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Karin Bartels​ Artist & Educator • based in Maastricht (NL)

Education

2020 • 2022  Bachelor of Education (BEd), Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht (NL)

                     Fine Art and Design in Education

2014  2017  IHEAP Institut des hautes études en arts plastiques/ENDA Ecole nationale d’art, Paris (FR)

                    Session X : « Soustraire » 

2008 2013  Bachelor of Design (BDes), Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
                     2010
2013 Jewellery | 2011 • 
2013 Live Works | 2009 • 2010 Fashion | 2008 • 2009 Fine Art

2004 2008  MBO diploma Graphic Design, De Eindhovenseschool, Eindhoven (NL)

                    (Senior Secondary Vocational Education)

2002 2004  MBO certificate Social Cultural Work (SCW) ROC, Eindhoven (NL)

                    (Senior Secondary Vocational Education)


 

Exhibitions • Projects

 

In development 

Unlocking Potentiality, project, Fondation des États-Unis, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, Paris (FR)

A Trip To The Moon A Moon To The Trip II, artistic research - video, Maastricht (NL)

2022

Ouvroir | Faire Avancer Le Schmilblique, (artistic) research - education project - installation, The Beginning exhibition, Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht (NL)

A Trip To The Moon A Moon To The Trip, artistic research - video, The Beginning exhibition, Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht (NL)

Ouvroir | Faire Avancer Le Schmilblique, (artistic) research - education project, Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht (NL)

2021

Intuitive border Atlas Ballungsraum Venlo, (artistic) research/education project, in collaboration with Fontys Lectoraat Cross-border Business Development, Provincie Limburg, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Valuascollege, Venlo Partners and Europaschule Rheinberg, Venlo - Euregion (NL/DE)

A Trip to the Moon A Moon to the Trip, artistic research - video, Research studio [art]ificial intelligence, iArts, research centre of Technology Driven Art, research centre for Arts Autonomy and the Public Sphere, Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht (NL)

Black Box Testing A Tomato that tastes like a melon/lemon and sounds like an apple, artistic research, Research studio [art]ificial intelligence, iArts, research centre of Technology Driven Art, research centre for Arts Autonomy and the Public Sphere, Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht (NL)

OVERLOAD..., video, Research studio [art]ificial intelligence, iArts, research centre of Technology Driven Art, research centre for Arts Autonomy and the Public Sphere, Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht (NL)

2020

Intuitive border Atlas Ballungsraum Venlo, research and education project, with Fontys Lectoraat Cross-border Business Development, Provincie Limburg, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Valuascollege, Venlo Partners and Europaschule Rheinberg, Venlo - Euregion (NL/DE)

ATLAS/ARCHIVE | Reflecting on humans in choreographed and bordered spaces through (art)historic images in times of a pandemic. [in attempt to reimagine the future], Zeen (NL)

Aansporing 8, onderdeel 3  Oproep voor deelname aan een Bloembardement, piece, collaboration with writer Wim Moorman, Cultura Venray, Venray (NL)

2019

Bedevaart naar de vindplaats van verloren voorwerpen, performative walk, Once upon a town, Bureau Europa, Maastricht (NL)

Artikel 9  Raam- en vensterbankdecoratie, piece, collaboration with writer Wim Moorman, Cultura Venray, Venray (NL)

Zelfde dag  Zelfde tijd  Zelfde bankje, piece, collaboration with writer Wim Moorman, Cultura Venray, Venray (NL)

Venray  Donderdag 17 oktober 2019 14.44 u, piece, collaboration with writer Wim Moorman, Cultura Venray, Venray (NL)

Confetto | trouvé joué assemblé, group exhibition Amuse, Venlo (NL)

2018

Intuïtieve Atlas van Venlo, periscope & postcard vending machine, exhibition public space, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Huiskamer Bios, collaboration with Museum van Bommel van Dam, filmtheatre de Nieuwe Scene, director Tanja Nabben, Vastenavondkamp & Genooi, Venlo (NL)

Vastenavond Bankjes Festival, in collaboration with Museum van Bommel van Dam, Vastenavondkamp, Venlo (NL)

Intuïtieve Atlas van Venlo, project, Circular Art Lab Limburg - CALL#2 Gezonde Woningmarkt, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

