Kee van der meer
EDUCATION
2017 - 2020 Fine Art, Willem de Kooning Academy, Graduated Cum Laude
2019 Erasmus Exchange – KASK Gent
2015 - 2017 Lifestyle Transformation Design, Willem de Kooning Academy
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Nominated for the Drempelprijs Autonomous Practices 2020
Currently working on a new documentary for VPRO
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Springboard Art Fair, Werkspoorkathedraal, Utrecht
2021
De Keuze van Kee, Melkweg, Amsterdam
MILK expo Bas Schippers & Kee van der Meer
ALL IN, Het HEM, Zaandam
2019
Tussen Kunst & Cool, Rotterdam
Fade in Fade Out, Offerlaan 5, Gent
Décroche!, Zwarte zaal, Gent
2018
Beyond Dada: The urgency of making stuff, Museum Dr8888, Drachten
Badgasten x Willem de Kooning, Prinses Beatrixbad, Rotterdam
2017
Vurige Tongen, Ruigoord, Amsterdam
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Kee van der Meer (1995, Haarlem) is a Rotterdam-based video and documentary artist. Working both intuitively and conceptually, Kee's work presents unique perspectives and highlights the complexities of human expression. Inspired by the raw emotional energy, she draws inspiration from the poetic lyrics of rap music, which resonate deeply within her work. Additionally, her exploration extends to the intriguing world of reality TV, where she finds inspiration in the highs and lows of human experiences. She is also captivated by the bond between humans and animals, finding creative fuel in the fascinating behavior exhibited by both. This connection adds another layer to her work.
Driven by a desire to push boundaries and create immersive experiences, she crafts captivating video installations and thought-provoking films. Anger and communication are two elements that are ever present in her work, reflecting the raw emotions and complexities of the human experience.
Kee's work has been displayed at venues such as 'het HEM' and the Melkweg, where she invites audiences to delve into her world and experience the profound stories she uncovers.
Noah Arends
EDUCATION
2023 Fashion tailoring, Modevakschool, Amsterdam
2016 – 2020 HKU, Bachelor of Fine Art
2019 Workshop mentor ZBZB, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Springboard Art Fair, Werkspoorkathedraal, Utrecht
Proud to be soft, MOYA, Galvanitasfabriek Oosterhout
2022
Promissing II, Park 013, Tilburg
MILK Solo – Noah Arends, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam
Mirage, Project space LOKAAL, Utrecht
Geel, BIEB3000, Arnhem
Present kunst en design, Nobelstraat 12A, Utrecht
🧠🍊🐬🌸🦐💎 “be water my friend", Kunstpodium T, Tilburg
Atelier route Utrecht, Open vlampijpateliers, Utrecht
World! Hold on, group exhibition curated by Marin Hondebrink – initiated by Trudi van Zadelhoff, Utrecht
Object Rotterdam, HAKA-building, Rotterdam
‘The first page of a non-existing story’, curated by Maison The Faux (Joris Suk), Apprentice Master Project Group Exhibition, TAC Eindhoven
2021
Round 11 Group Exhibition, TBA, Punch Gallery, Amsterdam
Generation 2021, MOAM, Amsterdam
ALL INN, Het Hem, Zaandam
2020
SoftArt, SBK Kunstuitleen Galerie, de Bagagehal Loods 6, Amsterdam
HKU Graduation show 2020, HKU, Utrecht
FOMA - culturecube x AK24, Oude Broese, Utrecht
True Essentials, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam
Video Expo, Wentelteefjes, Arnhem
No One Ever Reads Vogue Magazine, HKU Pastoe fabriek, Utrecht
2019
Le Mini Who, HKU, Utrecht
Open ateliers Zeeburgereiland, Zmak, Amsterdam
Mental Event, Amsterdam
Creative sessions, Pauper, Amstedam
Take Part, Galerie Niek Waterbolk, Utrecht
NOMINATIONS
2021 Jan Naaijkensprijs
2020 KaE HKU photography Stipend
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Noah Arends' (1996, Amstelveen) work stems from a fascination for what is considered tastefuand what is considered bad taste. Her works balance between stylish monumental objects and somewhat playful characteristic images. The work may seem flat at first glance, but who looks closely will be surprised: the work is layered where it’s not expected and flat where it appears to have depth.
Images of fashion photography surround us everywhere in daily life. Arends’ work seeks interaction with these images, stripping them of commercial character, but retaining their typical aesthetic elements. The primary material is transformed into original, autonomous works.
