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s01e03 Painting
Netherlands
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 59.1 W x 59.1 H x 1.2 D in
Ships in a Crate
About The Artwork
The artist Sijbrand was born on 3 March 1988 in The Hague as Gijsbert Sijbrand Tinga. He grew up in Hazerswoude-Dorp (Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands). His formative years are inundated with art and creativity. His mother, a ceramics artist, teaches people to work with clay, and during the holidays the whole family travels around the world to visit museums. His first creations are made of paper, paint and clay, but these do not survive his excessive self-criticism. After secondary school, Sijbrand’s main interests are acting and writing. Indecisiveness eventually finds him attending the Bernard Lievegoed College of Liberal Arts in Driebergen-Zeist. Here, he unlearns everything he thought he knew and starts with a clean slate. His interest in the world around him leads to a study in journalism in Utrecht, where he majors in photography and design. At the same time, he also studies Photographic Design at the Amsterdam University of Applied Photography. As a journalist, he graduates as an editorial designer, specialised in designing magazines and newspapers. During his first year in journalism, Sijbrand starts doubting the opportunity for creativity in his chosen field. He starts experimenting with paint and other materials on canvas in his spare time. His students’ room quickly turns into a studio that just so happens to contain a bed and wardrobe. Trying out new ways of using paint and mixing pigments with different media seem to interest him more and more. During these experiments, he sacrifices litres of paint and metres of canvas to what will later be destroyed by his self-criticism. A study at the Academy of Arts is briefly considered but quickly rejected: “creation must come from within and cannot be subjected to or warped by external rules or opinions.” Today, his expertise has developed further into an abstract expressionism. Colour and light are his two main sources of inspiration. Primary colours dictate the power of his work and the many layers never cease to capture the imagination of anyone who looks at it.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:59.1 W x 59.1 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Ships From:Netherlands.
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Netherlands
Sijbrand's work stems from an urge for conceptual change in contemporary painting. Sijbrand (1988, the Hague) studied journalism and photographic design. He worked briefly as a journalist, photographer and graphic designer before dedicating his life to art. Recently he exhibited in ‘Museum De Fundatie’ and received a commission from the In4Art’s kickstART program. At this moment his work is represented by gallery Ton in Rucphen (NL). Sijbrand creates balance and harmony in his works based on evidence based research. He adopts techniques and theories to tell his stories. “I have this interest for researching the use of new materials. I love the craftsmanship to master a material completely. It gives me even greater joy when I develop the materials myself. This development to make something totally new sometimes takes months. But that’s all worth it”, he says. In his studio, this leads to the development of completely new types of paint and painting techniques. “The focus is often on the material but the story and the research behind it is much more important to me.” His parents were both researchers in their own way. His father was a clinical pathologist and his mother used to works as a medical analyst, She later dedicated herself as a ceramist and filt artist. His grandfather from his mother’s side, was a carpenter, he made cigar and music boxes in his attic. “My grandfather once made a doll’s house, it took him more than 20 years to finish it. It had a ballroom where every wooden tile was made by hand. A beautiful chandelier hung above the room to illuminate his craftsmanship. I have always hoped that I would inherit that patience and that attention to detail.” “I wanted that same focus and dedication. I never take anything for granted. I keep experimenting until I find a way to materialize my thoughts in the best way possible. It comes from my overconscious brain that is full of stories which I want to translate visually. It is a process full of doubts. A long road in which I constantly force myself as an artist to make decisions from a cloud of incomprehensible thoughts.”
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