ODD route, Vastenavondkamp, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

2017

Tapisserie d’Entre Nous / Als alle vrijwilligers een dag zouden staken..., exhibition, Frederiksoord (NL)

Bijoux Bijoue Bijeux, intervention in public space / le service des objets trouvés, Paris (FR)

Jardessin Du Luxe, édition expérimentale, public space, Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris (FR)

 

2016

Punctum de Vue, exhibition, collective «SOUSTRAIRE» 15 propositions chorales, Musée d’art contemporain du Val de Marne - Mac/Val, Vitry-sur-Seine (FR)

Punctum de Vue, artistic research part of the collective «SOUSTRAIRE», Centre de documentation, Musée d’art contemporain du Val de Marne - Mac/Val, Vitry-sur-Seine (FR)

Sur ton répondeur, video, Bring Your Own Beamer (BYOB), Jan van Eyck Academie, Museumnacht Maastricht, Maastricht (NL)

 

2015

Pelouse interdite, Solo exhibition, Harriet Hale Woolley Gallery, Paris (FR)

Radicalité, Manipulation et Hering im Pelzmantel, collective «SOUSTRAIRE», Atelier Nº 20, Paris (FR)

Voices from within, video, collaboration with saxophonist Jacob Kopcienski, Spectacle, Grand Salon, Fondation des États-Unis, CIUP, Paris (FR)

Chance Encounters | a Gesture, an Object, a Décor., Chantiers D’europe, Transhumances Lab, Atelier 505, Fondation des États-Unis, CIUP, Paris (FR)

Pelouse interdite, exhibition, Fête De La Cité, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, FEU, Paris (FR)

 

2014

À la recherche du broche perdu, project, public space, Paris, (FR)

Gipsverband in Kant, artist talk at VieCuri Matinee, Museum van Bommel van Dam and VieCuri, Venlo (NL)

Gipsverband in Kant, project, Museum in bedrijf, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

 

2013

Chance Encounters | a Gesture, an Object, a Décor., artist talk, (S)elected - Gerrit Rietveld Awards Show, Sunday Salon, Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam (NL)

Chance Encounters | a Gesture, an Object, a Décor., exhibition, (S)elected - Gerrit Rietveld Awards Show, Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam (NL)

Chance Encounters | a Gesture, an Object, a Décor., Rietveld Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)

 

2011

Lost & Found, jewellery performance, SIERAAD International Jewellery Art Fair, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam (NL),

Lost & Found, jewellery performance, B-side Down Town Art Jewellery Festival, Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam (NL)

Lost & Found, jewellery performance, Rietveld Uncut - “The Living Object”, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)

 

2010

Looks from the collection NO, Róisín and Vive la fille, Rietveld Fashion Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)

 

2009.

Sweatshop, fashion performance, Rietveld Uncut, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)​​

Residencies

2018 Intuïtieve Atlas van Venlo, CALL#2 Museum van Bommel van Dam, Vastenavondkamp/ Op de Heide/ Genooi, Venlo (NL)

2017 Basiskamp Entre-Nous, Een humanitaire missie in eigen land, Frederiksoord (NL)

2014 2017 Fondation des États-Unis, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, Paris (FR

2012  2013 Heesterveld Creative Community - HCC, Amsterdam-Zuidoost, (NL)

Grants • Nominee

2022 Nominee Henriette Hustinx prize, Ouvroir | Faire Avancer Le Schmilblique, (artistic) research - education - installationMaastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht (NL)

2014  2016 Fellow Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds

2014  2016 Fellow VSBfonds​​​

2013 GRA Awards, Thesis Nominee, “Chance Encounters | a Gesture, an Object, a Décor.”, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)​

Lecture • Presentation • Teaching

2022 • 2023

Teaching, Art in Context in collaboration with Chrisje Sieben, Fine Art and Design in Education, Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht (NL

Teaching, Art history, Valuascollege, Venlo (NL)

2021

Teaching, Art, Crafts and Design, Valuascollege, Venlo (NL)

