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Tomas Hillebrand seeks perfection. Romanticism is one of the main sources of inspiration for his work and his artistic practice. The irrational personal affectivity as well as the imagination of the fantastic are essential values in his work – a reaction to the rational society in which we live. Hillebrand links to a group of artists who show a renewed interest in the art of the 19th century which depicts the world as individual experiences or dreams. His glass sculptures, various blown domes filled with water, refer to snow globes: a beloved souvenir, a nostalgic object and also a memory of visited popular places. Hillebrand creates his own world by releasing the dome from its cliched symbol of snow and the monumental characteristics of landmarks. The unaffected nature is idealized – not by its imitation, but by trying to depict the deeper essence of the beauty of nature. Hillebrand does not show us pictorial elements in his snow domes, instead he indicates them: He visualizes its imagination by using natural elements such as water, sand or cork, outside of the constraints of place and time. Tomas Hillebrand creates imaginary, utopian worlds, that are connected with the most valuable human quality: hope. The domes almost seem to become objects of meditation like scholar rocks or traditional Japanese meditation gardens. The various associative materials used, seduce the viewer in a contemplative manner to connect with the deeper affectivity and the perception of beauty that lies in their instinctive memory. Hillebrand invites us to useour imagination and fantasy.
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Selected Exhbitions
2002GroupShell Young Art Award 2002, Shell AmsterdamAmsterdam
2008Group“Amsterdamse glaskunstenaars”, Galerie Het gouden schepelDoesburg
2008Solo“A mon seul Désir”, Galerie SmitsAmsterdam
2009GroupDuo show with Toon Laurense, Huub Hannen Galerie, MaastrichtThe Netherlands
2010GroupArt Amsterdam / Huub Hannen GalerieAmsterdam
2011GroupArti et AmicitiaeAmsterdam
2013Solo“Tomas Hillebrand in Japan”, Royal LeerdamLeerdam
2013Solo “Tomas Hillebrand in Japan”, Museum Jan Van der TogtAmstelveen
2014GroupPAN Amsterdam, Per van der HorstThe Netherlands
2014GroupHuub Hannen GalerieMaastricht
2014GroupKunstrai Amsterdam, Huub Hannen Galerie MaastrichtThe Netherlands
2015GroupRijksmuseum AmsterdamThe Netherlands
2016Solo“Things Are Not Always As They Seem” double Solo with Stefan Annerel, Zhong GalleryBeijing, China
2016GroupPAN Amsterdam, MorentzThe Netherlands
2017Solo‘Elysium – Barbara Nanning & Tomas Hillebrand’ double SoloChina
2020Group‘Rêverie’ Museum Villa Les ZéphyrsMiddelkerke, Belgium
2022GroupSpelen met Spiegels Museum Escher in het PaleisDen Haag
2022Group Kunstrai Huub Hannen GalerieAmsterdam
2025GroupLaunch Exhibition, Gallery LeclairAntwerp, Belgium
Awards
2013De stichting Van Vlissingen Art FoundationThe Netherlands
Experiences
1977Born in AmsterdamThe Netherlands
1997Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Free MediaAmsterdam
2002Assistance, Atelier Jan Verschoor (sculptor)Amstelveen
2002GroupShell Young Art Award 2002, Shell AmsterdamAmsterdam
2008Group“Amsterdamse glaskunstenaars”, Galerie Het gouden schepelDoesburg
2008Solo“A mon seul Désir”, Galerie SmitsAmsterdam
2009GroupDuo show with Toon Laurense, Huub Hannen Galerie, MaastrichtThe Netherlands
2010GroupArt Amsterdam / Huub Hannen GalerieAmsterdam
2011GroupArti et AmicitiaeAmsterdam
2013Solo“Tomas Hillebrand in Japan”, Royal LeerdamLeerdam
2013Solo “Tomas Hillebrand in Japan”, Museum Jan Van der TogtAmstelveen
2014GroupPAN Amsterdam, Per van der HorstThe Netherlands
2014GroupHuub Hannen GalerieMaastricht
2014GroupKunstrai Amsterdam, Huub Hannen Galerie MaastrichtThe Netherlands
2015GroupRijksmuseum AmsterdamThe Netherlands
2016Solo“Things Are Not Always As They Seem” double Solo with Stefan Annerel, Zhong GalleryBeijing, China
2016GroupPAN Amsterdam, MorentzThe Netherlands
2017Solo‘Elysium – Barbara Nanning & Tomas Hillebrand’ double SoloChina
2020Group‘Rêverie’ Museum Villa Les ZéphyrsMiddelkerke, Belgium
2022GroupSpelen met Spiegels Museum Escher in het PaleisDen Haag
2022Group Kunstrai Huub Hannen GalerieAmsterdam
2025GroupLaunch Exhibition, Gallery LeclairAntwerp, Belgium
Awards
2013De stichting Van Vlissingen Art FoundationThe Netherlands
Experiences
1977Born in AmsterdamThe Netherlands
1997Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Free MediaAmsterdam
2002Assistance, Atelier Jan Verschoor (sculptor)Amstelveen
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