Short CV of artist Anneli Ketterer (long version please scroll)
1988-1992 studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (multi-media)
1992 assistant for the ecological research institute Gobabeb, Namib desert, Africa
1993-1996 creative environmental projects in the Namib, working stay in Central and North America
1997 Co-founder of NEEN (Namibian Environmental Education Network)
1997-2000 environmental and art projects, specialized desert tours
2000 first surface peeling (decrustations) and presentation in Namibia
2000-2001 Decrustations: Chihuahua Desert, Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau. Participation in the program ‚Artists in the Park‘, presentations
2001 presentations in Germany. member of the Association of Fine Artists (BBK)
2002-2004 Decrustations and exhibitions in Namibia and at World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg / RSA, Production for Gocheganas Lodge
2005-2007 Decrustations and exhibitions in Europe and West Africa,
2008 Opening of the gallery Decrustate Basis Berlin, exhibitions in Europe
2008-2009 first introductions in the United Arab Emirates, decrustations in southern Africa
2009-2011 projects, exhibitions, decrustation in Germany, Israel, Palestine
2012-2014 film project and decrustation in North and West Africa
first conception for large Decrustates in public spaces
member of the art association Schloss Bröllin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
2015 Establishment of the Decrustate Collective with Alex Dzierzon in its core and many volunteers around the globe
Development of the Art’sAcre at Schloss Bröllin
exhibitions and actions for the UN Year of Soils
2016 Creation of the first 5mx5m-decrustate ACRE at Schloss Bröllin, part of the world-wide environmental group exhibition ‚Examples to follow!‘
2016-2017 continuation of 25m² decrustation in Namibia
2017 exhibitions and performances at Schloss Bröllin and in Berlin,
presentation of the Decrustate ACRE at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, establishment of the 200m² ground studio Art’sAcre at Schloss Bröllin, first decrustations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
2018 Second phase of decrustation and preparations in UAE
exhibition at Art fair Cologne list
advisory activity for the German Federal Environment Agency in the field of soil awareness in society
Art’sAcre to be funded by art funds from the German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
2019 Preparation of projects in UAE with gallery manager and collective member Mandy Ullmann
Project Art’sAcre Schloss Bröllin, the establishment of an art laboratory on the connection between arts, culture, society and soil funded by the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture,
1966 born in Kassel, Germany
1983 cultural exchange student, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1987-1988 travels to Northern America, one year on a sailing vessel in the Bahamas and the Caribbean
1988-1992 student, University of Munich and Academy of Fine Arts (Multi-media, Prof. F. Klein), Munich, Germany
1992-1996 scientific drawer, assistant at ecological research institute Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Africa, co-founder of GECCO (Group of Environmental and Creative COnsciousness), creative environmental education centre, Namib Desert (first community-based project in Namibia), founding member of the Namibian Environmental Education Network
1996 travels in Europe and America
1997-2000 environmental projects for youth in Namibia with Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Youth and Sport (i.e. desert survival trips on foot), specialized desert tours, lodge management, movie sets, art projects
2000 first Decrustate in the Namib and Kalahari Desert, further development of technique and Decrustation in Chihuahua Desert, Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau, Northern America
2001 further development of technique, presentations, Europe
2002 Decrustation in Namibia, Africa, exhibitions in Namibia and South Africa (Earth Summit, Johannesburg, South Africa), environment group exhibition, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, also curator
2003 exhibitions and Decrustation in Namibia
2004 exhibitions and projects ‚art and environment’, conceptual development of intercontinental work
2005-2006 Decrustation in the Alps and the Sierra Nevada, further development of mounting, framing and conceptual work, exhibition at Congress ’25 Years Alternative Nobel Prize’, Munich, Germany
2007 exhibitions in Germany, Decrustation in West Africa, Central and South Europe
2008 establishment of Decrustate Base Berlin, permanent exhibition and workshop
Decrustation in Southern Africa
2009-10 exhibitions, Decrustation Middle East
2011 exhibitions , Germany, conceptional work to festival ‚ground connection‘
Decrustation in Central Europe, film documentation with Arteminent
Decrustation in Middle East, incooperation Al Mahatta Gallery, Ramallah
2012 Decrustation Northern and West Africa, film documentation with Arteminent
2013 exhibitions and other soil related projects in Germany, workshops with children
2014 exhibitions, Decrustation in North Africa, Concept for ORIGIN, an urban festival for soils
2015 cooperations, i.a. Bröllin Castle, International Art Research Location and the EU Joint Research Center, Exhibitions and activities for the UN Year of Soil
2016 Development and opening of the Art’s Acre at Schloss Bröllin, group exhibition Examples to follow!, Prototype 5m x5m Decrustate Acre and world premiere of Decrustate Acre
Cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Namibia, Berlin
2017 Development of 5m x 5m, 7m x 3m decrustats in the desert Namib and Kalahari with Alex Dzierzon, member of the newly formed Decrustate Collective
exhibitions and performances ‚Soil Auction‘ at Schloss Bröllin and in Berlin
Presentation of the decrustate Acre at the Brandenburg Gate as part of a soil protection campaign