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Graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, Marcel Wesdorp (1965, NL) studied photography at the St. Joost Academy in Breda. He makes animations of landscapes in the media: film, print, book and installation. While a draughtsman draws lines with a pencil, Wesdorp uses a series of pixels. Purely software-based techniques are his tools. He also creates his images by modelling and making collages of satellite data. They are usually in many shades of grey and without any presence of people, flora or fauna. Prints of these digitally developed areas appear to be real photographs.
This also applies to his recent series ‘Possible Environments’, where a warm turquoise with subtle nuances prevails, for the first time in his career. There seems to be life in this apparently tropical archipelago. Ancient meteorite impacts on Earth left their mark below the surface. In many such places there is exploitation of minerals; that appropriation makes us think about the value of our coexistence on earth. The 'mining' must therefore be taken literally.
Such an exploratory path necessitates the unbearable lightness of Wesdorp's artistic development. In that quest he experiences different stages from the original idea to the final form. He continues to explore new roads to construct works of art that reveal something of our enigmatic presence of mind.
This also applies to his recent series ‘Possible Environments’, where a warm turquoise with subtle nuances prevails, for the first time in his career. There seems to be life in this apparently tropical archipelago. Ancient meteorite impacts on Earth left their mark below the surface. In many such places there is exploitation of minerals; that appropriation makes us think about the value of our coexistence on earth. The 'mining' must therefore be taken literally.
Such an exploratory path necessitates the unbearable lightness of Wesdorp's artistic development. In that quest he experiences different stages from the original idea to the final form. He continues to explore new roads to construct works of art that reveal something of our enigmatic presence of mind.
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Marcel Wesdorp in "De avonden" - Wim Noordhoek, 2011
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Magie van een gecreëerd landschap
Marcel Wesdorp's work means a lot to me. It gives me access to my deepest inner self. I like to watch his work. Sometimes I hear the sea rustle when I watch. That's how far the magic goes. But I also like to take a smaller work from him on my lap, then meditate, and let myself sink into a different state, a different beginning for thinking.
"The landscape of Marcel Wesdorp is an answer to the decay of reality that we experience every day. His work tries to compensate us for this by offering an inner landscape, the landscape of the soul." (excerpt from "The Other State of Marcel Wesdorp" from my website Helden van de Geest)
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Wesdorp’s work has been shown several times at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (2007-2011), at Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen (2012), in Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012), Erasmus University, Rotterdam (2013) and with gallery Helder among others in the solo presentation at KunstRAI, Amsterdam (2015).
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Education
1994, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Exhibitions
2021
- Unseen, presentatie op de foto beurs, Amsterdam
- 'Wandering in a Digital Adventure' solo expositie, galerie Helder
- Arwe, Gouda
2020
- 'Heart of Emptiness' Solo exhibition by Marcel Wesdorp works 2005-2020, galerie Helder
2019
- Continuous Diversity, met Gerco de Ruijter, Ron van der Ende, Robin Kolleman en Rob Verf, Galerie Helder
- Wissel 928, De Aanschouw, Rotterdam
2018
- Coordinated Coordinates, met Anna Lange, Sandro Setola, Joris Kuipers, galerie Helder
2017
- Still Remains, groep presentatie, galerie Helder
- MARTER #12 Exchange, PHK18, Rotterdam
- The visible invisible, Høyskolen i Oslo og Akershus, Norway
2016
- MARTER #02 Exchange South-Korea/The Netherlands, WTC Art Gallery, Rotterdam
- BIG ART #1, Capital C, Amsterdam
- Liefde voor de Kunst, Erasmus University Art Gallery, Rotterdam
- From dust to dust, or digital [met Otto Egberts] Galerie Helder, Den Haag
2015
- Solo presentatie, ART Amsterdam KunstRAI, galerie Helder
- Deelname aan: Kunstmanifestatie Symposion Gorinchem 2015
- Being There, duo expositie met Frank van der Salm, Galerie Helder,
- Galerie Helder, presentatie op Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair
