Over a career spanning more than three decades, Cecilia Vissers has experimented widely with abstract and conceptual art practices. Working variously in metal sculpture, photography and printing techniques, Vissers' art references to the wild landscapes of Ireland and Scotland. Her employment of industrial materials and techniques, as well as her overarching approach to her art practice, have precedents in constructivism.
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Inspired by her love of landscape, Cecilia Vissers work is minimalist in style and focuses on the essence of the landscape. The work is created using steel and aluminium, but often has the illusion of a painting.
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New minimalism
“The commitment to absolute technical precision, which these sculptures exhibit, would undoubtedly have appealed to the exacting production standards of Donald Judd. Vissers’ approach to making art has much in common with the pared down language of American minimalism, with which artists such as Judd and Dan Flavin are now associated. But her work also belongs to an older tradition of geometric abstraction that derives inspiration from the natural world.”
Dr. Alistair Rider
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Collections (selection)
- Austin Contemporary Museum, USA
- Sothebys Collection NY, USA
- GBS Collection, Essen, Kettwig, DE
- Collection Musagete, Amsterdam, NL
- Waterland Museum, Purmerend, NL
- Virginie Janssens Stichting, Mas de Charrou, FR
- Achill Heinrich Böll Foundation, IRL
- Stokroos Foundation Utrecht, NL
- Collection BISK, Tilburg, NL
- Center for the Arts, de Krabbedans Eindhoven, NL
- Center for the Arts, Nieuwegein, NL
- Collection Claesson, Koivisto, Rune, Stockholm, SE
*Private collections throughout Europe and United States.
Grants
2016 Stichting Harten Fonds, Rotterdam, NL
2015 Dutch Embassy, New York, NL/USA
- BKKC, Tilburg, NL
- Stokroos Foundation, Utrecht, NL
- NAF, The Netherland-America Foundation, New York, USA
2012 Stokroos Foundation, Utrecht, NL
2009 NBKS, Tilburg, NL
2008 Stokroos Foundation, Utrecht, NL NBKS, Tilburg, NL
2007 NBKS, Tilburg, NL
2006 NBKS, Tilburg, NL
Artist in residence
2014 Heinrich Böll Foundation, Achill, IRL
2012 New York, Mondriaan Foundation, NL
2011 New York, Mondriaan Foundation, NL
2009 Heinrich Böll Foundation, Achill, IRL
2008 Virginie Janssens Stichting, Mas de Charrou, FR
Publications (a selection)
2019 Embodying Colour V, exhibition catalog, Museum W. Morgner, Soest, DE
2018 The Edge of Forever, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
2017/18 Flatness in Space, monography, Lecturis/Timmer Art Books, Eindhoven, NL
Cecilia Vissers and the earth-line, text Andrea Del Guercio IT / Five Gallery, Lugano, CH
2016 Park 2.5, Park Foundation, Tilburg, NL
A Moment in Time, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
2015 Zartheit, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects / inde/jacobs Gallery, Marfa, SE/USA
2014 ParisCONCRET 2009-2014, Paris, FR 2012
Ultima Thule, Timmer Art Books, Oosterhout, NL
2011 Farbe – Raum – Konzept/ Malerei, Galerie Schütte, Essen-Kettwig, DE
Colour matters #3, K09, Groningen, NL
2010 Formal 2010, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, NL
2009 Drieluik, Tempus Arti, triennial, Landen, BE
Canna, Timmer Art Books, Oosterhout, NL
2004 Een Souvenir, Museum Van Loon, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, NL
2002 Cecilia Vissers, Stichting Plaatsmaken, Arnhem, NL
2000 Beelden in het Leendersbos, Staatsbosbeheer, Leende, NL
1998 Buitenstebinnen, Museum de Pronkkamer, Uden, NL
- Austin Contemporary Museum, USA
- Sothebys Collection NY, USA
- GBS Collection, Essen, Kettwig, DE
- Collection Musagete, Amsterdam, NL
- Waterland Museum, Purmerend, NL
- Virginie Janssens Stichting, Mas de Charrou, FR
- Achill Heinrich Böll Foundation, IRL
- Stokroos Foundation Utrecht, NL
- Collection BISK, Tilburg, NL
- Center for the Arts, de Krabbedans Eindhoven, NL
- Center for the Arts, Nieuwegein, NL
- Collection Claesson, Koivisto, Rune, Stockholm, SE
*Private collections throughout Europe and United States.
