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Joyce Overheul (1989, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL) grew up in an environment where it is not self-evident that women were treated the same as men. From her sense of justice, she has always been politically interested in things like women's rights, emancipation, feminism and activism, and Overheul now makes art about that. In a broader sense, Overheul is interested in how human behaviour comes about and how we as people influence each other.
Overheul creates artworks made of textiles, often based on photography. She works a lot with craft techniques that have long been dismissed as typical women's hobbies, leisure activities. She combines this with politically charged subjects about women's rights, emancipation and feminism, among others, to create a sharp contrast between the direct content and soft material. With soft-looking art, Overheul draws the visitor in while they do not always realise that the message is a political statement.
Overheul studied Fine Art at the HKU in Utrecht, followed by a master's degree in Artistic Research at maHKU. Her work has widely been exhibited in The Netherlands and abroad, and she also creates commissioned work. Highlights being the solo exhibitions 'Live, Laugh, Leidmotiv' at Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 'Sending Thoughts and Prayers' at Museum W, Weert, 'Let's Get Political' at Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, and the war memorial for resistance fighter Truus van Lier for the Municipality of Utrecht. In 2021, Waanders Kunst published the book 'Let's Get Political' about the first ten years of her artistic practice.
Overheul creates artworks made of textiles, often based on photography. She works a lot with craft techniques that have long been dismissed as typical women's hobbies, leisure activities. She combines this with politically charged subjects about women's rights, emancipation and feminism, among others, to create a sharp contrast between the direct content and soft material. With soft-looking art, Overheul draws the visitor in while they do not always realise that the message is a political statement.
Overheul studied Fine Art at the HKU in Utrecht, followed by a master's degree in Artistic Research at maHKU. Her work has widely been exhibited in The Netherlands and abroad, and she also creates commissioned work. Highlights being the solo exhibitions 'Live, Laugh, Leidmotiv' at Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 'Sending Thoughts and Prayers' at Museum W, Weert, 'Let's Get Political' at Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, and the war memorial for resistance fighter Truus van Lier for the Municipality of Utrecht. In 2021, Waanders Kunst published the book 'Let's Get Political' about the first ten years of her artistic practice.
Oeuvres d'art
Articles
Médias
Points forts
Recommandations
Collections
Expositions
Position sur le marché
CV
expositions
Dans la collection du musée:
Museum de Fundatie
Centraal Museum Utrecht
FENIX Landverhuizersmuseum Rotterdam
Dans la collection corporative:
Rijksoverheid
CV
Education
2011 – 2012: maHKU, Utrecht Graduate School in Visual Arts and Design, Master of Arts in Fine Art
2008 – 2012: HKU, Utrecht School of the Arts, Bachelor of Fine Art, with Honours
HKU, Utrecht School of the Arts, Preparatory course Fine Art
Exhibitions
Musea
Solo
2024 ‘Live, Laugh, Leidmotief’, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
2023-2024 ‘Sending Thoughts and Prayers’, Museum W, Weert, NL
