ANNELIES NUY Bio.

Born in the Netherlands.
Lives and works between Amsterdam, Italy and Bogotá.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Annelies Nuy is a Dutch artist, curator and concept developer working at the intersection of art, fashion and technology. Her multidisciplinary practice explores how artistic concepts can move beyond traditional exhibition spaces and enter everyday life through wearable sculpture, immersive environments and cultural narratives.

Drawing on her early work in digital fashion and trend forecasting, she investigates systems of value, material culture and social transformation. Her projects include immersive exhibitions, conceptual objects and curatorial initiatives addressing themes such as gender representation, historical memory, repair culture and environmental awareness.

Alongside her artistic practice she has developed international cultural collaborations across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 Post-Colonial Gold (in development)
2025 The 10 Most Polluting Artworks — Greta Thunberg Vision, Anasaea Immersive Platform
2024 100 Women in Art You Need to Know — Artivisme Féminin, immersive exhibition
2023 Rewriting History – Black Women in Renaissance Costumes, immersive exhibition
2023 Queer Fantasies – Queer Men in Military Aesthetics, immersive exhibition
2023 Abstract Wall for Future Environments, Acqui Terme, IT

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Perfectly Imperfect – Flaws, Blemishes and Defects, Gewerbemuseum, Winterthur, CH
2021 Quiet Queer, Salon Smit & Soetekoew, Vrijpaleis, Amsterdam, NL
1997 Life Values Anno 1997, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
1997 Open Air Performance — wearable intervention (face masks as fashion statement), Valkhof Museum, Nijmegen, NL
1996 Anti-Fashion Statement — critique on gender and dress codes, Galerie Intermezzo, NL
1993 Sonsbeek (collaboration with Ruud van de Wind), Arnhem, NL

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2023–2025 Immersive exhibition series, Anasaea Platform — art history, gender, post-colonial narratives and public accessibility
2014–2024 Independent curatorial program, Vrijpaleis, Amsterdam, NL

ADVISORY / COMMISSIONS / INITIATIVES

2001 Initiator of Fashion Uncut, BNO Amsterdam — platform for emerging designers, in collaboration with Walter van Beirendonck
2000 Member of advisory council for Prince Willem-Alexander — development of a vision on the role of ICT in society, in collaboration with McLuhan Institute Toronto (Derrick de Kerckhove)
2000 Development of “Fashion Community” platform for the Design Institute Netherlands
1999 Founder of Triple F — one of the first Dutch online fashion platforms combining content, community and sales

PROJECTS / CULTURAL EVENTS

2001 Launch event Triple F, BNO Amsterdam — venue Chemistry, music by DJ Tiësto
1999–2001 Development of interactive designer network based on connected intelligence systems
1999 Concept development, Brussels Cyber Theater

PRESENTATIONS / LECTURES

2024 Lecture, Fashion & Technology Bootcamp — immersive fashion tech program, STUDYXR, Barcelona, ES
2001 Presentation on sustainable design, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, FR
1999 Lecture, Fashion and the Future, ArtEZ, NL
1999 Presentation on digital fashion platforms, Vormgevingsinstituut, Amsterdam, NL
1999 Think tank sessions on digital culture and network thinking, with Derrick de Kerckhove (McLuhan Institute, Toronto), Futuroscope Technology Park, Poitiers, FR
1999 Professional development programme for forward-thinking practitioners, Anton Dreesmann Institute, Amsterdam, NL
1997 Invited presentation, Fashion and the Future — textile innovation for medical wear, Cologne Trade Fair, Cologne, DE
1997 Invited installation and presentation, Rijnstate Hospital opening — rethinking nursing attire, Arnhem, NL

ACADEMIC / EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

2023 Workshops on sustainability and art, Kintsugi as framework for repair and emotional recovery, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
2023 Guest lectures on resilience and visible scars (Kintsugi), Delft University of Technology, NL
2000–2003 Coordinator and educational contributor, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague — early digital pattern development with Lectra (ahead of its time)
2000 Educational involvement, ArtEZ Arnhem — shortening the fashion chain through digital platforms
2000 Graduation committee member, ArtEZ Enschede — evaluation of future-oriented fashion practices

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

2010 Digital performance, Shanghai World Expo (Mattmo), Shanghai, CN — non-linear visual storytelling through video
2010 Digital performance with Marcel van der Vlugt, Moscow, RU — continuation of the Shanghai project

FASHION PRESENTATIONS (INVITED)

2009 Independent Women, Boudoir Fair, Berlin, DE — collaboration with Mayouri Sengchanh, exchange with ESMOD Paris
2007 Public Award, Ultra Show, Paris, FR
2006 Independent Women, Ultra Show, Paris, FR — alter egos, role-play and identity transformation
2005 Glasgow Fashion Week, Glasgow, UK — empowerment and initiative
2004 London Fashion Week, London, UK — challenging traditional norms through a Dutch perspective
2000 Amsterdam Fashion Week, Amsterdam, NL — provocative collection, near disqualification

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS / COLLABORATIONS

2009–2019 Projects, concept development, artistic direction and advisory work realized across Amsterdam; London; Paris; Berlin; Glasgow; Barcelona; Mallorca; Miami; Saint Barthélemy; Tokyo; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Bangkok; Manila; Dubai; Abu Dhabi; Kuwait City; Moscow — in collaboration with global brands including Diageo (World Class), Perrier-Jouët, Rémy Cointreau, Pernod Ricard, The Balvenie, Chivas Regal, Monkey 47, Drambuie, Disaronno, Copperhead, Red Bull, Ketel One, Diplomático, Bols and Heineken

PUBLICATIONS / PRESS

International press coverage spans Vogue, Elle, Le Figaro, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Textile Wirtschaft and La Vie en Rose, alongside features in FashionUnited and The Daily Record (Glasgow), Dutch innovation platform CARP, and multiple articles in Het Parool.

EDUCATION

1993–1998 ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, NL — Fashion & Technology (cum laude), including art history
Post-1998 Independent research in art history, focused on women artists (1500–present)

AWARDS / GRANTS

2025 Acknowledged for pioneering work in fashion and technology, STUDYXR, Barcelona, ES
2007 Public Award and Mention for Most Innovative Design, Ultra Show, Paris, FR
1997 Electronic Highway Innovation Award, NL
1997 Dutch Government Grant — Cultural Entrepreneurship Incentive Scheme, NL

CURRENT PROJECT

Post-Colonial Gold

Post-Colonial Gold redefines value by shifting gold from a material of economic extraction into a carrier of human meaning, repositioning it within a framework that prioritises lived experience over material accumulation.

Rooted in pre-colonial understandings of gold as a spiritual and relational material, the project proposes a new system of values articulated through wearable sculptures and immersive narratives.

The work connects four historical frameworks of value: from pre-colonial spiritual meaning, through colonial extraction, to modern financial systems, and towards a post-colonial redefinition in which value is grounded in human experience.

The project introduces nine core values—Connection, Origin, Memory, Knowledge, Identity, Dignity, Attention, Repair, and Presence—forming an alternative archive of meaning beyond material wealth.

SUMMARY (POSITIONING)

Annelies Nuy operates at the intersection of art, fashion and social systems, using fashion as a medium to bring art into public space and engage audiences beyond traditional cultural frameworks.

Her practice challenges institutional boundaries by moving art beyond the museum and embedding it within everyday life, while addressing themes such as gender representation, post-colonial narratives and environmental awareness.

Through wearable sculpture, immersive exhibitions and curatorial projects, she develops new forms of artistic distribution that connect historical knowledge with contemporary culture.