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