Willie Doherty (b.1959, Derry, UK), lives in Derry Doherty’s early photo works combine topographical images overlaid with words and phrases, demonstrating his interest in the ambiguous meanings that images can suggest. His engagement with the political conflicts in Northern Ireland and his home town of Derry inspired many of his video and film works. In […]
Markus Karstiess (b.1971, Haan, Germany), lives in Düsseldorf German sculptor Markus Karstiess was a Meisterschüler of Jannis Kounellis at the Düsseldorf art academy. In his practice, he focusses on manual labour and ancient crafts, using a variety of sculptural techniques including ceramics. Recently, he had solo shows in Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (2014), Mediterranean […]
Jennifer Tee (b.1973, Arnhem), lives in Amsterdam Jennifer Tee, born to a Dutch-English mother and a Chinese-Indonesian father, explores the complexities of culture in a permanent state of transformation. She creates sculptures and installations, some of which function as site for choreographic performances. Work of Jennifer Tee has been exhibited worldwide: at the Sao Paulo […]
Kerstin Brätsch (b.1976, Hamburg, Germany), lives in New York Kerstin Brätsch creates strange hybrids of painting, design, and performance. She further expands her practice through her collaboration with other artists as a member of DAS INSTITUT. This kind of decentred approach to art making is typical of many of her contemporaries, who view art not […]
Offspring 2015 - Function Creep
May 19 - May 31
Opening: Tuesday May 18, 4-6pm
Official opening by Jet Bussemaker, Minister of Education, Culture and Science, in coversation with David Jablonowski, tutor-artist at De Ateliers
Curated by Xander Karskens
Catalogue design by Studio Felix Salut
Valerie Krause (b.1976, Herdecke, Germany), lives in Düsseldorf Space and movement are central topics in the sculptures and photo works of German artist Valerie Krause. She had solo shows at Galerie L21 (Madrid, 2015), Galerie Greta Meert (Brussels, 2013) and Galerie Heinz Holtmann (Cologne, 2012). She participated in numerous group shows in a.o. Museum Kunstpalast […]
Ursula Mayer (b. 1970, Austria), lives in London Fusing historical research with a dazzling cast of remarkable performers, Austrian artist Ursula Mayer explores notions of gender division. Her films and photo works bring to life the heroines and bêtes noir of feminism. Ursula Mayer had solo shows at Museum Belvedere (Vienna, 2013), Ursula-Blickle Stiftung (Kraichtal, […]
William Monk (b.1977, Kingston Upon Thames, UK), lives in London Former participant of De Ateliers William Monk plugs in the rich tradition of spiritually charged landscape painting. His large canvases feature metallic silver skies, serpentine clouds, glowing arcs and flickering stars above dark forests. These psychedelic galaxies invite the viewer for a closer look, exploring […]
Omer Fast (b. 1972, Jerusalem, Israel), lives in Berlin In his multichannel video installations Omer Fast explores how we distort our lives by harmful circumstances, introducing authentic protagonists who have experienced extreme situations (a drone pilot, a sex worker). Omer Fast was awarded with the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst (2009). Major solo exhibitions […]
Nina Canell (b.1979, Växjö, Sweden), lives in Berlin The sculptures of Swedish artist Nina Canell give substance to the intangible and lightness to the physical. Drawn to the subtlety of the fluctuating forces of electricity, air and water, the artist traces the innate bond we have with our surrounding atmosphere. Nina Canell had solo shows […]
Elizabeth Price (b.1966, Bradford, UK), lives in London In 2012, British artist Elizabeth Price won the prestigious Turner Prize for her twenty minute video installation ‘The Woolworths Choir of 1979’. She once described her films as moving “from something that looks like a PowerPoint lecture, to something that looks like an infomercial to something that […]
Celebrating Amsterdam Art Weekend 2015, De Ateliers proudly presents, in collaboration with TAAK: Paloma Polo - 'Unrest' Paloma Polo (b.1983, Madrid), former participant of De Ateliers, has emerged as one of the most prominent Spanish artists of her generation. This exhibition presents her latest film acoompanied by a publication and a photographic project, resulting from a […]
Film screening followed by an artist talk with Paloma Polo, Lara Almarcegui (artist), Louie Jalandoni (National Democratic Front of the Philippines, NDFP), Coni Ledesma (women's rights activist), Julieta de Lima (economist), Professor Jose Maria Sison (political activist, poet) and Theo Tegelaers (TAAK).
