Ann Veronica Janssens

Ann Veronica Janssens endeavors to enable viewers to perceive light as a material through intimate sculptural environments. Her luminous works create gradient zones that oscillate between light and shadow, opacity and transparency with an eye towards science and architecture.

For over a decade, Janssens has produced sheets of laminated glass with kaleidoscopic optical effects. In a new series of ribbed glass panels, Janssens experiments with structural colors, a phenomena responsible for the colors of butterflies, bird feathers, and the iridescence of beetles.

Ann Veronica Janssens (b. 1956 in Folkestone, United Kingdom) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Janssens is currently the subject of a retrospective at Pirelli HangarBiccoca, on view through July 30. Janssens’ work has also been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at institutions including Panthéon, Paris, France; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark; Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX; Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland, among many others. Her work is included in several collections such as the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX; Musée d’art Modern, Brussels, Belgium; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark.