About the artist:

Selected  & Solo  Exhibitions:

Selected Collections, U.S.A. & Canada:

Born in the Netherlands, van den Anker became an immigrant to Canada at age six.  As an adult, she  spent consideralble time living in Holland & Ireland. Currently she lives in Ontario, Canada and also has a studio in Co.Clare, Ireland.

In 1976, she became a Fine Arts Honour's Graduate of the Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada.  She was also the recipient of the "W.C. Forsyth Award" for excellence in painting.

Van den Anker wants dialogue with issues concerning the human condition and which she expresses by using elements of abstraction and form.  The outspoken humanism of her paintings is ardent and sincere and she deals in large strong statements about society without the slightest hesitation.  The powerfully rich execution of the work further testifies to her serious intentions.  The masterly use of colour and elegant brushwork in these paintgs command the viewer to join her in a day of reckoning.

2006: The Arts Project, London, Ca. (Jurried Exhibition)
2005: Marziart Int. Gallery, Hamburg, Germany (Solo)
2004: Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick.Ireland (Solo)
2003: Droichead Arts Centre, Co.Louth, Ireland (Solo)
2002/01/00: Russell Cultural Ctre,Co.Clare,Ireland
2001/00 :Tides Gallery, Co.Clare, Ireland (Solo)
1989: Riverrun Gallery, Galway, Ireland
1986: Justina M. Barnicke Gallery/ Hart House/ Toronto, Ca (Solo)
1986: The Geraldine Davis Gallery, Toronto, Ca.(Solo)
1985: Art One, Toronto, Ca. (Solo)
1980: Calligram Galleries, Ottawa, Ca.(Solo)
1975:  Gallery Omega, Toronto, Ca.(Solo)

Govt. of Canada, Hon, M. McGuiggan, Austin M. Cooper, QC. Standard Chartered Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada, Commercial Financial Corp., Banko Central of Spain, The Robert Simpson Co., McLeod Young & Weir, Sun Life, Imperial Life, Travelers Ins., Confederation Life, State Mutual, Commercial Union, Clarkson Gordon, Canadian Depository, Northwestern Mutual, Currie Coopers & Lybrand.