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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 BEESEL

MUSEUM BEESEL

2024 Beesel

INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS MARKET

INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS MARKET

2022 De Bosberg Swalmen

INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS MARKET

INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS MARKET

2024 De Bosberg Swalmen

KERAMIEKKRING

KERAMIEKKRING

2024 Limburg

KLEI(N) GELUK

KLEI(N) GELUK

2022 Galerie Kempro Sterksel

ART IN FREEDOM

ART IN FREEDOM

2019 Eci Roermond

ODD GOES STRANGE

ODD GOES STRANGE

2019 museum Bommel van Dam

MANUFACTA

MANUFACTA

2019 De Domijnen Sittard

ARTWALK

ARTWALK

2019 Eigen Atelier Beesel

SOLO EXPO

SOLO EXPO

2019 Jochumhof Steijl

CLAY SYMPOSIUM

CLAY SYMPOSIUM

2019 Klokgebouw StrijpS Eindhoven

CERAMICS ON DISPLAY

CERAMICS ON DISPLAY

2018 Alden Biesen België

CERAMICS MARKET

CERAMICS MARKET

2018 De Bosberg Swalmen

ODD ART TROUTE

ODD ART TROUTE

2018 Bonnefanten kunstuitleen Venlo

ARTWALK

ARTWALK

2018 Studio Cindyheldens Beesel

STATUES IN GEES

STATUES IN GEES

2017 Galerie te Gees

TJURKURPA

TJURKURPA

2016 Freek en Cindy exposeren in Oude Raadhuis Beesel

TJURKURPA

TJURKURPA

2016 Freek en Cindy exposeren in Oude Raadhuis Beesel

EXPOSITION

EXPOSITION

2016 Franz Pjannerhuis Arcen

CERAMICS MARKET

CERAMICS MARKET

2016 De Bosberg Swalmen

CERAMICS AS ART

CERAMICS AS ART

2016 Museum Valkenburg

BEING A GUEST

BEING A GUEST

2015 Atelier van Eyk Duitsland

LOST AND FOUND

LOST AND FOUND

2015 Reuver

FLORIADE thema expo

FLORIADE thema expo

2012 Limburgs Museum Venlo

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