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As result of our involvement, the world has mainly evolved into something abstract. It's existence has come forth through the sum of the past, the things that have taken place (the factual) and the things that haven't taken place (the fictional).
When looking around we see things which can be given names, together these things form a vocabulary that can be used to communicate ideas and experiences that normally can not be expressed using our verball language. The genre of stil life paintings could be seen as an example, as all the elements in the painting form metaphors and therefor function as a language. This system of (visual) language surrounds us and functions as a medium between the factual and the fictional.
As an artist I like to work with these systems of (visual) language, they allow me to create an abstract framework in which I can think and dream without obstacles. This is a space in which all possible steps can be made without having to obey the laws of physics.
Interessting things happen when multiple languages are recombined, basically my vocabulary can exist out of anything, however the choices I make underline my freedom as an artist in a world that is almost always the result of other peoples actions.
Although I do sometimes quote other peoples actions and styles, as way of irony or personal fascination, I always strife to communicate that which is inside of me. For it is the exchange of ideas and opinions that make this abstract world evolve further, thus making my work a necessity.
curriculum vitae
email mail [at] benkruisdijk [dot] com website www.benkruisdijk.com
1981 born in zaandam, the netherlands
education
2001-05 aki, academie voor beeldende kunst en vormgeving, enschede painting department and mixed media department
exhibitions
2008 kruisdijk / kuilboer - palm fiction - white elephant collective - berlin 2008 kruisdijk / kuilboer -actionfields - brussel 2008 what's new - kunstcentrum hengelo - hengelo 2008 twaalf tekenaars - galerie witteveen - amsterdam 2008 fosfor und der ununterbrochene dialog -galerie hammer - berlin
2007 kruisdijk / kuilboer - schlossstrasse - schloss ringenberg germany 2007 kruisdijk / kuilboer - each similar possibillity - galerie masters - amsterdam 2007 full summertime - galerie 25 limited - amsterdam 2007 kruisdijk / kuilboer - afstuderen van het zwarte gat - de nieuwe ruimte - enschede 2007 25 faces - galerie 25 limited - amsterdam 2007 kan in - galerie masters - amsterdam 2007 very selected a show on drawing curated by marcel van eeden- zink gallery - munich
2005 november - deel 4 ontwerpers - enschede 2005 aki graduation show - enschede 2004 east meets west - rotterdam
residences
2007 stipend artist in residence, schloss ringenberg, germany
works in collections
kunstcentrum hengelo aki enschede various private collections in the Netherlands, belgium and Germany
commissions
vu university of amsterdam - vu prize 2008
publications
2008 gap magazine - schloss ringenberg 2007 h-magazine, article, Spain issue 89, 12 2007 2007 jochen krühler: mit einem augenzwinkern. bocholter-borkener volksblatt, 05.11.2007 2007 petra herzorg: auf zur schlossstrasse . der westen, 02.11.2007 2007 martha agethen: kunst-stipendiaten im schloss. rheinische post, 13.03.2007 2007 dörte bäumer: der kontrakt der zeichner. rückblicke und ausblicke. In münchen, Nr. 4, 2007 2007 birgit sonna: neues aus der zwillingswerkstatt. süddeutsche zeitung. Nr. 25, 31.01.2007
2006 kunst van de dag - arno kramer - galeries.nl 2006 paradies in munster catalogue
2005 aki graduation catalogue 2005 het gescheurde doek, radio interview june
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