PRESS RELEASE
ERIK MATTIJSSEN's (Netherlands) personal exhibition Sleeping Beauty will be opened in Hobusepea gallery at 5pm on July 27, 2011.
Erik Mattijssen has graduated from Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam; since 1988 he has been working there as a lecturer. Since 2004, Mattijssen have been holding lectures and workshops as a visiting lecturer in various universities in the Netherlands, Ireland, Suriname, Belgium, Japan, Canada, Portugal, USA. In 2007 and 2010, he has been lecturing also in the Estonian Academy of Arts.
In his extremely large-format pastel drawings and assamblages, the artist reflects seemingly everyday environments that carry a special meaning for Mattijssen. Besides daily situations, associated emotions and meanings, he is also deeply intrigued by the objects recorded in those settings. The slightly somber and melancholy drawings mostly include portraits. The way the artist has depicted the selected objects and reflected the sense of care or careless towards them visualizes the habits and preferences of their owner, whether he exists or not.
Exhibition will be open until August 8, 2011.
Exhibition is supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tallinn.
Erik Mattijssen (1957)
Study:
1979 /1984 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Solo shows (since 2007):
2011 METIS-nl
2011 Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia, 'Sleeping Beauty'
2011 Foundation Obras, Evora, Portugal 'Estou so a ver', (with Jacobien de Rooij)
2009 METIS-nl Amsterdam 'Verwerkingstemperatuur'
2008 Galerie 10, Utrecht 'As much Darkness as Light', (double-solo with Gijs Assmann)
2007 METIS-nl Amsterdam 'Rural conditions - Plattelandsomstandigheden'
Groupshows (since 2007):
2011 Art Amsterdam, Galerie Metis-nl
2011 'All About Drawing, 100 Nederlandse kunstenaars', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
2011 'O schoon gebloemt' LUMC Leiden
2011 'Che Erupzione !', Galerie Lutz, Delft
2010 'PUSH', RC de Ruimte, Amsterdam
2010 'MiArt, Fiera Internazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2010 'Pescarart 2010', Museo d'Arte Moderna Vittoria Colonna, Pescara, Italy
2009 'Towing the line, Drawing space', White Box, New York, USA
2009 'Quantumvis V' de Service garage, RC de Ruimte
2009 'Selectie 09', CBK Dordrecht
2009 'Mijn hoofd, mijn wereld', Fort Nieuw Amsterdam, Paramaribo Suriname
2009 'In dit uitzicht', Drawing Centre Diepenheim, curator Arno Kramer
2008 'Season Starters', Galerie 10, Utrecht
2008 'Voorbij de laatste roos" rond Emily Dickinson, CBK Gelderland
2008 'Uit de Tijd' , de Service Garage, Amsterdam
2007 'Gelaagde Atmosferen', Galerie Jan van Hoof, 's Hertogenbosch
Lecturing (since 2007):
2012 – Nola Hatterman Art Academy, Paramaribo, Suriname
2011 - Design Academy, Eindhoven
2011 - Facultad de Bellas Artes. Universidad Computense de Madrid.
2011 - Universidade de Evora, Departemento de Artes Seccão de Artes Visuais, Portugal
2010 - Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 - Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada
2009 - Swarthmore, Philadelphia, USA
2009 - Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
2009 - Hiko Mizuno College for design, Tokyo, Japan
2009 - Sint Lukas, Antwerpen, België
2009 - Nola Hatterman Art Academy, Paramaribo, Suriname
2007 - Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Since 1988 – Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Other activities:
2009 - present; board member Lost and Found, Amsterdam
2009 - 2011; member of the jury of the Jeanne Oostingprijs
2007 - 2009; consultant Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
2007 - 2010; AanZet, member of the jury
2007 - LICHT, curator (with Roelien Plaatsman- ITEMS) , RCdeRuimte, IJmuiden
2006 - present; Kennedy Van der Laan, Amsterdam, art consultant
In collections:
Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Gemeente Amsterdam; Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Den Haag;
Kennedy Van der Laan, advocaten, Amsterdam; KPMG, Amsterdam; LUMC, Leiden; Intomart GFK, Hilversum; ABN AMRO, Amsterdam; NOG collectie van het SNS Reaal Fonds, Amsterdam; Nederlandsche Credietverzekerings Maatschappij, Amsterdam; AKZO Nobel, Arnhem; Van Lanschot Bankiers, ’s Hertogenbosch; Eneco, Rotterdam; HEDEN, den Haag; CVZ, Zorgverzekeringen, Amstelveen; CBK Rotterdam; CBK Amsterdam; CBK Groningen; CBK Dordrecht; Kemakeur, Arnhem; Universitair Medisch Centrum, Utrecht; Bouwfonds Nederlandse Gemeenten, Hoevelaken; Willem Arntz Stichting, Utrecht; The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ireland; Collectie Becht, Naarden.