Renate Van Nijen

I am a Dutch artist and writer living in southern Spain. I create oil and acrylic paintings, ceramic statues and have so far published six books, each of which has one of my paintings on the cover. I like to inspire people and it is so nice when clients feel that my art actually makes a difference because it helps create a nice atmosphere in their home or workplace.

I have had many exhibitions of my work in places including Paris, Rome and Amsterdam. My work has been purchased by clients from Moscow to New York.

YOU CAN READ MY ARTIST STATEMENT HERE:


I don't use live models, but am inspired by coincidentally passing people altered into models. Each work a story and each story an artwork in itself which not necessarily has to be recognised by the viewer. I like people to recognise their own story in my artwork so that it can blend in with their lives. I work intuitively and like to share my personal emotions without wanting to be intrusive.

My vision as an artist for the future:

The style of my paintings will not change that much but I feel I am moving in a different direction. I don't paint because I need to but because I have to. I don't use models but I depict (mostly) the female figure in my work. I don't p...

I received my basic art-education in New Zealand and have developed myself further by working with established professional artists both in the Netherlands and Italy.

Since 1987 until now I have had way over 100 exhibitions of my work. A lot of my solo exhibitions were in galeries, large business buildings, such as AKZO global and Kluwer, Hotels, Restaurants and art and cultural festivals (mainly in Italy France and Spain), exhibitions in municipal exhibitions halls, in the Netherlands, Italy and Spain.

A selection of some of the galeries where I have exhibited my work:

Galerie Maya Wildevuur..................Hooghalen, The Netherlands
Galerie Emma.................................Den Haag, The Netherlands
Galerie Kunst &Co................Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Galerie Kunst & Koffie................Leiden, The Netherlands
The Sultan Art Gallery.....................Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int. Art Gallery Greenwich Village....Zuidwolde, the Netherlands
Galería Nexo...................La Herradura, Spain
Galería Carmar ....................Almuñécar Spain

Some of the many solo exhibitions in Art Festivals and Municipal Exhibition halls:
Spello.................................Italy
Gualdo Cataneo..................Italy
Alfaz del Pi - Alicante.........Spain
Torrox - Malaga.................Spain
Frigiliana - Malaga.............Spain
2011 and 2013 La Herradura- Granada .....