Sigrid Calon
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Sigrid Calon (born April 26, 1969 in Den Bosch){{Cite web |date=2025-06-03 |title=Sigrid Calon |url=https://rkd.nl/artists/123252 |website=RKDartists}} is a Dutch visual artist whose work bridges graphic design, textile art, and geometric abstraction. She mainly creates abstract and very structured, diverse artworks in many media, and she explores (often bright) color, form, and pattern.
Education
Born in 's-Hertogenbosch and raised in Eindhoven, Calon studied textile design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tilburg.{{Cite web |title=Sigrid Calon |url=https://www.lakenhal.nl/en/story/sigrid-calon |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Museum De Lakenhal}} After a career in design and styling, she transitioned to autonomous art in 2005. She lives and works in Tilburg.
Work
Calon often uses embroidery grids as a basis for her compositions. Her work includes risograph prints, textiles, ceramics, murals, and installations. In 2012, she published her first artist book, To the Extend of / \ | & –, featuring 120 risograph compositions based on a 3×3 dot grid. The book garnered international attention and was selected as one of the Best Dutch Book Designs ("De Best Verzorgde Boeken") of 2012.{{Cite web |title=Sigrid Calon - To the Extend of / \\ {{!}} & |url=https://debestverzorgdeboeken.nl/en/books/sigrid-calon-to-the-extend-of/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=De Best Verzorgde Boeken |language=en-US}}
Exhibitions and collections
Calon's work has been exhibited internationally, including at art book fairs in Milan, Basel, Los Angeles, and New York. She had a solo presentation in Museum De Pont in Tilburg.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-03-06 |title=Sigrid Calon maakt indruk in De Pont |url=https://www.omroeptilburg.nl/cultuur/sigrid-calon-maakt-indruk-in-de-pont/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Omroep Tilburg |language=nl-NL}} Her works are part of various international collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Rijksmuseum{{Cite web |title=Zoeken |url=https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/zoeken |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Rijksmuseum.nl |language=nl}}, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam{{Cite web |last= |title=Sigrid Calon |url=https://www.stedelijk.nl/en/collectie/maker/196888-sigrid-calon |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=www.stedelijk.nl |language=en}}, and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen{{Cite web |title=Sigrid Calon |url=https://www.boijmans.nl/collectie/kunstenaars/31926/sigrid-calon |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |language=nl}}.
Collaborations and residencies
She has collaborated with companies such as Swatch{{Cite web |title=Duet In Blue And Red |url=https://www.boijmans.nl/collectie/kunstwerken/162504/duet-in-blue-and-red |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |language=nl}}, Uniqlo{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-02-05 |title=Sigrid Calon |url=https://dutchdesigndaily.com/stories/sigrid-calon-2/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Dutch Design Daily |language=en-US}}, and Forbo{{Cite web |title=Sigrid Calon |url=https://www.forbo.com/flooring/nl-nl/producten/flotex/dutch-design-week/sigrid-calon/p3gja5 |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=www.forbo.com}}. In 2022, Calon completed a residency in Arita, Japan{{Cite web |title=Sigrid Calon |url=https://cri-arita.com/resident/sigrid-calon/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Creative Residency Arita |language=}}, where she explored ceramic techniques and created porcelain works inspired by everyday tools. In the Netherlands, she had a residence at the European Ceramic Work Centre{{Cite web |title=Sigrid Calon |url=https://ekwc.nl/kunstenaar/sigrid-calon/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=EKWC.nl |language=nl-NL}} and she produced objects for TextielMuseum Tilburg.{{Cite web |last= |title=Ontwerper Sigrid Calon |url=https://by.textielmuseum.nl/nl/shop/ontwerpers/sigrid-calon/?source=facebook |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=TextielMuseum |language=nl}}