Grants
2016 Stichting Harten Fonds, Rotterdam, NL
2015 Dutch Embassy, New York, NL/USA
- BKKC, Tilburg, NL
- Stokroos Foundation, Utrecht, NL
- NAF, The Netherland-America Foundation, New York, USA
2012 Stokroos Foundation, Utrecht, NL
2009 NBKS, Tilburg, NL
2008 Stokroos Foundation, Utrecht, NL NBKS, Tilburg, NL
2007 NBKS, Tilburg, NL
2006 NBKS, Tilburg, NL
Artist in residence
2014 Heinrich Böll Foundation, Achill, IRL
2012 New York, Mondriaan Foundation, NL
2011 New York, Mondriaan Foundation, NL
2009 Heinrich Böll Foundation, Achill, IRL
2008 Virginie Janssens Stichting, Mas de Charrou, FR
Publications (a selection)
2019 Embodying Colour V, exhibition catalog, Museum W. Morgner, Soest, DE
2018 The Edge of Forever, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
2017/18 Flatness in Space, monography, Lecturis/Timmer Art Books, Eindhoven, NL
Cecilia Vissers and the earth-line, text Andrea Del Guercio IT / Five Gallery, Lugano, CH
2016 Park 2.5, Park Foundation, Tilburg, NL
A Moment in Time, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
2015 Zartheit, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects / inde/jacobs Gallery, Marfa, SE/USA
2014 ParisCONCRET 2009-2014, Paris, FR 2012
Ultima Thule, Timmer Art Books, Oosterhout, NL
2011 Farbe – Raum – Konzept/ Malerei, Galerie Schütte, Essen-Kettwig, DE
Colour matters #3, K09, Groningen, NL
2010 Formal 2010, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, NL
2009 Drieluik, Tempus Arti, triennial, Landen, BE
Canna, Timmer Art Books, Oosterhout, NL
2004 Een Souvenir, Museum Van Loon, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, NL
2002 Cecilia Vissers, Stichting Plaatsmaken, Arnhem, NL
2000 Beelden in het Leendersbos, Staatsbosbeheer, Leende, NL
1998 Buitenstebinnen, Museum de Pronkkamer, Uden, NL
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Solo Exhibitions
2021- Far North, gallery Helder, NL
2020 - Twenty One, Gray Contemporary, Houston, USA
2018 - inde/Jacobs, Marfa, Texas, USA
2017 - Cecilia Vissers and the Earth-line, Five Gallery, Lugano, CH
2016
- The Edge of the Sea, Gray Contemporary Houston, USA
- A moment in time, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
2015- inde/jacobs (with Hadi Tabatabai), Marfa, Texas, USA
2014
- Faraway, Peter Foolen Editions, Eindhoven, NL
- Soulmates (with Cor van Dijk), KuuB, Utrecht, NL
2013
- Time and Tide, Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK
- Wind Swept, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
2012
- Ultima Thule, The Far North, Masters & Pelavin, New York, USA
- Match (with Ditty Ketting), Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL
2010
- Formal, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, NL
- En forme (with E. Cruikshank), ParisCONCRET, Paris, FR
Group Exhibitions
2020
- In & Out, gallery Helder, NL
- Winter exhibition, inde/jacobs gallery, Marfa, TX
2019
- Embodying Colour V, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Raum Schroth, Soest, DE
- Embodying Colour, Enchantillons, Imprints Gallery, Crest, FR
- Heat, Zembla, Hawick, UK
2018
- Ricerche Tedesche 1, Marina Wolff, Milan, IT
- Shaping, Katryn Markel Fine Arts, New York
- The Edge of Forever, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Nothing but Good, Park, Tilburg, NL
2017
- Slow Art! 1.0, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Richerche Tedesche, Fabula Fine Art, IT
- At the edge of space, Thiel, Post, Vissers, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Doublefeatures, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf, DE
- The third dimension, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Aspecten van Landschap, Waterland Museum, Purmerend, NL
- Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Karlsruhe, DE