2021-2022 ‘Let’s Get Political’, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL
Group
2025 ‘Haarlem breekt de stilte’, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL
2025 ‘Reality Check’, Museum More, Gorssel, NL
2023-2024 ‘Oude en Nieuwe Liefdes’, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL
2023-2024 ‘Ted Noten & Co. – Over Waarde’, Museum JAN, Amstelveen, NL
2023-2024 ‘Textiel Biënnale 2023: Images of Power’, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, NL
2023 ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow – For Trudi’, Museum IJsselstein, NL
2022-2023 ‘More & Meer’, Museum More, Gorssel, NL
2021 ‘Van Wie Is de Wereld?’, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL
2019 Meesterlijke Vrouwen, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
2017-2018 De Kunst van Lezen, Museum Meermanno / Huis van het Boek, The Hague, NL
2017-2018 Food!, Museum Nairac, Barneveld, NL
2017 Nasty Women Edition México, Museo Memoria y Tolerancia, Mexico City, MX
2017 Aanstormend talent bij MIJ, Museum IJsselstein, IJsselstein, NL
2016 Design my Privacy, Museum of the Image, Breda, NL
Art Fairs and biennales
2025 Big Art, Slotervaart, Amsterdam, NL
2022 KunstRAI with Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, NL
2021 This Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Hybrid Art Fair with Lauwer Gallery, Madrid, ES
2019 Art the Hague with Lauwer Gallery, The Hague, NL
2017 This Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2016 This Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Playing Nature, Moscow Biennale, Moscow, RU
Galleries
2025 ‘Zeitgeist’, PLAY Room, Zaandam, NL
2025 ‘Artists in Revolt’, PLAY Room, Zaandam, NL
2024 ‘Future Now’ at Galerie Larik, Utrecht, NL
2024 ‘Woorden Weelde’ at Andriesse Eyck Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2024 ‘Joyce Overheul’, at Gallery Ysebaert, Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
2023-2024 ‘Onszelf, die ander’ at Art Gallery O-68, Velp, NL
2023 HELL NO, What Art Can Do, Amsterdam, NL
2022-2023 ‘Het ergste moet nog komen’ at Galerie Larik, Utrecht, NL (group show + guest curator)
2021 ‘Let’s get political, the activist within’ at Studio Seine, Rotterdam, NL (group show + guest curator)
2021 HENK at Logman Gallery, Utrecht, NL
2021 Tijdsbeeld II at PLAYroom, Zaandam, NL
2020-2021 By Invitation Only, Logman Gallery, Utrecht, NL
2020 Roots&Routes, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
2019 Joyce Overheul – Sounds Familiar, Lauwer Gallery, The Hague, NL (solo exhibition)
2019 PLAYGROUND, Bergarde Galleries, Heerjansdam, NL
2019 U bent hier, PLAYroom, Zaandam, NL
2018 Young Utrecht Delight, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
2018 BRAD PITT, AK24, Utrecht, NL
2018 Sanaa Selected!, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
2016 Unnoticed Art Festival at Visions in the Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery, London, UK
2016 De Aanschouw, Rotterdam, NL (solo exhibition)
2015 Mail Art, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2015 SUMMER @ SANAA, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
2015 Diep Gaan, LucyIndelucht, Utrecht, NL
2014 CASE I / ROGIER, De Kijkdoos, Amsterdam, NL (solo exhibition)
2014 World Amigurumi Exhibition, Resobox Gallery, New York City, USA
2012 Joyce Overheul | Selected Works, Off the Hook Gallery, Årjäng, SE
2012 Longing, Belonging, Academiegalerie, Utrecht, NL
2012 Three Artists Walk Into A Bar…, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL
Project Spaces
