Evelien de Bruijn

glass art - man - collage - painting

My work revolves around human life, my life. I research how family relationships, heredity, but also external factors influence our personality. I visualize my constant internal struggle and my need to look inside other people, understand them and connect with them. In recent years I have studied women's history through matrilineal pedigree research. This led to the portrait series Forgotten Forefathers. My work is personal and vulnerable. Because of my background as an architect, I like to work with different materials and structures. Glass in particular has my fascination. In the vulnerability of glass, I see the vulnerability of people. I also see the hardness, color and reflection. With the sensory properties of the material, I visualize our stories, our emotions, struggles and euphoria.

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    • Guest on Infinite Women Podcast

    Reading

    • 24-07-2023 t/m 24-07-2023
    • Location: International, Melbourne
    • The Infinite Women Podcast is an American-Australian podcast that focuses on the stories and achievements of forgotten women in history. We talked about the importance of accurate documentation of women's lives. Because women were under the tutelage of their husbands, much less was recorded in history about their activities. When you dig further, sometimes you can find it. This information regularly paints a different picture than the population registers indicate.
    • https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/infinite-women/episodes/Evelien-de-Bruijn-and-the-value-of-documentation-e26mp9g/a-aa3nord

    Forgotten Foremothers

    Project

    • 19-06-2020 t/m 30-06-2024
    • In collaboration with: Objects on loan from Museum Vekemans and the Brabant Mutsen and Poffer Museum
    • Location: Kunstzaal Dommeldal, Oude Raadhuys Beek en Donk, Mierlo, Beek en Donk
    • A series of new portraits in which I search for our foremothers with the help of other women from my family. Based on archival research and family stories, I look for our connection with these foremothers. These women appear to have 450 years of history in Peel. Is there a connection between their lives and ours? Can we regain a piece of this lost identity? The portraits are exhibited at two locations in Peel.
    • https://www.delampion.com/post/waarom-ik-mijn-vergeten-voormoeders-heb-onderzocht

    Lux group exhibition

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 10-11-2023 t/m 27-01-2024
    • Location: Kobalt & co, Zaagmolendrift 35, 3036 JX Rotterdam, Rotterdam
    • LUX: from Dark to Light is a theme exhibition with 11 artists: Brighart, Christy de Witt, Diana van Wijk, Ed Schaap, Evelien de Bruijn, Hijmen van Keulen, Juffrouw Springtouw, Marycarmen Villacaña, Nathan van der Veer, Pieter van Dijen and Tamara van Wagensveld. They were all inspired by the theme 'LUX: from Dark to Light', in their own unique way.
    • www.kobaltenco.nl

    Exhibition Gallery Marziart

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 22-04-2022 t/m 17-05-2022
    • Location: Galerie Marziart, Hamburg
    • Exhibition of self-portraits and portraits of my deceased godmother Ini. She was a 'real' artist. Do I have to imitate her to be seen as a 'real' artist? My struggles against hers.
    • https://marziart.com/

    Light and dark

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 17-01-2022 t/m 10-04-2022
    • In collaboration with: De Compagnie, Master-Glass Platform
    • Location: Noordkade, Veghel
    • Exhibition, together with fellow flat glass artists from Master-Glass, of three of my glass-light artworks in concrete silos, including the self-portrait 'Trying to fit in'.
    • https://decompagnie.art/

    Public works

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 04-07-2021 t/m 18-07-2021
    • Location:, Rotterdam
    • The poster shows a detail of one of my self-portraits from the series: 'Me and Mr. Anxiety'
    • https://publiekewerkenrotterdam.nl/

    National Workshop Weekend

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 26-06-2021 t/m 27-06-2021
    • Location: Tollensstraat 3, Rotterdam

    Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize online exhibition of excellent works

    Exhibition / presentation

    Art route Baarn

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 01-11-2020 t/m 15-11-2020
    • In collaboration with: the Movement Artists
    • Location: Baarn City Hall, Baarn
    • Window exhibition in the town hall of Baarn.

    See you at art

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 01-06-2020 t/m 01-07-2020
    • Location: De Hallen, Amsterdam
    • Group exhibition about the search for identity
    • www.seeyouatart.nl

    See you at art

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 09-11-2019 t/m 09-11-2019
    • Location: De Hallen, Amsterdam
    • Group exhibition about the changing city
    • www.seeyouatart.nl

    Art route Kralingen Crooswijk

    Exhibition / presentation

    Exhibition In the Making Business

    Exhibition / presentation

    Spring Creek

    Task

    Tree of Life

    Task

    • 01-01-2017 t/m 01-06-2017
    • In collaboration with: OBN
    • Location: OBN Funeral Home, Nieuwleusen
    • For the funeral home of the OBN in Nieuwleusen I made an appliqué inspired by the growth rings of a tree. This tree has different colors and cracks, which represent life stages – such as adolescence or a beautiful journey and events such as marriage and birth. But also for sad moments, when you have to say goodbye to a loved one.
    • https://www.delampion.com/tree-of-life

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