Karin Van Bodegom

The Art Work of Karin Van Bodegom consists of paintings, collages, video art and installations.

The Collages are made from paper, magazine paper and (own) photographs. This “photomontage” is the process (and result) of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining a number of other photographs. The composite picture was sometimes photographed so that the final image is converted back into a seamless photographic print. All hand made and cut without the use of a computer.
The basic theme is Urbanization with City Shapes, Urban Landscapes and Urban Illusions as sub-themes.
The latest collages are about Abstract Illusions and Illusions of Space.

The Organic Abstract Paintings display the cohesion of rhythm, replication and unity through a natural movement of the hand across the chosen medium. It’s much more about structure, texture, stratification, harmony and the physical act than it is a realistic representation. The strokes are created by the instinctive motions of the hand.

The Geometric Abstracts are based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective (non-representational) compositions. The dots or points (based on Pointillism and ...

1983 - 1989: BA - Dutch, Art, Art History - University of Amsterdam

1990 - 1991: MA - Dutch as a second language - University of Amsterdam

1997-2002: MA - Fine Art - New Art Academy Utrecht

Exhibitions 2022

December 11 - February 7 2022 - “Encounter” - Members Exhibition, De Boterhal Hoorn

March 5 - April 10 2022 - “Women in Art” - gallery Conny van Kasteel, Egmond a/Zee
(also curator)

March 22 - May 2 2022 - “Picture Abstract” - KeK, Beverwijk (also curator)

June 4, 5 and 6 2022 - “Portret/Pattern” - Het Weefhuis Zaandijk

October 22 - November 27 2022 - “Picture Abstract II” - De Boterhal Hoorn

November 4 - November 20 2022 - “Urban Landscapes VII” - gallery Play Room Zaandam
(also curator)