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Traveling has always been important to his job. Inevitably he encountered situations that in turn lead to new work. He is constantly looking for new material; clippings, photos, drawings, with which he can expand his archive. Freek followed his studies at the Willem De Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, the TSO department (drawing, painting and design). This artistically offered a reasonable degree of freedom of movement. He studied multimedia, graphics and painting. Occasionally ventured into experiments with photography. He made moving objects, electronic barrel organs, inflatable objects and 25 coffee makers. During his final exams he showed a pedal boat and an automatic unemployment form filling machine.
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In recent years he has participated in various photo and video projects, but now focuses mainly on his digital collage work.
* supported by a research grant from the CBK Rotterdam Netherlands and a working grant / project grant from the BKVB Fund Amsterdam, the Netherlands. * VIS A VIS artlab - 789 Beijing
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Delay,Film en Installatie
“DELAY” exhibition Museum Boijmans
quote text: Wilma Sutö
Old and new Europe - artist investigate the transition zone.
Drent and van Voorst chiefly filmed in Transsylvania, where systematization was quitte far advanced. Still, the contrast is great between the flats and the immediately surrounding countryside.
Strips of greenery serve as vegetable gardens, while geese rummage along the avenues between the puddles where the clouds are reflected. Here too, the inhabitants draw attention to the unfulfilled promise of a market complex and a motel in the foothills, neither of which were built. Building Blocks portrays both the block housing and the residents, who add a quirky character to the uniform architecture.
Wizened old people still remember how the land was taken away from the farmers; a desillusioned man tells that half the neighbourhood is empty because of unemployment following the closure of the mines. Others are more cheerful: the icon-maker, who strives after divinity in his mosaiques, earning enough to be branded a capitalist, and the rockers who practise Satanism because they consider it to be the ‘religion of the individual not of the masses’.
Wilma Suto, "Delay"
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Freek Drent studied at the Willem De Kooning Academy 'drawing and painting' in Rotterdam, where he also experimented with photography and moving and inflatable objects.
After graduation, he became a member of the art initiative Expohenk. During that period he often worked with sculptor Ron van der Ende. Within the Expohenk group they felt a connection in work and interest and they realized extensive projects such as "The industrial landscape" which consisted of 16 individual sculptures and took four years to complete. Furthermore, installations for exhibitions were realized, such as; "Bar" - CBK Rotterdam, "House" - KunstRai Amsterdam and "Car" - Kunsthal Rotterdam. Some of these installations are now in well-known art collections such as “Huis”, in the Caldic Art Collection and “Bar” in the collection of the Groninger Museum.
Together with Stella van Voorst van Beest, he realized a number of video projects and installations that were shown at RAM, De Kunsthal, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and IFFR Rotterdam.
The exhibiting is alternated by long trips to Eastern Europe, America and Asia.
The collages arose from the installations of found objects, clippings, travel photos and drawings. He works on this, such as on a painting, with a certain amount of material from his archive, sometimes technically or anatomically, such as construction material from car, repair and interior handbooks or organic and anatomical parts, for example from the 16th century; "The Humani Corporis Fabrica". (Andreas Vesalius). and creates still lifes.
After graduation, he became a member of the art initiative Expohenk. During that period he often worked with sculptor Ron van der Ende. Within the Expohenk group they felt a connection in work and interest and they realized extensive projects such as "The industrial landscape" which consisted of 16 individual sculptures and took four years to complete. Furthermore, installations for exhibitions were realized, such as; "Bar" - CBK Rotterdam, "House" - KunstRai Amsterdam and "Car" - Kunsthal Rotterdam. Some of these installations are now in well-known art collections such as “Huis”, in the Caldic Art Collection and “Bar” in the collection of the Groninger Museum.
Together with Stella van Voorst van Beest, he realized a number of video projects and installations that were shown at RAM, De Kunsthal, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and IFFR Rotterdam.
The exhibiting is alternated by long trips to Eastern Europe, America and Asia.
The collages arose from the installations of found objects, clippings, travel photos and drawings. He works on this, such as on a painting, with a certain amount of material from his archive, sometimes technically or anatomically, such as construction material from car, repair and interior handbooks or organic and anatomical parts, for example from the 16th century; "The Humani Corporis Fabrica". (Andreas Vesalius). and creates still lifes.
