Dick Van Wijk

Dick van Wijk 1943
The Netherlands
insta: ateliervanwijk
The sculptor Dick van Wijk i a professional sculptor. He works in Roermond, situated 50 km north of Maastricht. The old chapel, in which Dick van Wijk has his atelier, was formerly the atelier of the world famous Stained Glass painter Joep Nicolas. Now Dick van Wijk claims his place among the famous artists on the field of three-dimensional art. His work expresses a never-ending research on the subject of combining geometrical and organic forms. A repeating element in the objects of Dick van Wijk is the human body, the base of his concept. The circle-shape is the symbol of consistency and newborn life. These "attributes", together with several animal shapes, gave the sculptor Dick van Wijk a broad range to work with. The materialisation of the search can be visualised in bronze, steel, marble and glass. Thereby represents the merger of the different materials a kind of irony and dynamics. The works of Dick van Wijk can be found throughout in city,s and places in the southern part of The Netherlands. Not only museums but also governmental assignments of enormous proportions have seen the light of day. Significant work in assignment by the government, architects and others. ...

Art academy Maastricht, Holland
graduated in 1971

Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht

in galleries and museums

Galerie Mariska Dirkx (Roermond) Holland Art Gallery (Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Den Haag, Rotterdam) Smelik & Stokking (Den Haag & Amsterdam)

tentoonstellingen ( selection)
1986 De Hoge Heesch - Eersel 1990 Galerie Lamber - Valkenswaard 1999 Anna Pauwlownahuis - Soest 1998 Holland Art - Eindhoven 1998 Galerie Smelick & Stokking - Den Haag / Amsterdam / Rotterdam 1995 De Keerder Kunstkamer - Maastricht 2000 Mougins - Frankrijk 1982 Leverkusen / Duitsland 2002 Hasselt / Belgie Kunstbeurzen in Amsterdam / Strassbourg / Dusseldorf / Gent / Innsbruck / Geneve / Amsterdam / Den Haag.