Evie Hendriks

Zero-gravity,

Artist statement.

For more than two decades, my artistic journey has been an exploration of  the forgotten and decaying fragments of materials we leave behind. My art is a tribute to beauty found in decay, a visual celebration of the fragility of forgotten fragments, and a experiment with the infinite possibilities of recombination.

I have dedicated my time to the art of collecting, curating and recombining found materials, with a particular fascination with partially decayed pieces of paper.

These fragile, faded remnants of daily life have become my inspiration, each one of astonishing beauty to be uncovered and transformed when picked out of the piles of paper folders, digital folders and boxes I’ve collected. In time, collages made by hand or several apps emerge from this personal archive.

The last years I started making works in my Koke-dera serie. Koke dera is the Japanese name for moss temple. It is the unofficial name for the Saihō-ji Temple in Kyoto.

Experiencing the moss gardens of Koke-dera inspired me to make these landscapes out of the found pieces paper I collected and digitized.The softness of a parc covered in moss. It all seems like one big fluffy pillow without limits for a moment. Heaven merges...

1995-2001| Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam University of Applied Science.| Autonomous art 2D and 3D

2011| Museum Het Hannemahuis, Harlingen. “Kustgezichten, New York-Harlingen”. | Solo exhibition. Prints of collages and mixed media work.

2010| Museum of the City of New York, New York. “Dutch Seen: New York Rediscovered”.| Solo exhibition. Collages, prints of collages and mixed media.

2008| Noorderlicht photo gallery, Groningen. Tuin van Ede.|
Solo exhibition. Collages, prints of collages and mixed media & Publication of artist monograph: Ivo Hendriks collages -Tuin van Ede-. ISBN: 9789076703367. Publisher: Aurora Borealis.

2007| First: Vamos a Ibiza, Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam. After: Vamos a Ibiza. Iglesia del Hospitalet ,Eivissa, Spain.|
Group exhibition, artists: Elena Beelaerts, Roeland Kerbosch, Ivo Hendriks, Lei Moulin, Cas Oorthuys, Waldemar Post, Trudy Derksen, Cees Nooteboom, Bert Schierbeek, Maria Barnas, Tommy Wieringa, Jan Cremer en Micha Klein.

2007| Magazin-Galeria Ibiza.|
Group exhibition, artists: Houcine Bouchiba and Ivo Hendriks.

2007| Reconctructing reality, Galerie 32-34, Amsterdam.|
Group exhibition, artists: Isabelle, Ivo Hendriks, Esther Zitman.

2002| Say my name, the fairytale continues, BRUCE, a showcase for brave new art, Rotterdam.|
Solo exposition. Performance and installation.