CERAMIST - VISUAL ARTIST
When I was 12, I moved from Australia to the Netherlands. Finding my way in a completely new country had a profound impact on my life. In 1989, after various wanderings, I decided to settle in the Limburg village of Beesel.
There I discovered the ceramic industry, which was in full bloom at the time. It felt like coming home to me and it was a natural choice to start working with clay, something in which I had always had a passion. I followed an apprenticeship programme and completed a technical course in fine ceramics in Gouda. In 1991, I moved to a listed building in the village centre of Beesel, where I both live and work.
With each new piece or commission, I strive for innovation and use both old and contemporary techniques to achieve the desired result. Life leaves traces, just as I leave my traces in the clay. A trace is a path to something familiar, but also to something new.
CAREER
2023 - present
Curator of the Museum Bessel Foundation
2021 - present
Ceramics specialist Atelier Galerie Kempro
2017 - 2020
Lecturer ceramic techniques BKT Eindhoven
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2010 - 2017
Board member www.keramiekkringlimburg.nl
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2016 - 2018
Working at the Bonnenfanten Kunstuitleen
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2010 - 2016
Teacher and coordinator workshop / workshop Ceramic Center De Tiendschuur
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2008 - 2010
Lecturer Ceramics Arts Center Venlo
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1996 - 2016
Member NVK (Dutch Department of Ceramics)
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1994 - present
Independently established ceramist/artist
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1993 - 1994
Entrepreneurial training / middle class diploma
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1990 - 1993
Internship and working at various ceramic companies in Beesel
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1990 - 1993
Fine ceramic techniques training MTS Gouda
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1987 - 1990
Working in potteries and catering in the Netherlands, Canada and Australia
EXHIBITIONS - MEDIA - MARKETS
![]() MUSEUM BEESEL2024 Beesel | ![]() INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS MARKET2022 De Bosberg Swalmen | ![]() INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS MARKET2024 De Bosberg Swalmen | ![]() KERAMIEKKRING2024 Limburg | ![]() KLEI(N) GELUK2022 Galerie Kempro Sterksel |
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![]() ART IN FREEDOM2019 Eci Roermond | ![]() ODD GOES STRANGE2019 museum Bommel van Dam | ![]() MANUFACTA2019 De Domijnen Sittard | ![]() ARTWALK2019 Eigen Atelier Beesel | ![]() SOLO EXPO2019 Jochumhof Steijl |
![]() CLAY SYMPOSIUM2019 Klokgebouw StrijpS Eindhoven | ![]() CERAMICS ON DISPLAY2018 Alden Biesen België | ![]() CERAMICS MARKET2018 De Bosberg Swalmen | ![]() ODD ART TROUTE2018 Bonnefanten kunstuitleen Venlo | ![]() ARTWALK2018 Studio Cindyheldens Beesel |
![]() STATUES IN GEES2017 Galerie te Gees | ![]() TJURKURPA2016 Freek en Cindy exposeren in Oude Raadhuis Beesel | ![]() TJURKURPA2016 Freek en Cindy exposeren in Oude Raadhuis Beesel | ![]() EXPOSITION2016 Franz Pjannerhuis Arcen | ![]() CERAMICS MARKET2016 De Bosberg Swalmen |
![]() CERAMICS AS ART2016 Museum Valkenburg | ![]() BEING A GUEST2015 Atelier van Eyk Duitsland | ![]() LOST AND FOUND2015 Reuver | ![]() FLORIADE thema expo2012 Limburgs Museum Venlo |