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Tjebbe Beekman’s loaded canvases are abstract and expressive at the same time, disorienting the viewer's sense of space. The artist uses paint, sand and plaster which he layers onto the canvas with a brush, palette knife or his fingers, to later be scraped away or built up into relief. The layered surfaces of Beekman’s paintings underline the meaning of his work, and follow the artist's interest in architectural space.
Between 2003 and 2013, Beekman lived in Berlin and created a series of paintings titled The Capsular Society (De Capsulaire Beschaving), a term derived from the Belgian philosopher Lieven de Cauter (1959). This is a reflection on Western man, moving between offices, shopping malls, airports and train stations, living in bubbles that don’t really connect or relate to each other, causing the already lonely human to retreat even further into enclosed spaces - our own ‘safety capsules’. Beekman painted panoramic scenes of stock exchanges, supermarkets and other architectural spaces, without depicting people.
Beekman’s most recent series titled Symbiosis is about the painters who have inspired him most: influences ranging from Jasper Johns to Max Beckmann, Pablo Picasso to Max Ernst. He incorporates elements of these artists’ oeuvres into his own new bold and colorful paintings, overflowing with both material and visual content. While previous works dealt with themes of a dystopian society depicted through fragmented architectonical structures, this new body of work is part of an ongoing series depicting whole and complete environments celebrating the act of painting by and in itself.
Today, Western society and culture sit in a difficult and unpredictable place, with politics that seem unable to formulate adequate answers to economical, geopolitical, and ecological problems. Beekman feels the urgency to emphasise these ideas now, seeking an antidote to today’s conservative and radical tendencies that threaten treasured cultural achievements.
Between 2003 and 2013, Beekman lived in Berlin and created a series of paintings titled The Capsular Society (De Capsulaire Beschaving), a term derived from the Belgian philosopher Lieven de Cauter (1959). This is a reflection on Western man, moving between offices, shopping malls, airports and train stations, living in bubbles that don’t really connect or relate to each other, causing the already lonely human to retreat even further into enclosed spaces - our own ‘safety capsules’. Beekman painted panoramic scenes of stock exchanges, supermarkets and other architectural spaces, without depicting people.
Beekman’s most recent series titled Symbiosis is about the painters who have inspired him most: influences ranging from Jasper Johns to Max Beckmann, Pablo Picasso to Max Ernst. He incorporates elements of these artists’ oeuvres into his own new bold and colorful paintings, overflowing with both material and visual content. While previous works dealt with themes of a dystopian society depicted through fragmented architectonical structures, this new body of work is part of an ongoing series depicting whole and complete environments celebrating the act of painting by and in itself.
Today, Western society and culture sit in a difficult and unpredictable place, with politics that seem unable to formulate adequate answers to economical, geopolitical, and ecological problems. Beekman feels the urgency to emphasise these ideas now, seeking an antidote to today’s conservative and radical tendencies that threaten treasured cultural achievements.
