Ellemieke Schoenmaker

V&B (Alex Jacobs and Ellemieke Schoenmaker) is an artist duo live and work in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Winners of the AVRO television show 'In search of the New Rembrandt', The Netherlands.
Winners of the Royal painting prize presented by her majesty Queen Beatrix, The Netherlands.
Nominated for the Charlotte van Pallandt sculpture prize, The Netherlands.
Design for 3 coins, Ministry of Finance, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Design of a 5 euro coin, Ministry of Finance, Den Haag, The Netherlands.

In their paintings, sculptures and installations they often comment on the (art)world using self-mockery. The work combines historical references with borrowed elements from the media and popular culture.
Both spontaneous inspiration and critical interest reveal unexpected combinations that invite the viewer to find commonly missed relations.

Academy for Art & Design, AKI, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Master of Fine Arts, Frank Mohr Instituut, Groningen, The Netherlands.

2014 MAS Attack, Vast Space Project, Las Vegas, US
2014 Kunst4Kids, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
2014 TAM, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, US (Soloshow)

2013 Have you seen this painting, galerie with tsjalling, Groningen, NL
2013 Re:Rotterdam, Home of your favorite artists, Booth Galerie Jaap Sleper, Rotterdam, NL

2012 The Others Artfair, Booth Galerie Jaap Sleper, Torino. IT
2012 ArtFair, Cologne, Booth Galerie Jaap Sleper, DE
2012 V&B, Museum Hilversum, Hilversum, NL
2012 Arti, Artfair, Den Haag, Booth Galerie Jaap Sleper
2012 I Remember Tomorrow, Galerie Jaap Sleper (former Galerie10), Utrecht, NL
2012 Most of our Universe is Missing, Galerie10 booth, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, NL
2012 The Untamed Reality of Magic, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, NL

2011 The Collection; FITAX solo, (Malerei) Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL
2011 The Work, The Study, The Oeuvre and The Collection, Galerie10, Utrecht, NL

Group Exhibitions:
2014 We Like Art, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2014 Fitax500 , Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL

2013 Ongekend, Young Masters Artists @ Auction, Hermitage, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Het lelijkste schilderij ter wereld, Horizonverticaal, Haarlem, NL
2013 The Picture Show, Perennial A...