アンカ・セール＝コンスタンティンは、ルーマニア出身でスイス・ヌーシャテルを拠点に活動する作家。

ブカレストのN.グリゴレスク美術大学及びヌーシャテル大学で学ぶ。

ヨーロッパ、アメリカ、アジアで多数の個展・国際展に参加し、美術館や文化機関で広く展示されている。

作品はフランス国立図書館やスイス国立図書館など主要公共機関に所蔵。

国際的なレジデンス、文学者との共同制作、学際的活動でも知られる。

ANCA SEEL-CONSTANTIN — Curriculum Vitae

Studies

• 1991 — Institute of French Language and Civilization (Institut de Langue et Civilisation Françaises), University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 1986 — N. Grigoresco Institute of Fine Arts (Institut des Arts Plastiques N. Grigoresco), Bucharest, Romania

Solo Exhibitions

• 2023 — Bucharest Museum of Art (Musée d’Art de Bucarest), “Livre Objet”, diaspora exhibition
• 2022 — “Voyage Vers Hokusai”, Galerie Artemis, Switzerland
• 2022 — Art cube, “La Géographie des Mots”, Bucharest, Romania
• 2019 — Museum of Art and History of Iași (Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Iassy), Romania
• 2018 — Tribute to poet Lucien Blaga, Lyon City Hall (Hôtel de Ville de Lyon), France
• 2018 — Museum of Art of the Palace of Culture of Iași (Musée d’Art du Palais de la Culture de Iassy), Romania
• 2018 — MULAN International Art Show, International Art Fair (Foire Internationale d’Art), Korea
• 2017 — Exhibition “Benjamin Fondane, Exile”, during FIAC, Paris, France
• 2016 — Galleries of the Royal Foundation (Galeries de la Fondation Royale), Iași, Romania
• 2014 — Galerie Bab El Kebir, Les Oudayas, Rabat, Morocco
• 2014 — Romanian Cultural Institute (Institut Roumain de Culture), Paris, France
• 2013 — Künstlerhaus, Bern, Switzerland
• 2013 — Baia Mare Museum, Transylvania, Romania
• 2011 — Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy
• 2010 — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Museum (Musée Jean-Jacques Rousseau), Môtiers, Switzerland
• 2010 — Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria (Patriarchie Orthodoxe d’Alexandrie), Egypt
• 2009 — Romanian Broadcasting (Radiodifuzionea Romana), Bucharest, Romania
• 2008 — Galerie Eleusis, Iași, Romania
• 2007 — Galerie Dialogue, Bucharest, Romania
• 2007 — Galerie Künstlerhaus, Bern, Switzerland
• 2006 — National Museum of Literature (Musée National de la Littérature), Bucharest, Romania
• 2006 — Tribute to the Dadaists, Museum of Art of Curtea de Argeș (Musée d’Art de Curtea de Arges), Romania
• 2006 — Cultural Weeks (Les semaines culturelles), Lucerne, Switzerland
• 2005 — Presentation of the book “Pasolini”, Galerie “La Hune”, Paris, France
• 2005 — Presentation of the book “Pasolini”, Centre Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Switzerland
• 2004 — Môtiers Castle Foundation (Fondation du Château de Môtiers), Switzerland
• 2004 — Romanian Cultural Institute (Institut Roumain de Culture), Paris, France
• 2004 — Château de la Napoule, Cannes, France
• 2003 — City Hall (Hôtel de Ville), Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2003 — Romanian Cultural Institute (Institut Roumain de Culture), Paris, France
• 2002 — Romanian Cultural Center, New York, USA
• 2002 — Presentation of the book “Le Don de l’Aimance” with Abdelkebir Khatibi, Arab World Institute (Institut du Monde Arabe), Paris, France
• 2002 — Galerie Marie Louise Muller, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2002 — Presentation of the book “Hier” with Agota Kristof, François Villon Library (Bibliothèque François Villon), Paris, France
• 2001 — Centre Visarte, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2001 — Book exhibition within the 15th World Congress of Aesthetics, Tokyo, Japan
• 1998 — Galerie Parti-Pris, Lausanne, Switzerland
• 1997 — Romanian Institute of Culture (Istituto Romeno di Cultura), Venice, Italy
• 1997 — Foundation “Le Grand Cachot-de-Vent”, Switzerland
• 1996–1997 — Alexander S. Onassis Center, New York, USA
• 1996 — La Galerie des Amis des Arts, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 1996 — Galerie Zeuxis Art, Brussels, Belgium
• 1995 — Pierre von Allmen Museum (Musée Pierre von Allmen), Thielle-Wavre, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 1994 — Romanian Cultural Center (Centre Culturel Roumain), Paris, France
• 1993 — Galerie Gijzenrooi, Eindhoven, Netherlands
• 1993 — Galerie Marie Louise Muller, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 1991 — Kunstverein Erlangen, Germany

Contact

• Address: 13 Ruelle Vaucher, 2000 Neuchâtel, CH
• Tel: +41 79 310 01 15
• Email: ankaseel@yahoo.fr