From collected fashion photographs, Arends makes compositions, which are subsequently scanned, digitally edited, and printed on textiles. Finally, the naturally limp and shapeless prints are given (three-dimensional) form, by being stretched over a frame or wooden sculpture. In this process, fashion images are taken on a journey through different materials: pictures of fabric, printed on glossy magazine-paper, return to their original material: textile.
EDUCATION
2017 - 2019 Master of Artistic Research, Royal Academy of Art, den Haag
2011 - 2014 Bachelors of Fine Art: Drawing, Camberwell College of Art, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
It Comes Through, RAAM MAAR, Rotterdam
2021
Picnic (Do Not Feed The Lions They Are Purely Symbolic), Nest, den Haag
2019
Strange But Not A Stranger, (a four part series) The Pole, den Haag
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Springboard Art Fair, Werkspoorkathedraal, Utrecht
From Dust Till Dawn, The Balcony, den Haag
2022
Symbiosis Season III, POST, Nijmegen
Squeeze Crush Press Blush, The One Minutes, various venues
Art au Centre Liege, Belgium
2021
Bermuda Open, various venues, den Haag
Geel with Mestlab31, Bieb3000, Arnhem
I’m Not Supposed To Be Here, See Lab, den Haag
When The Shit Hits The Fan Again, Guts Gallery (online), London
2020
Far Closer, Page Not Found, den Haag
The Tiny Art Gallery The Hague, den Haag
VOLTA by Oscar Peters, Electriciteitsfabriek, den Haag
2019
Better As A Chorus , Royal Academy of Art The Hague, den Haag
I was mostly delighted, yes, but also a little afraid, Quartair Contemporary Arts Initiative, den Haag
AWARDS
2022 Stroom PRO Invest
2021 Stroom Spot Subsidy
2014 Clyde & Co Art Award Nominee
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Daisy Madden-Wells (1992, London) is a multidisciplinary artist and musician from South London. She studied Fine Art Drawing at Camberwell College of Arts, before completing the Masters of Artistic Research at The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, graduating in 2019.
Her practice stems from a deep fascination with the language of decorative symbolism, often presenting as the bestial or animalistic. The beast is a linguistic character, or glyph, that has acted as messenger throughout history. It is a proxy for something we ourselves cannot utter, despite the dominance of language. Madden-Wells wields these characters to compose new meanings and possibilities.
Through sculpture, drawing, painting and film she proposes alternate and imagined histories, mythologies, and sentimentalities: referencing heraldry, medieval art, stone monuments, religious iconography, psychedelia, and 1930s animation. Materially, her current focus is on paper mache, an ancient practice associated with storytelling, folkloric costume, and recreation — the great pretender of craft technique.
Jhonie van Boeijen
EDUCATION
2017 - 2019 MFA Painting, Frank Mohr institute Groningen
2018 Visiting Artists, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles CA
2012 - 2016 Bachelor Fine Art, Hogeschool voor de kunsten Utrecht
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Shopping on the borderline, Groningen
2017
Untitled, Sanquin, Amsterdam
Remembering, Centraal museum, Utrecht
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Springboard Art Fair, Werkspoorkathedraal, Utrecht
Transpainting, De nachtzuster, Tilburg
Wep Salon, stichting WEP, Groningen
Prospects and concepts, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Cut the mustard, Wunderbar WORM, Rotterdam
2022
Copy Paste, Gallery with Tsjalling, Groningen
Art Noord, Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen
2021
Kerstballen, De kunstdames pop up bij Richard ter Borg, Groningen
Henk, Logman Galerie, Utrecht
2020
This is really happening, Logman Galerie, Utrecht (duo show with Jans Muskee)
Boven de bank, Logman Galerie, Utrecht
2019
Menzis jong talent, Groningen
(un)formed, Groningen
2017
Utrecht down under, Utrecht
Art for Kika, Cloud gallery, Amsterdam
2016
Landscape and the city, Galerie Helder, Den Haag
Menzis jong talent, Wageningen
Firstblood 2016, Kunstuitleen Utrecht, Utrecht
Exposure 2016, Utrecht
NOMINATIONS
2021 George Verberg stipendium
2016 Buning Brongers
2016 Dooyewaard stipendium
Grands/Stipends:
2021 Mondriaan fonds Kunstenaar Start
2021 Project Lucht Groningen
2021 George Verberg stipendium
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Jhonie van Boeijen (1992, Nijkerk) grew up between packages and price tags due to the fact that her parents own their own toy store. Ever since she was little she has always been attracted by the colors and the designs of the products and how they can hypnotise you to need that specific item. As she grew older she started noticing this attraction in other stores too but mainly in supermarkets. In recent years Van Boeijen developed a great interest in psychology, sociology and philosophy about consumerism, but also interests in gastronomy, nutrition and food psychology.