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Freek Drent 1959
Bachelor TSO Willem de Kooning academy Rotterdam 1990
lives and works in Ho Chi Minh stad - Vietnam since 2008
since 1990 Freek Drent received grants from;
AFK Amsterdam
threefold multi-year grants
work- and project- subsidies
CBK Rotterdam
project-subsidies for the projects below:
‘studios’ in cooperation with Arold van Bijlevelt
’Shanghai travel- research’
‘digital collage 8x5m’ Tent Rotterdam’
Filmfoundation
Rotterdam Art council
Thuiskopiefonds
The umbrella factory - with Stella van Voorst van Beest
Building blocks - with Stella van Voorst van Beest
Arboretum - - with Stella van Voorst van Beest
EXPOSITIES /INSTALLATIES
Expohenk - 1990 - 2000
‘Bar’ CBK Rotterdam
‘Bar’ Groninger Museum Groningen
‘Auto’ Kunsthal Rotterdam
‘Boot’ Kunsthal Rotterdam
‘Interieur’ Kunsthal Rotterdam
‘Interieur’ Marseille
‘Huis’ RAI Amsterdam
‘Huis’ Caldic Wassenaar
‘Lighthouse’ Zoetermeer
Delta Galerie 1990 - 2000
various solo- exhibitions
‘paintings’
‘coffee machines’
Art Basel Switzerland
Art Cologne Germany
Art Frankfurt Germany
Art Fair Brussels Belgium
2003-2004 Museum Boymans van Beuningen Rotterdam Netherlands
Final presentations of ’Toys of gloom’in collaboration with Stella van Voorst van Beest
Kunsthal Rotterdam Netherlands
’The Umbrella Factory’ Documentary
IFFR Rotterdam Netherlands
2005
’Arboretum’ Documentary
IFFR Rotterdam Netherlands
2006 -2007
research and study travels in China
Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing and Beijing
2008
artist residency Vis a Vis art lab 789 Beijing
2005 - 2018
RAM art gallery Netherlands
Rai Amsterdam Netherlands
‘portraits’ ‘cup and saucer’
installation solo
‘digital collage’ solo
hand cut and pasted wall-collage
2008 - 2018
Participated in various video / photo-projects
Je vis dans le rêve de ma mère
Jan Willem van Dam
IFFR Rotterdam 2011
‘Ataraxia’ of ‘Poodleshaving for the blind ‘
Sander Blom
IFFR Rotterdam Netherlands 2013
Lê Thánh Tôn ‘portraits’
in cooperation with Vincent Westgeest
HCMC Vietnam
Đường - Ngô Tất Tố
‘portraits and stories’
in cooperation with Vincent Westgeest, Brett Davis
HCMC Vietnam
’Tides and shores’ HCMC Vietnam
‘Alleyways’ HCMC Vietnam
‘Outdoor furniture’ HCMC Vietnam
‘Repair culture’ HCMC Vietnam
2008 -2020
image collecting and working on complex digital collage works
Bachelor TSO Willem de Kooning academy Rotterdam 1990
lives and works in Ho Chi Minh stad - Vietnam since 2008
since 1990 Freek Drent received grants from;
AFK Amsterdam
threefold multi-year grants
work- and project- subsidies
CBK Rotterdam
project-subsidies for the projects below:
‘studios’ in cooperation with Arold van Bijlevelt
’Shanghai travel- research’
‘digital collage 8x5m’ Tent Rotterdam’
Filmfoundation
Rotterdam Art council
Thuiskopiefonds
The umbrella factory - with Stella van Voorst van Beest
Building blocks - with Stella van Voorst van Beest
Arboretum - - with Stella van Voorst van Beest
EXPOSITIES /INSTALLATIES
Expohenk - 1990 - 2000
‘Bar’ CBK Rotterdam
‘Bar’ Groninger Museum Groningen
‘Auto’ Kunsthal Rotterdam
‘Boot’ Kunsthal Rotterdam
‘Interieur’ Kunsthal Rotterdam
‘Interieur’ Marseille
‘Huis’ RAI Amsterdam
‘Huis’ Caldic Wassenaar
‘Lighthouse’ Zoetermeer
Delta Galerie 1990 - 2000
various solo- exhibitions
‘paintings’
‘coffee machines’
Art Basel Switzerland
Art Cologne Germany
Art Frankfurt Germany
Art Fair Brussels Belgium
2003-2004 Museum Boymans van Beuningen Rotterdam Netherlands
Final presentations of ’Toys of gloom’in collaboration with Stella van Voorst van Beest
Kunsthal Rotterdam Netherlands
’The Umbrella Factory’ Documentary
IFFR Rotterdam Netherlands
2005
’Arboretum’ Documentary
IFFR Rotterdam Netherlands
2006 -2007
research and study travels in China
Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing and Beijing
2008
artist residency Vis a Vis art lab 789 Beijing
2005 - 2018
RAM art gallery Netherlands
Rai Amsterdam Netherlands
‘portraits’ ‘cup and saucer’
installation solo
‘digital collage’ solo
hand cut and pasted wall-collage
2008 - 2018
Participated in various video / photo-projects
Je vis dans le rêve de ma mère
Jan Willem van Dam
IFFR Rotterdam 2011
‘Ataraxia’ of ‘Poodleshaving for the blind ‘
Sander Blom
IFFR Rotterdam Netherlands 2013
Lê Thánh Tôn ‘portraits’
in cooperation with Vincent Westgeest
HCMC Vietnam
Đường - Ngô Tất Tố
‘portraits and stories’
in cooperation with Vincent Westgeest, Brett Davis
HCMC Vietnam
’Tides and shores’ HCMC Vietnam
‘Alleyways’ HCMC Vietnam
‘Outdoor furniture’ HCMC Vietnam
‘Repair culture’ HCMC Vietnam
2008 -2020
image collecting and working on complex digital collage works
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