Inge Meijer 1986

Lives in Amsterdam. Works in Amsterdam.

Represented by:

AKINCI

Inge Meijer’s films transport the viewer to a familiar environment that still manages to feel strange. At the core is the uneasy relationship between humankind and its surroundings. An environment that lives and breathes but which humankind continuously tries to bend to its will. Ostensibly, Meijer aims at the ‘little’ things and the daily actions with which we express our concerns, our dreams and yearnings, and cherish our illusions. Complex phenomena are converted into clear, iconic images. Using a certain amount of self-mockery, she examines humankind, which is continuously arranging, cultivating and shaping its habitat. Plausible fiction or implausible facts are depicted, displaying a down-to-earth look at astonishing things or an astonished look at simple things. Inge Meijer places her viewer at a distance, which in her case has an alienating effect. She creates the illusion that we can view everything, yet although we see things as they are, we are wrong-footed by the combination of the individual elements. This bestows an almost absurd character upon the films, allowing them at the same time to be affectionate.

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Artworks by Inge Meijer

Plant Collection (2016 - ongoing)

Showroom (A Garden Revisioned)

2021

€ 1.800

Photostudio (A Garden Revisioned)

2021

€ 2.200

Basement (A Garden Revisioned)

2021

€ 2.200

Nothing Is Something To Be Seen

2021

€ 7.000

Articles on Inge Meijer

Inge Meijer – Nothing is Something to be Seen | Last chance

Conceptual photography is often described as distant and humorless. Two years ago, Inge Meijer proved that things can be done differently with The Plant Collection, an overview of the plants that were on display in the Stedelijk Museum between 1945 and 1983. A light-hearted subject, which conceals a tribute to the man who silently cared for this collection for years. For Nothing is Something to be Seen, Meijer chanced upon a similar story, touching on an essential theme that is rarely touched upon: class differences.

Wouter van den Eijkel

F-Razzor - online fundraiser with work by more than 60 Rijksakademie alumni

On Monday 8 March, International Women's Day, the webshop of the ad-hoc artists' initiative F-Razzor (Fundraiser) opens with work by more than 60 former Rijksakademie residents. With the campaign, the artists, who were residents between 2014 and 2017, want to financially support victims of sexual violence, abuse of power and inequality within the art world and bring about structural changes.

Wouter van den Eijkel

Media

Fotodok Pass it On. Private Stories, Public Histories. Meijer ontdekt in A Garden Revisioned een archief vol verlovingsfoto’s uit een trouwzaal in Gwanju, die in gebruik was tussen 1988 en 2006 maar daarna leeg stond tot het werd gesloopt tijdens het verblijf van de kunstenaar in Zuid-Korea.

About

Mondriaan Fonds

After initially working mainly with photography, Inge Meijer has since 2010 increasingly opted for the film camera that offers her the opportunity to "come close to the reality" and share what she finds important with us. She makes films about the everyday and the ordinary, our desire to rise above that and the pursuit of happiness in particular. She takes everyday life as a starting point and zooms in on the ways in which people try to make something of life together, or individually. She focuses on the small things, such as attention for each other and the daily actions in which not only our worries but also our dreams, desires and illusions are nurtured, because 'life is understood backward but must be lived forward' (free to Kierkegaard) .

Mirjam Westen, curator Prospects & Concepts 2015

Shows

Pebbles - reflecting to navigate

Gluklya, Kirsten Geisler, Edwin Zwakman, melanie bonajo, Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien, Inge Meijer, Anne Wenzel, Stephan Balkenhol, Andrei Roiter, Stéphanie Saadé

24 nov - 13 jan 2024, Amsterdam, Nederland

Art Rotterdam 2022

Gluklya, Jaap van den Ende, Charlotte Schleiffert, Inge Meijer, Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács, Anne Wenzel, Andrei Roiter, Ruby Swinney

18 may - 22 may 2022, Amsterdam, Nederland

UNSEEN

melanie bonajo, Inge Meijer, Lungiswa Gqunta, Edwin Zwakman

16 sep - 19 sep 2021, Amsterdam, Nederland

Nothing is Something to be Seen

Inge Meijer

3 sep - 30 oct 2021, Amsterdam, Nederland

In Addition To Everything Real

Molly Palmer, Ruby Swinney, Thomas Huber, Inge Meijer

25 nov - 24 dec 2020, Amsterdam, Nederland

Art Rotterdam 2019

Andrei Roiter, Stéphanie Saadé, Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács, Inge Meijer, Anne Wenzel

7 feb - 10 feb 2019, Amsterdam, Nederland

Let's Talk About Nature UPCOMING @ AKINCI

melanie bonajo, Stéphanie Saadé, Inge Meijer, Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács, Ruby Swinney

3 nov - 22 dec 2018, Amsterdam, Nederland

Companion

Inge Meijer

14 apr - 19 may 2018, Amsterdam, Nederland

In museum collection:

Museum Arnhem

MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Market position

Inge Meijer (Beverwijk, 1986) studied Fine Art at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem. In 2012, she won the Hendrik Valk Award with her graduation film at ArtEZ University of the Arts. In 2017, she completed her residency at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, where her films and installations received a great deal of attention and were highly acclaimed at the Open Studios in 2016 and 2017. After participating at Unfair Amsterdam, Inge Meijer opened her (currently running) first solo show Companion at AKINCI gallery. The installation Still Life #1 is currently on display in Garage Rotterdam as part of the exhibition Detached Involvement, curated by Bas Hendrikx. In collaboration with Roma Publications and graphic designer Roger Willems, Inge Meijer is now making a book on the central focus point of this installation: the plant collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from 1945 – 1983. This book will be released in the autumn of 2019 and will be sold in Amsterdam (UNSEEN book market, Westergasfabriek), New York (MoMA, PS1) and OFF Print Paris (Beaux-arts de Paris).