Via her paintings she aims to engage in a conversation about individuality and identity through consumerism, but also would like to give the possibility to look at consumerism from a different angle. The works show the role of consumerism in our daily lives and how quickly we can feel the impact of international events in our shopping carts. How does social media influence our food culture with rapid changing food trends and how does this impact our demand for new innovative products? What does this innovation mean to the design of these products and is it possible that we can use this to point out and document a specific era in time.
Within the products that we purchase we can tell more about the individual buying these items than what is for dinner that night. Products can tell us very personal things about the consumer, what is their background, financial status, diet, how sustainable the consumer is and even how many people the household consists of. In this way, we can look at products like a kind of personality traits that eventually will form portraits of the consumer.
Christina de Korte
EDUCATION
2022 Middle East Studies, Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC), Cairo, Egypt
2019 - 2022 Language- and Culture studies, Universiteit Utrecht (UU), Utrecht
2019 - 2020 Apprentice Master, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg
2015 - 2019 Fine Art, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (HKU), Utrecht
2017 Exchange in Glass department, Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA), Kaunas, Litouwen
EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2023
Springboard Art Fair, Werkspoorkathedraal, Utrecht
Group exhibition Proud to be soft, Museum Of Young Art (MOYA), Oosterhout
2022
Solo exhibition Verweven culturen - ثقافات متشابكة, Het Eemhuis, Amersfoort
2021
Group exhibition PAPIER HIER, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag
This Art Fair, Kromhouthal, Amsterdam
Group exhibition Toevlucht, Havenloods, Utrecht
Group exhibition in collaboration with De Zeeuwse Kunstkring, Vleeshal, Middelburg
2020
Group exhibition GENEREUS, Piet Hein Eek Gallery, Eindhoven
Group exhibition Apprentice Master Returns from the Web, TAC, Eindhoven
Group exhibition Verborgen Verwantschappen, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg
Group exhibition Ruimte – Zeeuwse Lichting 2019, CBK Zeeland, Middelburg
2019
Group exhibition Safe Space, Willem Twee, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Graduation exhibition Exposure 2019, HKU Fine art, Utrecht
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023 ARD Contemporary Art Institution, Cairo, Egypt
2023 Fayoum Art Center, Tunis Village, Egypt
2021 - current TOONZAAL 15, De Spot i.s.m. CBK Zeeland, Middelburg
NOMINATIONS
2019 Nomination WHENPAPERMEETSFASHION award, Neenah Coldenhove Designers Award
PRESS
‘Nieuwe ontmoetingen op This Art Fair.’, Jegens & Tevens
‘This Art Fair 2021.’, Lost Painters
‘EYE I I I EI I I I – Graduation Shows 2019 HKU.’, Metropolis M
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"Christina de Korte (1997, Meliskerke) is a passionate collector, a tendency she developed as the child of a father who was always travelling and bringing home objects, souvenirs and stories of faraway places and cultures. The collections that amassed at her parent’s home have been a starting point for her own practice. De Korte began by photographing the cabinets, drawers and boxes stuffed full of curiosities and everyday objects, which she made into a book entitled Thuis, the Dutch word for “home”. The artist then translated this fullness to her studio, which resembles something of a stall at a textile market. The many paintings in her installation zoom in on details from scenes all around her, for instance pieces of Vlisco textile or a photograph taken at a crowded market in Zagreb. The installations of De Korte submerge you into a visual explosion of colors and visual motives as if everything is in motion and restlessly finding its way towards you, vying for your attention." - Yoeri Guépin
Besides her art practice, Christina de Korte is learning Arabic and is delving into “non-Western” art forms, religions, textile and history. The combination of working in her studio and doing research reinforce each other. From August 2022 until mid-April 2023 she lived in Egypt to learn the Egyptian dialect, take various courses about local techniques and work as an artist in residence in Caïro. All the work shown at Springboard Art Fair is made during her stay in Egypt.
