HANNEKE GIEZEN

Hanneke Giezen (1967), born in Delft, The Netherlands, currently lives and works in Breda. Hanneke graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts St. Joost in Breda (1991). Giezen has been exhibiting her work in galleries, art fairs and museums. Among these are MAD (Paris, France), Fondation Bernardaud (Limoges, France), Saatchi Gallery (London, United Kingdom) and Museum Princessenhof (Leeuwarden). Her work is part of public collections such as Musée d’Arts Décoratifs (Paris, France), Collection Sèvres Cité de la Céramique (Sèvres, France), Museum Princessenhof (Leeuwarden) and in various private Collections.

Giezen’s work is about taste, good and bad and therefore also about culture as an instrument of inclusion. At the same time, she wants to transcend that discourse. Ultimately ‘taste’ is too relative to make much fuss about. Everything that happens in the world today is an source of inspiration, to philosophize about and to depict in porcelain. Hanneke is concerned with the question of wheter Flora and Fauna can cope with the breakneck speed of changes that are taking place with the regard of global warming. But also human behaviour is an interesting subject with all the things we have to tackle nowadays.

Using molds made from everyday unnecessary junk, Giezen makes us aware of our idiotic behaviour. The enormous footprints we make or our addiction to our phones for example. Working in porcelain which is strong, radiates power and makes colors shine, makes difficult subjects light and cheerful. She would rather that we approach her objects light-heartedly, and discover that they are comic, tragic and touching all in one. You can laugh out loud about your own shortcomings. These are ceramics to love, if you dare.

Exhibitions at Galerie Nasty Alice: Art the Hague 2023 . Cultivated Nature 2023 . KunstRAI 2022 . Barocco 2021 . KunstRAI 2019 . Fiesta 2018 . KunstRAI 2017 . Rotterdam Contemporary 2017 . KunstRAI 2016 . Rotterdam Contemporary 2016 . Triomf 2015 . This Art fair 2015 . KunstRai 2015 . Big Art Clash 2014 . Glans Glitter en Gloed en van die dingen 2012 .