CV Anneli Ketterer and Decrustate Collective

Anneli Ketterer CV

1988-1992        Study of art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (multi-media)

1992                 Assistant for the ecological desert research institute Gobabeb, Namib desert, Africa

1993-1996        Creative environmental projects and leader of survival trips in the Namib
Work in Central and North America

1997                 Co-founder of NEEN (Namibian Environmental Education Network)

1997-2000        Environmental awareness and art projects, specialized desert tours

2000                 First surface peeling (Decrustations) and presentation in Namibia

2000-2001        Decrustation and exhibitions in USA, participation in the program ‚Artists in the Park‘

2001                 Exhibitions in Germany, member of the Association of Fine Artists (BBK)

2002-2004        Decrustation and exhibitions in Namibia and at World Summit on Sustainable Development as Namibian representative in Johannesburg / RSA

2005-2007        Decrustation and exhibitions in Europe and West Africa

2008                 Opening of the gallery Decrustate Basis Berlin, exhibitions in Europe

2008-2009        Decrustation in United Arab Emirates and southern Africa

2009-2011        Decrustation and exhibitions in Germany, Israel and Palestine

2012-2014        Film project and decrustation in North and West Africa
First conception for large Decrustates in public spaces
Member of Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

2015                 Establishment of the Decrustate Collective
Conceptualisation of the Art’sAcre at Schloss Bröllin exhibition
exhibitions for the UN Year of Soils, Berlin,

2016                 Creation of the first 5mx5m-decrustat ACRE at Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location
Environmental group exhibition Examples to follow!
Continuation of 25m² decrustation in Namibia

2017                 Exhibitions and performances at Schloss Bröllin and in Berlin
Presentation and Smart Mob of Decrustate ACRE at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, in cooperation with People4Soil
First work on the 600m² soil studio Art’sAcre at Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location
First Decrustations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

2018                 Decrustation in UAE
Exhibition at art fair Cologne List
Advisory activity for the German Federal Environment Agency in the field of soil awareness in society
Initiator of project Art’sAcre, 2-year funding LandKultur, German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food

2019                Membership at GEDOK (German Association of Female Artist)
Artistic and production Director Art’sAcre, establishing soil art residencies and workshops at soil laboratory, Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location
Soil art mentor, Mentoring Kunst MV, Germany

2020                Permanent exhibitions at Al Maha, Dubai, and Casr Al Sarab, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Pandemic adapted Soil art workshops at Art’sAcre, Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location
Decrustation and art research for GRENZ.LAND installation

2021                Decrustation for Soil Festival, Forcalquier, France
Lecturer and Decrustation, Tanzfest, Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location
Land Auction, art research scholarship, Flausen+, #takecare NeustartKultur, Germany

2022                Decrustation and community art work with Incredible Education CIC for the Chelsea Flower Show and RHS Bridgewater, United Kingdom
Decrustation UAE
Preparing the Ground for Art, fine arts scholarship, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Germany

2023                Art research fieldtrip in Namibia, Botswana, South Africa for exhibition concept 1m² – My Land
Ground Truth, Exhibition Concept for Sorbonne University, Abu Dhabi, realization in 2025
Touch Down – Soil and its Dance, art research scholarship, Fonds Darstellende Künste, #take care Neustart Kultur, Germany
Initializing Project ‘Moor’ and Project ‘Soil in Archaeology’, Alumnae-Art and Science, Mentoring Kunst MV, Germany

Decrustate Exhibitions und Performances

2022     Commissioned work and exhibition, Chelsea Flower Show, London, United Kingdom
Permanent exhibition, Royal Horticultural Society Bridgewater, Manchester, United Kingdom

2021     Soil Festival, Forcalquier, France
Soil and its dance, Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location, Germany

2020     Permanent Collection for Al Maha, Dubai and Casr Al Sarab, Abu Dhabi, UAE
GRENZ.LAND installation of 50 mole hills for public performances, Germany
Art’sAcre, Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location, Germany
GEDOK Berlin, group exhibition, Germany

2019     World Soil Day, Emirates Soil Museum, UAE and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Gallery Lychen, Germany
Performance with 5mx5m Decrustate Acre for eX..it! Festival, Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location, Germany
Art’sAcre, Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location, Germany
Natural History Museum, Sharjah, UAE

2018     10th anniversary of the Decrustate Gallery Berlin, Germany
Art Fair Kölner Liste, Cologne, Germany
Collection-on-going for the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, UAE

2017     Decrustate Auction of Bröllin Properties – performance and exhibition with Martin Stiefermann Schloss Bröllin International Art Research Location, Germany
Carrying Soil on your Hands, Public Intervention of Decrustate ACRE at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
A Piece of the Universe, K-Salon, Berlin, Germany

2016     World premiere Decrustate ACRE and opening of the Art‘sAcre, Schloss Bröllin, International Art Research Location, Germany
Example To Follow!, environmental group exhibition Schloss Bröllin, Germany
Decrustate, Kunstkontor Schwerin, Germany
25 Years Independence, Embassy of the Republic of Namibia, Berlin, Germany

2015    Soil!Education, exhibition to the Internatiional Year of Soils, ReArt Halle, Ihlienworth, Germany
Decrustate, Galerie Bröllin, International Art Research Location, Pasewalk, Germany
Long Night of Sciences, Department of Geography, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
25 years Namibian Independence, Namibian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Decrustate Basis Berlin, Exhibition for the International Year of the Soil, Berlin, Germany

2014     Long Night of Sciences, Department of Geography, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

2013     Decrustate, Fritz Winter Atelier, Galerie Unteres Schloss Pähl, Pähl, Germany
Long Night of Sciences, Department of Geography, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Geo X, Department of Geography, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Global Soil Week, Berlin, Deutschland

2011     in Power of Wind, special exhibition, German Museum of Technology, Berlin, Germany
Pedotopia, group exhibition of the UdK Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Decrustate, Galerie Brockstedt, Berlin, Germany

2010     Ground Truth, Domagk Atelier Tage XVII, Munich, Germany

2009     Group exhibition, Villa Romenthal, Fritz Winter Atelier, Dießen, Germany

2008     Opening of the permanent exhibition, Decrustate Basis Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2007     Africa America Europe, Producer’s Gallery, Munich, Germany
Afrika Amerika Europa, Art Coyote, Berlin, Germany
Soil in Mind, Festival of the Senses, Lindlar, Germany

2005     25 Year Alternative Nobel Prize, Goethe Institute, Munich, Germany

2004     Peace of Earth, Omba Gallery, Windhoek, Namibia
Group exhibition, Europe House, EU Commission, Windhoek, Namibia

2003     Open Workshop, Windhoek, Namibia
Four Elements, Expo, Windhoek, Namibia
Environmental group exhibition, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, also Curator
EEASA International Conference (Society for Environmental Education in Southern Africa), Windhoek, Namibia
Earth for Sale, Gutenberg Center, Windhoek, Namibia

2002     Africa America, World Summit of Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, Southafrica
Africa America, Theatre Gallery, Windhoek, Namibia
Africa America, Moonstone Gallery, Swakopmund, Namibia
Africa America, Gobabeb Desert Research Station, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia

2001     America, Open Workshop, Sandhausen, Germany
America, Visual Art Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
America, Studio Latham, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

2000     White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, USA