Ellen Spijkstra - curriculum vitae

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ELLEN SPIJKSTRA

GALLERY


 curriculum vitae - view groups of works of art in the gallery of Ellen Spijkstra Born: 1957, Hattem, The Netherlands.
Lives and works in Curaçao from 1980-1985 and since 1986.

EDUCATION:
1985-1986 School for American Craftsman of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
1974-1979 Academy of Fine Arts Minerva, Groningen, The Netherlands.

AWARDS:
2000 Award Final Selection, Taipei County Government, Taiwan.
1999 Honorable Mention, Arte '99, Curaçao.
1993 Curaçao Museum Lustrum Prize, Curaçao.
1989 Third Prize, New York Institute of Photography, NY, USA.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selection):
  • 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.
  • Central Bank, Curaçao.

    GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
    Blow-Up Gallery
    Hazenstraat 51/67
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Tel. 0031(20)665-3435

    EXHIBITIONS:

    ONE-PERSON:
    2006 Blow Up Gallery, Amsterdam,
    The Netherlands
    2005 Het Curaçaosch museum, Curaçao.
    2005 Kas di Alma Blou, Curaçao.
    2004 Dutch Maritime Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    2003 Art Studio Insight, Aruba.
    2003 World Trade Center, Curaçao.
    2000 Maritiem Museum, Curaçao.
    1999 Kas di Alma Blou, Curaçao.
    1998 Galerie Bloemhof, Curaçao.
    1997 Scheltema, Holkema, Vermeulen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    1993 Het Curaçaosch Museum, Curaçao.
    1989 Taller Escuela Arte Fuego, Caracas, Venezuela.

    GROUP (selected):
    2006 'The Caribbean in the Age of Modernity', National Library, Port of Spain, Trinidad
    2006 'Arte Bebe', The Rif Fort, Curaçao
    2005 'Regalo Real', Galerie Bloemhof, Curaçao.
    2004 'Cocktail di Arte', Heerlickheijd van Ermelo, The Netherlands.
    2004 Blow-Up Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    2003 'Laman 2003'The Rif Fort, Curacao.
    2003 'Vision +', V Caribbean and Centro American Biennial, Dominican Rep.
    2003 'Resusita', The Rif Fort, Curaçao.
    2003 'Keramika Sisak 1700', Sisak, Croatia.
    2003 'Family Ties', Galerie Bloemhof, Curaçao.
    2003 'Opmerkelijke Publicities', Galerie Otrobanda Vieja, Curaçao.
    2003 '1 Bienal Int. del Mosaico Contemporaneo', Buenos Aires,Argentina.
    2003 'Made in Curaçao', Galerie Bloemhof, Curaçao.
    2002 'Arte, di nos e ta', Central Bank, Curaçao.
    2002 'Elit-Tile 2002', Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.
    2001 'Arte, di nos e ta', TENT- CBK, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    2000 Seventh Biennial of Havana, Centro Wifredo Lam, Cuba.
    2000 'Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards Exhibition', Taipei, Taiwan.
    2000 'Mon Petit Art Gallery', San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    2000 'Laman Chiki', Waaigat, Curaçao.
    1999 'Auto Retrato Nobo', Instituto di Cultura, Aruba.
    1999 'La Vida Urbana en la region del Caribe', Centro Cariforo, Dominican Rep.
    1999 'Arte '99', Curaçao.
    1999 'The Curacao Connection', S.B.K. Kunstcentrum Haarlem, The Netherlands.
    1997 '5th World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics', Zagreb, Croatia.
    1995 Artoteek Den Haag, The Netherlands.
    1992 'Un Abraso Ku Kolo', Heemstede, The Netherlands.
    1991 'Gala di Arte', W.T.C. Curaçao.
    1989 'Bida I Kolo', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands.
    1988 'Potpourri', Gallery '86, Curaçao.
    1986 Däwson Gallery, Rochester, U.S.A.
    1985 'Stenen, Keien, Kiezels, Stenen', Het Curaçaosch Museum, Curaçao.

    SPECIAL COMMISSIONS / PROJECTS:
  • design weekend house Cas Abou, 2004.
  • design of an open public building; 'Mirador Caracasbaai', (in cooperation with Len Gillen) and the design and execution of the ceramic furniture and decorations of the building, by Refineria di Korsou n.v., Curaçao, 1998.
  • August 2002, Artist in Residence, Resen International Ceramics Colony, Resen, Macedonia.
  • November 2000, Artist in residence, Taller Ceramica Varadero, Cuba.
  • October 1990, workshop hand built double- walled bowls, given at Escuela Arte del Fuego, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • May & June 1989, workshops raku & primitive firing, given at Escuela Arte del Fuego, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • mural, 50th anniversary Prinses Wilhelmina Fonds, Curaçao, unveiled by Queen Beatrix, November 15, 1999.
  • portrait series Tania Kross, 2005.
  • photographs for the annual report Curaçao Ports Authority, 1999, 2001, 2002.
  • calendar 1995, by Stichting Monumentenzorg, Curaçao.
  • cover photography for different books like 'Geniale Anarchie' by Boeli van Leeuwen.
  • organizing workshops by foreign ceramic artists, since 1990.
  • private ceramic classes, since 1981.
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