IRIS BOUWMEESTER
°1969, Breda (NL)
Lives and works in Breda, The Netherlands
Iris has worked as an artist in the United Kingdom, Norway, France and Belgium, and has exhibited internationally. She teaches fine arts at the Sint Joost Academy for Art and Design in Den Bosch as well as in Breda. She lives and works in Breda as an artist and is co- founder and member of artistic team of artist-run space Club Solo.
Bouwmeester makes sculptures and temporary installations, working with all kinds of materials and using as few tools or instruments as possible. Most of her works are related to immaterial phenomena such as light or space, and are created through her appreciation of the possibilities of materials.
As in geological processes, her work originates in the movement between ordering and chaos. It’s not that she prefers one above the other, but she explores the various possibilities that allow each to be present at the same time in one object.
Bouwmeester shows that nothing ought to be fixed for the artist, that the intrinsic doubt inherent to an artist should serve as the basis for acting. This is a vulnerable attitude, but also the only way in which the artist can approach the core, the authenticity of her artistic practice. Iris Bouwmeester’s artistry shows that in all its fibers.
www.irisbouwmeester.com
education
2009-2010 Master of Fine Arts, Sandberg Instituut/ Amsterdam / The Netherlands.
1988-1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academie StJoost / Breda / The Netherlands.
shows and exhibitions (selection)
2018
‘Notre Dame des Fleurs’ / de Huiskamer / Amsterdam / NL (groep)
Hilde Vandaele Gallery / Watou / België (groep)
‘Kunstrai’ – Jan van Hoof / Amsterdam / NL (groep)
‘Wij, de kunstenaars van Breda deel 1’ / Stedelijk Museum Breda / Breda / NL (groep)
’25 jaar Jan van Hoof Galerie’ / Den Bosch / NL (groep)
KRATER – episode 2’ / Hilvaria Studio’s / Hilvarenbeek / NL – BouwmeesterDonck
KRATER – Novembermusic / Willem2Fabriek / Den Bosch / NL (muziekfestival) -BouwmeesterDonck
2017
‘Submerged’ / Galerie Loof / Friesland / NL (groep)
‘Mo(nu)ment’ / Arte Concordia 2017 / Rotterdam / NL / openbare ruimte (groep)
‘Origin of light’ / Code Rood / Arnhem / NL (solo presentatie)
‘Raakvlakken” -beelden in Leiden / Achmea gebouw / Leiden / NL (groep)
‘Beeldentuin achter de Westduinen’ / Ouddorp / NL (groep)
‘In Vitro’ / ETZ Elisabeth Ziekenhuis / Tilburg / NL (solo)
‘Kunstrai’ – Jan van Hoof Galerie/ Amsterdam / NL (groep)
‘Consolation of Physics’ / Jan van Hoof Galerie / Den Bosch / NL (duo)
COCON- ‘Liefde Tussen De Lijnen’ / De Grote Post Oostende / Belgium (festival) – BouwmeesterDonck
COCON – ‘A different night at the Opera’ / Operadagen Rotterdam / Rotterdam / NL (opera festival) – BouwmeesterDonck
KRATER – ‘Into The great Wide Open’ / Vlieland / NL (musiek festival) -BouwmeesterDonck
KRATER – ‘Podium Bloos’ / Breda / NL (performance festival) – BouwmeesterDonck
2016
‘Pre-present’/Huis Barnaart / Kunstlijn Haarlem / The Netherlands (group)
‘COCON’ / Museum De Pont / with Dyane Donk / Tilburg / The Netherlands (special project)
‘4 generations’ / Hans Joris Tuinarchitecten / Brouchem / Belgium (outdoo/group)
Galerie Reuten / Amsterdam (group)
Beeldentuin Achter de Westduinen / Ouddorp / The Netherlands (outdoor/group)
Kasteeltuinen Arcen / Arcen / The Netherlands (group)
‘De man achter het varken / Rosa / Breda / The Netherlands (group)
‘COCON’ / with Dyane Donck / Cultuurnacht / Electron / Breda / The Netherlands (Festival)
2015
‘Voisinage’, Latuvu Bage France (duo with Arjan Janssen).
‘H2O’ / Bibliotheek / Tilburg / The Netherlands. with Dyane Donck and Nick J. Swart
Art Rotterdam / Galerie Reuten / Rotterdam (group)
2014
‘Knock Knock’ / Stichting het Raam / Venlo / The Netherlands. (group)‘H2O’ a soundpiece in collaboration with Dyanne Donck (sound) and Nick J. Swart (poetry) /November Music /Den Bosch / The Netherlands. (festival)
‘Into and out of the Woot’ / Artspace Woot / Antwerpen / België (solo)
‘Lon Robbe & Iris Bouwmeester’ / R & R Galerie Reuten, Amsterdam / The Netherlands (duo).
