AnuschB

Sculptures
AnuschB writes: 'My passion for beads led me, over 10 years ago, into working with glass and exploring its many different techniques: hot and cold. Glass is a versatile medium that holds infinite possibilities. It offers transparency and opacity, plasticity and hardness, softness and roughness… It allows beauty and emotions to pass through it … it calls for touching and feeling … My work mainly focuses on the creation of unique objects, whether it’s a piece of jewelry, a sculpture, a painting or a functional piece. I find myself drawn to repetition of simple elements in my work. The uniqueness in it, the energy and emotions I wish to transmit derive from my personal experiences. Today I live close to Brussels, but also in Murano, the island of Glass. I exhibit regularly in Belgium and abroad. In Venice, I found the Laguna of my childhood in Africa: the circle of Life …'

Glassblowing , engraving
2017 – Christophe Genard, Val St Lambert, BE
2017 – Matteo Seguso, Murano, IT (battuto, engraving)
2017 – Dominique Marcadé, FR
2016 – Yann Oulevay, Pomy, CH (dedicated workshop thanks to the Bourse Sofina Boël, Fondation Roi Baudouin)
2013 – Davide Salvadore, Murano, IT (5 months apprenticeship in their hotshop)
2012 - Yann Oulevay at Musée-Atelier du verre de Sars Poteries, FR
2012- Giancarlo Signoretto at Abate Zanetti, Murano, IT
2011 – Dominique Marcadé, FR

Lampworking, beadmaking :
2008 - Larry Scott
2008 - Kate Fowle Meleney
2006 – Kristina Logan
2006 - Jean-Pierre Baquère
2005 - Fréderic Marey & Nadine Piskaldo

Other :
1997 – Business Engineer, ICHEC (Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) – Brussels, BE
2003 - Gemmologist, HRD (Hoge Raad voor Diamant) – Antwerp, BE
Languages spoken: French, Dutch, English, German

Member of l’Association des Perliers d’Art de France, promoting Glass beads as a form of Art
Member of VerriBelGlass, Association for the promotion of contemporary glass art in Belgium
Member of La Page Blanche –The Blank Page, Belgian association promoting contemporary Crafts

Competitions
2015: received a grant from la Fondation Roi Baudouin, Plateforme Sofina-Boël pour l’Education et le Talent
2014: selected for the exhibition ‘RAD:Radical in Art and Design’ - ISGB (International Society of Glass Beadmakers – USA)
2012 : selected for the exhibition ‘Indelible’. – ISGB (International Society of Glass Beadmakers - USA)
2008: finalist in ‘Celebrating Beads , the journey of… ‘ from the Bead Museum DC Washington - USA

Exhibitions (selection)
May 2017, Galerie Arte, Dakar, SE
May 2017, Regards sur Cours, Gorée, SE
Nov 2016, Petites Nocturnes du Sablon, Brussels, BE
Oct 2016, Art Shopping Woluwe, Brussels, BE
Sep 2016, Uptown Design September, Sofitel Louise, Brussels, BE
Jun 2016, RAM 8, Kapel Romaanse Poort, Leuven, BE
Jun 2016, ‘Femmes en Art, Galerie Art’Pero, Crupet,BE
Jul – Aug 2015, Festival BalCo, Galerie Balastra, Balâtre, BE
Apr – May 2015, Galerie Carpe Diem, Tielt, BE
Jun - Nov 2014, ‘Parures et bijoux : Reflets du verre’, Musée du verre de Dordives, FR
Aug 2014,’ Bridges’, with the arstist’s collective RAM 8, Seoul , KOREA
Apr 2014, Galerie Art Nomade, avec le collectif RAM 8, Bruxelles, BE
Apr 2014, ouverture de la Galerie ‘Shuttered Dreams’ à Murano, Venise, IT
May 2013, ‘Talents 9’, Galerie du Crabe, Jodoigne, BE
Oct 2012, BAAF, Brussels Accessible Art Fair, BE
July 2012, Galerie Artine, Oostende, BE
Mar 2012, la Samanna, Terres basses, St-Martin, Antilles, FR
Feb 2012, Galerie Céladon, Marseille, FR
Jan 2012, Art Event, Galerie Balastra, Namur, BE
Dec 2011 – Jan 2012, ‘De la Perle à la Flamme’, Ateliers d’Art de France, Paris, FR
April 2011, Galerie le Shore, Grand-Case, St-Martin, Antilles FR
Feb 2011, Foire Internationale d'Art contemporain, Le Sablon - Bruxelles, BE
May 2010, 'Flammes et Fusion', l'AFEDAP, Paris, FR
May 2009, 'Madame Butterfly', Musée de Berck sur Mer, FR
Apr 2008, 'Arts Premiers', galerie SEMA, Paris, FR
Nov 2007, galerie Art Présent, Paris, FR
Jul-Oct 2007, 'Bulles de Perles', musée-atelier du verre, Sars Poteries, FR
May 2007, galerie Jenny du Marais, Paris FR
Sep 2006 - Jan 2007, 'A message to Kobe', Kobe Lampwork Glassmuseum JP
Jun 2006 - Jan 2007, 'Perles d'écume', Musée de Berck sur Mer, FR

Publications: 

2008, 'Verre et Flamme - création de perles de verre', éd. Eyrolles, p.31, p.12