Ellen Spijkstra
{{Short description|Dutch ceramic artist and photographer}}
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Ellen Spijkstra (born 3 August 1957) is a Dutch ceramic artist and photographer, resident in Curaçao.
Biography
Ellen Spijkstra was educated at the Academie Minerva in Groningen.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dutchcultureusa.com/event/david-bade-natusha-croes-and-ellen-spijkstra-participate-in-group-exhibition-at-molaa|title=David Bade, Natusha Croes and Ellen Spijkstra participate in group exhibition at MOLAA|work=DutchCulture USA|date=2017|access-date=25 November 2020}} In 1980 she moved to Curaçao with her husband, Eric de Brabander. In 1985–1986 she took a summer course in glassblowing at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the Rochester, New York metropolitan area, followed by theory courses in clay and glaze studies and kiln construction as part of the Master of Fine Arts Ceramics program. After this year-long hiatus, she settled permanently in Curaçao. She established the ceramics studio Girouette and gave ceramics courses until 2012. Photography was initially only a hobby but after winning a local photography competition in 1985, she developed into a dual talent.{{Cite book |url=https://ellenspijkstra.com/files/2020/07/GLOBAL-LOCAL-Ellen-Spijkstra-Ceramics-and-Photography.pdf |title=Global Local – Ellen Spijkstra Ceramics and Photography|author=Marjan Unger|page=24|publisher=d’jonge Hond|date=2008|ISBN=978-90-89100-73-3}} In 1991 she completed a photography course at the New York Institute of Photography.{{Cite web|url=https://curacao-art.com/artists/spijkstra-ellen |work=Curaçao Art|title=Ellen Spijkstra|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Spijkstra draws much of her inspiration from Curaçao's natural environment. She combines her ceramics with rock and coral fragments and integrates photos of corals in her ceramics. Her main themes are land and water, life and decay.{{Cite web|url=https://curacaotogo.com/ellen-spijkstra|title=Ellen Spijkstra|work=CuraçaoToGo|access-date=25 November 2020}} She creates ceramic pieces on a variety of scales, ranging from small to monumental, and prefers to work on series.{{Cite book |title=Beeldende kunst van Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius en Sint Maarten|author=Jan Gulmans|publisher=LM Publishers|date=2019|ISBN=978-94-6022-473-7| pp=80–83|language=nl}}
Spijkstra has taught at, among others, the Instituto Buena Bista in Curaçao,{{Cite web|url=https://institutobuenabista.com/2011/opening-reliefproject|title=Opening Reliefproject|work=IBB|date=26 April 2011|access-date=3 December 2020}} the Ateliers '89 in Aruba{{Cite web|url=https://www.awemainta.com/?p=11422|title=Ateliers ’89 Buscando Hobennan Pa Su Workshop Di Ceramica|work=awemainta|date=28 April 2017|access-date=3 December 2020|language=pap|archive-date=19 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219043434/https://www.awemainta.com/2017/04/28/ateliers-89-buscando-hobennan-pa-su-workshop-di-ceramica/|url-status=dead}} and the Taller Escuela Arte Fuego in Caracas. As an artist-in-residence she worked at the Taller Varadero in Cuba (seventh Havana Biennale),{{Cite book |ref=none|title=Arte Dutch Caribbean Art|author=Adi Martis & Jennifer Smit|language=en|publisher=KIT Publishers|date=2002|pages=98–99|ISBN=90 6832 514 0}}
the Resen International Ceramic Colony in Resen and the Shangyu Celadon Modern International Ceramic Center in Shangyu, China.{{Cite web|url=http://www.shangyuceladon.com/en/artist.aspx?id=20|title=Ellen Spijkstra|work=ShangyuCeladon|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Spijkstra's work is held, among other museums, in the collection of the Curaçaosch Museum.{{Cite web|url=https://trendbeheer.com/2019/12/10/ellen-spijkstra-an-artistic-journey-curacao-museum|title=Ellen Spijkstra – An Artistic Journey – Curaçao Museum|work=Trendbeheer|date=10 December 2019|access-date=3 December 2020|author=Sasha Dees|language=nl}}
She is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics.{{Cite web |url=https://www.aic-iac.org/en/member/ellen-spijkstra |title=Ellen Spijkstra |work=International Academy of Ceramics |access-date=4 November 2020}}
Publications
- Global Local: Ellen Spijkstra Ceramics and Photography. Harderwijk: d'jonge Hond, 2008. With texts by Saskia Meijer and Marjan Unger. {{ISBN|978-90-89100-73-3}}.
