My gaze focuses on the large areas of color and shapes that appear all around me: traffic signs, orange PVC pipes on construction sites or green trash cans along the A2. A round concrete drop-off bulb marks the city without our noticing, a yellow-blue train shoots unnoticed through the green landscape. These industrial mono- or dichromes speak a universal language, but are designed only from their function. Red is danger; yellow is beware! Although we all perceive the world differently, the objects create a collective pattern of expectation. They alarm us, but they also quickly disappear from our minds again; the relationship in many cases is brief and impersonal. These self-repeating objects evoke in me an experience that oscillates from recognition, to alienation and back again. These experiences, unlike the objects themselves, are not universal, but individual and personal. I try to unravel these relationships with the banal in my work.
These situations translate into sculptures, paintings that I use as elements in installations, often working with materials such as plaster, Styrofoam, acrylic, cast rubber and wood. During the process I deploy different media at different times; my preliminary research is done photographically, on which I build spatially, finally finishing it as a painter. The personal touch as a maker is important in my work; it unravels my personal relationship and fascination with the original, the object, the moment of the time. Almost clumsily and childishly set up, the work contrasts with the industrially produced objects that my eye is so fascinated by. How can you strip an object of function and meanwhile make a colored surface meaningful? I want these objects to lose their status as mass-produced products and become unique and special for a moment. They get a personality and tell a story again. They are no longer flat. They are no longer banal.
I see the world as a theater of objects and I see myself as a set builder who transforms situations into awkward, humorous sets. Playing with scale or abstracting shapes and colors creates visual discomfort for the viewer. The works I make get in the way and you can't ignore them - they rub against the irritating. I want my work to return to the wonder I have felt, and show new and existing collective associations and interpretations. A state in which an object appears, inserts itself into your memory, and there, because of its overwhelming colors and shapes, remains in the way as a stupid and awkward thing.
These situations translate into sculptures, paintings that I use as elements in installations, often working with materials such as plaster, Styrofoam, acrylic, cast rubber and wood. During the process I deploy different media at different times; my preliminary research is done photographically, on which I build spatially, finally finishing it as a painter. The personal touch as a maker is important in my work; it unravels my personal relationship and fascination with the original, the object, the moment of the time. Almost clumsily and childishly set up, the work contrasts with the industrially produced objects that my eye is so fascinated by. How can you strip an object of function and meanwhile make a colored surface meaningful? I want these objects to lose their status as mass-produced products and become unique and special for a moment. They get a personality and tell a story again. They are no longer flat. They are no longer banal.
I see the world as a theater of objects and I see myself as a set builder who transforms situations into awkward, humorous sets. Playing with scale or abstracting shapes and colors creates visual discomfort for the viewer. The works I make get in the way and you can't ignore them - they rub against the irritating. I want my work to return to the wonder I have felt, and show new and existing collective associations and interpretations. A state in which an object appears, inserts itself into your memory, and there, because of its overwhelming colors and shapes, remains in the way as a stupid and awkward thing.
