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Isidoor
W. Wens |
| Education | |
| 93-95 | High school of the Arts Utrecht, section autonomous, specialisation sculpting/performances |
| 88-93 | High school of the Arts Den Bosch, sections fashion and autonomous |
| COURSES | |
| 2009 | Projectmanagement II, Kunstenaars&Co Amsterdam |
| 2009 | Art and Internationalism, Kunstenaars&Co Amsterdam |
| 2009 | ICC (residential culture coordinator), Cultuurnet Den Bosch |
| 2005 | art marketing |
| 2003 | gumprint |
| 1998 | bronze casting |
| 1994 | New York MoMa course ‘Origins of impressionism’ |
| 1993 | photography at Den Bosch and Utrecht |
| Performances | |
| 2009 | Performance Art meets Urban Diversity, initiator and coordinator of this 5-day international workshop which concluded with a seminar and a final public presentation of performances. FAUST deceive the devil, Night of the Arts Noordbrabants Museum |
| 2008 | Light
Vehicle part III, performance with
30 participants in the city center of Den Bosch and at Verkadefabriek theatre Ketting, Dutch Filmfestival, City Theatre Utrecht Symphony at the Door, during opening exhibition Contain Den Bosch DOTS, Perf08 Finland in Pori and Tampere Soft Shell Skin II - the physicality of talking bodies, Shadyand Vintage Dream at StreetVision festival, NoisiVision Breda Pop-Up, interactive transporting device presented during Kunstvlaai A.P.I. (Art Pie International) Amsterdam |
| 2007 | Creatures in The City of Jeroen Bosch, 5-day event, initiator and coordinator, 100 international participants |
| 2006 | Light
Vehicle part II, performance with
30 participants in the city center of Den Bosch and at kongingstheater academy |
| 2005 | Light
Vehicle part I, performance with
30 participants in the city center of Den Bosch The physicality of talking bodies, Soft Shell Skin performance Mom, Soft Shell Skin performance |
| 2004 | Firebird
during gallery route Haagse Rondgang The Hague Satinbird Den Bosch |
| 2003 | Amazonia
Fashion performance, NBKS Breda Daring Image, DB-surroundfestival Den Bosch Shady, event Image Building, MEZZ Breda Moederspronk, Grafisch Atelier Den Bosch |
| 2002 | Performance in cooperation with Anet v/d Elzen |
| 2001 | Leng, in cooperation with Anet v/d Elzen |
| 2000 | Shady, What’s Happening, Den Bosch |
| 1999 | Soft
Shell Skin II, Boulevard festival Den Bosch Triplet, Boulevard festival Den Bosch |
| 1998 | Soft Shell Skin II, opening performance, Atelierroute Den Bosch |
| 1996 | Strange Voice With Man, North South Festival Den Bosch |
| 1995 | Strange Voice With Man, High School of the Arts Utrecht |
| 1994 | Triodance, High School of the Arts Utrecht |
| 1993 | The power of the Triangle, High School of the Arts Den Bosch |
| Exhibitions and other activities | |
| 2010 | ROOMS - Installations in time/assemblies, 15 rooms, ±1000 m2 with "Instant material to create art" , 18 international participants, curator and coördinator |
| 2009 | Lightsculptures, installation, Dutch Filmfestival |
| 2008 | Contain, groupexhibition |
| 2006 | Het
Thuis, groupexhibition FotoFinish, groupexhibition Settled, solo exhibition |
| 2005 | Light
and Scenery, groupexhibition Artots Den Bosch The Beauty of a Gesture, solo, Artwell Den Bosch and Artots Den Bosch |
| 2004 | Milkshake, groupexhibition Artots Den Bosch |
| 2003 | Salonpresentation
VI, groupexhibition
NBKS Breda Amazonia, groupexhibition NBKS Breda Levenspad, oil on canvas 300 x 190 cm An assignment by Vredeskerk Steenbergen. Presented at the churchboard by Mr. Jan van Laarhoven, director of the Noordbrabants Museum in Den Bosch. Installation Cumba and lecture Het fenomeen Moederspronk, at the High School of the Arts The Hague Little Things, solo exhibition Grafisch Atelier Den Bosch |
| 2002 | ART-073,
group exhibition
Den Bosch workshop Worldchildren festival Theater a/d parade Den Bosch |
| 2001 | Garden
Creatures group
exhibition
Den Bosch Breeding-ground project at Quartair The Hague, Haagse rondgang, 1st prize |
| 2000 | Bhèma, a sculpture to commemorate all mothers. A five meter tall wooden statue placed in public space in Botopasi, Suriname |
| 1998 | Countyhall Den Bosch, groupexhibition |
| 1997 | De Essentie, sculpture, an assignment of Suiker Unie Oud-Beijerland |
| 1996 | making scenery and outfits for the play Truffaldino, Picos Den Bosch |
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Travels |
2009 |
Poland, Re-tooling Residencies conference Scotland, Finland, Poland, Suriname Londen, Barcelona, Venetië New York New York, Suriname Madrid, Hannover Expo 2000, Suriname Biënnale Venetië, Florence, New York Londen Paris, New York Londen Documenta Kassel Barcelona, Düsseldorf, Berlijn Moskou 1 month stay in New York |
| Publications | |
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| 2005 | ‘productieklimaat’, interview actieplan cultuurbereik |
| 2005 | Beauty of a Gesture, Brabants Dagblad, July 5th |
| 2003 | • Steenbergse Courant (2 articles), April 18th 2003 • De Stem, April 18th 2003 • Steenbergse Courant April 11th 2003 • 'Levenspad' traktatie voor Vredeskerk, De Stem, March 29th • De magie van Moederspronk, Brabants Dagblad, March 13th • KIZmagazine, artists initiative South of the Netherlands |
| 1999 | - Boulevardnewspaper, Festival Boulevard Den Bosch |
| 1998 | •
‘Reeks aan technieken in Provinciehuis’ (Various techniques
at Countyhall), Dagblad van het Zuiden, February 5th, by Mary Winters • ‘Twintig kunstenaars tonen kunst in het Provinciehuis’, Stadsblad, January 28th. • ‘Reeks aan technieken in Provinciehuis’ (Various techniques at Countyhall), Brabants Dagblad, January 3rd, by Mary Winters • Catalogue ‘Twintig kunstenaars exposeren’ (Twenty artists exhibit) • Brochure ‘Stimuleringsregeling Opleidingsbeleid’, AWOZ Utrecht |
| 1997 | • Kristallen, periodical Suiker Unie |
| Work in collections |
| – Vredeskerk
Steenbergen (assignment) – Suiker Unie Oud-Beijerland (assignment) – CollegeTheatre Picos Den Bosch – Various privat collections |
| Artist statement |
Until 2006 humans and human figures were very important in my work. My focus then was the visual shape shifting of the mother to be. Driven by my personal problem of skin pigmentation I added an organic element in my work in 2007. The shape of a helix structure of a molecule with atomic connections was added. This exposes an autobiographic layer in my work which emphasizes layering, safety and protection armors. From there on I started searching for my identity, looking for a starting or ending point, a zero point, no man’s land. Questions arose such as: How big is a dot? A dot keeping it all together. A connection between things, such as the equator connecting North and South. How are my past and present connected? Points, dots and spots become more and more visable in my work, for example in my soft sculpture performances and my drawings. The human aspects however remain visable. Through my performances interactions take place with people and their environment after which the remaining (soft) sculptures get their own meaning. |