Anita Groener | |
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 Anita Groener, 2009 | |
| Born | Anita Groener 15 June 1958 Veldhoven, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Education | Mollerinstituut Moller Institute in Tilburg Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem |
| Known for | Artist |
| Notable work | The Past is a Foreign Country (2018-present);State (2013); Somewhere Else (2012); Crossing (2006) |
| Website | www.anitagroener.com |
Anita Groener (born 1958, Veldhoven, Netherlands) is an artist based in Dublin, Ireland. She makes paintings, monumental site-specific drawings, film and animation which she exhibits internationally. Groener graduated in 1980 with a BA from the Mollerinstituut Moller Institute in Tilburg, the Netherlands. She received an MA from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem, the Netherlands, in 1982, and moved to Dublin in the same year. In 2005 she was elected by her peers to be a member of Aosdána, the major cultural body for the arts in Ireland. Her work is represented in the collections of The Irish Museum of Modern Art; The Arts Council of Ireland; the State Art Collection, Ireland; C21 Museum Hotels, USA; VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam; DELA Insurance, the Netherlands; Sun Communities USA; The Law Library of Ireland; The National Drawing Archive Ireland; the Contemporary Irish Art Society; AIB Bank; and ABN-AMRO Bank and private collections in the US, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium.[1]
- ^ Anita Groener, ed. (2018). "Biography". The Past is a Foreign Country. Limerick City Gallery of Art.