Katelijn Bergman

Katelijn Bergman, Zeist 1964
France 1985 - 1986
Amsterdam since 1986

Always fascinated by people. Young, old, male, female, children... Their untransparent thoughts and habits, character and emotions. These I find in all layering of life, in present and past. In addition, I want to depict the essence and also allow a sensation of aesthetics. But within those undefinable laws of beauty, I search for an element that lifts the subject into a larger context. Furthermore I try to find a balance between reason and emotion, between what you see and what you feel, between expression and content.
I have a perception of things on multiple levels of reality. A process of acquiring, recording, interpreting, selecting and organizing sensory information on a worldly- and personal level. While painting I search for a tension between the objective and the subjective.
Between 2016 and 2018 I painted a series called ‘à la recherche du temps perdu’, in search of lost times. Originally it is the title of a novel by Marcel Proust, he wrote in 7 parts, early last century. These paintings have been exposed on several occassions. At the moment I am working on a new series, Shadows & Light.

Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten [AHK] 1986 - 1991
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht [HKU] 1991 - 1993
Masterclass Kunstacademie Haarlem [KAH] 2010 - 2017

2025 Art Elswout BLOEMENDAAL
2025 Art Zaanstad HEMBRUGTERREIN
2024 MK24 Kunstkamer AMSTERDAM
2024 K10D BERGEN
2024 Vrijpaleis AMSTERDAM
2024 50 jaar Art Zaanstad HEMBRUGTERREIN
2023 MK24 Kunstkamer AMSTERDAM
2022 KunstRAI AMSTERDAM
2021 Fall EXPO Piet Jan van den Kommer ALKMAAR
2021 Art The Hague THE HAGUE
2021 Popinnart Museumkwartier AMSTERDAM
2020 Art Zaanstad HEMBRUGTERREIN
2019 Art The Hague THE HAGUE
2019 Art Zaanstad HEMBRUGTERREIN
2019 Popinnart LOODS 6 AMSTERDAM
2019 Moon BERGEN
2018 Popinnart AMSTERDAM
2018 Popinnart AMSTERDAM
2017 Magasin du Sud HEEMSTEDEN
2016 Museum Kranenburgh BERGEN
2016 Gallery Belétage AMSTERDAM
2016 Spring EXPO Piet Jan van den Kommer ALKMAAR
2016 Kunstkelder HAARLEM
2015 K10D BERGEN