2014
- Starts working on Mind over Matter - Galerie Helder, presentatie op kunstRAI, Amsterdam
- Galerie Helder, publicatie Tot ergens aan voorbij
- Across The opposite [exhibition with Otto Egberts], Galerie Helder, Den Haag
- Lens Culture, Contemporary Photography LensCulture, Contemporary Photography
2013
- Salon Zerp, Zic Zerp Gallery, Rotterdam - Photo Festival Schiedam / Taken from real life - Trompe L'oeil, Schiedam - Monopole, [photo drawings with Sarah van der Pols], Erasmus University Art Gallery, Monopole Rotterdam - Art Warehouse, Zic Zerp Gallery, Rotterdam - Starts working on Where are you, when you hear nothing and seeing nothing
2012
- Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid - "Virtual Topographies" - Palais de Tokyo, Paris - Noorderlicht 2012 /Terra Cognita - Into the Unknown, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen | - Club A Project, Zic Zerp Gallery, Amsterdam
- Everything is quiet now, third and second movie in the triptych: I Wish I Couldn't Lie / Out of Nothing - ASSET - Rotterdam University Art Collection, Book - Hidden Treasures, Visual Arts Center Schiedam | Pavilion Rotterdam
2011
- Zic Zerp Gallery 2011 P.ART of your life, Zwolle [photo drawing with Sarah van der Pols] - x4985.41/y4985.41/z-34.12[Home is where the heart is] presentation Zic Zerp Gallery, Rotterdam - The intangible future, Guest lecturer Project Week Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
- Graphos Biennale 2011, 's-Hertogenbosch [photo drawings with Sarah van der Pols] - ZZ POP-UP Show, Rotterdam - Human Condition - Animations & Video from the Netherlands, Onomato Künstlerverein, Dusseldorf - Documentary about the exhibition Out of Nothing, Wim Noordhoek, and subsequently an Interview, VPRO Radio 6 - Unisono 23: Marcel Wesdorp. Out of Nothing, solo exhibition Stedelijk Museum Schiedam - Publication topographic map: Untitled - Nameless - Sans Nom 1:25 000 - Start Everything is quiet now, third and and second movie In the triptych I Wish I Could Lie / Out of Nothing
2010
- Purchase Out of Nothing, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam | John Cage Of What Is And What Might Have Been, Schunck, Heerlen - Everything is good here, 300procent Gallery, Rotterdam [photo drawings with Sarah van der Pols]
2009
- Out of Nothing | Preview 1, solo presentation 300procent Gallery, Rotterdam - 'Brown and Pink noise' conducts research on the movement of sound in waves length - Guest Professor Willem de Kooning Academy - Witsel Sigh, presentation in duplo at the former auction Hercules, Schiedam
2008
- Body contrast nature [photo drawings with Sarah van der Pols], 300procent Gallery, Rotterdam
2007
- Decor Schiedam, Impulses from the city, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam - Interview by Froukje Holtrop for the magazine Musis | Start Out of Nothing
2006
- Auto Reverse, Gallery 300procent, Schiedam | Start I Wish I Could Lie
2005
- Conducts research into the possibility of a virtual landscape. Photo Drawings – begins collaboration with Sarah van der Pols
2004
- Ends after two years the project The Green Ray, and decides to bring this work later to the public
2002 - 2003
- The Garden; commissioned Arts Application Social Insurance Rotterdam Glass Photo of 740 to 260cm. - Use and Enjoyment: The Rise of the natures, Artwalk, Amsterdam - Idea Sketch council offices, Middelburg
2001
Gallery Ingenhoven, Esbeek | Sketch Assignment AXA Insurance, Rotterdam
2000
Works on When my eyes are closed, I'm whispering noises to the background of my mouth | "But none was so well known in her voice" purchased by Inter Linden CV
1999 - 2000
Training HBO Master Photography, AKV St. Joost, Breda. | The Salon, Kunsthal, Rotterdam | "But none was so well known in her voice", solo presentation Nova Zemla, 's Hertogenbosch
1996 - 1999
Works on "But no one was so known in her voice"
1995
A Book, purchased by the Central Book House, Culemborg | Mycelium, former building of Agricultural Importance, Maastricht
1994
Handle without plugs, Haagweg Arts Centre, Leiden | Contest/sketch ING Bank; collaboration with Petra Laaper | Graduation Presentation in the Observatory Gallery, Rotterdam
1992 - 1993
Works on "A Book" and"errores". | Les Choces, solo exhibition Exhibition Space Wijnhaven, Rotterdam | A Interplay of Senses; collaboration with Josephine Jansen and Daniel Smith at the School for New Dance Development Amsterdam
1991
White noise, conducts research on the movement of sound in a confined space | 'untitled' solo exhibition Exhibition Space Wijnhaven, Rotterdam | experimenting with glass pictures
1990
Publishes 2 books with absurd short stories.
