Astrid Oudheusden

Astrid Oudheusden - Lochem, 1967

Elektronstraat 12, 1014 AP Amsterdam, Netherlands +316 445 66 004

Since finishing art school I dedicated my time to painting. It was my strongest desire to unravel all the secrets of oil paint. Now, the secrets seem to grow, as is often the case with them... Oil paint is the hardest medium for me. With acrylics, inks and other stuff I have no trouble at all. Must be the reason why I keep being drawn to the oils.
Being a painter offers me the possibility to watch the world, its people and turn all these observations into small theatrical settings. (I had to chose between becoming a painter and an actress) I love watching people, listen to them and transform all that into one painting or drawing.
Often I become obsessed with a subject: portraits, puberty, lonely women, office workers. The only way to handle the obsession is to paint.
I've painted a lot of series altogether: Thousand Faces, Americans, Heroes, Puberty, Women with Dogs, Office Heroes. At the moment I am working on a series called Nothing Personal.
My work is created in a big studio at the outskirts of Amsterdam, close to the city centre, but with enough distance to guarantee a calm and silent worksphere. From my windows I see the gi...

Hogeschool van Amsterdam, 1987-1992

2025 WACD Personal Relations, international ongoing exhibition
2025 Zimske price 3 || DOTS GALLERY || Beograd (SB)
2025 Mythology of the Ordinary || DOTS GALLERY || Beograd (SB)
2025 Exquisite Corpse || Tramhalte || Amsterdam (g)
2025 Tekenkabinet || Singel || Amsterdam (g)
2025 Tekenkabinet || pop up Oost || Amsterdam (g)
2025 BMB Projectruimte || zomertentoonstelling || (g)
2024 Tekenkabinet || Singel || Amsterdam (g)
2024 Tekenkabinet || BMB Projectruimte || Amsterdam (g)
2024 Schaamte en ander ongemak || WG Kunst || Amsterdam (g)
2024 KunstRAI || Amsterdam
2024 Portrettenbiënnale Portretschap || Loods 6 || Amsterdam (g)
2024 Portrettenparade || Kunsthuis Waterland || Purmerend (g)
2023 Iemand en Niemand || Concordia || Enschede (s)
2023 Binnenkanten || Semi Solo Projectruimte BMB || Amsterdam
2023 Tekenkabinet || Amsterdam (g)
2022 Tekenkabinet || Amsterdam (g)
2022 BMB Projectruimte || Amsterdam (g)
2022 Tekenkabinet || Amsterdam (g)
2022 BMB Projectruimte || Amsterdam (g)
2021 Tekenkabinet || Amsterdam (g)
2020 Tekenkabinet XS || Amsterdam (g)
2020 Villa de Bank Enschede NL (duo)
2020 Residency Joya_Arte || Spain
2019 Winterkabinet || Tekenkabinet Amsterdam (g)
2019 Jonkergouw Kunstwerk | Projectruimte BMB || works on pap...