- Combined, Gray Contemporary, Houston, TX
2016
- The Pattern Reveals Itself, Claudia Weil Galerie, Friedberg, DE
- Artissima artfair, Multipleart, Turin, IT
- Art.Fair with Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Opaque Transparency, ParisCONCRET & IS-Projects FR/NL
- Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Karlsruhe, DE
2015
- Zartheit, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Opening Celebration, inde/jacobs, Marfa, Texas, USA
- 3 Künstlerinnen aus 3 Ländern, Multipleart, Zurich, CH
- Art.Fair, Galerie Floss & Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Opaque Transparency, Look & Listen & ParisCONCRET, Saint-Chamas, FR
- Concrete Post, Raum 2810, Bonn, DE
- Embodying Colour, Haus Metternich, Koblenz, DE
- Kleinbeeld 2, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, NL
2014
- Painting Black, The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, USA
- Faraway Nearby, Masters Projects, New York, USA
- Sommerimpressionen, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
- architectures du silence: carte blanche à Christophe Duvivier, Galerie Gimpel & Müller, Paris, FR
- Imaging Agent, Park, Tilburg, NL
- Nothing But Good Live, Park, Tilburg, NL
2013
- Ausklang und Auftakt, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
- [email protected], Galerie Clement, Amsterdam, NL
- Kollektie Waterland, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, NL
- Legend Tripping, Masters & Pelavin, New York, USA
2012
- Sommerimpressionen II, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
- Same Same – but different, GKG, Bonn, DE
- A city sorrow built, Masters & Pelavin, New York, USA
- Collectables 5, Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, NL
- Versos, Galería Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SP
2011
- Die dritte Dimension, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
- Preview, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
- Farbe – Raum – Konzept/ Malerei, Galerie Schütte, Essen-Kettwig, DE
- A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Masters & Pelavin, New York, USA
- Art Amsterdam, Luiscius Books & Art, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL
- Saturation Point, The Gallery On The Corner, London, UK
- Galerie Kokon 1970-2010, Galerie Kokon, Tilburg, NL
- Colour Matters #6, Kunstruimte K09, Groningen, NL
2010
- Rekkelijken en preciezen, Kadmium, Delft, NL
- Touch (curated by Brent Hallard, US), ParisCONCRET, Paris, FR
- One blue moment, Peter Foolen Editions – Galerie Schütte, Essen-Kettwig, DE
- Art Amsterdam, Luiscius Books & Art – XX Multiple Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
- Black is Beautiful, Stadhuis, Gorinchem, NL
- Art Rotterdam, Luiscius Books & Art – XX Multiple Galerie, Rotterdam, NL
2021- Far North, gallery Helder, NL
2020 - Twenty One, Gray Contemporary, Houston, USA
2018 - inde/Jacobs, Marfa, Texas, USA
2017 - Cecilia Vissers and the Earth-line, Five Gallery, Lugano, CH
2016
- The Edge of the Sea, Gray Contemporary Houston, USA
- A moment in time, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
2015- inde/jacobs (with Hadi Tabatabai), Marfa, Texas, USA
2014
- Faraway, Peter Foolen Editions, Eindhoven, NL
- Soulmates (with Cor van Dijk), KuuB, Utrecht, NL
2013
- Time and Tide, Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK
- Wind Swept, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
2012
- Ultima Thule, The Far North, Masters & Pelavin, New York, USA
- Match (with Ditty Ketting), Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL
2010
- Formal, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, NL
- En forme (with E. Cruikshank), ParisCONCRET, Paris, FR
Group Exhibitions
2020
- In & Out, gallery Helder, NL