1994, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Exhibitions
2021
- Unseen, presentatie op de foto beurs, Amsterdam
- 'Wandering in a Digital Adventure' solo expositie, galerie Helder
- Arwe, Gouda
2020
- 'Heart of Emptiness' Solo exhibition by Marcel Wesdorp works 2005-2020, galerie Helder
2019
- Continuous Diversity, met Gerco de Ruijter, Ron van der Ende, Robin Kolleman en Rob Verf, Galerie Helder
- Wissel 928, De Aanschouw, Rotterdam
2018
- Coordinated Coordinates, met Anna Lange, Sandro Setola, Joris Kuipers, galerie Helder
2017
- Still Remains, groep presentatie, galerie Helder
- MARTER #12 Exchange, PHK18, Rotterdam
- The visible invisible, Høyskolen i Oslo og Akershus, Norway
2016
- MARTER #02 Exchange South-Korea/The Netherlands, WTC Art Gallery, Rotterdam
- BIG ART #1, Capital C, Amsterdam
- Liefde voor de Kunst, Erasmus University Art Gallery, Rotterdam
- From dust to dust, or digital [met Otto Egberts] Galerie Helder, Den Haag
2015
- Solo presentatie, ART Amsterdam KunstRAI, galerie Helder
- Deelname aan: Kunstmanifestatie Symposion Gorinchem 2015
- Being There, duo expositie met Frank van der Salm, Galerie Helder,
- Galerie Helder, presentatie op Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair
2014
- Starts working on Mind over Matter - Galerie Helder, presentatie op kunstRAI, Amsterdam
- Galerie Helder, publicatie Tot ergens aan voorbij
- Across The opposite [exhibition with Otto Egberts], Galerie Helder, Den Haag
- Lens Culture, Contemporary Photography LensCulture, Contemporary Photography
2013
- Salon Zerp, Zic Zerp Gallery, Rotterdam - Photo Festival Schiedam / Taken from real life - Trompe L'oeil, Schiedam - Monopole, [photo drawings with Sarah van der Pols], Erasmus University Art Gallery, Monopole Rotterdam - Art Warehouse, Zic Zerp Gallery, Rotterdam - Starts working on Where are you, when you hear nothing and seeing nothing
2012
- Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid - "Virtual Topographies" - Palais de Tokyo, Paris - Noorderlicht 2012 /Terra Cognita - Into the Unknown, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen | - Club A Project, Zic Zerp Gallery, Amsterdam
- Everything is quiet now, third and second movie in the triptych: I Wish I Couldn't Lie / Out of Nothing - ASSET - Rotterdam University Art Collection, Book - Hidden Treasures, Visual Arts Center Schiedam | Pavilion Rotterdam
2011
- Zic Zerp Gallery 2011 P.ART of your life, Zwolle [photo drawing with Sarah van der Pols] - x4985.41/y4985.41/z-34.12[Home is where the heart is] presentation Zic Zerp Gallery, Rotterdam - The intangible future, Guest lecturer Project Week Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
- Graphos Biennale 2011, 's-Hertogenbosch [photo drawings with Sarah van der Pols] - ZZ POP-UP Show, Rotterdam - Human Condition - Animations & Video from the Netherlands, Onomato Künstlerverein, Dusseldorf - Documentary about the exhibition Out of Nothing, Wim Noordhoek, and subsequently an Interview, VPRO Radio 6 - Unisono 23: Marcel Wesdorp. Out of Nothing, solo exhibition Stedelijk Museum Schiedam - Publication topographic map: Untitled - Nameless - Sans Nom 1:25 000 - Start Everything is quiet now, third and and second movie In the triptych I Wish I Could Lie / Out of Nothing
2010
- Purchase Out of Nothing, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam | John Cage Of What Is And What Might Have Been, Schunck, Heerlen - Everything is good here, 300procent Gallery, Rotterdam [photo drawings with Sarah van der Pols]
2009
- Out of Nothing | Preview 1, solo presentation 300procent Gallery, Rotterdam - 'Brown and Pink noise' conducts research on the movement of sound in waves length - Guest Professor Willem de Kooning Academy - Witsel Sigh, presentation in duplo at the former auction Hercules, Schiedam
2008
- Body contrast nature [photo drawings with Sarah van der Pols], 300procent Gallery, Rotterdam
2007
- Decor Schiedam, Impulses from the city, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam - Interview by Froukje Holtrop for the magazine Musis | Start Out of Nothing
2006
- Auto Reverse, Gallery 300procent, Schiedam | Start I Wish I Could Lie
2005
- Conducts research into the possibility of a virtual landscape. Photo Drawings – begins collaboration with Sarah van der Pols
2004
- Ends after two years the project The Green Ray, and decides to bring this work later to the public
2002 - 2003
- The Garden; commissioned Arts Application Social Insurance Rotterdam Glass Photo of 740 to 260cm. - Use and Enjoyment: The Rise of the natures, Artwalk, Amsterdam - Idea Sketch council offices, Middelburg
2001
Gallery Ingenhoven, Esbeek | Sketch Assignment AXA Insurance, Rotterdam
2000
Works on When my eyes are closed, I'm whispering noises to the background of my mouth | "But none was so well known in her voice" purchased by Inter Linden CV
1999 - 2000
Training HBO Master Photography, AKV St. Joost, Breda. | The Salon, Kunsthal, Rotterdam | "But none was so well known in her voice", solo presentation Nova Zemla, 's Hertogenbosch
1996 - 1999
Works on "But no one was so known in her voice"
1995
A Book, purchased by the Central Book House, Culemborg | Mycelium, former building of Agricultural Importance, Maastricht
1994
Handle without plugs, Haagweg Arts Centre, Leiden | Contest/sketch ING Bank; collaboration with Petra Laaper | Graduation Presentation in the Observatory Gallery, Rotterdam
1992 - 1993
Works on "A Book" and"errores". | Les Choces, solo exhibition Exhibition Space Wijnhaven, Rotterdam | A Interplay of Senses; collaboration with Josephine Jansen and Daniel Smith at the School for New Dance Development Amsterdam
1991
White noise, conducts research on the movement of sound in a confined space | 'untitled' solo exhibition Exhibition Space Wijnhaven, Rotterdam | experimenting with glass pictures
1990
Publishes 2 books with absurd short stories.
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