Iris Woutera de Jong

performance - soft sculptures - drawing - textile - video

The spatial work of Iris Woutera (1991) focuses on all the senses. Woutera's works are made around the human body. The sculptures act as a tool for connection. The essence of her work is kinetic; an interaction between the movement of the human body and sculptures, whereas the contrasting combinations of materials generate a physical tension.

The installations are carried out by performers or invite the spectator to participate. Woutera is intrigued by the tension between universal experience and individual perception. Her works makes the trials of contemporary life tangible, and therefore open for consideration.


Project, City Circles

Workshop

  • 01-02-2019 t/m 01-06-2019
  • In collaboration with: Design Academy Eindhoven, Wow.Amsterdam, Municipality of Amsterdam
  • Location: Wow.Amsterdam, Amsterdam
  • https://www.citycircles.nl

AIR, LekArt

Residencies / exchange

AIR, New and More

Residencies / exchange

Studio Artist, the HEM

Residencies / exchange

AIR, Wow.Amsterdam

Residencies / exchange

Nuit Blanche

Performance

  • 05-10-2019 t/m 05-10-2019
  • In collaboration with: curator Jean Max Colard (Centre Pompidou) and Nanda Janssen (NL embassy)
  • Location: Vincennes City Hall, Paris
  • Durative 'Looming' performance (4 hours) with approximately 1000 visitors.

'New Feminine', Dreef Expositions

Exhibition / presentation

World Exhibition 'Innovative costume of the XXI century: the next generation'

Exhibition / presentation

  • 04-06-2019 t/m 18-09-2019
  • Location: Historical museum, Moscow
  • An exhibition with Collective Loom and Deform photo works Fellow exhibitors Bart Hess and Ting Gong

Site specific group exhibition 'Formations', Prague Quadriennale

Performance

  • 06-06-2019 t/m 16-06-2019
  • In collaboration with: Prague Quadriennale, curators D.Chase Angier and Serge von Arx
  • Location: Industrial Palace,
  • Deform Amoibe performance
  • https://www.pq.cz

Performance route 'Issues - To Heal', Frascati Theater

Performance

  • 10-05-2019 t/m 10-05-2019
  • In collaboration with: Curator Heske van der Ende
  • Location: Frascati Theater, Amsterdam
  • Frascati Issues TO HEAL takes a closer look at the healing power of theatre, at a time when we are looking for meaning, soul cleansing, 'being' and (self) connection. During a week we step out of the constantly crowded head and connect with the body. Into the theater as a place of meeting, of transition and healing.
  • https://www.frascatitheater.nl

art RAI

Exhibition / presentation

  • 17-04-2019 t/m 22-04-2019
  • In collaboration with: WOW.Amsterdam
  • Location: RAI Amsterdam, Amsterdam
  • 'Looming in Nature' photo exhibition
  • http://www.kunstrai.nl

'The beauty one cometh', No Man's Art Gallery

Performance

  • 14-04-2019 t/m 14-04-2019
  • Location: No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam
  • Deform performance together with the exhibited work of Marilyn Sonneveld.
  • https://www.nomansart.com

Solo presentation - Palais de Tokyo

Group exhibition 'CBKamer'

Exhibition / presentation

  • 12-01-2019 t/m 28-02-2021
  • Location: CBK Amsterdam, Amsterdam
  • Deform video, installation and performance

Group exhibition 'The Garden Project', Art Rotterdam

  • In collaboration with: CBK Rotterdam/ Municipality of Rotterdam, curators Vladimir Radujkov and Milica Jovićević
  • Location: De Achtertuin, Rotterdam
  • Deform installation The Garden Project is a collection of Rotterdam artists, designers, and performers. It is a garden that transforms the location, De Achtertuin, into a space of artistic happening. The artworks will become entities that coexist in almost ecological and aesthetic balance.
  • https://www.facebook.com/thegardenprojectrotterdam/

'Prince Claus Awards'

Performance

  • 06-12-2021 t/m 06-12-2018
  • In collaboration with: Prince Claus Fund
  • Location: Palace on Dam Square, Amsterdam
  • Deform Reflect performance during the opening of the Prince Claus Awards
  • https://princeclausfund.org/awards

Acknowledgments

    Scholarship
  • Mondriaan Fund

  • 2020
    Scholarship
  • Culture and Entrepreneurship, Municipality of Amsterdam

  • 2019
    Scholarship
  • AFK

  • 2018
    Scholarship
  • Dream and Deed Foundation

  • 2021
    Publication
  • The Great Art Calendar

  • 2019
  • Calendar
  • Trichis - Trichis
    Publication
  • The Black Madonna and The Consolation

  • 2018
  • Book publication of a group exhibition
  • - Alette Pilon
    Publication
  • From historical clothing to contemporary costumes

  • 2020
  • Book publication
  • University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology - Katarina Nina Simončič