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Ana Torfs (b. 1963 in Mortsel / Belgium) has lived and worked in Brussels for more than 30 years. She has had solo exhibitions at the Pori Art Museum, Finland (2017), the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (2016), WIELS, Brussels (2014) and the K21-Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2010) and she has participated in major international group exhibitions such as Power of Language, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (2018), Reading Cinema, Finding Words, Art after Marcel Broodthaers, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (2014) and many biennials. Ana Torfs studied communication science at the University of Leuven (1981-1986) and film & video at the Sint-Lukas University College of Art and Design in Brussels (1986-1990).
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01. Oct 27. Feb 2022Ana Torfs - Dark Space Where Things Cannot Be Put MUAC Mexico City
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12. Mar 01. NovAna Torfs. The Magician & the Surgeon BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
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20. Oct 07. Apr 2019Power of Language - From the Collections Museum der Moderne Salzburg / Rupertinum
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19. Oct 21. Jan 2018Power and other things. Indonesia & Art (1835-now) BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
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22. Sep 25. Feb 2018Ana Torfs - Figments & Fragments Pori Art Museum
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11. Mar 21. MayContour 2017. 8th Biennial of Moving Image, Mechelen Contour. A Moving Image Biennale, Mechelen
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11. Mar 13. JunAna Torfs. Echolalia Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon
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16. Dec 28. Feb 2016The Importance of Being... MAM Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro °
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07. Mar 10. MayParasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture
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13. Feb 26. AprThe Importance of Being... Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
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12. Sep 14. DecAna Torfs: Echolalia WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels
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14. Jun 24. AugVol. 7- in Halt Magazin4 - Bregenzer Kunstverein
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13. Sep 22. DecAgainst Method Generali Foundation
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12. Mar 13. MaySharjah Biennial 11 Sharjah Biennial
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18. Dec 26. Jan 2013ANEIGNUNG Teil III: Soziokulturelle Prägungen Fotogalerie Wien
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03. Sep 03. NovLo bueno y lo malo Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo °
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02. Jun 30. SepMANIFESTA 9 GENK / LIMBURG 2012 "THE DEEP OF THE MODERN" International Foundation Manifesta, Amsterdam
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09. Dec 01. Apr 2012Big Picture II (Zeitzonen) K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen '
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09. Dec 01. Apr 2012Big Picture II (Zeitzonen) K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen '
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03. Sep 12. DecAna Torfs: ALBUM/TRACKS B Generali Foundation
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11. May 23. Jule-flux video rental Fondazione Giuliani, Rome
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07. May 07. MayInterview mit Ana Torfs art aspects kunstaspekte
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27. Feb 18. JulAna Torfs: ALBUM/TRACKS A K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen '
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18. Oct 10. Jan 2010The State Of Things. Brussels/Beijing BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
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05. Sep 04. OctJeugdzonde Hedah Maastricht (closed)
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11. Apr 31. MayVérité exposée - about memory Mücsarnok Kunsthalle / Ernst Muzeum / Dorottya Galeria, Budapest
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19. Sep 23. NovUN COUP DE DÉS Generali Foundation
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24. May 21. SepPeripherer Blick und kollektiver Körper Museion, Bozen/Bolzano
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22. May 18. JunEVR - e-flux VIDEO RENTAL Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon
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13. Apr 07. SepAna Torfs: ANATOMY Sprengel Museum, Hannover
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18. Aug 04. NovTALKING PICTURES K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen '
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23. Jun 26. AugThe Projection Project Budapest episode Mücsarnok Kunsthalle / Ernst Muzeum / Dorottya Galeria, Budapest
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17. May 12. AugÜbergangsräume – Potential Spaces Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
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15. Apr 15. Jule-flux VIDEO RENTAL CCS Centre culturel suisse, Paris
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08. Feb 13. Maye-flux VIDEO RENTAL Harvard Art Museums — Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, Arthur M. Sackler, Carpenter °
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06. Feb 10. MarAna Torfs: ANATOMY ARGOS, Brussels
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06. Nov 07. Jan 2007e-flux VIDEO RENTAL The Contemporary Austin
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23. Sep 04. NovAna Torfs ANATOMY daadgalerie, Berlin
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01. Jun 16. Julsonambiente berlin 2006 Akademie der Künste, Berlin
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27. Jan 26. MarAna Torfs GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
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18. Feb 15. MayLa Belgique visionnaire BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
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22. Jan 06. MarScreentests Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
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02. Dec 30. Nov 2003Ana Torfs Dia Chelsea, New York
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20. Nov 20. Feb 2005Dedicated to a Proposition Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
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20. Dec 29. Feb 2004Once upon a time MuHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp '
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21. Apr 16. JunUNCERTAIN SIGNS - TRUE STORIES Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe
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02. Mar 08. AprChiffren + Legenden hartware medien kunst verein
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28. Sep 29. OctLa Biennale de Montréal 2000 Biennale Montreal
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09. May 30. MayKunstenFESTIVALdesArts 1998 KunstenFESTIVALdesArts
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09. Aug 08. Sepsonambiente–festival für hören und sehen Akademie der Künste, Berlin
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20. Dec 18. Feb 19963. Biennale de Lyon 1995 La Biennale de Lyon