About

Ineke Heerkens

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

Curriculum vitae

  • Ineke Heerkens
    Tilburg 1977
    Lives and works in Amsterdam NL

  • Education and residencies

    • 2018

      92nd Street Y, Jewelry Center, artist in residence, New York US

    • 2017

      EKWC, Centre of excellence for ceramics, artist in residence, Oisterwijk NL

    • 2014

      c.r.e.t.a. Rome, Ceramics & the Arts, artist in residence, Rome IT

    • 2013

      EKWC, Centre of excellence for ceramics, artist in residence, 's-Hertogenbosch NL

    • 1996 - 2001

      Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Edelsmeden, Amsterdam NL

    • 1999

      RMIT University, Gold- and Silversmithing, Melbourne AU

    • 1998

      South-Carelian Polytechnic, Jewellery and Stonework design, Lappeenranta FI

  • Exhibitions (selection)

    • 2023

      'Bead Beat Boogie' - solo, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen NL

    • 2022

      ‘Art in Oisterwijk’, EKWC at Mignon Juwelier, Oisterwijk NL

    • 2021

      ‘It’s Alive’, online exhibition, Middle Plane Magazine UK

    • 2019

      ‘De Keerzijde’, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn NL

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 2009

      'Miten niin Kaukkaa', Museum of Cultures, Helsinki FI
      'Skill', Think Tank, Int. Handwerksmesse München, DE; CAA Gallery, London UK

    • 2008

      'Groenplaats' - solo, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen NL
      'Nederlandse architecturale invloeden en sieraden', Villa de Bondt, Gent BE

  • Other activities (selection)

    • 2023

      Lecture 'Capacities and Curiosities', HSD - New Craft Object Design, Düsseldorf DE

    • 2016 - 2022

      Board member of the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation, Amsterdam NL

    • 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

    • 2015

      Jury member for the Françoise van den Bosch Award - Marc Monzo - 2016 INT

    • 2007 - 2013

      Member of Supervisory Board, BNO Association of Dutch designers NL

    • 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

    • 2010

      Commission ‘Sieraden met een verhaal’, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn NL

    • 2008

      Curator of 'European Triennial for Contemporary jewellery', WCC-BF, Mons BE

  • Work in Public Collections

    • Marzee Collection

      Nijmegen NL

    • CODA Museum

      Apeldoorn NL

    • TextielMuseum

      Tilburg NL

    • Deedie Rose Collection

      Dallas Museum of Art, Texas US

  • Awards

    • 2008

      Nomination for ‘Groenplaats’, Dutch Design Awards, Eindhoven NL

  • Publications (selection)

    • 2023

      'Bead Beat Boogie', Marzee Magazine #134, text by Monika Auch NL

    • 2018

      ‘The Jeweler in Residence at 92nd Street Y’, The Adventurine, text by Marion Fasel US

    • 2018

      'Jewellery: Made By, Worn By', AJF Reviews, text by Saskia van Es US

    • 2017

      ‘De wild groeiende vingerschelpen’, KLEI Keramiek Magazine, text by Lotte van Geijn NL

    • 2016

      ’Talking Ceramics - Shifting Mass 2013’, Sundaymorning@EKWC, text by Monika Auch NL

    • 2014

      'Yearbook TextielLab 2013', TextielMuseum Tilburg NL

    • 2013

      ‘Opmerkelijk - Ontwerpers in de actualiteit', BNO Vormberichten #3, text by Viveka van de Vliet NL

    • 2013

      ‘Shifting Mass - Book’, Artist Publication in collaboration with Willem van de Ven Graphic Design NL

    • 2011

      ‘The Shape Shifter’, Surface Magazine, text by Caroline van Hoek US

Library

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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