Mirjam Vreeswijk
-
Mirjam Vreeswijk -
Mirjam Vreeswijk's (Gorinchem, NL, 1997) paintings explore the convergence of divergent realities produced in a space between mirror and mask, between revealing and hiding the subject. In doing so, she seeks to draw attention to the different layers of consciousness rippling through the painting’s surface and its subject. Narrative and continuity become illusory in this hybrid space, as each work contains new perspectives that combine opposites and defy easy coherency.
The work originates from collages of objects or images that appeal to her in one way or another. For example, shiny ribbons, designer shoes and pictures from books on decorative works from the 70s. From this archive of materials, she intuitively builds compositions, first in models, then on canvas. Step by step, Mirjam looks at what the image needs in order to eventually arrive at the perfect composition and perfect structures of paint.
This intuitive or subconscious approach gives the paintings a surrealistic feel that touches on elements of product photography, still life and landscape painting. In her latest series the fairy-tale world makes its entrance. This can be seen in ritual objects and in the approach to landscapes that some of the paintings provide a glimpse of.
After graduating in 2018 from the HKU Bachelor of Fine Art, Mirjam Vreeswijk was nominated for several awards such as the Buning Brongers Prize and the Kunst aan de dijk Prize, she won the Best of Graduates Ron Mandos Public Prize that year. She then participated in the Master Fine Art at the Frank Mohr Institute. In 2019, she was named Art Talent of the Year by Stichting Kunstweek. She has exhibited in several galleries and at Kunstcollectie Rijnstate.
-
-
-
1997, Gorinchem, The Netherlands
Education
2018 Frank Mohr Institute Master of Fine Art, Painting
2014 - 2018 HKU Bachelor of Fine Art
Awards
2022
Kunstliefde Award, winner
2020
Talent van het jaar 2020, winner
2018
Buning Brongers Prize, nomination
Kunst aan de dijk prijs, nomination
Best of Graduates Ron Mandos Public Prize, winner
Corporate Collections
Rijnstate, KPMG
Funds
2024 Amarte Fonds
2022 Mondriaan Start
Selected exhibitions
2024
Art Island, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, IJmuiden (solo)
CAN Art Ibiza, with Plan X Gallery, Ibiza (group)
Plan X Gallery, Milan, (duo) (upcoming)
Prospect & Concepts, with the Mondriaan Fund, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam (group)
Art Rotterdam, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Rotterdam, NL (group)
2023
Hazy Horizons, Kunstliefde, Utrecht (group)
LACE Benefit Art Auction, Los Angeles (group) (upcoming)
The Curtain Rises, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam (solo)
The View We Seek, Sow & Tailor and Anthony Gallery, New York (group)
Adorned Self, Sow & Tailor, Los Angeles (group)
Art Busan, Gallery Kabinett, Busan (group)
Life Potential, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam (group)
HORIZONS, Sow & Tailor Gallery, Hong Kong (group)
2022
Painter's Painters, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam (group)
Art Rotterdam, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Rotterdam, NL (duo)
Exhibition Young Collectors Circle, Amsterdam, NL (group)
Amsterdam Art Week Exhibition, Capital C, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam (group)
FOULPLAY/SOGGYBUN, Kunstliefde, Utrecht (group)
2023
Solo exhibition, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam (upcoming)
Group show, Sow & Tailor Gallery, Hong Kong (upcoming)
2022
Painter's Painters, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam (group)
Art Rotterdam, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Rotterdam, NL (duo)
Exhibition Young Collectors Circle, Amsterdam, NL (group)
Amsterdam Art Week Exhibition, Capital C, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam (group)
FOULPLAY/SOGGYBUN, Kunstliefde, Utrecht (group)
2021
Seductive Arrangements, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam (duo)
Rijnstate kunstcollectie, Arnhem (solo)
ART AWAY, Groningen (group)
A Four Season Occasion, Utrecht (solo)
2020
SGABELLO COLLECTION; In Search Of The Miraculous, Amsterdam (group)
2019
ART NOORD, Museum Belvédère, Leeuwarden (group)
MATERIAL WORLD Ron Mandos Young Blood Foundation - Show off, Rotterdam (group)
Kunst aan de Dijk Prijs, KunstRai, Amsterdam (group)
2018
Groupshow Young Talent - KERSGALLERY, Amsterdam (group)
SBK Sprouts Young Talent 2018, Amsterdam (group)
Best of Graduates - Ron Mandos, Amsterdam (group)
Exposure HKU Beeldende Kunst - Pastoe Fabriek, Utrecht (group)
