2001 – 2005 University of the Arts, Berlin | MA Digital Communication

2003 – 2004 University of Applied Arts, Vienna | Erasmus Graphics & Advertisement

29 April 2023 - 31 July 2023 "This moment will never come back", Berlin Gallery Weekend, Atelier Anke Buchmann, Berlin, Germany

8 May – 12 May 2019 ‘Out of breath’, Sculpture Garden of William Benington Gallery, Fulmer, UK

19 Nov – 25 Nov 2018 ‘Breathing with clay’, 20SQUARE7 Gallery Space, Berlin, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019, 04/07/19 – 08/07/19 Brockley Open Studios, London UK

2019, 04/07/19 – 07/07/19 Free Range Exhibition ‘Art Week’ with Made in Arts London at Truman Brewery, London UK

2019 Affordable Art Fair London, MiAL, London UK

2019 Invitation for Material Earth, Performance “Noting Absence III”, Messums Wiltshire, Wiltshire UK (festival was cancelled)

2018 London Design Festival 2018, Lethaby Gallery, London UK

2018 Pangolin Gallery, London UK – Window Group Show

2018 Lethaby Gallery, Makers – Performance, London UK

2018 New Designers, Week 1 – CERAMICS & GLASS, London UK

2018 CSM Degree Show 2: Design, London, UK

2018 XHIBIT 2018 – championing future creatives, Art Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK

2018 Ceramic Art London 2018 – Future Experts, London, UK

2018 The Hub, Wellcome Collection with StudioSenses & CreatedOutOfMind, London, UK

2018 Tranoi 2018 with Riachi Studios, Louvre, Paris, Franc...