2025 Kunst10Daagse, Kunstenhuis Steengoed/KunstMin-Hallen, Bergen, NL
2024 ‘The Cake is a Lie’, IMPAKT, Utrecht, NL
2024 NIEUW24, Kunstuitleen Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
2023 ENERGY, Koelwaterhal, Zwolle, NL
2023 Exodus, Buitenplaats Doornburgh, Maarssen, NL
2020 Rebellen en Dwarsdenkers, WG Kunst, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Utrecht Down Under Utrecht, NL
2020 De Belofte, Kunstliefde, Utrecht, NL
2020 AAA+ Quality, ExBunker, Utrecht, NL
2020 Qkunst, Social Impact Factory, Utrecht, NL
2019 On the Line of the Equator, Expoplu, Nijmegen, NL
2019 Willem II Kunstruimte, Den Bosch, NL (solo exhibtion)
2019 The First Night of Experimental Boredom, Singel222, Dordrecht, NL
2018 Bunker Exposities, The Hague, NL
2018 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, In de Ruimte, Ghent, BE
2018 La Casa del María Hernández, IMJUS, Mexico City, MX
2018 ALLES KOMT GOED, Atelier 014, Utrecht, NL
2017 Utrecht Down Under, Utrecht, NL
2017 Het Zout en de Zee, Kunsthal45, Den Helder
2017 HEDEN:VOLHOUDEN, VHDG, Leeuwarden, NL
2017 Vijandschap, Fort Maarsseveen, Maarsseveen, NL
2016 Design My Privacy, Z33, Hasselt, BE
2015 De Belofte Ingelost, Kunstliefde, Utrecht, NL
2014 Utopia, Collectief Derde Wal, Nijmegen, NL
2014 Watching (over) me, Kunstenlab, Deventer, NL
Notable publications
2024 NRC Review **** Hoe Joyce Overheul met kralenkleedjes Trump eenvoudig in een huilbaby verandert’
2024 Interview with Een Uur Cultuur, NPO Radio 1
2024 “Jonge Garde”, De Groene Amsterdammer
2024 Feministisch Handwerk, Joyce Overheul in Museum W, Metropolis M
2024 Opium op 4, Het Gesprek
2024 “Joyce Overheul in 11 bedrijven”, Museumtijdschrift+
2023 Interview with Radio Kunststof, NPO Radio 1
2022 FD Persoonlijk / Het Financieele Dagblad, ’50 talenten onder de 35′
2021 Interview with FD Persoonlijk / Het Financieele Dagblad, ‘Aaibaar feminisme’
2021 Interview with NRC Handelsblad, ‘In de kunst kan ik statements maken’
2021 Guest column for Tableau Magazine, ‘Tableau Podium: Joyce Overheul’
2021 Interview with de Lage Landen, April edition
2021 Interview with RTV Oost
2021 Interview with Nederlands Dagblad
Museum de Fundatie published a book (NL&EN).
Grants
2022-Awarded ‘Talent van het Jaar 2023’ by Nationale Kunstdagen/Stichting Kunstweek as part of their ‘Kunstenaar van het Jaar’ award
2022-2026 Mondriaan Fonds, Kunstenaar Basis werkbijdrage (Artist Basic stipend)
2022 Het Financiëele Dagblad, 50 talenten onder de 35 jaar
2022 Bakhuis-Woltersprijs, nominee
2015 Mondriaan Fonds, Werkbijdrage Jong Talent (Emerging Artists Stipend)
2013 Emdash Award, shortlist nominee
Collections
Centraal Museum, Utrecht (works: Het ergste moet nog komen; Trump Mugshot (artist copy))
Museum Fenix, Rotterdam (work: Ter Apel)
Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle (work: Utility Box on Enghelab Street)
Broere Charitable Foundation (two works: Men on Pedestals: Bruno Mars; Men on Pedestals: Tom Cruise)
Collectie Rijksoverheid (two works: ‘het was maar een grapje’ beadwork, ‘je mag ook niks meer zeggen’ beadwork)
Museum W, Weert (two works: ‘The Snake’, ‘Je zal er zelf wel om gevraagd hebben’)
Gemeente Utrecht, permanent artwork in public space (work: A monument voor war hero Truus van Lier)
COVRA, Vlissingen (work: The Radium Portrait)
and private collections (selected works: Iranian Velvet pt.I, art prints of the soft series, art prints of the Men Of Quality photo series, the original banner of the Men Of Quality project, Sending Thoughts and Prayers, Soft Series: P7 gun, Rutte)
