What is left of a place, what is the history of an image and in what context is it now? The echo of an idea and the transience of an image make Marije Gertenbach (1990) interested in old paintings, buildings and spaces. During her studies at the Rijksakademie, Gertenbach investigated how damage to frescoes over time has changed the properties of the architectural space. The temporality and changes of space are equal to our own. They remind us of the uniqueness of life, of our mortality. Gertenbach: “I look for a disruption of context and a kind of isolation of the spectator. That for a moment you are completely alone with the image or in a room.” Gertenbach looks at old techniques and translates them into her paintings and objects in the present. She analyzes the use of different materials such as jute and panel in combination with different types of paint such as mineral silicate paint, which she makes herself with special pigments. Gertenbach: “Ancient religious art aims to achieve something higher. An attempt to understand life, transience and temporality. That's what I'm looking for myself. Maybe my paintings have made me like transience. The now, the temporary and the memory.”
Marije Gertenbach (1990, NL) lives and works in Amsterdam. In her most recent work she tries to question how one’s body experiences space. In a new series of work she researches her own experience in carrying a baby, her body transforming into a space, and in becoming a mother. The temporary changes of the body, and traces of time that are left on and in it, are new subjects in her work. “To feel a baby grow inside you, like you are a space. Become space together, then giving birth: an act of two bodies, still in one, becoming two. Attachment to your baby, the navel cord being cut, slowly. The many faces of motherhood.” Research into these subjects are the basis of Marije Gertenbach's practice. This translates into large scale paintings or installations with painting. For Marije the painting process is an intuitive practice, with research at its centre. Marije Gertenbach did her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education at The Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (graduating 2012), and was an artist in residence at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in 2015 and 2016.
Marije Gertenbach (1990, NL) lives and works in Amsterdam. In her most recent work she tries to question how one’s body experiences space. In a new series of work she researches her own experience in carrying a baby, her body transforming into a space, and in becoming a mother. The temporary changes of the body, and traces of time that are left on and in it, are new subjects in her work. “To feel a baby grow inside you, like you are a space. Become space together, then giving birth: an act of two bodies, still in one, becoming two. Attachment to your baby, the navel cord being cut, slowly. The many faces of motherhood.” Research into these subjects are the basis of Marije Gertenbach's practice. This translates into large scale paintings or installations with painting. For Marije the painting process is an intuitive practice, with research at its centre. Marije Gertenbach did her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education at The Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (graduating 2012), and was an artist in residence at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in 2015 and 2016.
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Education and Residencies:
2023: Residency Albers Foundation, Carraigngcat (Ireland)
2017: Residency Rupert, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2015 – 2016 Residency Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2008 – 2012 Amsterdam Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education, AHK, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Solo/Duo Exhibitions:
2024 Solo show, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2024 Duo presentation w/ Delphine Courtillot, Art Rotterdam w/ galeriedudokdegroot, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2021: Symbiosis, duo presentation w/ Josse Pyl, POST, Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
2019: Dancing while eating, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 Starting from the form (w/ Lola Bezemer), the orchid and the wasp, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 From before Rome was even founded, Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 The snake games, W139, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 From before Rome was even founded, w/ galerie dudokdegroot at Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2017 From before Rome was even founded, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands )
2017 The Current Work of Nina Franková and Marije Gertenbach, w/ Nina Frańkova,́ Rupert, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2017 Where does white go?, w/ galerie dudokdegroot, at BIG ART, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2017 The body embedded, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 The body embedded, Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 A possible abstraction, w/ Fons Haagmans, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2015 Saturnus, also known as the God of grain, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (The Netherlands)
2015 The sum of the body, Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2014 The Lamb of God, Schmall Gallery, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Group exhibitions
2023 Royal Painting Prize 2023, Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2022 Little things, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2020 2020, A rose is a rose is a rose – ROZENSTRAAT, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 Beyond painting, curated by Valeria Ceregini, SEA Foundation, Tilburg (The Netherlands)
2017 ON AUTHORSHIP, Space-projects, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2017 TWEE, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2017 Rolling Snowball|8 curated by Sigurdur Gudmundsson, CEAC, Xiamen (China)
2017 Stretch release, Dur̈st Britt&Mayhew, TheHague (TheNetherlands)
2017 Archive Fever, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 Royal Painting Prize 2016, Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 Cool memories, curated by Myriam Ben Salah, Occidental temporary, Paris (France)
2016 Rolling snowball|7, curated by Sigudur Gudmundsson, CEAC, Djupivogur (Iceland)
2016 We were here, Pictura, Dordrecht (The Netherlands)
2016 Influenza, blip blip blip, curated by Alex Farrar, East Street Arts, Leeds (UK)
2014 Nieuwe Vide: On View | In Focus | Backstage, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (The Netherlands)
2013 Groningse Uitleenschatten (CBK), Aa Kerk, Groningen (Netherlands)
2012 Graduation show, Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Commissions:
2014 Permanent work for Clark House Initiative, curated by Sumesh Sharma, Bombay (India)
Awards/grants:
2023 Nomination Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
2022 Nomination K.F.Hein stipend
2019 - 2023 Mondriaan Fonds, Proven talent Stipend
2017 Ministry of Culture Lithuania, residency support
2016 Stichting Kees Verwey, fellowship
2016 Mondriaan Fonds, Praktijkverdieping
2016 Nomination Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
2015 Stichting Kees Verwey, fellowship
2015 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, fellowship
2015 Mondriaan Fonds, Praktijkverdieping
Collections:
2018 Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands 2018 DNB, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2014 Clark House Initiative, Bombay (India)
2014 Rabobank, Haarlem (The Netherlands)
Teaching, curation and other employment in the arts:
2018 – current teacher/lecturer at Breitner Academie, Amsterdam
2014 – 2015 Board member Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2013 – 2014 Decor painter at the Dutch Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam
Texts/catalogues/press (selection):
2023 The Color of Mother, publication in collaboration with Didi Lehnhausen
2021 Echo by Gerda van Glind, in addition to Symbiosis
2018 Essay: Beyond the painting, by Valeria Ceregini
2018 Geijn, Lotte van, ‘Micro Art Initiatives #18: the orchid and the wasp - in gesprek met Maud Oonk’, Metropolis M, (issue no6, dec-jan 2018/1)
2018 ‘Art Rotterdam 2018’, mistermotley.nl, (10 February 2018)
2018 Huut, Thomas van, ‘Non-profit galeries mijden Art Rotterdam’, NRC, (8 February 2018)
2017 Leeuw, Mirthe de, ‘Een Klein Stukje Vangen’, mistermotley.nl, (12 October 2017)
2017 Essay: How to Remove a Painting from a Frame, by Lynne van Rhijn
2016 The body embedded, 500 editions, in cooperation with Jan van Eyck Academy, Benjamin Earl, Sanna Gertenbach and Hidde van Greuningen
2016 Velsen, Vincent van, ‘Meer Meer Meer Materie, RijksakademieOPEN 2016’, Metropolis M, (24 November 2016)
2016 ‘Studio visit at the Rijksakademie’, pattymorgan.net, (27 November 2016)
2015 The sum of the body (50 editions), in collaboration with Sanna Gertenbach
2023: Residency Albers Foundation, Carraigngcat (Ireland)
2017: Residency Rupert, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2015 – 2016 Residency Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2008 – 2012 Amsterdam Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education, AHK, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Solo/Duo Exhibitions:
2024 Solo show, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2024 Duo presentation w/ Delphine Courtillot, Art Rotterdam w/ galeriedudokdegroot, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2021: Symbiosis, duo presentation w/ Josse Pyl, POST, Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
