Artist Information:
Ellen Spijkstra
Curaçao,
Netherlands Antilles
Member Since: Jan 2004
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Artist Statement:
I am not interested in telling
a story. I will not try to
give a complete overview.
I hope to make people more
aware of the beautiful images
around them; the interesting
shapes of the weathered
(coral) stones on the beach,
how the reflection of a ship
colors the water, a detail of
a monument, or the pattern of
a leaf.
I am fascinated by material.
The process of erosion and
damage. The contrast between
skins. I make use of this in
rhythmic compositions or
forms.
In my photographs you can see
I am a ceramist at heart.
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Artist Exhibitions:
ONE-PERSON:
2009 Art Studio Insight
Aruba
2009 Galerie Taptoe,
Brussels
Belgium
2008 Landhuis Bloemhof
Curaçao
2008 The French Embassy
Gallery, Sto. Domingo
Dominican
Republic
2008 Kleurgamma Downtown,
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
2006 Blow-Up Gallery,
Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
2005 Curaçaosch Museum
Curaçao
2005 Kas di Alma Blou...
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Artist Galleries:
GALLERY ALMA BLOU
Landhuis Habaai
Curaçao
www.galleryalmablou.com
BLOW-UP GALLERY
Hazenstraat 51/67
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.blowupgallery.com...
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Artist Reviews:
Adi Martis & Jennifer Smit, in
Arte, Dutch Caribbean Art,
2002, Ian Randle publishers,
Jamaica / KIT publishers, The
Netherlands, page 98-99:
‘Traces from times long past
play an important role in the
work of ceramist and
photographer Ellen Spijkstra,
who has lived in Curaçao since
1980. She attended the ...
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Collections:
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Museo Arte Moderno, Sto.
Domingo Dominican Republic
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana
Cuba
Resen Ceramics Museum, Resen
Macedonia
Centrum Beeldende Kunsten
Rotterdam The
Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
The Netherlands
Artoteek Den Haag
The Netherlands
Het Curaçaosch Museum
Curaçao
Maritiem Museum
Curaçao
World Trade Center
Curaçao
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Commissions:
Chamber of Commerce, Curaçao,
Netherlands Antilles
Stichting Monumentenzorg,
Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Refineria di Korsou N.V.,
Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Curaçao Ports Authority N.V.,
Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Boeli van Leeuwen, Curaçao,
Netherlands Antilles
Jan Brokken, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
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Ellen Spijkstra's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Ellen Spijkstra's Portfolio.
I am not interested in telling a story. I will not try to give a complete overview.
I hope to make people more aware of the beautiful images around them; the interesting shapes of the weathered (coral) stones on the beach, how the reflection of a ship colors the water, a detail of a monument, or the pattern of a leaf.
I am fascinated by material. The process of erosion and damage. The contrast between skins. I make use of this in rhythmic compositions or forms.
In my photographs you can see I am a ceramist at heart.
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