Solo exhibitions
- 1988 Ceramic sculptures and photographs, Het Curaçaosch Museum{{Cite web|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010642161:mpeg21:a0172|title=Ellen Spijkstra in Curacaosch Museum|work=Amigoe|date=14 June 1988|access-date=30 November 2020|author=Nel Casimiri|language=nl}}
- 1989 Ellen Spijkstra, Taller Escuela Arte Fuego, Caracas{{Cite web|url=https://www.aic-iac.org/wp-content/uploads/article-in-local-Curacao-newspaper-NAPA-2016.pdf|title=Op de stoel van... Ellen Spijkstra|work=www.aic-iac.org |date=26 November 2016|access-date=28 November 2020|author=Nicole Pieternella|language=nl}}
- 1993 Lustrum Prijs, Curaçaosch Museum, Curaçao
- 2000 Curaçao Harbor Tour, {{ill|Maritiem Museum Curaçao|nl}}
- 2003 Passage of Time, Art Studio Insight, Aruba{{Cite web|url=http://www.steffenmaas.nl/drukwerk/item/insight_gallery_aruba|title=Passage of Time, Ellen Spijkstra|work=Insight Gallery, Aruba|date=2003|access-date=28 November 2020|language=pap}}
- 2004 Waterwerk, Dutch Maritime Museum, Amsterdam{{Cite web|url=https://www.zeilen.nl/nieuws/bonte_verzameling_scheepshuiden_in_het_scheepvaartmuseum|title=Bonte verzameling scheepshuiden in het Scheepvaartmuseum|work=Zeilen|author=Michael|date=17 December 2004|access-date=28 November 2020|language=nl|archive-date=19 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219043435/https://www.zeilen.nl/nieuws/bonte_verzameling_scheepshuiden_in_het_scheepvaartmuseum/|url-status=dead}}
- 2008 Kleurgamma Downtown, Amsterdam{{Cite web|url=http://deachterkantvancuracao.blogspot.com/2008/09/global-local-van-ellen-spijkstra.html|title=‘Global Local’ van Ellen Spijkstra aangeboden op het Antillenhuis|work=De Achterkant van Curaçao|author=Dick Drayer|date=2 September 2008|access-date=28 November 2020|language=nl}}
- 2008 Photoimagen, The French Embassy Gallery, Santo Domingo{{Cite web|url=https://www.photoimagen.com.do/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/photoimagen-2008-catalogo.pdf|title=Ellen Spijkstra y su photografía portuaria|work=Photo Imagen, page 44-45|author=Marianne de Tolentino|date=2008|access-date=28 November 2020|language=es}}
- 2008 Global Local, Galerie Bloemhof, Curaçao{{Cite web|url=http://deachterkantvancuracao.blogspot.com/2008/11/boekpresentatie-en-expositie-van-ellen.html|title=Boekpresentatie en expositie van Ellen Spijkstra in Landhuis Bloemhof|work=De Achterkant van Curaçao|author=Dick Drayer|date=2 November 2008|access-date=28 November 2020|language=nl}}
- 2009 Ellen Spijkstra, Photography and Ceramics, Galerie Taptoe, Brussels{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectable.com/nouvelle-galerie-exposition-artistes/46239|title=Nouvelle galerie d'exposition d'artistes|work=spectable.com|date=2008|accessdate=28 November 2020|language=fr}}
- 2013 Oud en Nieuw, Avila Beach Hotel, Curaçao{{Cite web|url=http://curacao-art.com/events/ellen-spijkstra-exhibits-oud-en-nieuw|title=Ellen Spijkstra exhibits 'Oud en Nieuw' (Old and New)|work=Curaçao Art|access-date=28 November 2020}}