2013
‘Kunstwordtterugkunst’ presentation at SMAK, municipal museum of contemporary art / Ghent / Belgium (group)
‘Katernen’ / Van Abbemuseum / Eindhoven / The Netherlands (group)
‘Don’t be evil’, a Rosa exhibition / Electron / Breda / The Netherlands (group)
Presentation / Amphia Hospital / Breda / The Netherlands (solo)
2012
Galerie Hein Elferink / Staphorst / The Netherlands (duo)
‘Landkunst op de Buisse Heide’ / Vincent van Goghhuis / Zundert / The Netherlands (land art, group)
‘NumerO’ / Hove/ Belgium (group)
‘Kunstrai Galerie Hein Elferink / Amsterdam / The Netherlands (group)
‘CREATOR’ / Hedah / Maastricht / The Netherlands (group)
‘Love My Demons’ / Zwolle / The Netherlands (group) – artist/curator
‘Tot het bot’ / BKKC / Tilburg / The Netherlands (group)
‘Een Rosa Poëtica / Onnomatopee / Eindhoven / The Netherlands (group)
‘Multiverse’ Meester- Leerling project / Kunstpodium T / Tilburg / The Netherlands (group)
‘Supermarket” / met Greylight Projects / Stockholm / Sweden (group)
2011
‘Lotus 8’ / Stichting het Raam / Venlo / The Netherlands (solo)
‘Heavenly accidents’ / Backlit Studios / Nottingham / Great Britain (solo)
‘Paranoid Thought Blur My Vision’ / Greylight Projects / Hoensbroek / The Netherlands (solo)
‘NUMERO 131 / Zoersel / Belgium (solo)
‘Katernen’ / Harelbeke / Belgium (group)
‘Art Amsterdam’ – Galerie Hein Elferink / Amsterdam / The Netherlands (group)
2010
Galerie Hein Elferink / Staphorst / The Netherlands (duo)
‘Re-cycle’ / Fort Sypenstyn / Loosdrecht / The Netherlands (land art)
‘Big Black’ / Previous-Next / IS-Projects / Leiden / The Netherlands (group)
‘Art-Pie’ / Westergasfabriek / Amsterdam / The Netherlands (group)
‘Art Karlsruhe’ – Galerie Hein Elferink / Karlsruhe / Germany (group)
2009
‘Was ist ist, was nicht ist ist möglich’ / Stichting Rosa / Breda / The Netherlands (group)
‘Start’ / Galerie Hein Elferink / Staphorst / The Netherlands (group)
2008
‘Presentation European Ceramic Art Center (EKWC) / Den Bosch / The Netherlands (solo)
‘Presenation AIR Bergen / United Sardine Factory / Bergen / Norway (solo)
‘Landart Diessen’ / Diessen / The Netherlands (land art)
‘Drie tot de derde macht’ / Galerie 48/ Breda/ The Netherlands (group)
‘Superstructuur B’ / Lokaal 01 / Breda / The Netherlands (group)
‘Tuinen van Drulon’ / Loye sur Arnon / France (land art)
‘Lumen 3’ / De Hallen / Brussel / Belgium (group)
2007
‘Question of Virtue’ / Lambertuskerk / Etten-Leur / The Netherlands (group)
‘Paulo Post Futurum’ / Lokaal01 / Breda / The Netherlands (group)
‘Kommst du ich kann nicht mehr’ / Gebouw F / Breda / The Netherlands (group)
‘Nieuwe aanwinsten’ / De Cacaufabriek / Helmand / The Netherlands (group)
Lumen 2’ / Galerie Jan Colle / Gent / Belgium (group)
2006
‘Lumen’ / De Hallen / Geel / Belgium (group)
‘Studio Rianne de Witte’ / Tilburg / The Netherlands (group)
2005
‘Presenation AIR Appelboom / La Pommerie’ / Saint Sétier / France (solo)
‘Fort Rammekes’ / Vlissingen / The Netherlands (duo)
‘ F ‘ / Gebouw F / Breda / The Netherlands (group)
‘KUS’ / Electron / Breda / The Netherlands (group)
‘Alles van waarde moet weg’ / DE Cacaufabriek / Helmond / The Netherlands (group)
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