Leonne Hendriksen

Born in 1949 San Sebastian, Spain, lives in Netherlands and France - Large Conceptual Installations - New projects each year - Light & heavy materials - Unconventional techniques developing works passing over the borders of sculpture and painting - Project books with special layouts - Active in many countries.

My esthetic standpoint is based on the duality between life and death.
Therefore in each of my projects I choose materials out of two types, either light translucent or heavy opaque ones. Among the first ones are light textile materials, as gauze, rice paper, tracing paper, organza, the second type includes lead, sea salt, wood, charcoal, porcelain and stone.
I have developed my projects in the numerous places where I lived; they reflect my nourishment with the local cultures as well as the spiritual significance of the installation site.

Six or seven process steps make up every project: from identifying the concept and suitable installations spaces, through the transformation of poor materials into poetic objects, to the final design and the production of books about the realization of the art work.

Collections: National Textile Museum, Tilburg, The Netherlands
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan ...

Artiste-in-residence:
2009 SÍM - The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2004 EKWC - European Ceramic Centre, Den Bosch, Netherlands.
1988-1989 University of Beijing, China. Chinese language and writing.
1972-1974 Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, Netherlands. Post graduated in Graphics and Theater design.
1968-1972 Design Academy, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Mainly making installations in specific chosen sites all over the world with character as ruins, churches, deserts and potassium hills, gardens, my empty studios, galleries, museums, using each year newly created materials and modules.

Over 25 group exhibitions in Netherlands, Germany, Italy, France, Mexico and Japan. Among them, in 1996 "Beyond Textile" The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan, World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea, Réalités Nouvelles, Paris.

Over 34 solo exhibitions, among them in the Beyerd Museum, Breda, Netherlands, Kunst und Gewerbe Museum, Hamburg, Germany, The Cacaofabriek, Helmond, The Netherlands.
Last years installations mostly in the countryside of South West France.