Artist statement
"Motivated by a desire to work with volume and movement, I pushed, burrowed and dragged my hands through clay, creating dynamic shapes, which I later transformed into necklaces, piecing them together like a jigsaw puzzle.
The directness of clay, its inherently tactile qualities and my unfamiliarity with it afford me an alluringly spontaneous approach and a literal translation of movement in material.
The resulting accumulations are organic - threaded, hand-braided cord. The soft, muted tones suffuse each of my ceramic necklaces. In matt and shiny glazes, I try to capture the flashes of blurred colour seen from a train as it rattles through the Dutch polder landscape."
Contact
- email: info@inekeheerkens.nl
- Represented by Galerie Marzee Nijmegen NL
- instagram: @ineke_heerkens
Curriculum vitae
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Ineke Heerkens
Tilburg 1977
Lives and works in Amsterdam NL
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Education and residencies
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2018
92nd Street Y, Jewelry Center, artist in residence, New York US
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2017
EKWC, Centre of excellence for ceramics, artist in residence, Oisterwijk NL
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2014
c.r.e.t.a. Rome, Ceramics & the Arts, artist in residence, Rome IT
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2013
EKWC, Centre of excellence for ceramics, artist in residence, 's-Hertogenbosch NL
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1996 - 2001
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Edelsmeden, Amsterdam NL
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1999
RMIT University, Gold- and Silversmithing, Melbourne AU
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1998
South-Carelian Polytechnic, Jewellery and Stonework design, Lappeenranta FI
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Exhibitions (selection)
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2023
'Bead Beat Boogie' - solo, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen NL
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2022
‘Art in Oisterwijk’, EKWC at Mignon Juwelier, Oisterwijk NL
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2021
‘It’s Alive’, online exhibition, Middle Plane Magazine UK
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2019
‘De Keerzijde’, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn NL
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2018
'Ornamental Hey Hey Heys' - solo, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen NL
‘Koru6’, Imatra Taide Museum, Imatra FI -
2017
‘Sieraden - Makers & Dragers’, Museum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden NL
‘Collect’, Galerie Marzee, Saatchi Gallery, London UK -
2016
‘Triennale Europeenne de la Ceramique’, WCC-BF, Mons BE
‘Keuze van Kampen’, Stedelijk Museum, Kampen NL -
2015
'Body Alchemy', Contemporary International Jewelry and Metal Art Triennial, HangZhou CN
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2014
'Shifting Mass' - solo, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen NL
'Pronkstukken', Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem NL -
2013
'Beijing Jewelry Biennal', Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing CN
'Magnificent Views?', Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim DE -
2012
‘Girl with the pearl’, Mikimoto Pearls, Tokyo JP
‘Entfesselt-Schmuck ohne grenzen’, Museum Bellerive, Zürich CH
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2011
'Windland' - solo, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen NL
‘Ontketend!’, MMKA Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem NL
‘Woods’, Caroline van Hoek Contemporary Art Jewellery, Bruxelles BE -
2010
‘Walking the Gray Area', Gallery Emilia Cohen, Mexico City MX
‘Lingam’, Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht NL
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2009
'Miten niin Kaukkaa', Museum of Cultures, Helsinki FI
'Skill', Think Tank, Int. Handwerksmesse München, DE; CAA Gallery, London UK
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2008
'Groenplaats' - solo, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen NL
'Nederlandse architecturale invloeden en sieraden', Villa de Bondt, Gent BE
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Other activities (selection)
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2023
Lecture 'Capacities and Curiosities', HSD - New Craft Object Design, Düsseldorf DE
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2016 - 2022
Board member of the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation, Amsterdam NL
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2018
Lecture '... seizoen, klei, sediment, bead beat, vingerschelp, thuis ...', MAFAD, Maastricht NL
Member of Examination Committee, Juweelontwerp & Edelsmeedkunst, PXL-MAD, Hasselt BE -
2017
Lecture ‘Ornamental Hey Hey Heys’, HDK - Hogskolan for design och konsthantverk, Göteborg SE
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2015
Jury member for the Françoise van den Bosch Award - Marc Monzo - 2016 INT
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2007 - 2013
Member of Supervisory Board, BNO Association of Dutch designers NL
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2012
Workshop ‘What you see is what you get (and more)’, together with
Willemijn de Greef, Quesnoy le Montant FR -
2009 - 2012
Cofounder of ‘Op Voorraad Pop up Jewellery store’, in collaboration with J. Fleischhut and J. Jansen INT
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2010
Commission ‘Sieraden met een verhaal’, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn NL
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2008
Curator of 'European Triennial for Contemporary jewellery', WCC-BF, Mons BE
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Work in Public Collections
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Marzee Collection
Nijmegen NL
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CODA Museum
Apeldoorn NL
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TextielMuseum
Tilburg NL
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Deedie Rose Collection
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas US
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Awards
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2008
Nomination for ‘Groenplaats’, Dutch Design Awards, Eindhoven NL
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Publications (selection)
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2023
'Bead Beat Boogie', Marzee Magazine #134, text by Monika Auch NL
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2018
‘The Jeweler in Residence at 92nd Street Y’, The Adventurine, text by Marion Fasel US
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2018
'Jewellery: Made By, Worn By', AJF Reviews, text by Saskia van Es US
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2017
‘De wild groeiende vingerschelpen’, KLEI Keramiek Magazine, text by Lotte van Geijn NL
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2016
’Talking Ceramics - Shifting Mass 2013’, Sundaymorning@EKWC, text by Monika Auch NL
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2014
'Yearbook TextielLab 2013', TextielMuseum Tilburg NL
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2013
‘Opmerkelijk - Ontwerpers in de actualiteit', BNO Vormberichten #3, text by Viveka van de Vliet NL
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2013
‘Shifting Mass - Book’, Artist Publication in collaboration with Willem van de Ven Graphic Design NL
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2011
‘The Shape Shifter’, Surface Magazine, text by Caroline van Hoek US
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Colophon
Credits Photography website
- Eddo Hartmann
- Jerome de Lint
- Wouter Stelwagen
Website design
- Willem van de Ven
Technical realisation
- Márton Lente
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