- 2015/18 Open Atelier Route, Studio Girouette, Curaçao{{Cite web|url=http://curacao-art.com/events/open-atelier-route-2018|title=Open Atelier Route 2018|work=Curaçao Art|access-date=28 November 2020|archive-date=19 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219043439/https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.3.1/css/v4-shims.css?ver=5.6.1|url-status=dead}}
- 2019 Ellen Spijkstra – An artistic journey, Het Curaçaosch Museum, Curaçao{{Cite web|url=https://hetcuracaosch.museum/ellen-spijkstra-an-artistic-journey|work=Het Curaçaosch Museum|title=Ellen Spijkstra – An Artistic Journey|date=2019|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Awards
- 1985 First Prize, photo competition 'Inner Wheel', Curaçao{{Cite web|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010643306:mpeg21:p002|title=Innerwheel|work=Amigoe|date=3 December 1985|access-date=30 November 2020|author=|language=nl}}
- 1989 Third Prize, international photo competition 'Architecture', New York Institute of Photography, USA{{Cite book |url=http://www.uh.cu/sites/default/files/public/adjuntos/islas_del_caribe_naturaleza-arte-sociedad-web_0.pdf|title=Islas del Caribe: Naturaleza-arte-sociedad, page 317-318|publisher=Facultad de Artes y Letras, Universidad de La Habana|author=Yolanda Wood|ISBN=978-959-7211-14-3|date=2012|access-date=28 November 2020|language=es}}
- 1990 Award of Merit, international photo competition 'Romance', New York Institute of Photography, USA
- 1993 Curaçao Museum Lustrum Prize, Curaçao{{Cite web|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010644630:mpeg21:a0082|title=Ellen Spijkstra wint lustrumprijs|work=Amigoe|date=17 February 1993|access-date=30 November 2020|author=|language=nl}}
- 1999 Honorable Mention Arte '99, Curaçao{{Cite web|url=https://www.artprice.com/artist/187464/ellen-spijkstra/biography|title=Biography of Ellen Spijkstra|work=Art Price|access-date=28 November 2020}}
- 2000 Award final selection, Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards Exhibition; the opening exhibition of the new Taipei County Yingko Ceramic Museum, Taiwan{{Cite web|url=https://www.taiwanheute.tw/print.php?post=107510&unit=387|title=Traum und Wirklichkeit|work=T@iwan Heute|date=1 July 2001|access-date=28 November 2020|language=de}}
- 2014 Best Work of Art Tile, Elit-Tile 2014/2015, Premio Fundación Susana de Moya, Dominican Republic{{Cite web|url=https://silo.tips/download/elit-tile-2014-15-quinta-trienal-mundial-del-tile-ceramico-laudo-del-jurado-a-la|title=2014/15 Quinta Trienal Mundial del Tile Ceramico laudo del jurado a las piezas internacionales|work=Silo.tips|date=15 September 2016 |author=Eduardo Alcaraz|access-date=28 November 2020|language=es}}
- 2015 Honorable Mention, Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2015, South Korea{{Cite web|url=https://curacao-art.com/news/ellen-spijkstra-in-korea|work=Curaçao Art|title=Ellen Spijkstra in Korea|date=24 April 2015|access-date=25 November 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://antilliaansdagblad.com/nieuws-menu/11191-spijkstra-in-zuid-korea|title=Spijkstra in Zuid-Korea|work=Antilliaans Dagblad|date=27 May 2015|accessdate=28 November 2020}}