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Oeuvres de Tjebbe Beekman
expositions
Dans la collection du musée:
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Museum Voorlinden
Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
Dans la collection corporative:
Aedes Real Estate
AkzoNobel
De Nederlandsche Bank
Rabobank
Caldic Collectie
ING Collection
ABN AMRO Art Collection
The Ekard Collection, The Netherlands
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b. 1972 in Leiden (NL)
Lives and works in Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Tetris, GRIMM, New York, NY (US)
2021
Symbiosis: Virtues, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Symbiosis, GRIMM, New York, NY (US)
2017
…wait hold that thought, Stigter/van Doesburg, Amsterdam (NL)
2015
Solo, Stigter/van Doesburg, Amsterdam (NL)
2012
Oblivion, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (NL)
2009
Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (NL)
2008
De Capsulaire Beschaving / The Capsular Civilization, GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague (NL)
2006
Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (NL)
Group Exhibitions
2022
Mondrian Moves, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
2021
The Roaring Twenties, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen (NL)
Reflections beyond the Surface, AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
Inaugural exhibition, GRIMM, New York, NY (US)
2020
Listen to your eyes, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
Diepgeworteld, Bomen in de Nederlandse schilderkunst, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL)
2019
Amsterdam: Collected, Capital C, Amsterdam (NL)
Where is the Madness You Promised Me, Hudson Valley Museum of Modern Art, Peekskill, NY (US)
Discover the Modern, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
Top Floor, curated by Philip Akkerman, Tjebbe Beekman, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Marcel van Eeden, Erik Kessels, Jan Taminiau and Jennifer Tee, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
Van Cobra tot Boorolie, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (NL)
Out of office, Singer Museum, Laren (NL)
Freedom – The Fifty Key Dutch Artworks Since 1968, curated by Hans den Hartog Jager, Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle (NL)
2018
De meest eigentijdse schilderijen tentoonstelling, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL)
2017
Rumoer in de stad, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
All paintings are uneven, ABN Amro Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
Apocalyps, Art Chapel, Amsterdam (NL)
2016
Engage, Exchange, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (NL)
Silence out loud, curated by Joost Zwagerman, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen (NL)
2015
It’s not your paintings I like, it’s your painting, Galerie Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam (NL)
Uit de verf, Villa Mondriaan, Amersfoort (NL)
In the picture, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
2014
Bad Thoughts, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
2013
Landschappen, Buitenplaats Beeckestijn (NL)
Kanaalwerken, Gemeente Museum, Helmond (NL)
Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig (DE)
The Desire for Freedom. Art in Europe since 1945, Palazzo Reale, Milan (IT)
Cobra tot Dumas: de collectie de HeusZomer, Singer Museum, Laren (NL)
2012
The Desire for Freedom. Art in Europe since 1945, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin (DE)
Just Paint, GEM, Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague (NL)
OH CRISIS! #3 life beyond the crisis, Frankendael foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
2011
What’s Up! De jongste schilderkunst in Nederland, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL)
I promise to love you - Caldic Collectie, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL)
On Paper, GEM Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague (NL)
2010
Blick Ohne Ende, Autocenter Berlin (DE)
Wolvecamp Prijs, Hengelo (NL)
2008
Quo Vadis, Autocenter, Berlin (DE)
Canary in a Coalmine, SMBA, Amsterdam (NL)
Eyes Wide Open, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
2007
Xtra Large, Hudson Valley Museum of Modern Art, Peekskill, NY (US)
2006
Vincent van Gogh and Expressionism, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Nederland / Duitsland Malerei, GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague (NL)
Replacing Mashkov, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
2005
Le Peintre de la Vie Moderne, De Paviljoens, Almere (NL)
2004
Buning Brongers prijzen, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL)
Koninklijke Prijs voor de Schilderkunst, Royal Palace, Amsterdam (NL)
Elsewhere, Fa Projects, London (UK)
2003
Koninklijke Prijs voor de Schilderkunst, Royal Palace, Amsterdam (NL)
2002
Props, MX0, The Hague (NL)
2001
Stroom, The Hague (NL)
DS Contemporary, The Hague (NL)
2000
New Dutch Artists in Taiwan, Cherng Piin
Gallery, Taipei (TW)
Galerie Vertrek & Verblijf, Amsterdam (NL)
1998
DS Contemporary, The Hague (NL)
Selected Collections
Aedes Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
ABN Amro Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (NL)
THE EKARD COLLECTION
Collection De Heus-Zomer, Barneveld (NL)