Art in Public Space
2024 Àmare, Damme, BE
2022 Permanent monument for Truus van Lier, bronze sculpture. Located at Willemsplantsoen/Walsteeg in Utrecht, NL.
2011 – 2012: maHKU, Utrecht Graduate School in Visual Arts and Design, Master of Arts in Fine Art
2008 – 2012: HKU, Utrecht School of the Arts, Bachelor of Fine Art, with Honours
HKU, Utrecht School of the Arts, Preparatory course Fine Art
Exhibitions
Musea
Solo
2024 ‘Live, Laugh, Leidmotief’, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
2023-2024 ‘Sending Thoughts and Prayers’, Museum W, Weert, NL
2021-2022 ‘Let’s Get Political’, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL
Group
2025 ‘Haarlem breekt de stilte’, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL
2025 ‘Reality Check’, Museum More, Gorssel, NL
2023-2024 ‘Oude en Nieuwe Liefdes’, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL
2023-2024 ‘Ted Noten & Co. – Over Waarde’, Museum JAN, Amstelveen, NL
2023-2024 ‘Textiel Biënnale 2023: Images of Power’, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, NL
2023 ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow – For Trudi’, Museum IJsselstein, NL
2022-2023 ‘More & Meer’, Museum More, Gorssel, NL
2021 ‘Van Wie Is de Wereld?’, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL
2019 Meesterlijke Vrouwen, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
2017-2018 De Kunst van Lezen, Museum Meermanno / Huis van het Boek, The Hague, NL
2017-2018 Food!, Museum Nairac, Barneveld, NL
2017 Nasty Women Edition México, Museo Memoria y Tolerancia, Mexico City, MX
2017 Aanstormend talent bij MIJ, Museum IJsselstein, IJsselstein, NL
2016 Design my Privacy, Museum of the Image, Breda, NL
Art Fairs and biennales
2025 Big Art, Slotervaart, Amsterdam, NL
2022 KunstRAI with Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, NL
2021 This Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Hybrid Art Fair with Lauwer Gallery, Madrid, ES
2019 Art the Hague with Lauwer Gallery, The Hague, NL
2017 This Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2016 This Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Playing Nature, Moscow Biennale, Moscow, RU
Galleries
2025 ‘Zeitgeist’, PLAY Room, Zaandam, NL
2025 ‘Artists in Revolt’, PLAY Room, Zaandam, NL
2024 ‘Future Now’ at Galerie Larik, Utrecht, NL
2024 ‘Woorden Weelde’ at Andriesse Eyck Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2024 ‘Joyce Overheul’, at Gallery Ysebaert, Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
2023-2024 ‘Onszelf, die ander’ at Art Gallery O-68, Velp, NL
2023 HELL NO, What Art Can Do, Amsterdam, NL
2022-2023 ‘Het ergste moet nog komen’ at Galerie Larik, Utrecht, NL (group show + guest curator)
2021 ‘Let’s get political, the activist within’ at Studio Seine, Rotterdam, NL (group show + guest curator)
2021 HENK at Logman Gallery, Utrecht, NL
2021 Tijdsbeeld II at PLAYroom, Zaandam, NL
2020-2021 By Invitation Only, Logman Gallery, Utrecht, NL
2020 Roots&Routes, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
2019 Joyce Overheul – Sounds Familiar, Lauwer Gallery, The Hague, NL (solo exhibition)
2019 PLAYGROUND, Bergarde Galleries, Heerjansdam, NL
2019 U bent hier, PLAYroom, Zaandam, NL
2018 Young Utrecht Delight, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
2018 BRAD PITT, AK24, Utrecht, NL
2018 Sanaa Selected!, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
2016 Unnoticed Art Festival at Visions in the Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery, London, UK
2016 De Aanschouw, Rotterdam, NL (solo exhibition)
2015 Mail Art, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2015 SUMMER @ SANAA, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
2015 Diep Gaan, LucyIndelucht, Utrecht, NL
2014 CASE I / ROGIER, De Kijkdoos, Amsterdam, NL (solo exhibition)
2014 World Amigurumi Exhibition, Resobox Gallery, New York City, USA
2012 Joyce Overheul | Selected Works, Off the Hook Gallery, Årjäng, SE
