Claudette Bleijenberg

Inspired by the human figure, Claudette Bleijenberg focuses mostly on the strength and fierceness of the female spirit. Through her sculptures, she explores the various meanings and interpretations of beauty. Rather than focusing on physical attributes or external aesthetics, she focuses on the internal and embraces the beauty of raw emotions. Feelings of solitude, rejection, and despair often interweave with the voluptuous curves in her female figures.  



Primarily working with water-based clay and cast bronze, her over ten years long practice challenges predetermined notions of beauty standards—both masculine and feminine. Additionally, through triumphant celebrations of confidence and uniqueness, she makes statements against societal vanity. Her works reaffirm that the human body and its varied presentations are inherently beautiful. Furthermore, her figurative sculptures highlight the beauty found in the lines and curves of the human body. They also capture the strength and vulnerability found within. By using various mediums and finishes, Bleijenberg’s emotionally charged figures capture how light can enhance a form’s contours and how light and shadow create everchanging angles, shapes, lines, and mass.



Works from...

1996
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Bachelors of Architecture

Washington Alexandria Architecture Consortium

1995           
Ecoles D’Art Americanes, Institution Internationales D’Enseignement

Palais De Fountainbleu 

2020
VolUp2 magazine, invited online featured artist
Sculpture of the Pacific Rim, Sculpture Juried Exhibition
National Sculpture Society "Work-In-Progress", online Juried Exhibition
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2019
Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Juried Exhibition
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2018
Marin Society of Artists, Juried Exhibition
Marin County Fair, Juried Exhibition
Alameda County Fair, Juried Exhibition
Sacramento Fine Arts Center Magnus Opus XXIX, Juried Exhibition
Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Juried Exhibition

2017
National Sculpture Society 84th Annual Awards Exhibition
Juried Selection
Brookgreen Gardens, S. Carolina

2016
Huf Magazine, Exclusive Interview 10 page feature article
Alameda County Fair, Fine Art Juried Exhibition
Marin County Fair, Fine Art Juried Exhibition

2015
Marin County Fair, Fine Art Juried Exhibition
City College of San Francisco, Fort Mason Campus Gallery
Artworks Downtown, Small Works Show, Juried Exhibition