Anne Wenzel

Anne Wenzel (born 23 May 1972 in Schüttorf, Germany) is a German sculptor and installation artist who mainly works with ceramics.

Life and career Wenzel was born in the German town Schüttorf in Lower Saxony, close to the Dutch border. Between 1992 and 1997 she studied at the AKI in Enschede, Netherlands. Wenzel briefly studied at the Escola Massana in Barcelona, Spain, between 1995 and 1996 and followed two residencies at the Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum (European Centre for Ceramics). She currently lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Wenzel has been nominated for several art awards, including the Prix de Rome in 2007 and the Dolf Henkes prize in 2009. In 2014 she won the 1st prize at the European Ceramic Context in Bornholm and in 2010 the Sidney Meyer Fund Australian Ceramic Award in the category "International Artist".

In 2010 she was commissioned by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam to make the installation 'Requiem of Heroism', a room-filling installation of ceramics and steel. In 2014 she had a solo exhibition in TENT Rotterdam. This exhibition, 'The Opaque Palace', consisted of large space-filling installations of various sculptures, all made of ceramics. The images, such as a forest of pine trees, fallen chandeliers and withered flower arrangements, represent the past glory of Imperial Germany.