Sijbrand Tinga

Sijbrand's work stems from an urge for conceptual change in contemporary painting.

Sijbrand (1988, the Hague) studied journalism and photographic design. He worked briefly as a journalist, photographer and graphic designer before dedicating his life to art. Recently he exhibited in ‘Museum De Fundatie’ and received a commission from the In4Art’s kickstART program. At this moment his work is represented by gallery Ton in Rucphen (NL).

Sijbrand creates balance and harmony in his works based on evidence based research. He adopts techniques and theories to tell his stories. “I have this interest for researching the use of new materials. I love the craftsmanship to master a material completely. It gives me even greater joy when I develop the materials myself. This development to make something totally new sometimes takes months. But that’s all worth it”, he says. In his studio, this leads to the development of completely new types of paint and painting techniques. “The focus is often on the material but the story and the research behind it is much more important to me.”

His parents were both researchers in their own way. His father was a clinical pathologist and his mother used to works as a medical analyst, She later dedicated...

- Journalism at the University of Utrecht, majors in research, photography and design.

- Photographic Design at the Amsterdam University of Applied Photography. (Fotovakschool Amsterdam)

October 1st 2017
- In4rt, Rotterdam Salon IV, Solo presentation & group exhibition.

May 25th – August 20th 2017
Museum de Fundatie en Kasteel het Nijenhuis, Zwolle.
Selected by the jury for the Water ZomerExpo 2017.

May 19th 2018 - May 19th 2019
Galerie Ton - Rucphen.
Special selection 'the misery of patterns serie'.