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About my work
Birthday belly buttons 2020: my latest work is an installation of photos of navels, see page Jarige navels. The photos, ranging from 1 to 80, were taken exactly on the day the model reached the corresponding age, i.e. on her birthday. The first scar that every person suffers at birth is the navel. Most scars fade with time, but the navel does not, it remains visible for life. Can you tell how old someone is by her navel? My search for the last navel for this work has caught nationwide attention on radio and television (see page In the media).
A recurrent theme in my other work is recycling, reuse of textile from the charity shop: sculptures made out of old blankets, paintings on curtain material from the 1970s, flippers made out of an old coat of seal fur. Used textile is often still beautiful and very much a product of its time: the design of an old towel can remind me of the smell of the sea in the village where I grew up.
Another recurrent theme are the human shortcomings. We poor wretches do our utmost, but we fail again and again. Often, I can laugh it off: to me, humour is a good remedy. This humour can be found in my work, especially in my drawings and embroidery. I love contrasts, oppositions and therefore I like to combine things that do not belong together; there often is a collage-like element in my work.
Contact
Anneliet van Beelen
studio: Stationsweg 163, Zuidlaren, The Netherlands (no mail or delivery)
0031 6 2274 4334
Education
2004 - 2009 visual arts, Minerva Art Academy, Groningen
1996 PhD thesis Multimodal Transport Law, Leiden
1981 - 1986 Dutch Law, University of Groningen
1977 - 1981 Dutch Language and Literature, University of Utrecht
Work
2009 - now visual artist
1998 - 2004 radio reporter, headhunter, raadsgriffier
1990 - 2000 lecturer of commercial law in Leiden and Rotterdam
1987 - 1990 lawyer in The Hague
Awards and nominations
Nominated for the jury art prize at the EEBA congress 2020 in Hannover, Germany
Selected for Zomerexpo 2017 Water
Winner masterclass course The Portrait of Drenthe April 2013
Shared 2nd prize De Verzameling Drenthe 2012
1st prize Wilhelm Fabry Museum, Germany, theme exhibition Dem Gehirn auf der Spur 2012
Public award Wilhelm Fabry Museum, Germany, theme exhibition Dem Gehirn auf der Spur 2012
Exhibitions
2022
28/5-25/6 Gallery 149, Bremerhaven (Germany), solo exhibition
2021
14/11-16/1 Museum Heerenveen, Heerenveen, Kunst in Opstand
7/11-12/12 Gallery Hoogenbosch, Gorredijk, Waanzin with members of www.6kmperuur10mdiep.nl
13/10-7/11 Galerie Forma Aktua, Groningen, Kunst in Opstand
30/5-20/6 Gallery Noord, Groningen, IJl
1/11-29/8 Museum MOW, Bellingwolde, Jarige navels (Birthday Belly Buttons) with members of www.6kmperuur10mdiep.nl
2020 Gallery Pictura, Groningen, Kunst uit de kop
2020 Museum MOW, Bellingwolde, vitamine K
2019 Kunsthuis Venendal, Hoogeveen www.huizevenendal.nl
2019 Kunst B&V Yde, Fremdkörper, with Diek Boerman and Hieke Veenstra
2019 gallery Pictura, Groningen, Bevings
2019 Solo in Oosterpoort during Eurosonic/Noorderslag, assignment by CBK Groningen
2018 Nicolaïkerk Appingedam, www.feestvandegeest.nl
2017 Art for animals' sake, Amsterdam, www.art-for-animals-sake.com
2017 Berend Botje Retour, commissioned by BUOG, Tallinn (Estonia), in cooperation with the Estonian artists Nils Hint, Fred Truus and Reet Reidak
2017 Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, Water
2017 Museum MOW, Bellingwolde, Trillingen
2016 Gallery Mozaïek, Zuidlaren, with members of VanTynaarLo
2016 Kunstmoment Diepenheim, www.kunstmomentdiepenheim.nl
2016 Milk factory Bunne, Nieuwe Natuur, www.kunstenaarsvantynaarlo.com
2016 Oldeberkoop, art route Open Stal, And now for something completely different, www.openstal.nl
2015 Gallery Peter ter Braak, Groningen, Buiten is het koud, www.peterterbraak.nl
2015 Town hall of Tynaarlo, Vries, Mij een zorg!? members of VanTynaarLo with Lennard Dost
2015 Gallery Vanderveen, Assen, Nieuwe collectie! members of VanTynaarLo with Kie Ellens
2014 Open Studio Route VanTynaarLo in Zuidlaren
2014 Gallery Steenwijk, Steenwijk, Bekijk het maar
2014 Town hall of Tynaarlo, Vries, Stil(l)even (Still life), with members of VanTynaarLo
2014 Melkfabriek Bunne, The Portrait of Drenthe
2013 UMCG Groningen, Langstraat, solo exhibition
2013 Werk in uitvoering (Under construction)#2, Anloo
2013 ICO Centre for art & culture Assen, with members of VanTynaarLo
2012 Gallery Noord, Groningen, Dubbelfocus (Double focus), duo exhibition with Kitty Boon
2012 Vanderveen Gallery Assen, De Verzameling Drenthe uitgelicht
2012 CBK Emmen, De Verzameling Drenthe
2012 Wilhelm Fabry Museum, Hilden, Germany, Dem Gehirn auf der Spur, www.wilhelm-fabry-museum.de
2011 Gallery Steenwijk, Steenwijk, Zacht & Hard (Soft & Hard)
2011 Burgh-Haamstede, art route Kunstschouw (Art show), Westerschouwen
2010 Koetshuis Havezathe Mensinge Roden, Verkuno, Techniek Toevallig Textiel
2010 Town hall of Tynaarlo: installation Van luier tot lijkwade (From nappy to shroud)
2010 Oldeberkoop, art route Open Stal, Wat ’n portret (What a portrait)
2010 Vanderveen Gallery Assen, Nieuwe aanwas (New inflow), CBK Drenthe
2010 Town hall of Tynaarlo, Kijken & zien (Watching & seeing), duo exhibition with Mariet Offermans
2009 Museum Kunstpaviljoen Nieuw Roden, Discovered talent 2009
2009 former Nature Museum of Groningen, graduation show Minerva
Additional activities
Member of professional artists’ association VanTynaarLo
Art education (drawing and painting lessons, all levels)
Member of the jury Zomerexpo 2017 Water
Works purchased by private persons and companies