Fransje Killaars 1959

Lives in Almere. Works in Almere, Amsterdam.

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Galerie Maurits van de Laar

Colour is the all-encompassing subject in the work of Fransje Killaars (1959). In the 1980s, 1990s, she used fluorescent colours in her paintings that to the eye left an afterimage on the white wall. Colour thus stepped outside the frame of the painting into space. Triggered by this phenomenon, she started exploring how she could leave the flat surface of the canvas and extend her work into another medium. In India, she discovered the possibilities of textiles at a traditional weaving mill.

From then on, Fransje Killaars started making installations with textiles, giving colour a haven where art touches upon design, architecture and fashion. From 1984, she was also assistant to Sol LeWitt and worked with MVRDV architects on a proposal for the UN building in New York. In 2003, a textile artwork by Killaars was realised in the Herenkamer of the Catshuis, residency of the Dutch prime minister. Issey Miyake discovered her art in 2004 and invited her for a collaboration and to exhibit her installations.

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Artworks by Fransje Killaars

Upholstered Panels Series K

2011

€ 4.000 - € 6.000

Gestoffeerde Panelen Serie D/Upholstered Panels Series D

2023

€ 2.000 - € 4.000

Articles on Fransje Killaars

Opening art season in The Hague & Rotterdam

These galleries open their doors the first weekend of September in The Hague and Rotterdam. The choice of solo or duo exhibitions is noticeable, so that the artists are fully in the spotlight. They broach various themes, but mostly do so with their multidisciplinary approach. Galerie Maurits van de Laar, for instance, shows work by Fransje Killaars that is at the intersection of art, design, fashion and architecture. Galerie Ramakers creates an exciting dialogue between brand new work by Ton van Kints and a retrospective by Cor van Dijk. Dürst Britt & Mayhew bring in layered photography by Raúl Ortega Ayala and DJ The Social Lover. At Studio Seine, Carmen Schabracq holds various masks in front of us. Dagmar Baumann surprises with her colourful brushstrokes at NL=US Art. Frank Taal Galerie places the internationally celebrated Astrid Busch next to upcoming talent Tycho van Zomeren.

Pienk de Gaay Fortman

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Susanna Inglada, Fransje Killaars

12 sep - 15 sep 2024, Amsterdam, Nederland

THE INTUITION

Fransje Killaars

3 sep - 8 oct 2023, Den Haag, Nederland

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Fransje Killaars (NL)
Maastricht 1959