CV

Opleiding / residenties
2021 Kunsthuis SYB, juni – juli 30, Beetsterzwaag
2019 ACC-Rijksakademie Dialogue and Exchange program, Gwangju, KR
2018 HHH dimensioncultural, Casa Kanú, september - oktober, Bogota, CO
2016-2017 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
2013 Schloss Ringenberg, januari - juni, Hamminkeln, DE
2007 – 2012 Fine Art, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, ArtEZ, Arnhem
2009 Deelnemer, European Exchange Academy, Beelitz Heilstätten, DE
2003 – 2004 BOA, buitengewoon opsporingsambtenaar, Amsterdam

Beurzen
2021 Startup subsidie Stimuleringsfonds
2020 Project ondersteuning, Stichting Stokroos
Project ondersteuning, Young Art Support Amsterdam
Project ondersteuning, Mondriaan Fonds
2019 Project ondersteuning, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten
Project ondersteuning, Nederlandse ambassade, Bogota CO
2018 Publicatie ondersteuning, Jaap Harten Fonds
Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent, Mondriaan Fonds
Bijdrage Publicaties, Mondriaan Fonds
2017 Fellowship, Genootschap Noorthey
Project ondersteuning, Young Art Support Amsterdam
2016 Fellowship, Prins Bernard Cultuur Fonds
Project ondersteuning, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten
Project ondersteuning, Stichting Stokroos
2015 Mentee van Barbara Visser, Meester-Gezelregeling, Mondriaan Fonds

Awards / nominaties (selectie)
2020 De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2019, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2018 Loop discover, Barcelona, ES - genomineerd
2013 XI International Cinema and televisie Festival, Madrid, ES, - genomineerd
2012 Hendrik Valk Prijs, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem - winnaar
Art Olive Award, Amsterdam, - genomineerd
Young Art Korte Film Award, Beverwijk - winnaar
T.E.N.T Academy Award, T.E.N.T., Rotterdam - genomineerd
VERS Award, Amsterdam, - tweede prijs

Solo exposities
2021 Nothing is something to been seen, AKINCI, Amsterdam
Nothing is something to been seen, Barim, Gwangju, KR
2019 Rooms of Now, Vleeshal, Middelburg
2018 Roots, HHH dimensioncultural Casa Kanú, Bogota, CO
Companion, AKINCI, Amsterdam
2017 Parks and Re-creation, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam

Groep exposities (selectie)
2021 A Biography of Daphne, Australian Center of Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Autrailia
Pass it on, Fotodock, Utrecht
2020 De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2019, Stedelijk Musuem Amsterdam
Online-expositie, zomerfilmtentoonstelling, Museum Arnhem
Ongetemd, Museum Ijsselstein, Ijsselstein
Gewoon bijzonder, 38 CC, Delft
2019 Unseen, AKINCI, Amsterdam
Zachtzinning Radicaal, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
We Only Come Out at Night, WoW, Amsterdam
2018 Exchange, Viewmasters i.s.m Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Let’s Talk About Nature, AKINCI, Amsterdam
Alle dag: de gang van zaken, Bellamy Kabinet, Amsterdam
Going Nomad, Zone2Source, Amstelpark, Amsterdam
Detached Involvement, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Unfair, Westergastfabriek, Amsterdam
2017 RijksakademieOpen, Rijksakademie van Beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
What’s New, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem
Culture Club, De School geprogrammeerd door Unfair, Amsterdam
Het Zalig Nietsdoen, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen
2016 RijksakademieOpen, Rijksakademie van Beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
Millenials, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem
Your Absence was Noticed, Antwerpen Tower 23 floor, Antwerpen, BE
Over-View, Willem II Fabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch
2015 The Laocoön Dilemma, Galerie Sturm, Neurenberg, DE
Jonge Kunst #2, Pop Up Art Store, Groningen
And in the meantime a latte macchiato, Kunsthalle Münster, DE
Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam

Commissies
2020 Commissie in opdracht van Akademie van Bouwkunst, ArtEZ, Arnhem
2015 Commissie in opdracht van de Akademie van Kunsten i.s.m. de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschap (KNAW)
2012-2018 Series over kunstenaars, architecten, vormgevers, ontwerpers en andere creatieve voor ArtEZ, Arnhem, Zwolle, Enschede

Publicaties / artikelen
2019 The Plant Collection, ROMA publications
Tot de jaren zeventig stond het Stedelijk Museum vol kamerplanten, Trouw
Ooit stonden er planten in het Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, de Volkskrant
Het planten leven in het museum, Het Parool
Flower power, De Standaard
Natura en Artitectura, Edith Rijnja, kM Magazine
2018 Het grote genieten, Judith Boessen, Mister Motley, i.s.m. Museum Arnhem
Oceanic Feeling, Ruud Welten, AKINCI galerie
2015 Simulacrum, Artist supplement, De Toerist nr 24. December 2015

Docentschappen / lezingen
2021 Spaces of exhibitions, La Maréchalerie Centre d'Art Contemporain, Versailles, FR
Wel of niet publiceren, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
2019 Lezing Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, KR
2018 Lezing FLORA ars + natura, Bogota, CO
2017 IMC Weekendschool, gastdocent, Amsterdam
2016 Lezing VAV Filmfestival, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2015 Lezing Mondriaan Fonds Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam

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