- Winter exhibition, inde/jacobs gallery, Marfa, TX
2019
- Embodying Colour V, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Raum Schroth, Soest, DE
- Embodying Colour, Enchantillons, Imprints Gallery, Crest, FR
- Heat, Zembla, Hawick, UK
2018
- Ricerche Tedesche 1, Marina Wolff, Milan, IT
- Shaping, Katryn Markel Fine Arts, New York
- The Edge of Forever, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Nothing but Good, Park, Tilburg, NL
2017
- Slow Art! 1.0, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Richerche Tedesche, Fabula Fine Art, IT
- At the edge of space, Thiel, Post, Vissers, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Doublefeatures, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf, DE
- The third dimension, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Aspecten van Landschap, Waterland Museum, Purmerend, NL
- Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Karlsruhe, DE
- Combined, Gray Contemporary, Houston, TX
2016
- The Pattern Reveals Itself, Claudia Weil Galerie, Friedberg, DE
- Artissima artfair, Multipleart, Turin, IT
- Art.Fair with Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Opaque Transparency, ParisCONCRET & IS-Projects FR/NL
- Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Karlsruhe, DE
2015
- Zartheit, Galerie Floss&Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Opening Celebration, inde/jacobs, Marfa, Texas, USA
- 3 Künstlerinnen aus 3 Ländern, Multipleart, Zurich, CH
- Art.Fair, Galerie Floss & Schultz, Cologne, DE
- Opaque Transparency, Look & Listen & ParisCONCRET, Saint-Chamas, FR
- Concrete Post, Raum 2810, Bonn, DE
- Embodying Colour, Haus Metternich, Koblenz, DE
- Kleinbeeld 2, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, NL
2014
- Painting Black, The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, USA
- Faraway Nearby, Masters Projects, New York, USA
- Sommerimpressionen, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
- architectures du silence: carte blanche à Christophe Duvivier, Galerie Gimpel & Müller, Paris, FR
- Imaging Agent, Park, Tilburg, NL
- Nothing But Good Live, Park, Tilburg, NL
2013
- Ausklang und Auftakt, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
- [email protected], Galerie Clement, Amsterdam, NL
- Kollektie Waterland, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, NL
- Legend Tripping, Masters & Pelavin, New York, USA
2012
- Sommerimpressionen II, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
- Same Same – but different, GKG, Bonn, DE
- A city sorrow built, Masters & Pelavin, New York, USA
- Collectables 5, Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, NL
- Versos, Galería Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SP
2011
- Die dritte Dimension, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
- Preview, Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, DE
- Farbe – Raum – Konzept/ Malerei, Galerie Schütte, Essen-Kettwig, DE
- A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Masters & Pelavin, New York, USA
- Art Amsterdam, Luiscius Books & Art, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL
- Saturation Point, The Gallery On The Corner, London, UK
- Galerie Kokon 1970-2010, Galerie Kokon, Tilburg, NL
- Colour Matters #6, Kunstruimte K09, Groningen, NL
2010
- Rekkelijken en preciezen, Kadmium, Delft, NL
- Touch (curated by Brent Hallard, US), ParisCONCRET, Paris, FR
- One blue moment, Peter Foolen Editions – Galerie Schütte, Essen-Kettwig, DE
- Art Amsterdam, Luiscius Books & Art – XX Multiple Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
- Black is Beautiful, Stadhuis, Gorinchem, NL
- Art Rotterdam, Luiscius Books & Art – XX Multiple Galerie, Rotterdam, NL
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