Education
1979-1984 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL

Lives and works in Amsterdam and Almere

Selected solo exhibitions

2023 THE INTUITION, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Den Haag, NL
2023 Installatie leven en Dood, Piet Killaars en Fransje Killaars, Museum Beelden aan Zee , Scheveningen NL 2022
2022 Installatie Death and Someone,s Life, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem NL
2022 Installatie Daily Life, Alex 51 Gallery, Maastricht NL
2021 Installatie Figures Colours First no 2 Centraal Station Utrecht, Stichting Polderlicht, Utrecht NL
2016 Textile Colour Fields, GEM, The Hague, NL
2013 Color at the Center, Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
2013 Color at the Center, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine, USA
2012 Front to back, met presentatie monografie Fransje Killaars, Fort Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, NL
2011 Figures, Colours First, Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, NL
2009 Aestetics of Terror, Embedded Art, Berlin, DE
2008 Textile Sculptures, Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, NL
2008 Prospekt 4, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, NL
2008 Glocal Affairs, Museum Ludwig, Aken, DE
2008 Figures, Installaties, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2008 Installation Wedding Hall, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, NL
2007 Figures, Colours First, Mass MoCa, North Adams, Mass, USA
2006 24 Hours, Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, NL
2004 Installation Kyoto, Sfera Exhibition, Kyoto, JP
2004 Installation, MDS Gallery, The Miyake Issey Foundation, Tokyo, JP
2004 Installation, Non-Stop Tokio, A-poc / Aoyama, the Miyake Issey Foundation, Tokyo, JP
2003 Stoffen, stalen, sits. Een keuze uit de textiel collectie door Fransje Killaars, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, NL
2002 Arrangement, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam, NL
2001 Full Color, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, DE
2001 Bed Quilts and Smoke Curtain, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam, NL
1999 Galerie Ron Mandos, Rotterdam, NL
1999 Fri-Art, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Fribourg, CH
1999 Monochrome, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, CH
1998 Handgeweven (Hand-woven), Het Torentje, Almelo, NL
1998 Atelier van Lieshout/Fransje Killaars, De Vleeshal, Middelburg NL
1997 Wish, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL
1997 Non-Stop, Galerie des Archives, Paris, FR
1997 Wish, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL
1996 Förderprogramm, Galerie de Expeditie, Art Cologne ’96, DE
1996 Untouchables, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam, NL
1995 All about it, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
1994 Fransje Killaars, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam, NL
1993 Fransje Killaars, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam, NL
1992 Fransje Killaars, Benno Premsela / Friso Broeksma House, Amsterdam, NL
Selected group exhibitions
2023 Tussen Grenzen , Museum Arnhem , Arnhem
2023 Image of Power , Textiel Biennale ,Museum Rijswijk , Rijwijk
2022 Marres, Limburg Biennale , Maastricht
2022 Between Nowhere and Elswhere , Kunstenaarsboeken Museum Weserburg, Bremen (DE)
2021 SEPTEMBERGRAS , Beverwijk, Landgoed Akerendam Stichting Kunst & Cultuur Beverwijk.
2020/2021 COLORUP, LUMC, Leiden, curator Marianne Roodenburg
2020 SOFTART loods 6 ,Amsterdam CBK21
2019 SOTT, Museum Jan Cunen , Oss
2019 We Wonder Where The White Went , Arti & Amicitae , Amsterdam curator Marianne Roodenburg.
2018 Kleur & abstractie, Generaties in Dialoog, Textiel museum, Tilburg
2018 Rozentuin, Installatie Figures and Panels, Kunst Rai , Amsterdam
2017, Textile Colour Field, Red, Black and White, House of Arts,onverwachte ontmoetingen KAF, Almere,NL2017
Arts, onverwachte ontmoetingen, installatie Textile Colour Field, Red, Black and White, KAF, Almere, NL
2017 MARIA, installatie Figure and Crosses, Catharijnenconvent, Utrecht, NL
2017 Sits, katoen in bloei , installatie Merry-go-round, Fries Museum, NL
2017 De Kleuren van De Stijl, installatie Colours First, Kunsthal kAdE, Amersfoort, NL
2017 Beautiful Distress, Kunstmanifestatie over Waanzin, Het Vijfde Seizoen, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam.
2016 Object, Kunst en designbeurs, Rotterdam, NL
2016 Reiskoorts, De Hallen, Haarlem, NL
2016 Amongst Treasures, De Nederlandse Bank Amsterdam, NL
2016 Plateaukunst, Wanda Reiff, Maastricht, NL
2016 Private Tag, Domein Raversyde, Vrijstaat -O, Oostende (BE)
2015 Aqua Art Miami met Industry Gallery. LA Usa.
2014 Threads, Museum voor moderne kunst Arnhem.NL
2014 Van Picasso tot Sol LeWitt, kunstenaarsboeken na 1950, Museum Meermanno, Den Haag, NL
2014 Zomeren op de buitenplaats, installatie Folly, Landgoed Beeckestijn, Velzen, NL
2014 Object, Kunst en designbeurs, Rotterdam,NL
2014 Tweetakt-KAAP, installatie Ode aan de fantasie, Fort Ruigenhoek, Groenekan, NL
2014 Be Calm, CBK, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Dordtyart, Galerie de Expeditie, Dordrecht, NL
2013 Salone internationale del Mobile, Milaan, IT, presentation Dum Office / tapijt Stripes, NL
2013 Ik hou van Holland, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2013 Wit, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL
2013 Droombeelden, Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle, NL
2013 Amsterdam drawing, 2013, Galerie De Expeditie, NL
2012 Artfair NY, Salon Zürcher, New York, USA
2012 Parelen, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, NL
2011 Art Rotterdam, Panama, galerie De Expeditie, NL
2011 Op Kamers, Het vervolg, De Rijp, NL
2011 Een i treurend om een punt, selectie uit de collectie ,Schunck, Heerlen.
2011 Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht ism Landscommanderij Alden Biezen BE
2011 Rabo Kunstzone, Rabobank Headquarters Utrecht, NL
2011 De Nederlandse Identiteit? De Kracht van Heden. De Paviljoens, Almere, NL
2011 Peindre Autrement, forme-couleur-textile, Fransje Killaars, Nan Groot Antink,Marian Bijlinga, Institut Néerlandais,
Paris, FR

curating, teaching

2023 Guest curator Piet Killaars 100 jaar Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
2022 Guest curator Piet Killaars 100 jaar Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
2013-2014 Guest teacher HKU, School of the Arts, Utrecht, NL
2009-2012 Guest teacher Design Academy, Eindhoven,
2008 Teacher Textile and Fashion department KABK/Royal Art Academy, Den Haag, NL
2007 Guest teacher Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, NL
2006 Member advice commission Textile and Fashion department, KABK/Royal Art Academy, Den Haag, NL
Examinator and guest teacher Sint-Lucas Art Academy, Gent, BE
Guest teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL
2001 Examinator Art Academy AKV/St. Joost, ‘s- Hertogenbosch, NL
1997-1998 Teacher post graduate painting classes, Minerva Academy, Groningen, NL
1984-1994 assistant Sol LeWitt

Awards

1997 The Best Book Designs, Stichting de Best Verzorgde Boeken, Amsterdam, NL
1996 The Best Book Designs, Stichting de Best Verzorgde Boeken, Amsterdam, NL
1995 The Best Book Designs, Stichting de Best Verzorgde Boeken, Amsterdam, NL
1994 Touche Prijs, Kunststichting Touche, NL
1988 Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunst, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Amsterdam, NL

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