Sculptor.
Chiseling light, texture and femininity
For over two decades, Anne de Villemejane has explored the quiet strength of the feminine form through raw materials and refined tension.
Her work in bronze, cement, resin and metal reflects a dialogue between fragility and permanence, exhibited in New York, Paris, London and beyond.
Chapter 1 — The beginnings (1999–2008)
1999-2001
A life in art begins
2004
Anne begins exploring femininity and poetry with her “Déesse” sculpture. A turning point in her artistic identity.
2005-2008
Metal and ciment
The artist enjoys a growing success at open studios and local exhibitions.
After taking welding classes, Anne creates her first figures in metal and cement. She begins to delve into textural exploration, using construction materials as a mean to create Fine Art.
Chapter 2 — NEW YORK & THE GALLERIES (2009–2018)
2009-2010
Moving to New York
Anne moves to the New York area and immediately makes her mark — winning the audience award at the NYC One of a Kind Show.
Despite the inherent technical difficulties, Argos foundry, in NY, achieves successful bronze casts of Anne’s original cement sculptures.
“Walking woman” is exhibited in NYC with Artemisia gallery.
2011
First solo exhibition
Paris, Place des Vosges
Mark Hachem Gallery offers Anne her first SOLO exhibition, "Energies", in Paris — Place des Vosges.
A landmark moment that opens the door to an international gallery career.
2012-2013
2nd solo exhibition
Anne's first life-size outdoor sculpture "Fragile" is cast at Modern Art Foundry in New York and exhibited at SCOPE New York — one of the city's most prestigious art fairs.
Mark Hachem hosts her second SOLO exhibition “PULSE” in its Beirut Gallery/Lebanon.
2014
Acrylic, transparency and new forms
Anne casts her first transparent acrylic sculpture, "Imprint", bringing a new dimension — lightness, reflection, dematerialization — to her exploration of the female form.
The NYC “In French With English Subtitles” film festival solicits the artist to design their audience award.
2015
NY Art Collective — mentoring the next generation
Anne founds the NY Art Collective and launches its first "No Frames" exhibition at SAG Gallery in New York — bringing together foreign artists and creating a platform for international voices in the city.
From 2016 to 2019
Anne exhibits across the US and Europe
Anne exhibits across the US and Europe — at the Greenwich Art Gala, Art Palm Beach, NYC Affordable Art Fair, Art Market San Francisco, Texas Contemporary, Scope New York and Place des Vosges in Paris.
Selected by Saatchi Art for The Other Art Fair in Brooklyn and represented by galleries including Michèle Mariaud, Emmanuelle G and Insight Artspace, her network grows on both sides of the Atlantic.
Chapter 3 — INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION (2019–2025)
2019-2020
Empreintes — a new series is born
During lockdown, Anne develops a new hybrid paper and metal series called "Empreintes" — exploring the trace, the mark, the imprint left behind. The series would go on to take sculptural form in the years that followed.
2021-2022
The New York Times
Anne is invited by the renowned Zürcher Gallery in Noho, NYC, to show in "11 Women of Spirit" — a satellite fair to Frieze.
The New York Times attends and features her sculptures as an illustration to the show.
That same year, French TV channel TV5 Monde airs a 10-minute reportage following Anne to Modern Art Foundry in Queens.
Anne starts a new collaboration with Lili Pad Gallery West in Milwaukee, WI, thus expanding her audience in the USA.
Anne takes her 2D “Empreintes” series to a sculptural format.
2023
London, Brooklyn and three new bronzes
Anne is selected for the prestigious London Art Biennale and the AD Art Show in Brooklyn. She unveils three new bronze sculptures — "The Guardian", "Key Woman" and "Sorority" — each exploring womanhood, empowerment and sisterhood.
2024-2025
A landmark presence in New York and beyond
Anne participates in "100 Women of Spirit" at Zürcher Gallery and begins a new collaboration with Sapar Contemporary — a New York gallery known for championing bold, internationally-minded artists.
In 2025, she exhibits in London with Follow 13 Gallery, at Pen+Brush Gallery in New York, and at ART Miami and Context Miami — cementing her standing in the international art fair circuit, while developing a more abstract body of work exploring texture, material and balance.