2019: Dancing while eating, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 Starting from the form (w/ Lola Bezemer), the orchid and the wasp, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 From before Rome was even founded, Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 The snake games, W139, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 From before Rome was even founded, w/ galerie dudokdegroot at Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2017 From before Rome was even founded, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands )
2017 The Current Work of Nina Franková and Marije Gertenbach, w/ Nina Frańkova,́ Rupert, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2017 Where does white go?, w/ galerie dudokdegroot, at BIG ART, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2017 The body embedded, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 The body embedded, Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 A possible abstraction, w/ Fons Haagmans, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2015 Saturnus, also known as the God of grain, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (The Netherlands)
2015 The sum of the body, Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2014 The Lamb of God, Schmall Gallery, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Group exhibitions
2023 Royal Painting Prize 2023, Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2022 Little things, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2020 2020, A rose is a rose is a rose – ROZENSTRAAT, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 Beyond painting, curated by Valeria Ceregini, SEA Foundation, Tilburg (The Netherlands)
2017 ON AUTHORSHIP, Space-projects, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2017 TWEE, galerie dudokdegroot, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2017 Rolling Snowball|8 curated by Sigurdur Gudmundsson, CEAC, Xiamen (China)
2017 Stretch release, Dur̈st Britt&Mayhew, TheHague (TheNetherlands)
2017 Archive Fever, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 Royal Painting Prize 2016, Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 Cool memories, curated by Myriam Ben Salah, Occidental temporary, Paris (France)
2016 Rolling snowball|7, curated by Sigudur Gudmundsson, CEAC, Djupivogur (Iceland)
2016 We were here, Pictura, Dordrecht (The Netherlands)
2016 Influenza, blip blip blip, curated by Alex Farrar, East Street Arts, Leeds (UK)
2014 Nieuwe Vide: On View | In Focus | Backstage, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (The Netherlands)
2013 Groningse Uitleenschatten (CBK), Aa Kerk, Groningen (Netherlands)
2012 Graduation show, Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Commissions:
2014 Permanent work for Clark House Initiative, curated by Sumesh Sharma, Bombay (India)
Awards/grants:
2023 Nomination Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
2022 Nomination K.F.Hein stipend
2019 - 2023 Mondriaan Fonds, Proven talent Stipend
2017 Ministry of Culture Lithuania, residency support
2016 Stichting Kees Verwey, fellowship
2016 Mondriaan Fonds, Praktijkverdieping
2016 Nomination Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
2015 Stichting Kees Verwey, fellowship
2015 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, fellowship
2015 Mondriaan Fonds, Praktijkverdieping
Collections:
2018 Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands 2018 DNB, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2014 Clark House Initiative, Bombay (India)
2014 Rabobank, Haarlem (The Netherlands)
Teaching, curation and other employment in the arts:
2018 – current teacher/lecturer at Breitner Academie, Amsterdam
2014 – 2015 Board member Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2013 – 2014 Decor painter at the Dutch Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam
Texts/catalogues/press (selection):
2023 The Color of Mother, publication in collaboration with Didi Lehnhausen
2021 Echo by Gerda van Glind, in addition to Symbiosis
2018 Essay: Beyond the painting, by Valeria Ceregini
2018 Geijn, Lotte van, ‘Micro Art Initiatives #18: the orchid and the wasp - in gesprek met Maud Oonk’, Metropolis M, (issue no6, dec-jan 2018/1)
2018 ‘Art Rotterdam 2018’, mistermotley.nl, (10 February 2018)
2018 Huut, Thomas van, ‘Non-profit galeries mijden Art Rotterdam’, NRC, (8 February 2018)
2017 Leeuw, Mirthe de, ‘Een Klein Stukje Vangen’, mistermotley.nl, (12 October 2017)
2017 Essay: How to Remove a Painting from a Frame, by Lynne van Rhijn
2016 The body embedded, 500 editions, in cooperation with Jan van Eyck Academy, Benjamin Earl, Sanna Gertenbach and Hidde van Greuningen
2016 Velsen, Vincent van, ‘Meer Meer Meer Materie, RijksakademieOPEN 2016’, Metropolis M, (24 November 2016)
2016 ‘Studio visit at the Rijksakademie’, pattymorgan.net, (27 November 2016)
2015 The sum of the body (50 editions), in collaboration with Sanna Gertenbach
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