Sibyl Heijnen

Sibyl Heijnen (1961) studied at the Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (NL).
She applied herself to monumental textile design and painting. She took also all the opportunities to qualify in a great number of other disciplines.
The passion for her work brought her quick success. As a young artist she won the prestigious Jugend Gestaltet price in Munich, Germany and in Japan she got the Excellent Award.
Japan embraces still the talent of Sibyl Heijnen. Often she exhibits in leading galleries and important museums. But also in other parts of the world she has a good reputation.
Sibyl Heijnen had studios in Tilburg, Amsterdam, Utrecht and Venlo before she settled in Almelo. There she converted a former factory building into an efficient and inspiring working place for her monumental art.
For details on her career, works and commissions please go her website and to "˜Biography' and "˜Works'. For details on her most recent projects please go to "˜Projects & Exhibitions' and "˜Commissions'.

Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1980-1985.

2022 First international Contemporary Material Art Biennial, Qingdao CN, catalogue
2020 Expressive Silence, Espace Enny, Laag-Keppel NL Video
2019 History Speaking, Stedelijk Museum Kampen NL
2017 Time Space Existence – Personal structures – Crossing Borders, Biennial of Venice, IT
2016 From Lausanne to Beijing, 9th International Fiber Art Biennial, Shenzhen, CN
2016 Room for reflection, Museum de Fundatie, Heino, NL

and many other exhibitions and projects in the Netherlands and more than 22 other countries.

Installations (selection):
2024 See, hear, feel: in search of the soul of the Bergkerk. Deventer, NL
In part 2: The Church sounds, using the sensory impressions evoked by this large church. Painterly
tableaux of used drinking cans lay like floating islands on the church floor and walls. The noisy,
consumptive life of everyday life was silenced, what remained was the multicoloured brilliance of
metal. Video.
2024 Fundatie Collection: ReMIX, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle NL.
Shaping a wing of the museum to own discretion by exploring, researching and supplementing the
collection complement with new, challenging work of my own and sound composed from recordIngs
in the spaces. Video of the opening.
2023 See, hear, feel: in search of...