Alexandra Roozen

to draw

"Pencil on paper is a constant source of inspiration for Alexandra Roozen and leads her to further explore drawing's possibilities and boundaries. She makes her works using a labor-intensive process, with which she reacts against the current culture of efficiency and the fast-paced visual culture that we are confronted with in our daily lives. As a counterbalance, she explores methods for stillness and contemplation, both in the working process and in the viewing process.
In large drawings she explores that repetition is never the same. Based on set work rules, she repeats endless small hand gestures such as stripes, scratches and lines. None of them can be drawn identically, it reflects the constant changes in the moment itself. The full impact reveals itself by replicating the process and design and presenting the resulting works in series. This challenges the viewer to look again and again, from the smallest element to the larger whole and vice versa"

https://alexandraroozen.com
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhvUWomWfs0

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    • Art on Paper New York (USA)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Solo exhibition, booth NL=US Gallery

    VOLTA BASEL (CH)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Group exhibition, booth NL=US Gallery

    Art on Paper Amsterdam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Booth COPPEJANS GALLERY (BE)

    European Parliament Brussels (BE)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • New Acquisitions 2023, Art Collection European Parliament Brussels (BE)

    Artwork for CURRENT by composer Samuel Carl Adams (USA)

    Other

    COPPEJANS Gallery Antwerp (BE)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Artists: Frans Klerkx, Ine Vermee, Alexandra Roozen. Curated by: Manuela Klerkx

    The Big Draw, ACEC Apeldoorn

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Group exhibition with illustrators

    (S) GALLERY2 Seoul (KOR)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Mono Spaces - Solo exhibition at GALLERY2, Seoul, South Korea, 2023

    Art on Paper Amsterdam (art fair)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Duo booth NL=US Gallery, Art on Paper Amsterdam, with Willem Besselink, 2023

    VOLTA Basel (art fair) (CH)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Booth NL=US Gallery, Basel, Switzerland, 2022, with: Jan Maarten Voskuil, Alexandra Roozen, Pim Palsgraaf

    Gallery Roger Katwijk Amsterdam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Constructed Choices - 20 Years Galerie Roger Katwijk Amsterdam. Group show with artists of the gallery, 2023.

    (S) NL=US Gallery Rotterdam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Common Ground - solo exhibition at NL=US Gallery, 2022. Video of the exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhvUWomWfs0

    Future Memory: European Capital of Culture (DE)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • On the occasion of Kaunas 2022, European Capital of Culture, there is a group exhibition organized by the artist-curators Konsortium; Lars Breuer, Sebastian Freytag and Guido Munch

    Art Rotterdam (art fair)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Booth Galerie Roger Katwijk, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 2022, with artists of the gallery, curated by Niek Hendrikx

    Bo Biennal Bochum

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Diskothek Konkret - group exhibition curated by Christian Gode and Uwe Siemens, 2021, with Birthe Horn, Erris Huigens, Raymund Kaiser, Andreas Keil, Bart Koldewee, Daniela Lobbert, Manfred Makra, Steffen Mischke, Guido Nieuwendijk, Nadine Pasianotto, Colin Penno, Nina Pops, Alexandra Roozen, Matthias Recht, Joel Roters, Susanne Stahli, Daniela Trixl, Coen Vernooij, Dagmar Wildforster.

    VOLTA Basel (art fair) (CH)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Booth NL=US Gallery, Basel, Switzerland, 2021, with: Jan Maarten Voskuil, Flavio Senoner, Alexandra Roozen

    20 Years Youngeun Museum (KOR)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea, 2021

    (S) Jeju Joongsun Nongwon (KOR)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Two Tone - solo exhibition at Art space Jeju Joongsun Nongwon, South Korea, 2020

    Art Rotterdam (art fair)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Booth NL = US, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 2020, with: Andre Kruijsen, Leslie Nagel, Alexandra Roozen

    New Acquisitions Museum Schiedam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 2019. 'Hollandse Nieuwe', exhibition of recent acquisitions museum collection.

    (S) VOLTA NEW YORK (USA)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Solo booth NL = US, Art on Paper New York, USA, 2019

    (S) Art on Paper New York (art fair) (USA)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Solo booth NL = US, Art on Paper New York, USA, 2019

    (S) Gallery Roger Katwijk Amsterdam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Solo exhibition with recent works at Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, 2019

    (S) Drawing Center Diepenheim

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Sensing Traces - Solo exhibition at Drawing Center Diepenheim, 2019

    (S) Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art (KOR)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Two Fold - Solo exhibition at Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea, 2018

    (S) Art on Paper Amsterdam (art fair)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Solo booth Gallery Roger Katwijk, Art on Paper, Amsterdam, 2018

    AIR - Youngeun Museum Program (KOR)

    Residencies / exchange

    • 10th Youngeun Museum AIR Program, guest studio Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea, 3 months, 2018

    Animal Man Machine, Verbeke Foundation (BE)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Verbeke Foundation (BE), 2017, with: Group show with Bálint Balygó (HU), Vincent Dams (NL), Zhivago Duncan (US), EDHV (NL), Raphaël Opstaele (BE), Harvey Moon (US), Pierre Clément Névere (FR), Jorrit Paaijmans (NL), Eske Rex (DK), Alexandra Roozen (NL), Patrick Tresset (FR), Martijn Aerts (NL), Stan Wannet (NL)

    (S) GALLERY2, Seoul (KOR)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Gray Matter (s) - Solo exhibition at Gallery2, Seoul, South Korea, 2017

    AIR - Making way for Arnhem

    Residencies / exchange

    • Grafiek werkplaatsplaats Maak, Arnhem, 2016, guest artist for six months.

    AIR - IK Island

    Residencies / exchange

    • IK-Eiland, Gastatelier Mondriaan Fund, AIR, 4 months, 2014, solo presentation project Tweening

    Drawing Center Diepenheim - Masterclass Weekend 2020 (follow up 2019)

    Workshop

    • Drawing Center Diepenheim invites artists to register for a Masterclass Weekend by Alexandra Roozen on 22 and 23 August 2020. This is a follow up to her Masterclass Weekend at Drawing Center Diepenheim in 2019.

    Art on Paper Amsterdam (art fair)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Duo with Liesbeth Piena. Booth Gallery Roger Katwijk, Art on Paper, Amsterdam, 2019

    Acknowledgments

      Scholarship

    • Mondriaan Fund (Proven talent, Basic grant, Project) (2021, 2019, 2018, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2006, 2004)

      Scholarship

    • CBK Rotterdam (2023, 2021, 2017, 2015, 2012, 2009, 2006)

      Scholarship

    • Stokroos Foundation (2009)

      Scholarship

    • Dream and Deed Foundation (2021)

      Collection

    • Works are included in various private collections worldwide. Acquired by public collections, including, (EU) Collection European Parliament Brussels, Museum Schiedam, ABN-AMRO Art Collection, SNS Reaal/NOG Art Collection, Collection Prints and Drawings Leiden University, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art (KOR), Erasmus Medical Center , Erasmus University, Rice Group Art Foundation (Hong Kong, CH), Ploum Lodder Princen, Ymere Art Collection, NN Group, State Art Museum Novosibirsk (RU), DOK Delft, Municipality of Rotterdam, Barendrecht and Eindhoven.

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