Public Collections

• Swiss National Library (Bibliothèque Nationale Suisse), Bern — “Les larmes de bambou”
• National Library of France (Bibliothèque Nationale de France), Paris — “Les larmes de bambou”
• Public and University Library (Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire), Neuchâtel — “Hier”
• National Library of France, Paris — “Hier”, text by Agota Kristof
• Swiss National Library, Bern — “Hier”
• Arab World Institute (Institut du Monde Arabe), Paris — “Le don de l’aimance”, text by Abdelkebir Khatibi
• Swiss National Library, Bern — “Pasolini”
• Public and University Library, Neuchâtel — “Le don de l’aimance”, text by A. Khatibi
• Public and University Library, Neuchâtel — “Pasolini”
• Romanian Institute (Istituto Romeno), Venice, Italy — “Pasolini”
• Fondazione Bogliasco, Genoa, Italy — “Pasolini”
• Library of the Romanian Institute, New York, USA — “Pasolini”
• Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy — “Pasolini”

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

• 2021 — Galerie Artemis, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2020 — Museum of Art and History of Aarau (Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Aarau), Switzerland
• 2017 — Gallery Modern & Modern, Iksan, Korea
• 2015 — Museum of Maps and Rare Books (Musée des Cartes et Livres Anciens), Bucharest, Romania
• 2014 — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Hall (Salle Jean-Jacques Rousseau), Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2011 — Galerie Mayhaus, Erlach, Switzerland
• 2009 — Galerie René Steiner, Erlach, Switzerland
• 2009 — International Contemporary Art MULAN Show, Korea
• 2008 — Galerie René Steiner, Erlach, Switzerland
• 2007 — Museum of Art and History, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2006 — Museum of Art and History, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2005 — Tour de la Place de l’Europe, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2004 — Visarte, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2002 — Gallery 49, New York, USA
• 2001 — Le Grand Cachot-de-Vent, Switzerland
• 2000 — International Book Fair (Salon International du livre), Frankfurt, Germany
• 2000 — Galerie La Hune-Brenner, Paris, France
• 2000 — Museum of Art and History, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2000 — Romanian Cultural Institute, Paris, France
• 1999 — Galerie La Hune-Brenner, Paris, France
• 1999 — Nouvelle Galerie de Tokyo, Japan
• 1998 — Art Book Fair (Foire du livre d’Art), Arras, France
• 1998 — Galerie Macda Danisz, Paris, France
• 1998 — Galerie Monet, Cité des Arts, Paris, France
• 1998 — Art Book Fair, Théâtre de l’Odéon, Paris, France
• 1997 — SAGA — Salon des Arts Graphiques, Paris, France
• 1997 — Théâtre Poème, Brussels, Belgium
• 1995 — Museum of Art of Pully, Switzerland
• 1993 — National Library of Budapest, Hungary
• 1993 — Galerie Gijzenrooi, Eindhoven, Netherlands
• 1993 — Bucharest Museum of Art, Romania
• 1993 — “Venus, Venera”, Tokyo Museum of Art (Musée d’Art de Tokyo), Japan
• 1993 — Museum of Art and History, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 1992 — Museum of Art of Amersfoort, Netherlands
• 1991 — Bucharest Museum of Art, Romania
• 1994–1995 — Swiss Studio “Le Corbusier”, Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
• 2002–2003 — Fondazione Bogliasco, Genoa, Italy
• 2005 — La Napoule Art Foundation, Château de la Napoule, Mandelieu, Cannes, France

Bibliography

• Visarte, Société des Artistes visuels – 150 ans, Editions Visarte Neuchâtel, 2019
• “Le livre Libre”: A history of the artist’s book in Switzerland from 1888 to 2010, Buchet-Chastel Editions, Paris
• Anca Seel-Constantin, “Le don de l’Aimance”, Les Oudaias, Rabat, Morocco, 2014
• “Lombard et les Artistes Neuchâteloises”, 1908–2008, Editions Attinger, Switzerland, 2008
• “Intérieur avec atelier”, EIS Art, Iași, 2007
• “Temps-Dense”, Museum of Art and History of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2000
• Magazine “Voir”, 1994, Lausanne, Switzerland

Events and Presentations of Artist’s Books / Book-Objects

• 1999 — Galerie La Hune, Paris, France: book-object “Les larmes de bambou”, text by Bernard Chambaz
• 1999 — Galerie Magda Danisz, Paris, France: book-object and engravings
• 1999 — Frankfurt International Book Fair, Germany: book-object and engravings
• 2001 — Arab World Institute, Paris, France: book “Le don de l’aimance”, text by Abdelkebir Khatibi
• 2002 — François Villon Library, Paris, France: book “Hier”, text by Agota Kristof
• 2004 — Château de la Napoule, Mandelieu, France: book “Poème”, text by Constantin Cavafis
• 2004 — Galerie La Hune, Paris, France: book “L’Ange impur”, text by P. P. Pasolini
• 2005 — Centre Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Neuchâtel, Switzerland: book “L’Ange impur”, text by P. P. Pasolini
• 2009 — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Museum, Môtiers, Switzerland
• 2011 — Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy: paintings and artist’s book-object
• 2013 — Künstlerhaus, Bern, Switzerland: paintings and tapestries
• 2013 — Concert Hall (Salle de Concerts), Kulturcasino, Bern, Switzerland
• 2014 — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Hall, Public and University Library of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• 2018 — Hall of Lyon City Hall, event for Lucien Blaga
• 2019 — “Conversation Dürrenmatt–Rousseau”, Museum of Aarau, Switzerland