Noel Deelen

conceptual

Noël Deelen (NL, 1984) is a multidisciplinary artist who playfully manipulates materials in the outdoor space, audiovisually and on canvas. In his visual language he adds new layers to existing representations of known images. The constant research into material and color is an inseparable part of his work, through which his workflow, movement and energy, make the art.
Its starting point is our childish fantasy, free from adult thoughts and ingrained ideas.
Fantasy is an important part of our development. We use it to create visual images in our heads, coming up with ideas without having to take into account the boundaries of the 'real' world. It stimulates our problem-solving capacity and helps to see situations from a different perspective; the basics of Noël's workflow.

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    • Flowers

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 01-08-2021 t/m 19-08-2021
    • In collaboration with: Kunstuitleen Rotterdam
    • Location: Goudsesingel, Rotterdam
    • Noël Deelen's new series Flowers consists of graphic collages, with a childlike slant due to their unambiguously recognizable visual language. Shown on canvases, vases and plaques, cast from epoxy. The basis for these collages is a combination of spray cans and acrylic paint, over which a paper image is placed. Unlike previous work, the undertone is now not only cartoonish and light-hearted, but has a dark twist.
    • https://kunstuitleenrotterdam.nl/spotlight-noel-deelen/

    badmenton

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 06-02-2019 t/m 09-02-2020
    • In collaboration with: Jelmer Konjo
    • Location: HAKA building, Rotterdam
    • Badmenton - BADMENTON [verb] Pronunciation: [betmenton] Design method in which a block of concrete is thrown over until it turns into the shape of a rock. The block is the core of this game between the artists Jelmer Konjo and Noël Deelen (Venour). Playfully, the two adjust the piece of concrete to their taste. They chop, saw and scrape as stones transform each other when started by an avalanche.

    Pow Wow Rotterdam Game Room

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 09-04-2020 t/m 13-05-2020
    • In collaboration with: Pow Wow Rotterdam
    • Location: Rotterdam South, Rotterdam
    • In collaboration with: Rewriters and Pow Wow Rotterdam The original idea was to make a couple of analog arcade type of games in combination with paintings so the visitor could play around in the space. Due to the covid rules we had to downscale it a little bit and settled creating a half court where if you make the shot you can win a print or shirt. Created in collaboration with Jelmer Konjo Curated by Nanne Boere.

    Cross Quay Mural

    Task

    • 02-11-2015
    • In collaboration with: West-Kruiskade Alliance and the Municipality of Rotterdam
    • Location: West-Kruiskade, Rotterdam
    • Noël Deelen has painted/sprayed portrait photos of passers-by on the West-Kruiskade on the building at the entrance of the well-known street in a cartoonist manner. The color of the faces has deliberately not been fleshed out and painted in black and white. The "West-Kruiskade real Rotterdam" logo was supplied by the West-Kruiskade Alliance.

    Dark Twisted Fantasy

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 05-06-2013 t/m 13-06-2013
    • In collaboration with: Venour
    • Location: Shell Tower, Rotterdam
    • Graphic designs on canvas represent a dark period from Deelen's life in several layers of paint and paper. In this exhibition he gives space to his 'dark twisted fantasy'. In a then empty Shell tower, 13 canvases were displayed and sold on the 13th floor.

    Acknowledgments

      Scholarship

    • Shanghai Art and Design

    • 2005
      Scholarship

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