In the late 90's, living in the USA, I made a series of works about breasts, as a kind of rebellion against the American prudishness. A Dutch friend, whose father was in the navy, shared a popular expression on his father's ship: "Sir, I'm so tired, I could put my head in a box >>>
Wed 18 August 2021With three artist friends I made an exhibition in KAPELexpo in Renkum. The gallery is in the chapel of the former convent Sancta Maria. 'hommage' is an homage to the brick makers and brick masons. 'broken beauty' is a goldcoated broken ornamental brick. Working at the factory I've >>>
Fri 9 July 2021Brick yard Zilverschoon added a studio in one of the former tunnel kilns. It's a nice place to work in, cool in summer and comfortable with heaters in winter. The factory is a source of inspiration with its different brick shapes, colors and stacking blocks. It was also where I >>>
Mon 5 July 2021I was very honored to receive the commission to design and make the book commemorating that 50 years ago the Belmonte complex was handed over to its owners. After research, numerous mock-ups and moments of frustration, I'm happy with the result. The book was presented to the owners >>>
Fri 2 July 2021I made two new series for the "Pakje Kunst" vending machine. One series consists of lines of a children's rhyme. The other series is a set of bud vases. They are miniatures of real ornamental bricks found at the brick factory. They're made with brick >>>
Fri 18 June 2021Expo 42 Things The museum MAS in Antwerp, Belgium (www.mas.be/nl/kruithof) sent the writers collective "Schrijversharten" Wageningen a box containing 42 objects from the collection of the Belgian philosopher Jaap Kruithof. 42 artists, mostly from Wageningen, received, >>>
Sat 30 May 2020PAKJE KUNST - literally "packet of art" - uses vintage cigarette vending machines to dispense packets filled with art made by local artists. For €4 you can treat yourself, or someone else, to a small artistic surprise. Pak je Kunst is a wordplay as well, meaning >>>
Wed 26 February 2020I was invited by Derck Zilverschoon of the brick yard Zilverschoon Randwijk to explore the possibility of reproducing a number of ceramic ornaments for the gothic 14th C Domkerk in Utrecht. When the church was renovated in the late 1870's by architect Cuypers he introduced a number >>>
Fri 13 December 2019In August and September I was artist-in-residence at the Kinderatelier (Youth Studio) in Renkum. I worked with the kids on the second iteration of my project "house/home", a concept I developed in 2017 to bring residents of a community together. The kids built a village where everyone >>>
Sun 6 October 2019Since Februari 2019 Betty van Gelder and I run a gallery in the Chapel of the former convent of the Franciscan Sisters "Santa Maria", Utrechtseweg 131, 6871 DR Renkum. While the complex is on the market we may use (for a fee) the Chapel to host expositions. We have created >>>
Sun 18 August 2019