Magdeleen van Eersel
Visual Artist
Curriculum
Exhibitions
Solo
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2024: "Hope Sign", in "Ik Geef Je Mijn Raam" ("I'll Give You My Window"), Vlissingen
2020: "I Nearly Flew!", dream inspired drawings, Huis der Zotheid, Rotterdam
2016: "Vreemd Volk" (Strange Folk), embroideries from the series The Anatomy Of Angels, Mon Capitaine, Middelburg (see review in publicity)
2012: "Blocks of Colored Wax", site specific installation, Mon Capitaine, Middelburg
2009: "MMXVI/In Festis Sancta Maria Magdalenae", Interactive, site inspired sound installation, Grote of
Maria Magdalenakerk, Goes
2003: "Endimions", Murals & objects in Fort Rammekens, Ritthem
2001: "Installation", Chapel of St.Maarten, Hoogelande (near Middelburg). (See newspaper clipping
Group
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2023: - EEJ! 24 HUBSA art houses in an art street in Goes-Oost, Goes, The Netherlands
2022: - Hoogtij Festival, Groede, The Netherlands
- Boulevard van de Verbeelding, Terneuzen, The Netherlands
2021: - "Boulevard van Schoonheid en Troost" (Boulevard of Beauty and Comfort), Goes, Middelburg,
Terneuzen
2020: - "En Er Was Licht" - Galerie PLAY room, Zaandam
- "Laat Waaien - Laat Zien" - flag-art project by #Loods32, Goes
2019: - "Art Kattendijke"- Kattendijke
- "Een Bunder Kunst"- 's-Heer Arendskerke
2018: - "Geef het een plek"- Middelburg
2017: - "Pink! Kattendijke" - Kattendijke
- "Kijk, daar beweegt iets! (achter de gerania)" - an art tour through Middelburg
2016: - "Een Bunder Letteren", Een Bunder Kunst, 's-Heer Arendskerke
2015: - "Duchamp & Co." - Mon Capitaine, Middelburg
- "Lasloods Kunstfestival", Lasloods, Vlissingen
2014: - "De Kennismaking" - W45, Goes (see review in publicity)
2013: - "Lichtroute", part of the Wonderstroom Festival, Vlissingen. A site-adapted installation of my series
"The Anatomy of Angels"
2012: - "Into A Whirlpool Vortex" - Museum Le Secet, Goes
2011: - "LICHT!" - Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (see review in publicity)
2010: - "Liefde in de Kunst", van Museum Le Secet in exporuimte P.Art of your Life, Zwolle
2006: - "Artstore - the Rotterdam Art Embassy", Groothandelsgebouw, Rotterdam.
2005: - "De Nachten van het Licht" (The Nights of Light), Kanaal 10, Amsterdam.
2004: - "De KunstCamping", Heeswijk: wooden, house-shaped object titled "Evagations, [het wegdwalen]" (Wandering Off).
- Kinderboekenweek, Bookshop De Drvkkerij in Middelburg. : "Dag Licht!", Villa Zebra, Rotterdam.
2003: - Café De Twijfelaar, Rotterdam: collages.
- "Week van de Zee", Hoek van Holland: photo collages.
2002: - "Gedroogde Haven" (Dried Harbour) in Schokland: soundscape "De Sirenen van Schokland" (The Sirens of Schokland).
- "De Week van de Zee" (The Week of the Sea), Hoek van Holland: installation around soundscape
"De Sirenen van Schokland" in the former public baths building.
- "September in Rotterdam/Rotterdams Fabrikaat", Rotterdam: brochure titled "Natuurgebied
Gouverne" (The Gouverne Nature Reserve)
Work in progress / development
- since 2005: The Anatomy of Angels. A series of images embroidered in white yarn on a black background,
lit with UV-light. So far, seven of what will be ten or twelve images in total have been
completed.
Performances
2019: - Performance as Fortune Singer Aiuóla, a blend of theatre, music and performance art, during
Duurzaamheidsfestival ZLND2050, Middelburg
2015: - Performances as Fortune Singer Aiuóla during the festivals ScheldeJazz Terneuzen, and
Stadsfeesten Middelburg
2014: - Performance as Fortune Singer Aiuóla festival Onderstroom, Vlissingen
1999: - "Hildegard in de Tunnel", a performance in a heavily used traffic tunnel in 's-Hertogenbosch,
presenting three women singing music by medeaeval composer Hildegard von Bingen.
Other activities
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2024: - Participation in the art route Kunst in Veere
2023: - Participation in Art Rotterdam '23 via De Aanschouw; please visit this link on Instagram for pictures.
- Illustraties bij gedichten van Aschwin van den Abeele, voor Zeeuws literair tijdschrift De Baaierd
2022: - Teaching a workshop painting on crockery to (mostly) children, a collaboration with Iris van 't
Bosch
2021: - Artist's residency and exhibition at AITW-HUBSA-AIR#2, at the invitation of André Smits
(www.artistintheworld.com) and Monika Dahlberg, Goes
2020: - Member of the jury for Kunstbende Zeeland (kunstbende is a Dutch cultural competition for
children between ages 13-18)
2019: - Participation in "De Veste Verlicht Goud", Goes
2015: - Participation in performance/singing-workshop led by artist Cally Spooner
2011: - Participation in Toine Horvers' performance "Zeetijding" in Maassluis
2010: - Added work to the Brooklyn Art Library INC, New York City, USA
2002: - Documentational photography for Galerie Bruce, Rotterdam.
2000: - Rotterdam Central Station: artistic promotional window display for Theater Bonheur, Rotterdam.
- Various artistic contributions to the theater shows Serendipity 6, Serendipity 9 en Serendipity 10,
staged by Theater Bonheur, Rotterdam
Education
1998-2000 : Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten St.Joost te Breda, continued "Sculpture"
1996-1998 : Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving 's-Hertogenbosch, specialisation: "Sculpture"
1991-1995 : Universiteit Utrecht: General Linguistics, English language/literature