- Permanent exhibition in my own studio in Amsterdam, Netherlands You are welcome to come and see my work in reality. Send me an e-mail for an appointment. Or visit my website : www.engelinazandstra.nl |
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Past exhibitions
2011 Artists Haven Gallery - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A. 2011 International Fine Art Painting Competition, 4 - 30 juni 2011 2010 - Het Kunstbedriif, Raadhuisstraat 56a 2101 HH Heemstede 2010 - De Lange Litanie, Roeselare, België 2010 - Diaconessenhuis, Meppel 2010 - Galerie De Kleine Hoogstraat, Kleine Hoogstraat 14, 8911 HE Leeuwarden 2009 - Marziart International Gallery. Hamburg, Germany 2009 - Collective Exhibition by Selected Artists from the Netherlands Opera Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2008 - Het Kunstbedrijf, Heemstede 2008 - Galerie Oost 99, Hoorn 2008 - Open Atelierroute, Amsterdam-Noord 2003 - Galerie 'de Opsteker', Amsterdam 1999 - Galerie 66, Amsterdam 1999 - Galerie ‘de Opsteker’, Dorpskerk Durgerdam, Amsterdam 1998 - Presentatiecentrum 'Het Slakkenhuis', Soest 1998 - De Badcuyp, Amsterdam 1998 - Art Expo, Amsterdam 1998 - Galerie 'Tussen de poortjes', Hoorn 1997 - Galerie 'de Opsteker', Amsterdam l996 - Galerie 'A Vue', Maarssen 1996 - CLB (Sanquin), Amsterdam 1996 - Galerie 'Three of a kind', Amsterdam 1995 - Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam 1995 - Hogeschool Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1995 - Hogeschool Alkmaar, Alkmaar 1995 - Amsterdam Studio's, Amsterdam
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Landscapes of the mindBiography and style : I move toward an art of thought, that takes reality only as a starting point , never as the ultimate goal |
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| Engelina Zandstra is living in Bilthoven, Netherlands. She followed in Amsterdam many courses in the field of painting, etching, modelling and silk-screen painting. She also took private and group lessons with a visual artist, and did participate in various workshops in the painting and drawing area. Autodidact. During the last years she chiefly applies herself to painting, with acrylic paint on canvas. |
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CHARACTERIZATION OF MY WORK
My work can best be described as lyrical-abstract. Colour is very important for me : the alchemy of colour. This defines for me the atmosphere of a painting. Usually I work in many thin layers on top of each other. Each new layer gives inspiration for the following one, with new ideas. Because of the different layers and colours, the acrylic paint gets depth and character. In a figurative work, there are sometimes two or more human figures present. That symbolizes for me human relationships.
My work can best be described as lyrical-abstract. Colour is very important for me : the alchemy of colour. This defines for me the atmosphere of a painting. Usually I work in many thin layers on top of each other. Each new layer gives inspiration for the following one, with new ideas. Because of the different layers and colours, the acrylic paint gets depth and character. In a figurative work, there are sometimes two or more human figures present. That symbolizes for me human relationships.
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| Laws
underneath colour and shape there are laws a painting must fulfill an invisible framework proportions movement limitations one must be able to enter the painting and to leave it the arrangement of the forms is leading the phantasy via the unknown to the inner life
colour and form forged together with the laws shaped by the artist |
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