Dorothe Jehoel

Symmetrical shapes are the building blocks of my work. By cutting, stacking, grouping, and melting these forms a new, composite form is created. This form could also repeat itself, may or may not be mirrored or rotated in a different direction. These parts are often connected to the main mold again. This generally constitutes the largest mass and the core of the image.
My sculptures are about mass, one volume affecting another. Perhaps in contradiction with the term mass, my sculptures also show lightness and airiness. Airiness in standing, moving, and even in the sense that it seems as if the sculptures are inflated, blow-ups of small objects.
The most unsightly and everyday elements and shapes in my environment can give rise to a sculpture. Sometimes there are references to the human figure. The contrast in form is a stylistic device that I regularly use in my work. The geometry is as it were, seduced by the richness of decorative shapes from nature.
The returning determination of positioning in my work has been contrasting expression, that is to say, brightness versus complexity or bright legibility versus baroque within one mold. Characteristic of my work: The sometimes even object - referring to functionality and thus al...

Graduated at the Fine Art Academy in
’s-Hertogenbosch in 1974

Exhibitions
2019 Art Forum Antwerpen
2016 bkkc Tilburg, ‘Murals’
2015 Studio van Dusseldorp, Tilburg
2012 Point de Vue, 200 year Jubilee exhibition
Academy ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2011 bkkc Tilburg, Huize Brabant
2010 Landesmuseum, Emden
2009 Object Rotterdam, Priveekollektie
2008 Priveekollektie, Heusden aan de Maas
‘Brabant Presentation’, NBKS Breda
2007 ‘Eigen Bezit; een tijdsbeeld’, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2005 Galerie Legiokunst, Tilburg
2004 ‘de Vrije Ruimte’ NBKS Breda
Gallery Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden aan de
Maas
2003 ‘Beeldenstorm’ NBKS Breda
2002 The Turfschip, Schoonhoven
2000 ABP, Heerlen