Gert Robijns (b. 1972, Sint-Truiden, Belgium), lives in Charleroi Belgian artist Gert Robijns is best known for the ‘reset’ of the Flemish village where he grew up, on a 1:1 scale. With playful and sometimes surrealist interventions indoors and outdoors the artist challenges viewers to take a closer look at their surroundings. Robijns had solo […]
During Spring Performance Festival 2016, De Ateliers proudly presents: Raed Yassin ‘Volumes’ ‘Volumes’ is Raed Yassin’s new solo double-bass musical piece. With this 35 minute work, the artist attempts to create a soundscape akin to the process of sculpting in sound, playing with texture, size, volume, dynamics, space and surfaces. Raed Yassin (b.1979, Beirut, Lebanon), […]
Laure Prouvost (b. 1978, Croix, France), lives in London French artist Laure Prouvost makes films and installations. She won the Turner Prize in 2014, for a complex installation of objects and images involving a fictional tea party with her grandfather, who was a conceptual artist and a friend of Kurt Schwitters. In recent years, she […]
Manon de Boer (b. 1966, Kodaicanal, India), lives in Brussels The films of Manon de Boer challenge the conventions of the documentary genre, exploring the disjunctions between lived time and recorded history. Drawn to individuals with unusual personal histories, she creates intimate portraits that question their own veracity, revealing the inherent instability (perhaps even impossibility) […]
Michael Raedecker (b. 1963, Amsterdam), lives in London Dutch artist Michael Raedecker presents a contemporary approach to painting. Whilst traces of historical genres can be found within his works, Raedecker juxtaposes this graceful aesthetic with stitching, cutting and embroidery. His paintings of dead flowers, abandoned interiors and empty landscapes speak about melancholia, both unsettling and […]
Nora Schultz (b. 1975, Frankfurt, Germany), lives in New York City Working primarily with scrappy industrial materials that she scavenges from the street, Nora Schultz assembles her “found footage,” as she calls it, into fragile, precariously balanced abstract sculptures and installations, which frequently function as analogue printing stations. Each part of her pieces frames another […]
Neïl Beloufa (b. 1985, Paris, France), lives in Paris The sculptures and videos of French-Algerian artist Neïl Beloufa are exhibited in specifically designed architectural installations. Using a multitude of screens, these scripted situations make powerful statements about the complexities of interaction and interpretation since the advent of the internet. Neïl Beloufa had solo exhibitions at […]
Offspring 2016 - Potlatch
May 18 - May 29
Opening: Tuesday May 17, 6-8 pm
Official opening by Beatrix Ruf, director of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Curated by Ian Kiaer
Catalogue design by Rugter Fuchs
Micol Assaël (b.1979, Rome, Italy), lives in Rome and Greece Physical phenomena such as magnetism and electricity and the ways they are perceived physically as well as mentally are key elements in Micol Assaël’s art. Her installations, as radical as they are poetic, often place the viewer in a position of real or perceived danger. Solo […]
Dirk Stewen (b.1972, Dortmund, Germany), lives in Hamburg German artist Dirk Stewen combines photography, drawing and assemblage. Drawing from his own, rich collection of images, the artist presents unexpected juxtapositions, suggesting enigmatic narratives. Faded photographs, delicate watercolours, confetti and thread are among the many materials Stewen has recombined into poetic images that are at once […]
Marina Pinksy (b.1986, Moscow, Russia), lives in Brussels In the works of Russian-American artist Marina Pinsky, photography is a crucial tool for capturing the world, often in combination with castings and other methods of duplicating imagery. Marina Pinsky had solo shows at Kunsthalle Basel (2016), White Columns (New York, 2013), Global Colding (Düsseldorf, 2013), Exercise […]
Keren Cytter (b.1977, Tel Aviv, Israel), lives in New York Former participant of De Ateliers Keren Cytter is known for her experimental films and video installations. Her text based films consist of multiple layers of images and conversations, monologues and narrations, fragments composed to undermine linguistic conventions of storytelling in order to reveal the […]
Timur Si-Qin (b.1984, Berlin, Germany), lives in New York Timur Si-Qin is an artist of German and Mongolian-Chinese descent who grew up in Germany, China and the USA. His sculptural installations focus on the synthetic materiality of globalized and networked society, often blending the virtual with the actual. Si-Qin had solo shows at Team Gallery […]
Anne Imhof (b.1978, Giesen, Germany), lives in Berlin Working across a variety of media, Anne Imhof evokes the power structures, secret codes, and unspoken rules that underlie all niche communities. The artist rejects conventional distinctions between a live event, its documentation, and related objects. For her, all components are equally important, each providing a different […]
