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Annelies Dykgraaf Bio
Annelies Dykgraaf was born in Nigeria where she lived for 18 years. She has a BFA from Calvin College and studied in France through the Cleveland Institute of Art. Annelies moved from Michigan to Florida in 2001.
In 2008, Annelies was awarded an Art Ventures grant from the Community Foundation in Jacksonville. She is a founding member of Jacksonville Cultural Development Corporation (2004)(f/k/a JCAAA) and The Art Center Cooperative Inc. (2005). She served on the Board of the Beaches Fine Arts Series for 12 years and is currently the President of the Jacksonville Artists Guild.
Her art is mainly in relief work; carving into a block of wood or linoleum depicting people, symbols, textile patterns and motifs of West African culture/myths. Currently showing at the Florida Ballet (Nov.-Jan.2020); Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum (Port Elizabeth, South Africa); exhibited at The Beaches Museum (July 26- Nov. 11, 2019); The Appleton Museum of Art (Jan-June 2017), JIA Haskell Gallery, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Wilson Center for the Arts Gallery at FSCJ South Campus, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Reddi Arts Gallery 1037, FSCJ Kent and North Campus gallery, Riverside Fine Arts Series, Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum, the Jewish Community Alliance and other venues; and part of the permanent art collection at UNF Thomas G. Carpenter Library and The Appleton Museum of Art.
You can see more of her work at:
http://anneliesdykgraaf.com/
In 2008, Annelies was awarded an Art Ventures grant from the Community Foundation in Jacksonville. She is a founding member of Jacksonville Cultural Development Corporation (2004)(f/k/a JCAAA) and The Art Center Cooperative Inc. (2005). She served on the Board of the Beaches Fine Arts Series for 12 years and is currently the President of the Jacksonville Artists Guild.
Her art is mainly in relief work; carving into a block of wood or linoleum depicting people, symbols, textile patterns and motifs of West African culture/myths. Currently showing at the Florida Ballet (Nov.-Jan.2020); Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum (Port Elizabeth, South Africa); exhibited at The Beaches Museum (July 26- Nov. 11, 2019); The Appleton Museum of Art (Jan-June 2017), JIA Haskell Gallery, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Wilson Center for the Arts Gallery at FSCJ South Campus, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Reddi Arts Gallery 1037, FSCJ Kent and North Campus gallery, Riverside Fine Arts Series, Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum, the Jewish Community Alliance and other venues; and part of the permanent art collection at UNF Thomas G. Carpenter Library and The Appleton Museum of Art.
You can see more of her work at:
http://anneliesdykgraaf.com/