The Hort Family Collection, New York, NY (US)
ING Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
Sanders Collection (NL)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (NL)
Straus Family Collection, Peekskill, NY (US)
Lives and works in Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Tetris, GRIMM, New York, NY (US)
2021
Symbiosis: Virtues, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Symbiosis, GRIMM, New York, NY (US)
2017
…wait hold that thought, Stigter/van Doesburg, Amsterdam (NL)
2015
Solo, Stigter/van Doesburg, Amsterdam (NL)
2012
Oblivion, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (NL)
2009
Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (NL)
2008
De Capsulaire Beschaving / The Capsular Civilization, GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague (NL)
2006
Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (NL)
Group Exhibitions
2022
Mondrian Moves, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
2021
The Roaring Twenties, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen (NL)
Reflections beyond the Surface, AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
Inaugural exhibition, GRIMM, New York, NY (US)
2020
Listen to your eyes, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
Diepgeworteld, Bomen in de Nederlandse schilderkunst, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL)
2019
Amsterdam: Collected, Capital C, Amsterdam (NL)
Where is the Madness You Promised Me, Hudson Valley Museum of Modern Art, Peekskill, NY (US)
Discover the Modern, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
Top Floor, curated by Philip Akkerman, Tjebbe Beekman, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Marcel van Eeden, Erik Kessels, Jan Taminiau and Jennifer Tee, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
Van Cobra tot Boorolie, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (NL)
Out of office, Singer Museum, Laren (NL)
Freedom – The Fifty Key Dutch Artworks Since 1968, curated by Hans den Hartog Jager, Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle (NL)
2018
De meest eigentijdse schilderijen tentoonstelling, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL)
2017
Rumoer in de stad, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
All paintings are uneven, ABN Amro Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
Apocalyps, Art Chapel, Amsterdam (NL)
2016
Engage, Exchange, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (NL)
Silence out loud, curated by Joost Zwagerman, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen (NL)
2015
It’s not your paintings I like, it’s your painting, Galerie Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam (NL)
Uit de verf, Villa Mondriaan, Amersfoort (NL)
In the picture, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
2014
Bad Thoughts, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
2013
Landschappen, Buitenplaats Beeckestijn (NL)
Kanaalwerken, Gemeente Museum, Helmond (NL)
Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig (DE)
The Desire for Freedom. Art in Europe since 1945, Palazzo Reale, Milan (IT)
Cobra tot Dumas: de collectie de HeusZomer, Singer Museum, Laren (NL)
2012
The Desire for Freedom. Art in Europe since 1945, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin (DE)
Just Paint, GEM, Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague (NL)
OH CRISIS! #3 life beyond the crisis, Frankendael foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
2011
What’s Up! De jongste schilderkunst in Nederland, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL)
I promise to love you - Caldic Collectie, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL)
On Paper, GEM Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague (NL)
2010
Blick Ohne Ende, Autocenter Berlin (DE)
Wolvecamp Prijs, Hengelo (NL)
2008
Quo Vadis, Autocenter, Berlin (DE)
Canary in a Coalmine, SMBA, Amsterdam (NL)
Eyes Wide Open, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
2007
Xtra Large, Hudson Valley Museum of Modern Art, Peekskill, NY (US)
2006
Vincent van Gogh and Expressionism, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Nederland / Duitsland Malerei, GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague (NL)
Replacing Mashkov, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
2005
Le Peintre de la Vie Moderne, De Paviljoens, Almere (NL)
2004
Buning Brongers prijzen, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL)
Koninklijke Prijs voor de Schilderkunst, Royal Palace, Amsterdam (NL)
Elsewhere, Fa Projects, London (UK)
2003
Koninklijke Prijs voor de Schilderkunst, Royal Palace, Amsterdam (NL)
2002
Props, MX0, The Hague (NL)
2001
Stroom, The Hague (NL)
DS Contemporary, The Hague (NL)
2000
New Dutch Artists in Taiwan, Cherng Piin
Gallery, Taipei (TW)
Galerie Vertrek & Verblijf, Amsterdam (NL)
1998
DS Contemporary, The Hague (NL)
Selected Collections
Aedes Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
ABN Amro Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (NL)
THE EKARD COLLECTION
Collection De Heus-Zomer, Barneveld (NL)
The Hort Family Collection, New York, NY (US)
ING Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
Sanders Collection (NL)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (NL)
Straus Family Collection, Peekskill, NY (US)
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