CHRYSTL RIJKEBOER

Red Dress in exhibition de Vishal, Haarlem

August 10 - August 28
In this exhibition Willemijn Faber has chosen artists of who she thought the work has a resemblance one way or another. I 'm participating in this show together with Tije Domburg, a Haarlem based artist. We visited each other’s studios and talked about- and compared our work to find out if there actually is a resemblance. We both work with DNA and identity as a source of inspiration. We came to the conclusion that we both 'knit' our inspiration into an artwork, but both in a quite different way. The difference is the underlying thought, Tije Domburg examines and processes the human genome by literally unravel and re-assembling it in new structures and rhythms. His work is rhythmic and graphic. Chrystl Rijkeboer explores quite literally mankind in all it’s facets. She uses 'hair' as 'DNA source' to investigate it's origin and family ties. Her work is figurative and organic.

‘Nieuwe Kleren’ at Pand Paulus, Schiedam

August 7 until August 28.
'Nieuwe Kleren' is an artshow about artist’s ideas about fashion, curated by Marike Vierstra.
Participating artists are: Het Tukker & Everwijn Instituut, Steini Thorsson, Marchien Joosten, Chrystl Rijkeboer, Marike Viersta and Ka Yee Li. My work is called 'Change'.

Opening ‘Nieuwe Kleren’ at Pand Paulus, Schiedam

Setting up the show ‘Nieuwe Kleren’

The show wil be in Pand Paulus Schiedam and runs from August 7 until August 28.

New project ‘Men-scapes’

Men-scapes: Works that describe places on earth where human influence and interference is clearly visible.
In the project "Men-scapes", I will use literally- and emotionally-men touched and transformed land. I will frame, re-arrange and process these areas my way and thereby give them a new dimension.
Sometimes I will use a landscape 1:1 from an aerial- or satellite photo. Another time, I will reproduce a landscape from different positions and perspectives from the air on our planet. The choice of areas will be made by the geographical-, emotional- or artificial interests of these places.
The works I have in mind will be abstract men-scapes, combined with figurative elements.

Opening Summer2011 at Gallery ‘De Etage’

This 'Summer2011' show runs from July 3 until September 6.
Gallery 'De Etage', Kruisstraat 4 in Gorinchem.

Back to work again, video-stills for the summer show in Schiedam.

I still have to cut and edit the hole video, but I started with printing the video-stills.

Opening ‘Er was eens…’ at gallery Help U Zelven in Winterswijk

This show is running from June 19 until September 4.
Gallery Help U Zelven, Wilhelminastraat 9 in Winterswijk. http://www.helpuzelven.nl

‘Art of the Day’ by Benno Tutein Nolthenius.

'Beyond the Wolf' has been selected as the 'Art of the Day' piece on the website of Galeries.nl (Artnet.nu) with text of Benno Tutein Nolthenius.
http://www.galeries.nl/gast.asp?gastnr=0

Playing with my new stamp, making cards

Home sweet Home shows at Design-shop Greenwich Village, Haarlem

Studio up-date May

Working on the video for the show ' More than Clothing' in August at Pand Paulus in Schiedam.

Read between the Lines

Gallery Blaak10, Rotterdam
The exhibition shows the link between '100%Design', the interior show in the Van Nelle Designfabric. This exhibition shows a total-concept of multidisciplinary work of students and alumni of the Willem the Kooning Academie. 'Read between the Lines' is a show curated by Desiree Kerklaan, Femke van der Stoep & Frank Timmers.