Celebrating Amsterdam Art Weekend 2016, De Ateliers proudly presents: Anna-Bella Papp 'In my heart there is a room designed by you' Romanian artist Anna-Bella Papp (b.1988, lives and works in Brussels), former participant of De Ateliers, presents a new series of sculptures. Festive opening: Friday November 25, 5-8pm
Mike Bouchet (b.1970, Castro Valley, California, USA), lives in Frankfurt Since the early 1990s, American artist Mike Bouchet has been questioning social-political issues in a variety of media, including large scale sculptures, paintings and installations. His artistic practice focuses on the effects of images and the desires they produce, dealing with topics such as ownership, […]
Janis Rafa (b.1984, Athens, Greece), lives in Athens The short films of Janis Rafa are situated on the margins of civilization, haunted by catastrophic events such as a ship wrecking, a road accident or a fatal epidemic. The dead and the living seem to co-inhabit these dreamlike, timeless worlds. Films of Janis Rafa were included […]
Marine Hugonnier (b.1969, Paris, France), lives in London Marine Hugonnier’s work is greatly influenced by her studies and long-standing interest in philosophy and anthropology. Working across film, photography, installation and collage, Hugonnier’s art explores how historical or social conditions affect our experience of the present moment. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt, […]
The artist talk by Alexandra Bircken on Tuesday April 4th 2017 is postponed to fall 2017 on request of the artist. Reto Pulfer will take her place in the Spring Blossom 2017 series. Self-taught artist Reto Pulfer (b.1981, Bern, Switzerland, lives in Berlin) constructs a kind of ‘total artworks’ combining installation, sculpture, painting, performance, music […]
Tiril Hasselknippe (b.1984, Arendal, Norway), lives in Oslo Incorporating stairs, surfboards, cars, and anchors, the playful sculptures of Tiril Hasselknippe are rooted in a material world that is personal as well as reflective on our digital environment. Inspired by American West Coast Minimalism, where the synthetic and the sublime unite in perfectly abstract aesthetics, the […]
Mandla Reuter (b.1975, Nqutu, South Africa), lives in Berlin Through both subtle and radical interventions of the gallery space, diverting the flow of information and the movement of audiences, Mandla Reuter examines issues like art production, presentation context and exhibition display. Blockades and new passages, time zones and light conditions, compel visitors to experience the […]
Het werk 'Erika und Jürgen' van deelnemer Johannes Büttner zal te zien tijdens het Spring Performance Festival 2017.
Offspring 2017: Deep State
May 17 - May 28
Opening: Tuesday May 16, 6-8pm
Curated by Lara Almarcegui and Martijn Hendriks
Catalogue design by Sam de Groot with Émilie Ferrat
Dineo Seshee Bopape (b.1981, Polokwane, South-Africa), lives in Johannesburg Former participant of De Ateliers Dineo Seshee Bopape is a multimedia artist, creating dense sculptural installations in combination with video and sound. In these kaleidoscopic mixtures of the real and the virtual, notions of birth soil, motherland and nation are explored. She was the winner of […]
Rezi van Lankveld (b.1973, Almelo, Netherlands), lives in Amsterdam The paintings of Dutch artist Rezi van Lankveld, a regular guest tutor at De Ateliers, sometimes seem to allude to the visible world (landscapes for instance) but remain unnameable and abstract. In an interplay of rhythmic organic form, brooding colour and spatial depth, the small canvases […]
Fredrik Vaerslev (b. 1979, Moss, Norway), lives in Drøbak, Norway The studio practice of Norwegian artist Fredrik Vaerslev ranges from the exposure of work to weather conditions and the outsourcing of production. His paintings, assembled in surprising installations, exemplify conceptual strategies that question the nature of painting today. Recent solo shows were held at Kunsthall […]
Ben Rivers (b.1972, Somerset, UK), lives in London The films of experimental filmmaker Ben Rivers are imaginations of alternative existences in marginal worlds of wilderness. The artist uses near-antique cameras and hand develops the 16 mm film, the materiality of the medium forming part of the narrative. Recent exhibitions took place at The Renaissance Society (Chicago, […]
Michael Dean (b.1977, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK), lives in London The sculptures of Michael Dean, a guest tutor at De Ateliers before, can be understood as physical translations of speech. He creates moulds and casts of words, abstracting and distorting them into an alphabet of human-scale shapes. For his large and complex installations, he uses a variety […]
Andy Holden (b.1982, Blunham, UK), lives in Bedfordshire, UK British artist Andy Holden works in a variety of media, including sculpture, video, and performance, addressing subjects such as diverse as pyramids and birds’ nests. Recent exhibitions of his work, screenings and performances took place at Artangel (London, 2017), Tate Britain (London, 2017), Pinchuk Foundation (Kiev, […]
