Ana Ruepp lives and works just outside of Amsterdam. Initially she studied Architecture to MA level in her native Portugal before gaining a Post Graduate Diploma (Distinction) and MA Fine Art (Distinction) at Byam Shaw School of Art, London. As well as two solo shows at the National Centre of Culture (CNC) in Lisbon, she has exhibited at The Zeitgeist Open; Candid Arts, London and Berlin; the Crypt Gallery, London and the National Society for Fine Art (SNBA) in Lisbon. She also contributed to various publications, including the illustrations for the book 'As Fadas' (Antero de Quental, Tinta da China, 2017) and a dialog on 6 paper models with the author of 'Less a building' (Michaela Nettell, Passengers, 2021).

My work doesn't try to escape or understand, much less make sense of it. It is a testimony of the senses and impressions about the current reality that surrounds me. Making objects, drawings and paintings is perhaps a unique opportunity to be in direct contact with matter in transformation, with the passing from one state to another, with that intermediate space between what it really is and what one would like it to be. By forming, I am constantly witnessing and participating in a metamorphosis that suddenly makes sense. My creative process always involves observing my surroundings, reading and recording. The recording can be varied, because there are certain activities (such as sewing, drawing, ink accumulation and paper collage, which often appear to correct and hide) that help me find a path that I don't quite know what it is and what the outcome will be. I need this process to be able to think about certain issues related to the news, what I read, what I experience, and where I live. Often, I can't say everything.

For my work until 20 12, see  my blog.

Individual Exhibitions:
Nov. 2024-May 2025 'As Fadas, de Antero de Quental', Centro de Estudos Anterianos, Vila do Conde
Jul.-Ag. 2018 ‘O espaço onde todos cabem.’, Galeria Pintor Fernando de Azevedo, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon
Oct. 2013 ‘As coisas estão presentes, a vida move-se.’, Galeria Fernando Pessoa, Centro Nacional de Cultura, Lisbon
Oct. 2010 ‘Escavação’, Galeria Fernando Pessoa, Centro Nacional de Cultura, Lisbon

Group Exhibitions:
May/Jun. 2019 'Re-Assemble', Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
Dec. 2018 Local Anywhere, Sluice, London
Ag. 2017 '31º Celsius', ASC Gallery, London
Ag. 2016 '30º Celsius', ASC Gallery, London
Jul. 2015 'The Zeitgeist Summer Exhibition', Zeitgeist Arts Projects, London
Jul. 2014 'The Zeitgeist Summer Exhibition', Zeitgeist Arts Projects, London
Sept. 2013 'The Zeitgeist Open Exhibition 2013', Zeitgeist Arts Projects, London
Jul. 2013 'The Zeitgeist Summer Exhibition', Zeitgeist Arts Projects, London
Feb. 2013 'Candid Arts Exhibition', Candid Arts London
Jan. 2013 'Share and Exchange Exhibition', Zeitgeist Arts Projects, London
May 2012 ‘Candid Berlin’, Universität der Künste, Berlin (candidberlin.com)
Ag. 2011 ‘Fusion of the divide. Where Art meets Architecture.’, Candid Arts London
Nov. 2010 ‘Visão . Conhecimento . Expressão’, Inovação e Afirmação Pedagógica no Curso de Formação Artística da Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, 1965-2010, Lisbon
Sept. 2010 MA Final Show at Byam Shaw School of Art, London
Apr. 2010 MA Interim Show at Byam Shaw School of Art, London
Jan. 2010 '126 Days', The Crypt Gallery, London
Jul. 2009 'Don't you wish it would last forever', Byam Shaw School or Art, London
May 2009 ‘Metamorphose’, Islington Arts Factory, London
Apr. 2009 ‘Within Limits’, Kingsgate Gallery, London
Mar. 2009 Group exhibition Concourse Gallery at Byam Shaw, London
Feb. 2009 ‘Over Easy’, Lauderdale House, London
Jul. 2005 ‘VIII Biennale of Fine Arts Cidade de Montijo’