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Education
2016 – 2018 Master Fine Art, AKV St. Joost, Den Bosch
2009 – 2013 Bachelor Lifestyle Design, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
2005 – 2009 Communication Design, Nimeto, Utrecht
Solo exhibitions
2023 Evergreen, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
2023 Play, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
2022 De Markt, De Schouw, Rotterdam
2021 Inkijk, Waterlooplein, Amsterdam
2021 Soft Cover, Het Archief, Rotterdam
2020 Copy paste, Wallspace, TAC, Eindhoven
2019 Superbox, De Vitrine, Rotterdam
2019 Put it to work, Moira, Utrecht
2018 According to the rules, Witte Rook, Breda
2015 Cindy Bakker, Shell HQ, The Hague
2015 Koffie Karton, EXBunker, Utrecht
2013 ISME, graduation show, Willem de Kooning, Rotterdam
Public works
2023 Poolside, Arttenders x Cindy Bakker, Zwembad Hoek van Holland, Hoek van Holland forthcoming
2023 De Bal, Gemeente Amstelveen X Kunstmest, Amstelveen, forthcoming
2021 The Splash, Arttenders x Cindy Bakker, Annie M.G.Schmidtplein, Rotterdam
Group shows
2023 Flags, ICOON, Hoek van Holland current
2023 New Dutch Minimalism, KEVN, Eindhoven current
2022 This Art Fair, Amsterdam
2022 Prospects, Art Rotterdam
2021 Dammer, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
2021 Big Art, Hembrug, Zaamdam
2021 Folly Factory, Expo Bart, Nijmegen (duo with Marleen Sleeuwits)
2021 RR, Platvvorm, Deinze, BE (Roger Raveel, Toon Boeckmans, Nello Margodt, Floris Hoorelbeke, Cindy Bakker, Veerle Beckers, Ode De Kort, Myrthe van der Mark, Ronny Delrue en Benoît Félix)
2021 33 Rooms, Student Hotel X Stichting Pottage, Rotterdam
2021 Yes, Again! Patty Morgan, Amsterdam
2020 Utrecht Down Under, Utrecht
2020 Vlakleuruimte, Zaalzuid, Hengelo (with Jochem Rotteveel and Celia Hadeler)
2020 BIG Art, Hembrug, Zaandam
2020 Tropicana, Rotterdam
2020 Bees, De Hortus, Amsterdam
2019 South explorer, Studio Pompstraat, Rotterdam
2018 What do we dance for, Nectar Gallery, Tbilisi
2018 Cafeteria, Graduation Show, Kaaijhallen, akv st joost, s’Hertogenbosch (sup. by Gemeente Breda)
2017 MFA, Cultuurnacht, Electron, Breda
2017 De keet, CODE ROOD, Arnhem (duoshow with Evelien Seegers)
2017 Watdajel Art Festival, Utrecht
2016 Nieuwe liefde, Kunstliefde, Utrecht
2015 Fashion & Object, projectspace, C&H Art Space, Amsterdam
(Jedithja de Groot, curator. Egon Van Herreweghe, Jan Dirk van der Burg, Maurice van Es, QiuYang)
2015 Immunity Modernity, Leuven (Christina Seyfried, curator. Oshin Albrecht and Melissa Mabesoone, Han Decorte, Carlien De Koninck, Jolien Dirix, Eva Gheysen, Katharina Knaus, Verena Ledig, Emanuel Mensah Agyapong, Nicolina Sa, Se_Ren_Dip Trio)
2015 Is this art, De Brandweer, Maastricht
2015 Nieuwkomers, Showroom MaMa, Rotterdam
2014 UAMO International Art Festival, München
2014 UAMO International Art Festival, Leuven
2014 Assembled by Root gallery, Rotterdam
2014 Art and design, Pastoe, Utrecht
2014 NEW Dutch Photography GUP, NHOW Hotel, Rotterdam
2014 Rotterdam Talents , NN DE Cafe Galerie, Rotterdam
2013 What can be made, Vierhavens, Rotterdam
2013 NEW Dutch Photography Talents, GUP Gallery, Amsterdam
2013 Dutch Design Week, Radio Royaal Strijp-S, Eindhoven
2013 Veerstichting Symposium, Sint-Pieterskerk, Leiden
2013 Fontanel Finals, Kapitaal, Utrecht
2013 Impressed, Kadmium Gallery, Delft (Verena Blok, Anne Dijkstra en Boo van der Vlist, Emiel Gilijamse, Jorn Heidekamp, Catinka Kersten, Christa van der Meer, Ayfa van Oeteren)
Residencies
2017 Witte Rook, Breda (sup. by BKKC and Gemeente Breda)
2016 Art Gouda, Het Oude Weeshuis, Gouda
Grants and nominations
2021 Grant, Stichting Stokroos
2020 Grant, Stipendium for Emerging Artists, Mondriaan Fund
2020 Grant, Josine de Bruyn Kops Fund
2019 Grant, Impuls Fund, Gemeente Utrecht
2019 Nomination, Buning Brongers Prize, Amsterdam
2018 Grant, Gemeente Breda
2013 Nomination, Fontanel Talent, Utrecht
2013 Nomination, Drempel prize, Rotterdam
Interviews
