without title Sculpture

In the period 1975 – 1980, Jos Kaarsemaker studied at the Academy for Visual Arts in Rotterdam. He followed the education in spatial design and idea development there. After his studies he worked one year for the Archaeological Service of the Municipality of Rotterdam. In the years that followed, he worked with a few colleagues in a studio in the former Emmahuis in the center of the city of Rotterdam and regularly exhibited at various locations throughout the country. He also realized a number of assignments in the public space. In 1996 he settled in the municipality of Hoorn. In the years 1996 - 2015 he was involved in archaeological research in the West Netherlands in addition to his visual art practice. In this context he also made various types of visual materials for archaeological publications and worked as an image editor. His sculptures are characterized by the use of various materials, material combinations and a number of regularly recurring themes. In recent years he often makes works in bronze. Alcoves, transparency, passages and packaging are some recurring themes in his work. Gates and transitions have a wide variety of appearances in nature and architecture. They are characterized by physical or mental and spiritual barriers. Both physically and mentally they always provide a field of tension, characterized by the familiar and otherwise the unknown and uncertain. The most important characteristics of packaging, concealing and revealing, are powerful visual means to imagine an idea. Everything in life is more or less packed, deliberately or as a natural characteristic. The images with these themes as a subject emerge from research into various forms that gates and packaging have, and research into the role they play in spiritual life. -------------------------------------------- Work related to contemporary art: 1994 – 2003 curator - Foundation Art manifests, The Hague. 2000 - 2004 Workgroup redesign center area Risdam Noord, Municipality of Hoorn. 2004 - 2008 curator - Artists Association Hoorn & surroundings. 2007 - 2008 curator – Art in public space, Municipality of Heiloo. 2010- present Foundation In the beginning, Hoorn. 1995 - present Design and execution of visual material, image editing, illustrations, topographical maps and exhibitions design, for various clients in the field of archaeology. 2014 - present committee work Artists Association Hoorn & surroundings.