Presentation, Intuitive border Atlas Ballungsraum Venlo, research/education project, in collaboration with Fontys Lectoraat Cross-border Business Development, Provincie Limburg, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Valuascollege, Venlo Partners and Europaschule Rheinberg, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Guest teacher, Intuitive border Atlas Ballungsraum Venlo, Fontys International Business School, Valuascollege, Europaschule Rheinberg, Venlo - Euregion (NL/DE)

Guest teacher, workshops, Cleverland.eu, Euregion (NL/DE)

Guest teacher, preparatory course Art Academy, Kunstencentrum, Venlo (NL)

Guest teacher, workshop Gif! • Play! videovormgeving, Valuascollege, Venlo (NL)

2020

Guest teacher, Intuitive border Atlas Ballungsraum Venlo, Fontys International Business School, Valuascollege, Europaschule Rheinberg, Venlo - Euregion (NL/DE)

2019 

Presentation, Lokaal C & Fontys Pabo, public space, Venlo (NL)

Presentation, Kunstenaarsplatform Zeen, Horst (NL)

Presentation, Intuïtieve Atlas van Venlo, Antares , Venlo (NL) 

Guest teacher, paperworks, Valuascollege, Venlo (NL)

Guest teacher, contemporary jewellery, Topklas Kunst Valuascollege, Venlo (NL)

Lecture, VenloLezing Inspirerend Betoog, City hall, Venlo (NL)    www.venlolezing.nl

Presentation, Intuïtieve Atlas van Venlo, Antares Academy, Venlo (NL) 

Guest teacher, preparatory course Art Academy, Kunstencentrum, Venlo (NL)

2018 

Presentation & panel member, Intuïtieve Atlas, Symposium Circular Art Lab Limburg (CALL), Domani, Venlo (NL)

Lecture, Intuïtieve Atlas, Museum van Bommel van Dam & Destination Unknown, Venlo (NL)

Guest teacher, Valuascollege, Venlo (NL)

Guest teacher, de Poëzie van Ruimte workshop series, Topklas Kunst Valuascollege, Venlo (NL)

Other professional activities


2022  present After school (art) activities, BSO de Boomhut, Maastricht (NL)
2021 
• 2022 
Museum Guide, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

2019 • 2020 Curator Visual Language & Video art, Limburg Film Festival, Venlo (NL)

2019  Museum Guide, Guided tours focussed on the art historical context of a temporary exhibition, Limburgs Museum Venlo (NL)

2015  2016 Embassy of the Netherlands, department of culture and communication, based at Atelier Néerlandais, Paris (FR)

Atelier Néerlandais is a platform of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Paris for art, design and creative industries.

2012 Intern, artist and designer Maria Blaisse, Amsterdam (NL)

Internships • Volunteer activities

2021 2022 Gardening (urban agriculture • community garden), Stadstuinderij, Venlo (NL)
2017 
2022 Visual Language & Video art, project group, Limburg Film Festival & filmtheater de Nieuwe Scene, Venlo (NL)

2014 Young Ambassador, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

2012 Intern at artist and designer Maria Blaisse, Amsterdam (NL)

Publications • Media

2022

Video, Karin Bartels (alumna Docent Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving, 2022) Genomineerd voor de Henriette Hustinxprijs 2022 

Video, Karin Bartels, Maastricht Institute of Arts 2022 

2021

Article, “Jongeren zijn zich bewust geworden van hun eigen grensgedrag in de grensregio”, AHA24x7 (NL/DE)

Article, Grensoverschrijdend veldonderzoek: de gebaande paden verlaten op weg naar nieuwe inzichten, AHA24x7 (NL/DE)

2020

Publication MegaZeen, ATLAS/ARCHIVE | Reflecting on humans in choreographed and bordered spaces through (art)historic images in times of a pandemic. [in attempt to reimagine the future], Zeen (NL)

2019

Publication, GNKK 2020, Periscope, Trichis (NL)

Publication, Venlo Calling | Naar een nieuwe maatschappelijke rol van het museum, Circular Art Lab Limburg (CALL), Museum van Bommel van Dam (NL)

Program, Bedevaart naar de vindplaats van verloren voorwerpen, Once Upon a town Storytelling Festival, Maastricht (NL)

Article, Beste Venlonaren, gedraag u vaker als tuimelkruid, Dagblad de Limburger (NL)

