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Artist Statement:
Born 1962, the Netherlands
the artist lives and works in
the South of France
Mieke van Ingen (born 1962,
Delft, the Netherlands)
studied painting and graphic
art at the Royal Academy of
Fine Arts in The Hague, the
Netherlands. She lives and
works in the South of France,
near Avignon, as a painter and
a printmaker with a special
interest in the cross over
between the two disciplines.
Using motifs extracted from
plants, water and clouds, Van
Ingen incorporates these forms
in her drawings, paintings and
graphics with a painterly
fluidity.
There is a division of
horizontal and vertical lines;
the same division which was
highly emphasized by the
members of The Style movement
(De Stijl). For the members of
this movement the belief in
this division, originates in
western theosophy; the
vertical lines are the active
element and the horizontal
lines the passive elements; as
both are the visual
equivalents for the basic
facts of life.
Van Ingen creates the contrast
Piet Mondriaan, the movement's
leading figure, called for;
fields of color created by
horizontal and vertical
volumes on the one hand and a
clear poetic painting on the
other hand. The use of water
and earth colors, ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2011 Auction of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Drouot,
Paris (FR)
2011 The Sketchbook Project,
on tour across the USA, The
Brooklyn Art Library in
Brooklyn NY (February 2011),
Austin Museum of Art in Austin
TX (March 2011), SPACE
Gallery in Portland ME (March
2011), The Granite Room in
Atlanta GA (...
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Artist Galleries:
Gallery d'Art, Besancon (FR)
Gallery & Art Lease, Vianen
(NL)
Gallery & Art Lease,
Barendrecht (NL)
ArtOlive, Amsterdam (NL)...
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Artist Reviews:
2011 Catalogue Art Moderne et
Contemporain, Auction House
Drouot, Paris (FR)
2011 A Sketchbook Lines and
Grids 19706, The Brooklyn Art
Library, Brooklyn NY (USA)
2010 New York City Art Book,
APW Gallery (USA)
2010 NUAGES, Primo Piano
Living Gallery, catalogue (IT)
2009 Artist in France, Van
Efferink Frans, Magazine ...
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Collections:
Dominique Stal, Expert, Paris
(FR)
The Brooklyn Art Library,
Brooklyn NY (USA)
That Gallery, Hong Kong
(China)
Primo Piano Living Gallery,
Lecce (IT)
Hebrew Home for Aged, New York
City (USA)
Art:Raw Gallery, New York City
(USA)
Artlease and Gallery Vianen,
Vianen (NL)
International Biannual Museum
of Engraving,
Acqui ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Mieke Van Ingen Biography:
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Female
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Married
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| Children |
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| Education |
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