LIESBETH BIJKERK

“The starting point of my paintings is not visual reality; I do not depict anything. You could think of my work as traces of memories.”

Liesbeth Bijkerk (1957), born in Hollandia, Papua New Guinea, currently lives and works in Eindhoven. Graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts in Utrecht (1984) and Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht (1988). Bijkerk has been exhibiting her work in galleries and museums. Among these are Museum De Pont (Tilburg), Museum Bélvédère (Heerenveen), Kunsthal (Rotterdam) and Art Rotterdam. Furthermore, her work is part of public collections such as Museum Belvédère (Heerenveen), Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Hague) and various private collections.

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Bijkerk’s work can be seen as traces of memories. The trigger could be something she saw, read or heard. It can be a personal experience but also works by others: paintings, frescoes, drawings, texts and pieces of music. After those things have occupied her directly for a while, they become mental impressions without tangible form, detached from sensory experience. With these kinds of impressions, Bijkerk composes independent images, far from everything that surrounds us every day.

In her most recent works the difference between foreground and background is more emphatic. As a result, there is more suggestion of layers and depth. The colorful shapes in the foreground are painted very meticulously. They stand out or blend in with a much more loosely painted background. Bijkerk’s aim is to create paintings that are as open to anyone’s interpretation as possible.

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Exhibitions at Galerie Nasty Alice: Fair Share Art Fair 2023 . Contour 2022 . Remote Control 2021 .

2410, 24 x 17 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2024, available
2305, 20 x 12 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2023, available
1905, 16 x 12 cm, mixed media on panel, 2019, 🔴 non-available
2113, 21 x 35 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2021, 🔴 non-avalaible
2203, 145 x 60 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2022, available
2309, 18 x 15 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2023, available
1903, 53 x 34 cm, mixed media on panel, 2019, available
2303, 30 x 19 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2023, available
2209, 21 x 35 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2022, available
2101, 195 x 145 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2021, available
2140, 61 x 23 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2021, available
1902, 42 x 58 cm, mixed media on panel, 2019, available