Anneke Borren
Anneke Borren MNZM (born 1946) is a potter who lives in New Zealand. Her work is in the permanent collection of Te Papa, the Christchurch Art Gallery and the Sarjeant Gallery.
Also recorded as Anneke Borren-Mapp
Anneke Borren
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- Born
- 1946 · Eindhoven.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands · New Zealand
- Occupation
- potter · ceramicist
- Education
- Ilam School of Fine Arts
- Honours
- Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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Anneke Borren MNZM (born 1946) is a potter who lives in New Zealand. Her work is in the permanent collection of Te Papa, the Christchurch Art Gallery and the Sarjeant Gallery.
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Anneke Borren (born 1946) is a ceramicist and potter, of Dutch and New Zealand nationality. The ceramicist was born in Eindhoven. Anneke Borren was educated at Ilam School of Fine Arts.
Works are held at Christchurch Art Gallery, Hocken Collections and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Honours include Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
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Anneke Borren studied at Ilam School of Fine Arts. Work by Anneke Borren is recorded in the collections of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Hocken Collections and Christchurch Art Gallery. Distinctions recorded are Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Borren was born in Eindhoven in the Netherlands and emigrated to New Zealand in 1963, at the age of 16. She studied at the School of Fine Arts, Christchurch followed by studies in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden, including at the Industrial School of Arts in Gothenburg. In 1969 she set up a ceramic studio in Paraparaumu, north of Wellington. In 1994 she established 'Chez-Moi Pottery' studio at Paremata, Wellington. In 1984 she was artist-in-residence at Whanganui Polytechnic. Borren has served two terms as president of the New Zealand Society of Potters.
Personal life
Personal life
Borren has two daughters with her partner, the bone carver Owen Mapp.
Anneke Borren MNZM investiture with Governor General Her Excellency The Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro
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1946
Anneke Borren was born in 1946 at Eindhoven.
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In 1984, a pot by Borren won the West Award from the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. Borren had the title of Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) conferred upon her in 2022.
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- 1.No rest home for me: at 71, potter Anneke Borren hits the road in a campervan. Stuff. 31 October 2017.
- 2.Anneke Borren. collections.tepapa.govt.nz. 2022.
- 3.Pot (Footed). christchurchartgallery.org.nz.
- 4.Anneke Borren. Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui.
- 5.Golden girls from the golden age of pottery at Mahara Gallery – Mahara Gallery Waikanae. www.maharagallery.org.nz.
- 6.Anneke Borren. Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui.
- 7.Wilton, Louise. Black and white. NZ Listener. 30 March 1985.
- 8.Wellington Investiture 9 May 2022 PM The Governor-General of New Zealand. gg.govt.nz.
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Anneke Borren received Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Recorded as having received Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
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Work by Anneke Borren is
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Hocken Collections and Christchurch Art Gallery
Flores Musicales Belgicae Dedicatae Ch. Van den Borren
Pieces Polyphoniques Profanes de Provenance Liegeoise (XVe Siecle), Notes, 1950
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