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

11.23.24 - 01.12.25 Art Zaanstad ZAANDAM
09.27.24 - 11.03.24 MK24 Kunstkamer AMSTERDAM
10.18.24 - 10.27.24 Kunst10daagse BERGEN
10.03.24 - 10.05.24 Vrijpaleis AMSTERDAM
09.14.24 - 09.29.24 Crowdfund 50 jaar Art Zaanstad
12.09.22 - 01.22.23 MK24 Kunstkamer AMSTERDAM
04.13.22 - 04.18.22 KunstRAI | ART AMSTERDAM
09.23.21 - 10.23.21 Fall EXPO Piet Jan van den Kommer
09.23.21 - 10.03.21 Art The Hague 2021
09.11.21 - 09.12.21 Popinnart at Museumkwartier AMSTERDAM
08.29.20 - 10.04.20 Art Zaanstad
11.12.20 - 11.15.20 Popinnart LOODS 6 AMSTERDAM
10.02.19 - 10.06.19 Art The Hague 2019
05.25.19 - 12.31.19 Art Zaanstad
04.12.19 - 04.14.19 Popinnart, LOODS 6 AMSTERDAM
12.15.18 - 10.31.19 Moon BERGEN
02.16.18 - 10.31.18 Popinnart AMSTERDAM
02.16.18 - 10.31.18 Popinnart AMSTERDAM
11.23.17 - 02.01.17 Magasin du Sud HEEMSTEDEN
10.13.16 - 10.24.16 Museum Kranenburgh BERGEN
09.18.16 - 11.05.16 Gallery Belétage AMSTERDAM
05.13.16 - 09.14.16 Spring EXPO Piet Jan van den Kommer ALKMAAR
02.01.16 - 02.29.16 Kunstkelder HAARLEM
10.16.15 - 10.24.15 Bergerac BERGEN