Ben Kruisdijk

Website

www.benkruisdijk.com

Relationship status

in a relationship

College / University

AKI - academy for visual arts - the Netherlands

Program

mixed media

Graduation

21 June 2005

Member type

Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Drawing, Installation, Sculpture

I am...

a young Dutch artist, exhibiting my work mainly in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

I'm represented by Actionfields Temporary Art Gallery in Brussel ( Belgium, Europe )
www.actionfields.be

About my artwork

My work.

As result of our involvement, the world has mainly evolved into something abstract.
It's existence has come forth through the sum of the past, the things that have taken place (the factual) and the things that haven't taken place (the fictional).

When looking around we see things which can be given names, together these things form a vocabulary that can be used to communicate ideas and experiences that normally can not be expressed using our verball language.
The genre of stil life paintings could be seen as an example, as all the elements in the painting form metaphors and therefor function as a language.
This system of (visual) language surrounds us and functions as a medium between the factual and the fictional.

As an artist I like to work with these systems of (visual) language, they allow me to create an abstract framework in which I can think and dream without obstacles.
This is a space in which all possible steps can be made without having to obey the laws of physics.

Interessting things happen when multiple languages are recombined, basically my vocabulary can exist out of anything, however the choices I make underline my freedom as an artist in a world that is almost always the result of other peoples actions.

Although I do sometimes quote other peoples actions and styles, as way of irony or personal fascination, I always strife to communicate that which is inside of me.
For it is the exchange of ideas and opinions that make this abstract world evolve further, thus making my work a necessity.


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email mail [at] benkruisdijk [dot] com
website www.benkruisdijk.com


1981 born in zaandam, the netherlands



education

2001-05 aki, academie voor beeldende kunst en vormgeving, enschede
painting department and mixed media department


exhibitions

2008 kruisdijk / kuilboer -actionfields - brussel
2008 what's new - kunstcentrum hengelo - hengelo
2008 twaalf tekenaars - galerie witteveen - amsterdam
2008 fosfor und der ununterbrochene dialog -galerie hammer - berlin

2007 kruisdijk / kuilboer - schlossstrasse - schloss ringenberg germany
2007 kruisdijk / kuilboer - each similar possibillity - galerie masters - amsterdam
2007 full summertime - galerie 25 limited - amsterdam
2007 kruisdijk / kuilboer - afstuderen van het zwarte gat - de nieuwe ruimte - enschede
2007 25 faces - galerie 25 limited - amsterdam
2007 kan in - galerie masters - amsterdam
2007 very selected a show on drawing curated by marcel van eeden- zink gallery - munich

2006 murmur - galerie masters - amsterdam
2006 zomer stop - galerie masters - amsterdam
2006 de tekening als autonome actie - kco - zwolle
2006 paradies in munster - finanzambt - munster

2005 november - deel 4 ontwerpers - enschede
2005 aki graduation show - enschede
2004 east meets west - rotterdam



residences

2007 stipend artist in residence, schloss ringenberg, germany

works in collections

kunstcentrum hengelo
aki enschede
various private collections in the Netherlands, belgium and Germany



publications/media

2008 gap magazine - schloss ringenberg
2007 h-magazine, article, Spain issue 89, 12 2007
2007 jochen krühler: mit einem augenzwinkern. bocholter-borkener volksblatt, 05.11.2007
2007 petra herzorg: auf zur schlossstrasse . der westen, 02.11.2007
2007 martha agethen: kunst-stipendiaten im schloss. rheinische post, 13.03.2007
2007 dörte bäumer: der kontrakt der zeichner. rückblicke und ausblicke. In münchen, Nr. 4, 2007
2007 birgit sonna: neues aus der zwillingswerkstatt. süddeutsche zeitung. Nr. 25, 31.01.2007

2006 kunst van de dag - arno kramer - galeries.nl
2006 paradies in munster catalogue

2005 aki graduation catalogue
2005 het gescheurde doek, radio interview june

2004 kunstroute enschede catalogue

The centre of the artworld is

London, Berlin

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