Article, Intuïtieve Atlas van Venlo reist door, Venlo Nieuws (NL)

Article, Intuïtieve Atlas van Venlo met periscoop te bekijken, Dagblad de Limburger (NL)

Clippings, Venlolezing, Various media (NL)

Event, Kunstenares Karin Bartels geeft Venlolezing 2019, Omroep Venlo (NL)

Article, Kunstenaar Karin Bartels geeft Venlolezing, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

 

2018 

Text, Intuïtieve Atlas Venlo, Een uniek inkijkje in verschillende wijken in Venlo, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Interview, CALL #2 - oplossing #4 - Van hartje Parijs naar het Vastenavondkamp, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Event, Lezing Museum tijdens Destination Unknown, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL) 

Interview, CALL #2: Terugblik Op de Heide, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Interview, CALL #2: Terugblik Vastenavondkamp, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Event, Huiskamerbios, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Article, Kunstenares woont in drie wijken voor kunstwerk, Omroep Venlo (NL)

Video, Opera en wijkkunstenaar in UIT! Omroep Venlo (NL)

Radio Interview, Radio Sur Place 735 Karin Bartels, CALL#2 Circular Art Lab Limburg, Omroep Venlo (NL)

Article, Kunstenaar Karin Bartels neemt intrek in Vastenavondkamp, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Text, Kunstenaars denken na over problemen in de stad, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Article, Subjectieve Atlas Venlo in de maak, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Clippings, CALL#2 Intuitive Atlas van Venlo, Various media (NL)

2017

Tekst, Geselecteerde CALL#2 bekend, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)

Blog, Service Telegram 03 And 04 - The Soldier As An Artist, The Artist As A Soldier by Richtje Reinsma, Mister Motley (NL)

2016 

MACVAL, SOUSTRAIRE 15 propositions chorales pour le MAC VAL (Punctum de Vue), Mac Val, Vitry-sur-Seine (FR)

Publication, MACVAL 2016/2017 SOUSTRAIRE 15 propositions chorales pour le MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine (FR)

2015

Publication, Museum in Bedrijf; Interview and documentation of the project Gipsverband in Kant, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)
Article, Solo exhibition Pelouse interdite, Harriet Hale Woolley Gallery, Paris (FR)

Dossier pédagogique, Pelouse interdite by Léa Giacomelli, Harriet Hale Woolley Gallery, Paris (FR)

Tekst, Voices from within, video, collaboration with saxophonist Jacob Kopcienski, Spectacle, Grand Salon, Fondation des États-Unis, CIUP, Paris (FR)

2014 

Article, Gipsverband in kant “Plaster cast in lace”, Museum van Bommel van Dam (NL)

Article, Maakt kunst beter? Kunstenaar Karin Bartels op de gipspoli, Museum van Bommel van Dam (NL) 

2013

Publication, (S)elected Catalog 2013 - Gerrit Rietveld Awards Show, p.4 (Chance Encounters | a Gesture, an Object, a Decor.)

Documentation, Selected Sunday Salon Gerrit Rietveld Awards Show, Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam (NL)

Documentation, GRA Awards 2013, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)

Lecture, The Lasting Lure of New Strategies in Jewelery by Art historian Liesbeth den Besten, discussing the project Chance Encounters | a Gesture, an Object, a Decor. Seminar Mapping Contemporary Craft Theories, HDK, Gothenburg (SE)
Lecture, Dissolve and Disseminate! A discussion on contemporary jewelry that walks, talks and pickets by Art historian Liesbeth den Besten, discussing the project

Chance Encounters | a Gesture, an Object, a Decor. , Contemporary Jewelery in Perspective, CCA California College of Arts, Oakland (USA)
Lecture, Le Bijou Contemporain, Cul-de-Sac or Mer à Boire? by Art historian Liesbeth den Besten, discussing the project Chance Encounters | a Gesture, an Object, a Decor. Circuits Bijoux, Ateliers d’Art de France, Galerie Collection, Paris (FR)

Thesis, Chance Encounters | a Gesture, an Object, a Decor by Karin Bartels, Thesis advisor Alena Alexandrova, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)

For a comprehensive CV please mail to karinbartels@gmail.com

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