Barbara Rink

I want my paintings to unfold themselves to the viewer. Built-up transparent layers of color reveal the process of making. Cartoonish abstract shapes and painterly brushstrokes show traces of the microscopic and natural world coming into being. I am working from archetypal forces and intuitive playfulness to create environments that are recognizable and yet evoke a sense of mystery.

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL)
Norwich School of Art and Design (UK)
Amsterdamse School of the Arts (NL)

2021 The Orchid & The Wasp, Amsterdam
2020 Parce, Ghent, Belgium
2019 Dutch Colorist, Dedee Shattuck Gallery
2019 Bergarde Galleries inside playground show
2019 Bergarde Galleries outside playground show
2019 Parce Initiative, Ghent
2019 Haus34a solo show
2018 Daily Traces
2017 Zoete Broodjes, solo show
2016 Eve's, Isaac's and Mine, De Punt, Amsterdam,
2016 BRADWOLFF PROJECTS, solo show, NL
2015 Bookstore Project, solo, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Soledad Senlle Art Foundation, duo show, NL
2014 Shared Grounds, SFAI residents, Santa Fe, NM, US
2014 Lokaal WV15, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Lokaal WV15, Amsterdam, NL
2012/ 2013 Better, The Art of Health, Medical Center
2012 DroomLab, Broedstraten Amsterdam, NL
2012 Cheap Art, Loods 6, Amsterdam, NL
2012 CADAVRE_EXQUIS, Kulter, Amsterdam, NL
2012 Gallery Lokaal WV15, Amsterdam, NL
2011 Mural, commission Stadsdeel Baarsjes, social art project, Amsterdam NL
2010 Allerzielen Alom, (Velsen Verlicht), Velsen, NL
2010 Solo show, Atma institute, Amersfoort, NL
2007 Ritual Tendencies, HorseMoveProjectSpace, Amsterdam, NL
2007 mural Artist foyer Muziek gebouw aan het IJ
2005 Here Be Monsters, Generator Project: Dundee, Scotland
2004 Krachtstroom, Stroom Ateliers, The Hague
2003 Vrie...