Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (also known as AMVK) is an artist of singular complexity. Born in 1951 in Antwerp, where she still lives and works, she has been active since the 1970s as a visual artist, graphic designer and performer. She has always been a pioneer. She should, first and foremost, be considered an artist for the future. AMVK’s practice is truly interdisciplinary.

M HKA wants to introduce Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven to a wider audience as an innovator of forms and interpreter of moods - as oxygen of the whole society.

AMVK - Fridericianum

(c)image: AMVK
(There is no Substitute for Salt), 2004
Painting , 75 x 26.7 cm
acrylic on plexiglas

"Based on a photo of three Amsterdam lady friends at an art fair. These friends dress like men. Next to it a scientific image is posed, and the statement that salt is irreplaceable as an element."

− AMVK