2018 Want op het moment is het goed, Roel Neuraij
2016 – 2018 Master Fine Art, AKV St. Joost, Den Bosch
2009 – 2013 Bachelor Lifestyle Design, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
2005 – 2009 Communication Design, Nimeto, Utrecht
Solo exhibitions
2023 Evergreen, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
2023 Play, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
2022 De Markt, De Schouw, Rotterdam
2021 Inkijk, Waterlooplein, Amsterdam
2021 Soft Cover, Het Archief, Rotterdam
2020 Copy paste, Wallspace, TAC, Eindhoven
2019 Superbox, De Vitrine, Rotterdam
2019 Put it to work, Moira, Utrecht
2018 According to the rules, Witte Rook, Breda
2015 Cindy Bakker, Shell HQ, The Hague
2015 Koffie Karton, EXBunker, Utrecht
2013 ISME, graduation show, Willem de Kooning, Rotterdam
Public works
2023 Poolside, Arttenders x Cindy Bakker, Zwembad Hoek van Holland, Hoek van Holland forthcoming
2023 De Bal, Gemeente Amstelveen X Kunstmest, Amstelveen, forthcoming
2021 The Splash, Arttenders x Cindy Bakker, Annie M.G.Schmidtplein, Rotterdam
Group shows
2023 Flags, ICOON, Hoek van Holland current
2023 New Dutch Minimalism, KEVN, Eindhoven current
2022 This Art Fair, Amsterdam
2022 Prospects, Art Rotterdam
2021 Dammer, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
2021 Big Art, Hembrug, Zaamdam
2021 Folly Factory, Expo Bart, Nijmegen (duo with Marleen Sleeuwits)
2021 RR, Platvvorm, Deinze, BE (Roger Raveel, Toon Boeckmans, Nello Margodt, Floris Hoorelbeke, Cindy Bakker, Veerle Beckers, Ode De Kort, Myrthe van der Mark, Ronny Delrue en Benoît Félix)
2021 33 Rooms, Student Hotel X Stichting Pottage, Rotterdam
2021 Yes, Again! Patty Morgan, Amsterdam
2020 Utrecht Down Under, Utrecht
2020 Vlakleuruimte, Zaalzuid, Hengelo (with Jochem Rotteveel and Celia Hadeler)
2020 BIG Art, Hembrug, Zaandam
2020 Tropicana, Rotterdam
2020 Bees, De Hortus, Amsterdam
2019 South explorer, Studio Pompstraat, Rotterdam
2018 What do we dance for, Nectar Gallery, Tbilisi
2018 Cafeteria, Graduation Show, Kaaijhallen, akv st joost, s’Hertogenbosch (sup. by Gemeente Breda)
2017 MFA, Cultuurnacht, Electron, Breda
2017 De keet, CODE ROOD, Arnhem (duoshow with Evelien Seegers)
2017 Watdajel Art Festival, Utrecht
2016 Nieuwe liefde, Kunstliefde, Utrecht
2015 Fashion & Object, projectspace, C&H Art Space, Amsterdam
(Jedithja de Groot, curator. Egon Van Herreweghe, Jan Dirk van der Burg, Maurice van Es, QiuYang)
2015 Immunity Modernity, Leuven (Christina Seyfried, curator. Oshin Albrecht and Melissa Mabesoone, Han Decorte, Carlien De Koninck, Jolien Dirix, Eva Gheysen, Katharina Knaus, Verena Ledig, Emanuel Mensah Agyapong, Nicolina Sa, Se_Ren_Dip Trio)
2015 Is this art, De Brandweer, Maastricht
2015 Nieuwkomers, Showroom MaMa, Rotterdam
2014 UAMO International Art Festival, München
2014 UAMO International Art Festival, Leuven
2014 Assembled by Root gallery, Rotterdam
2014 Art and design, Pastoe, Utrecht
2014 NEW Dutch Photography GUP, NHOW Hotel, Rotterdam
2014 Rotterdam Talents , NN DE Cafe Galerie, Rotterdam
2013 What can be made, Vierhavens, Rotterdam
2013 NEW Dutch Photography Talents, GUP Gallery, Amsterdam
2013 Dutch Design Week, Radio Royaal Strijp-S, Eindhoven
2013 Veerstichting Symposium, Sint-Pieterskerk, Leiden
2013 Fontanel Finals, Kapitaal, Utrecht
2013 Impressed, Kadmium Gallery, Delft (Verena Blok, Anne Dijkstra en Boo van der Vlist, Emiel Gilijamse, Jorn Heidekamp, Catinka Kersten, Christa van der Meer, Ayfa van Oeteren)
Residencies
2017 Witte Rook, Breda (sup. by BKKC and Gemeente Breda)
2016 Art Gouda, Het Oude Weeshuis, Gouda
Grants and nominations
2021 Grant, Stichting Stokroos
2020 Grant, Stipendium for Emerging Artists, Mondriaan Fund
2020 Grant, Josine de Bruyn Kops Fund
2019 Grant, Impuls Fund, Gemeente Utrecht
2019 Nomination, Buning Brongers Prize, Amsterdam
2018 Grant, Gemeente Breda
2013 Nomination, Fontanel Talent, Utrecht
2013 Nomination, Drempel prize, Rotterdam
Interviews
2018 Want op het moment is het goed, Roel Neuraij
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