2012 Longing, Belonging, Academiegalerie, Utrecht, NL
2012 Three Artists Walk Into A Bar…, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL
Project Spaces
2025 Kunst10Daagse, Kunstenhuis Steengoed/KunstMin-Hallen, Bergen, NL
2024 ‘The Cake is a Lie’, IMPAKT, Utrecht, NL
2024 NIEUW24, Kunstuitleen Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
2023 ENERGY, Koelwaterhal, Zwolle, NL
2023 Exodus, Buitenplaats Doornburgh, Maarssen, NL
2020 Rebellen en Dwarsdenkers, WG Kunst, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Utrecht Down Under Utrecht, NL
2020 De Belofte, Kunstliefde, Utrecht, NL
2020 AAA+ Quality, ExBunker, Utrecht, NL
2020 Qkunst, Social Impact Factory, Utrecht, NL
2019 On the Line of the Equator, Expoplu, Nijmegen, NL
2019 Willem II Kunstruimte, Den Bosch, NL (solo exhibtion)
2019 The First Night of Experimental Boredom, Singel222, Dordrecht, NL
2018 Bunker Exposities, The Hague, NL
2018 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, In de Ruimte, Ghent, BE
2018 La Casa del María Hernández, IMJUS, Mexico City, MX
2018 ALLES KOMT GOED, Atelier 014, Utrecht, NL
2017 Utrecht Down Under, Utrecht, NL
2017 Het Zout en de Zee, Kunsthal45, Den Helder
2017 HEDEN:VOLHOUDEN, VHDG, Leeuwarden, NL
2017 Vijandschap, Fort Maarsseveen, Maarsseveen, NL
2016 Design My Privacy, Z33, Hasselt, BE
2015 De Belofte Ingelost, Kunstliefde, Utrecht, NL
2014 Utopia, Collectief Derde Wal, Nijmegen, NL
2014 Watching (over) me, Kunstenlab, Deventer, NL
Notable publications
2024 NRC Review **** Hoe Joyce Overheul met kralenkleedjes Trump eenvoudig in een huilbaby verandert’
2024 Interview with Een Uur Cultuur, NPO Radio 1
2024 “Jonge Garde”, De Groene Amsterdammer
2024 Feministisch Handwerk, Joyce Overheul in Museum W, Metropolis M
2024 Opium op 4, Het Gesprek
2024 “Joyce Overheul in 11 bedrijven”, Museumtijdschrift+
2023 Interview with Radio Kunststof, NPO Radio 1
2022 FD Persoonlijk / Het Financieele Dagblad, ’50 talenten onder de 35′
2021 Interview with FD Persoonlijk / Het Financieele Dagblad, ‘Aaibaar feminisme’
2021 Interview with NRC Handelsblad, ‘In de kunst kan ik statements maken’
2021 Guest column for Tableau Magazine, ‘Tableau Podium: Joyce Overheul’
2021 Interview with de Lage Landen, April edition
2021 Interview with RTV Oost
2021 Interview with Nederlands Dagblad
Museum de Fundatie published a book (NL&EN).
Grants
2022-Awarded ‘Talent van het Jaar 2023’ by Nationale Kunstdagen/Stichting Kunstweek as part of their ‘Kunstenaar van het Jaar’ award
2022-2026 Mondriaan Fonds, Kunstenaar Basis werkbijdrage (Artist Basic stipend)
2022 Het Financiëele Dagblad, 50 talenten onder de 35 jaar
2022 Bakhuis-Woltersprijs, nominee
2015 Mondriaan Fonds, Werkbijdrage Jong Talent (Emerging Artists Stipend)
2013 Emdash Award, shortlist nominee
Collections
Centraal Museum, Utrecht (works: Het ergste moet nog komen; Trump Mugshot (artist copy))
Museum Fenix, Rotterdam (work: Ter Apel)
Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle (work: Utility Box on Enghelab Street)
Broere Charitable Foundation (two works: Men on Pedestals: Bruno Mars; Men on Pedestals: Tom Cruise)
Collectie Rijksoverheid (two works: ‘het was maar een grapje’ beadwork, ‘je mag ook niks meer zeggen’ beadwork)
Museum W, Weert (two works: ‘The Snake’, ‘Je zal er zelf wel om gevraagd hebben’)
Gemeente Utrecht, permanent artwork in public space (work: A monument voor war hero Truus van Lier)
COVRA, Vlissingen (work: The Radium Portrait)
and private collections (selected works: Iranian Velvet pt.I, art prints of the soft series, art prints of the Men Of Quality photo series, the original banner of the Men Of Quality project, Sending Thoughts and Prayers, Soft Series: P7 gun, Rutte)
Art in Public Space
2024 Àmare, Damme, BE
2022 Permanent monument for Truus van Lier, bronze sculpture. Located at Willemsplantsoen/Walsteeg in Utrecht, NL.
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