Kamiel Verschuren

publieke ruimte - artistiek onderzoek - conceptueel - community - internationaal

Conceptual interdisciplinary artist focused on self-organization and the social urban environment with a broad international practice and; as a (landscape) designer, draftsman, (social) activist, organizer, curator, producer, initiator, teacher and urban advisor. (Co-) founder of foundation B.a.d, foundation NAC, Stedelinks010, Studio Pompstraat, iStrike foundation, ICU art projects, PanoramaZuid foundation and foundation Charlois a/h Water. Since 1991 closely involved in the urban and social development of Rotterdam South. Working for a longer period of time in Casablanca (Morocco), Budapest (Hungary), Sapporo (Japan) and recently in Douala (Cameroon).
Works on an individual basis as well as in a wide variety of collaborations with other people and organizations.

http://www.foundationbad.nl/wordpress/artists/
www.stichting-nac.nl
http://myafund-nac.blogspot.nl/
www.icuartprojects.com
www.Stedelinks010.nl
http://sapporo2.org - http://sapporo2.exblog.jp
http://www.collectifr.fr/productions/kamiel-verschuren
www.CharloisaanhetWater.nl

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    • Ecoduct Sociale / Station S'Sens

    Project

    • 16-06-2020 t/m 16-07-2025
    • In samenwerking met: Lucas Grandin (and Mladen Suknovic)
    • Locatie: Hauts de Saint-Aubin, Angers
    • S'Sens Station / Social Ecoduct with Mladen Suknovic, students and inhabitants of Hauts-de-Saint-Aubin On the invitation of the inhabitants, the artists created an artistic proposal to activate and socialize a space above the A11 motorway, a curious course, a reality-movie set, made up of wooden structures, roads still under construction and an abandoned station.

    Growing Space

    Project

    • 01-06-2020 t/m 31-12-2023
    • In samenwerking met: with Carmen José/Wilma Kun, supported by NAC foundation, CBK Rotterdam and Charlois Speciaal 2020
    • Locatie: Eelkmanstraat Wielewaal, Rotterdam
    • The aim of the project (in times of Corona) was to create an independent presentation space and to financially support artists. The project consists of a glass garden house/greenhouse, placed on a wooden platform and connected to the environment by 4 footpaths. The greenhouse is not accessible to visitors, but one can look inside and walk around it. Since July 2020 over 75 exhibitions been made.

    The Black Room#01

    Performance

    • 13-01-2024 t/m 10-02-2024
    • In samenwerking met: Galerie Espace Larith - Chambéry (FR)
    • Locatie: site specific, Chambéry
    • Quarantine stands for isolation, a separation from society. The artist recognizes a similar situation in the studio, in which he/she voluntarily isolates himself from the environment, to be free. The Black Room is a scale model of an exhibition space in which I lock myself up for a certain amount of time.

    More Lake City - X

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 17-09-2023 t/m 21-10-2023
    • In samenwerking met: Redaktion
    • Locatie: Redaktion - art space, Luzern (CH)
    • MoreLakeCity-X - unstable urban development model Futurological test-site Meerstad Groningen 2005-2025

    Retro-Perspective: Charlois-Saint-Dénis

    Project

    • 07-10-2023 t/m 26-11-2023
    • In samenwerking met: HCE Galerie
    • Locatie: HCE Galerie, Saint-Dénis
    • The exhibition Retro-Perspective; CHARLOIS > SAINT-DENIS by Kamiel Verschuren is both a reflection on the different art projects realized in Charlois (Rotterdam-NL) between 1991 and 2023, as it is intended to be an opening to think about projects and a possible artistic engagement to Saint-Denis in the future.

    Learning Exchange Residencies Newcastle - Rotterdam

    Residenties / uitwisseling

    • 01-10-2023 t/m 31-03-2024
    • In samenwerking met: Andrew Wilson - Marika Vandekraats
    • Locatie: Paviljoen aan het Water, Rotterdam
    • Learning Exchange Residencies Newcastle - Rotterdam Over a period of 6 months about 12 artists from Newcastle visit Rotterdam to learn and find collegues to exchange practises

    Erkenningen

      Stipendium

    • Start-stipendium Fonds BKVB Mondriaan Fonds

    • 1993
      Stipendium

    • Start-stipendium Fonds BKVB Mondriaan Fonds

    • 1994
      Stipendium

    • Basis-stipendium Fonds BKVB Mondriaan Fonds

    • 1996
      Stipendium

    • Projectsubsidie Fonds BKVB Mondriaan Fonds

    • 1997
      Stipendium

    • Projectsubsidie Fonds BKVB Mondriaan Fonds

    • 1999
      Stipendium

    • Basis-stipendium Mondriaan Fonds

    • 2004
      Stipendium

    • Projectsubsidie Mondriaan Fonds

    • 2004
      Stipendium

    • Projectsubsidie Mondriaan Fonds

    • 2010
      Stipendium

    • O/O-projectsubsidie CBK Rotterdam

    • 2013
      Prijs

    • 2nd prize: Best innovative financing models for the creative sector - NAC foundation

    • 2012
      Prijs

    • Art and Culture Prize Charlois

    • 2004
      Publicatie

    • Taal in kunst/Language in art

    • 2009
    • NewCanvas©PoetryandArt2004-2006 art manifestation for Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
    • Hoogland en Van Klaveren - Kamiel Verschuren with Roger Teeuwen
      Publicatie

    • Making Douala 2007-2013

    • 2013
    • Salon Urbain de Douala - international public art festival Douala Cameroon ©doual'art
    • ICU art projects - ICU art projects with Lucas Grandin and doual'art
      Publicatie

    • ... iets over/...something about

    • 2003
    • Something about Charlois/…iets over Charlois - public art manifestation Charlois Rotterdam 2001
    • self published - Kamiel Verschuren
      Publicatie

    • Public Art in Africa

    • 2017
    • art and urban transformations in Douala (Cameroon)
    • Metis Presses - Iolanda Pensa (and others)
      Publicatie

    • NEsTWORK activities during Manifesta 1/Blueprint

    • 1998
    • artists initiative NEsTWORK - Manifesta 1 Rotterdam 1996
    • Jeanne van Heeswijk Publishers - NEsTWORK
      Publicatie

    • The Weekand #0

    • 2010
    • art magazine Charlois and greater South
    • self published - Kamiel Verschuren with OONA
      Publicatie

    • Het Onbekende Verhaal of het verhaal dat nog niet geschreven is... [The Story Unknown or the story that is not yet written]

    • 2008
    • about the stories of the housing corporations in Pact op Zuid (developement plan for Rotterdam South)
    • self published - With students Willem de Kooning Academy for Fine Arts Rotterdam/dept. Editorial design, Lauran Schijvens and Peter Zuiderwijk
      Publicatie

    • ZAM ZAM

    • 2023
    • dichtbundel Stadsdichter Rotterdam Anne Vegter
    • Querido - Anne Vegter - Xandra Nibbeling - Kamiel Verschuren