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Marcel Pinas is a Surinamese artist born on March 22, 1971 in Pelgrimkondre, a district of Marowijne in north east Surinam. After graduating in 1990 from the Nola Hatterman Institute in Surinam he continued his education at the Edna Manley College in Jamaica. In 2007 Pinas became ’artist in residence’ at the prestigious Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; a prestigious program for a select group of promising artists.
Artwork and technique:
Pinas’ source of inspiration is the cultural heritage of the Surinamese maroon community of the N’dyuka, also known as the Aucaners, descendants from runaway African slaves who in the South American jungle held on to their own culture and beliefs. Pinas describes the cultural awareness from his past ’Kibri a kulturu’ (preserve the culture): ’My art is about experiences from the past. It deals with the destruction of the N’dyuka culture in Surinam caused by war. In my work I project that situation, paying attention to the protection of cultures in general’. In addition to the preservation of his own past, Pinas uses colors and symbols that are a direct reference to the N’dyuka culture. These symbols taken from the Afaka syllabary (a syllabary of 56 letters devised from the N’dyuka language). Combined with everyday objects from his culture as carvings, plaid fabrics or textiles and totems they form the basis of his artworks.
Message:
Pinas believes that art is a part of every culture, and every level of society. It nurtures the community. With his paintings, sculptures and his big multimedia installations in public spaces Pinas tries to connect people and build towards a community with a critical, but also positive perspective for the future.
Artwork and technique:
Pinas’ source of inspiration is the cultural heritage of the Surinamese maroon community of the N’dyuka, also known as the Aucaners, descendants from runaway African slaves who in the South American jungle held on to their own culture and beliefs. Pinas describes the cultural awareness from his past ’Kibri a kulturu’ (preserve the culture): ’My art is about experiences from the past. It deals with the destruction of the N’dyuka culture in Surinam caused by war. In my work I project that situation, paying attention to the protection of cultures in general’. In addition to the preservation of his own past, Pinas uses colors and symbols that are a direct reference to the N’dyuka culture. These symbols taken from the Afaka syllabary (a syllabary of 56 letters devised from the N’dyuka language). Combined with everyday objects from his culture as carvings, plaid fabrics or textiles and totems they form the basis of his artworks.
Message:
Pinas believes that art is a part of every culture, and every level of society. It nurtures the community. With his paintings, sculptures and his big multimedia installations in public spaces Pinas tries to connect people and build towards a community with a critical, but also positive perspective for the future.
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Instalation shot stedelijk museum Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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Selected Exhibitions
2023 - ArtZuid Sculpture Biennial, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021 - Kuubutu, Hoorn, The Netherlands
2021 - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021 - Textiel Biȅnnale, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
2021 - Kibi Wi Totem at ArtZuid Sculpture Biennial, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2019 - De grote Suriname tentoonstelling, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 - Group exhibition,The visual life of social affliction, National Gallery, Bahamas
2018 - ’Language is the only homeland', Nestruimte, The Hague, The Netherlands
2018 - Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, The Netherlands
2017 - II Bienal del Sur, Pueblo en Resistencia, Venezuela
2017 - Jamaica Biennial, Jamaica
2016 - Cuenca Biennial, Equador
2016 - National Glass Museum Leerdam, The Netherlands (November 2016 -
February 2017)
2016 - De Nederlandsche Bank (Central Bank of the Netherlands) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 - Solo: Marcel Pinas, SmithDavidson Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 - 1st Moengo Triennial “Festival of Visual Art”, Suriname
2014 - SITElines.2014 – Unsettled Landscapes, Santa Fe, USA
2013-2014 - Dance and Music Festival, Moengo, Suriname
2013 - Exhibition with goldsmith Ivan Chevillotte, Munich, Germany
2013 - Atelier Michel Fedoroff in Bargemon, France
2012 - Havana Biennial, Cuba
2012 - La Liberté PRK No???, Kultuurkaffee, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Belgium
2011 - Kibi Wi Totem at ArtZuid Sculpture Biennial, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011 - Kibri A Kulturu, Bergen, the Netherlands
2011 - Kibii Wi Koni, La camp de la transportation, St. Laurent du Maroni, French Guyana
2011 - About Change, World Bank, Washington DC, USA
2010 - Paramaribo SPAN, DSB Bank, Paramaribo, Suriname
2009 - Kibri a Kulturu,’Ease’, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
2009 - Kibri wi, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2006 - Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
2006 - Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Awards & Permanent Collections
2021 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021 - AFAKA Sculptures Hoorn municipal collection, The Netherlands
2010 - Honoured Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
2007 - Artist in Residence Rijks Acadamy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005 - First price for outdoor installation Bewegter Wind, Saschenberg, Germany
2003 - Business Finance Art Award, Utrecht, the Netherlands
1999 - Top Student 1999 - Edna Manley College for Visual and Performing Arts, Kingston, Jamaica
Selected Art Fairs
PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art Miami, Miami, USA
EXPO Chicago, Chicago, USA
2023 - ArtZuid Sculpture Biennial, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021 - Kuubutu, Hoorn, The Netherlands
2021 - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021 - Textiel Biȅnnale, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
2021 - Kibi Wi Totem at ArtZuid Sculpture Biennial, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2019 - De grote Suriname tentoonstelling, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 - Group exhibition,The visual life of social affliction, National Gallery, Bahamas
2018 - ’Language is the only homeland', Nestruimte, The Hague, The Netherlands
2018 - Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, The Netherlands
2017 - II Bienal del Sur, Pueblo en Resistencia, Venezuela
2017 - Jamaica Biennial, Jamaica
2016 - Cuenca Biennial, Equador
2016 - National Glass Museum Leerdam, The Netherlands (November 2016 -
February 2017)
2016 - De Nederlandsche Bank (Central Bank of the Netherlands) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 - Solo: Marcel Pinas, SmithDavidson Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 - 1st Moengo Triennial “Festival of Visual Art”, Suriname
2014 - SITElines.2014 – Unsettled Landscapes, Santa Fe, USA
2013-2014 - Dance and Music Festival, Moengo, Suriname
2013 - Exhibition with goldsmith Ivan Chevillotte, Munich, Germany
2013 - Atelier Michel Fedoroff in Bargemon, France
2012 - Havana Biennial, Cuba
2012 - La Liberté PRK No???, Kultuurkaffee, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Belgium
2011 - Kibi Wi Totem at ArtZuid Sculpture Biennial, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011 - Kibri A Kulturu, Bergen, the Netherlands
2011 - Kibii Wi Koni, La camp de la transportation, St. Laurent du Maroni, French Guyana
2011 - About Change, World Bank, Washington DC, USA
2010 - Paramaribo SPAN, DSB Bank, Paramaribo, Suriname
2009 - Kibri a Kulturu,’Ease’, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
2009 - Kibri wi, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2006 - Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
2006 - Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Awards & Permanent Collections
2021 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021 - AFAKA Sculptures Hoorn municipal collection, The Netherlands
2010 - Honoured Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
2007 - Artist in Residence Rijks Acadamy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005 - First price for outdoor installation Bewegter Wind, Saschenberg, Germany
2003 - Business Finance Art Award, Utrecht, the Netherlands
1999 - Top Student 1999 - Edna Manley College for Visual and Performing Arts, Kingston, Jamaica
Selected Art Fairs
PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art Miami, Miami, USA
EXPO Chicago, Chicago, USA
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