Karin Bartels
Artist, Lives & works in the south of the Netherlands
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
2020
in development - Intuitive border Atlas Ballungsraum Venlo, research 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)
in development - Unlocking Potentiality, project, Fondation des États-Unis, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, Paris (FR)
in development - Trage Transformatie, 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
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
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)
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)
Publications • Media
2019
Publication, GNKK 2020, Periscope, Trichis (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
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)
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
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)
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)
Other professional activities
2019 • present Curator Visual Language & Video art, Limburg Film Festival, Venlo (NL)
2017 • present Visual Language & Video art, project group, Limburg Film Festival & filmtheater de Nieuwe Scene, Venlo (NL)
2019 Museum Guide, Guided tours focussed on the art historical context of their 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)
For a comprehensive CV please mail to karinbartels@gmail.com