Petra Laaper

soft sculptures - installation - photography - body - performance

Petra Laaper's artistic practice combines the creation of textile sculptures and installations with a simplified version of performance art, captured in photography and stop-motion film.
With her sculptures she zooms in on a sensory experience. Her images sometimes manifest themselves as bodies in space; then again she tries out an object, it becomes an attribute for an action, recorded in photography. She shows simple shapes that are recognizable, but have no clear function and raise a question about their intention. Her work is an ongoing visual investigation into the body in space and what posture to adopt.

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    • ZiN ZiN

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 03-04-2022 t/m 12-06-2022
    • Location: Odapark, center for contemporary art, Venray
    • Petra Laaper and Mat van der Heijden are working together for the first time in ZiNZiN. They find themselves in a mutual appreciation for each other's work. The beauty and comfort that can be found in everyday life is expressed in this exhibition in a web of words and images. ZiNZiN is about removing all the frills, about simplicity and about wanting to learn things anew. An exhibition with tranquil poetry, patterns and puns. And also full of ZIN.
    • https://www.odapark.nl/tentoonstelling/item/170-zinzin

    THIS IS NOT AN ARTFAIR

    Exhibition / presentation

    KunstRAI Art Amsterdam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 20-05-2021 t/m 24-05-2021
    • In collaboration with: Contour Gallery
    • Location: Rai Amsterdam, Amsterdam
    • http://www.kunstrai.nl/

    A KOCSMA

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 27-11-2020 t/m 10-01-2021
    • Location: Space Travel Foundation, The Hague
    • The exhibition A KOCSMA shows the work of the artists who visited and worked in Pécsbagota between 2007 and 2020.

    Golden Light Green

    Exhibition / presentation

    AiR-Pecsbagota

    Residencies / exchange

    • 01-05-2019 t/m 31-05-2019
    • Location: AiR-Pecsbagota, Pecsbagota
    • In May 2019 I was a guest at AiR Pécsbagota. Since 2007, the residency, an initiative of visual artist Elizabeth de Vaal, has given visual artists the opportunity to work in the small Hungarian village for a month. I went there to recharge and find inspiration for new work for my solo at Contour Gallery in the fall of 2019.
    • https://nl-nl.facebook.com/AIRPecsbagota/

    Public Works Rottedam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 09-07-2020 t/m 09-08-2021
    • Location: through the city, Rotterdam

    Point-in-Time

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 14-09-2019 t/m 15-09-2019
    • In collaboration with: sundaymorning@EKWC
    • Location: Private Collection Contemporary Art & Design, Heusden

    Doubles - Doubles

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 01-12-2019 t/m 31-12-2019
    • Location: Moooi, Amsterdam

    Acknowledgments

      Scholarship

    • Fund BKVB - Amsterdam

    • 2001
      Scholarship

    • Project subsidy - CBK Rotterdam

    • 1999
      Collection

    • Various private collections

    • 2020, the Netherlands
      Collection

    • Rotterdam Business School

    • 2012, Rotterdam
      Collection

    • Kunstuitleen Rotterdam

    • 2008, Rotterdam
      Publication

    • 2021- Large Dutch Art Calendar

    • 2021
    • Trichis Publishing - Kraaij Office
      Publication

    • 2019 - Lycra and Gold Shine

    • 2019
    • Text - Sandra Smets
      Publication

    • 2013 - Flipbook 'Red-Blue-Red'

    • 2013
    • publication
    • Own edition - Petra Laaper
      Publication

    • 2013 - Rotterdam art calendar

    • 2013
    • Trichis Publishing - Kraaij Office
      Publication

    • 2012 - Humor at the heart of Wireless, Eindhovens Dagblad, 30/4/2012

    • 2012
    • review
    • Eindhovens Dagblad - Peter Borgers
      Publication

    • 2006 - Museum Van Nagsael, (11 years, 132 exhibitions)

    • 2006
    • publication
    • Museum of Nagsael // Veenman Publishers - Rolf Engelen and Silvia B.
      Publication

    • A puzzle you don't have to solve

    • 2022
    • review
    • Salt Magazine 5|2022 - Anneke van Wolfswinkel
      Publication

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