- 2023 Cola Debrot Prize{{Cite web|url=https://www.curacaochronicle.com/post/local/cola-debro-award-goes-to-ellen-spijkstra/|title=Cola Debro Award goes to Ellen Spijkstra|work=Curaçao Chronicle|date=26 April 2023|accessdate=28 April 2023}}
Ceramics
File:Ellen Spijkstra Totem of Confusions 60x30x220 cm earthenware, underglaze and oxides 2000.jpg|Totem of Confusions (60x30x220 cm), earthenware, underglaze and oxides, 7th biennial of Havana, 2000
File:Ellen Spijkstra Frozen Turmoil 20x18x30 cm marbled earthenware, fossil coral and steel 2004.jpg|Frozen Turmoil (20x18x30 cm), marbled earthenware, fossil coral and steel, 2004
File:Ellen Spijkstra Presenting the Stone V 20x20x30 cm glazed earthenware, porcelain, fossil limestone, coral stone and steel 2004.jpg|Presenting the Stone V (20x20x30 cm), glazed earthenware, porcelain, fossil limestone, coral stone and steel, 2004
File:Ellen Spijkstra Gateway to a Gateway 650x15x400 cm glazed stoneware 2011.jpg|Gateway to a Gateway (650x15x400 cm), glazed stoneware, Maduro & Curiel's Bank, 2011
File:Ellen Spijkstra Sea Urchin 38x45x43 cm glazed stoneware with ceramic decal 2015.jpg|Sea Urchin (38x45x43 cm), glazed stoneware with ceramic decal, 2015
File:Ellen Spijkstra Orange Blossom-43x30x150 cm stoneware, underglazes, steel 2019.jpg|Orange Blossom (43x30x150 cm), stoneware, underglazes, steel, 2019
File:Ellen Spijkstra Flor di Sumpiña 20x20x65 cm glazed stoneware and copper 2020.jpg|Flor di Sumpiña (20x20x65 cm), glazed stoneware and copper, Cathedral of thorns, 2020
Photography
File:Ellen Spijkstra Mi kacho 1992.jpg|Mi Kacho, 1992
File:Ellen Spijkstra Curacao Harbor Tour no 1 1998.jpg|Curaçao Harbor Tour no 1, 1998
File:Ellen Spijkstra Curacao Harbor Tour no 33 2000.jpg|Curaçao Harbor Tour no 33, 2000
File:Ellen Spijkstra Detail of a 275 year old synagoge 2007.jpg|Detail of a 275-year-old synagogue, 2007
File:Ellen Spijkstra Vagina monoloog 2007.jpg|Vagina monologue, 2007
File:Ellen Spijkstra Caribbean Harbor Tour no 16 2014.jpg|Caribbean Harbor Tour no 16, 2014
File:Ellen Spijkstra Ritual pa union i forsa 2017.jpg|Ritual pa union i forsa, 2017
References
- This article was translated from [https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ellen_Spijkstra&oldid=57600963 this version] of the article on NL Wikipedia.
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General references
- {{Cite book |ref=none|title=Beeldende kunst van Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius en Sint Maarten = Visual arts from Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten: 54 articles from the Antilliaans Dagblad|author=Jan Gulmans|publisher=LM Publishers|date=2019|ISBN=978-94-6022-473-7| pp=80–83|language=nl}}
- {{Cite book |ref=none|title=Curaçao Classics: The visual arts since 1900|author=Jennifer Smit and Felix de Rooy|pp=136–139|language=en, es|publisher=KIT Publishers|date=2012|ISBN=978-9460221637}}
- {{Cite web |ref=none |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K-l1k0aEm4 |title=Ellen Spijkstra Rust & Coral|author=Felix de Rooy and Kirk Claes|website=YouTube}}
External links
- {{Official website|ellenspijkstra.com}}
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