Education:
Nutsakademie Rotterdam and Rietveld-
akademie Amsterdam.
Ceramist since the sixties of
the last century.
Makes objects, installations and durable goods in ceramics. Very interested in work from the ancient past. The objects and installations often consist of assembled parts and sometimes contain other materials like wood and metal.
Themes are mostly universal: steles, memorial stones and outcomes of processes.
Used materials, techniques and methods show that the artist is of the now.
His objects and installations are after unexpected rituals and ceremonies. Irony and humor bring on mysteriousness.
Dutch artist
Every artist has an own story. The story of Liesbet Milort starts in 1984 on the art academy Minerva in Groningen the Netherlands. She graduates in 1989 and subsequently settles down in Amsterdam as a scultor. The work of Milort is about the theme 'Portraits from Holland'. Portraits of typical Dutch animals.Cosmo Ombre, was born in 1947 in Paramaribo, Surinam. He studied at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam as graphical designer.
He discovered glass as a medium to express himself quite by accident. His knowledge on the handling of glass, the modelling and forming of it, was acquired and developed by taking part in several courses, trainings and workshops. He studied in this manner a.o. with: Tetterode Glas Design Amsterdam, SiO2, Detlef Tans etc.
Since 2007 he has an own glass studio. In this studio he makes and exhibits his work but also gives training in the form of workshops.
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Karl-Heinz Pesch is originally educated as 'Industriekaufmann', but in the end became a furniture maker and a maker of other utensils, next to wood also using iron as material. Gradually more and more decorative and art objects were made and asked for and by now also creating his own free art Karl-Heinz became the artist he is today.
Artist since 1985. Winner of the publics prize "Kunstenaar van het jaar (Artist of the year)", chosen from over 1000 artists from the Netherlands. Participant to the "Nationale Kunstdagen (National Art days)" and "the Colorfield Performance" under guidance of Dirk Hakze regarding "Leeuwarden Culturele Hoofdstad van Europa". Expositions throughout Europe and "Invite d'honneur" to the festival "Rendez-Vous de Saint Loup" as well as member of the associated jury "Le Jury International". Works were shown in several Musea ( a.o. "Museum Jan Cunen" in Oss and "Coda Museum" in Apeldoorn, etc. ) and a.o. gallery "de Overvloed" in Oss, "Sous Terre" in Lithoijen etcetra. Own studio at home.
At a very early age Ellen was struck by the strength of bronze. When she studied at the Academy of Arts in Tilburg (Netherlands) working with bronze became her specialty. During that time she got her inspiration from sculptures by other artists such as Arthur Spronken.
As a result of Ellen's activity in horseback riding, initially dressage and presently western riding, the horse has become a great source of inspiration. Through riding them she can feel the enormous power of these animals and wants to express that power in her sculptures. She always finishes her sculptures herself and especially through the patination, the colouring, she can add another dimension to it.
Ellen's latest work consists of glass vases and slim figures.
The glass is oven melted glass and therefore not created by blowing or fusing. This technique is very laborious.
First a model is sculpted in sculpting wax. A special mould is created around this model which will be melted out of it. This mould and pieces of special glass will go into the oven with a specific
programme for glass.
The programme can take up to several weeks, depending on the
measurements of the sculpture. Several sculptures will get extra lighting, which is done by LED-lights.
Working with glass offers a whole new challenge. In it she looks for the boundaries of what is possible in form and colour. Glass is not always as willing as bronze and it definitely has qualities that binds working with it to certain rules. But this is what makes glass an exiting material to work with and gives an extra feeling of fulfillment when a work of art lives up to its expectations when it comes out of the oven. top of page
Als Autodidaktin entstanden ab 1993 erste Holzarbeiten. 1997 die erste Ausstellung mit Arbeiten in Vollplastik, auch Stelen u. Außenskulpturen, immer coloriert und aus heimischen Hölzern wie Linde, Pappel, Eiche, auch Abschnitte von Fichte-Leimbinderbalken.
Die Thematik "Starke Frauen" hat sich gehalten. Von der mystisch erd-verbundenen Göttin, Erdmutter u. Hüterin bis zur "starken Frau" von heute, die in Pose u. Mimik von Standfestigkeit, Energie u. Stärke zeugt, bezugnehmend auf ihre Ursprünge u. Wurzeln.