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Sounds of Itoshima / 糸島の音 Recorded in April 2024 during Artist in Residence at Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan 2024年4月、糸島市のスタジオ蔵でのアーティスト・イン・レジデンス中に録音しました。 
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2023 throwback: exhibitions and artworks I have made in the past year. ExhibitionsIn 2023 I participated in two group shows and organized one large solo exhibition of my work: an overview exhibition of all my works from 2018-2023. 1. Solo exhibition Colourful Art on Paper: Philo Ouweleen May 13 – June 4 2023 Opening: Saturday May 13: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: Galerie de Stoker, Amsterdam This solo exhibition was the largest overview of my art on display to date, with over 40 works. I received financial support from Fonds voor West and also collaborated with a lot of other artists and creatives. You can read more about the exhibition, workshop program and all collaborations in the expo blog: 2. Group summer exhibition 1 juli tot en met 1 september 2023 Zomersalon van Atelier Open in kunstenaarscafé Eijlders. Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 47 , Amsterdam. Een diverse groep kunstenaars toonde elk één werk. Ik exposeerde het schilderij 'Ferocious tiger'.   3. Group exhibition 'Visitekaartjes' at Galerie Paterswolde 22 november 2023 - 6 january 2024 Hoofdweg 161, 9765 CB Paterswolde 'Miniatuurkunst door zowel grote namen als minder bekend talent. Het resultaat is een ware snoepwinkel voor elke kunstliefhebber en -verzamelaar.'  Third time participating in this lovely exhibition celebrating miniature art. I showed six works, four of which I made especially for the exhibition and feature landscapes inspired by my stay in the scenic Dutch art town Bergen. Want to see all artworks in more detail? Click on the button and scroll down to see them all framed and unframed with price and details. Artwork10x10Artist This year I joined the artcollective 10x10Artist and made ten artworks measuring 10x10 cm. This square small format forces me to change my composition and is a nice and welcome challenge and change. The works can be divided into two series Memories from Japan and COCO (Colourful collage). - Memories from Japan ‘Voor 10×10 artist heb ik geput uit mijn herinneringen en belevenissen in Japan: werken, wonen, reizen, studeren. Aan de hand van herinneringen en foto’s zet ik momentopnames om naar een tekening. Deze ‘Memories from Japan’ zijn omlijst door een wit kader. Door het vierkante formaat en het kader maak ik een speelse referentie naar polaroids.’ - COCO (Colourful collage) COCO (Colourful Collage) is een speelse serie collages gemaakt op speciaal Japans origami papier met verschillende kleuren. These collage artworks are available through 10x10artist but not (yet) added to their webshop. If you are interested you can contact them here. [45 euro each] Paintings - 21st Century Bijin  My take on the Bijin genre. Want to read more about this painting and the inspiration behind it? - Streams  An experiment: working on canvas instead of paper. Also working with coloured pencil on canvas, which was challenging but also gave a nice result and texture to the painting. Social media is a good form of marketing, so I also tried to make a so-called reel (short video) on instagram for this painting. - Bergen landscape series Painting and drawing overlaps in the majority of my artworks. Using both techniques and materials, it is hard (and maybe not nescessary) to make a clear division. The aforementioned paintings were done in gouache paint, but also feature coloured pencil and marker. About this series: De serie 'Bergen' bestaat uit zes landschappen waar ik verschillende materialen en technieken combineerde: markers, potloden, waterverf; tekenen en schilderen. Deze landschappen beelden allemaal plekken af in het prachtige schilderachtige Bergen, van oudsher een kunstenaarsdorp. Ik ben daar nu al meerdere keren een tijd geweest en elke keer kom ik er tot rust en geniet ik van de prachtige natuur. Drawings - Nachi falls  Based on a visit years ago. I found the beautiful trail to the waterfall and hiked in the exhausting blazing Japanese summer heat. The Nachi waterfall did not disappoint - Long covid  This work originated as a form of art therapy for myself, processing raw emotions such as sorrow, loss and frustration and a feeling of hopelessness and despair in the midst of a long covid relapse.Sharing the work online, I received several responses by people that could identify with or recognize similar emotions. I also started writing about long covid (in Dutch, below) Writing: Long covid perikelen: ik zocht dit jaar een uitlaatklep om long covid emoties te verwerken. Ik begon met het schrijven van korte stukjes. Als kind en jongvolwassene schreef ik graag verhalen. De liefde voor taal en woorden js alleen maar gegroeid: ik ging Japans studeren, een minor journalistiek en begon te schrijven als Japanoloog over Japanse kunst. Nu heb ik, met een heel andere invalshoek, de pen weer opgepakt. De reacties op de stukjes doen mij goed. Het is fijn om van de frustraties en pijn iets te maken, in woorden om te zetten, waar zowel ik als anderen iets aan hebben. Een stukje herkenning, een stukje troost. Collage Looking at the amount of collage artwork I have this year, it trumps all other artforms in sheer numbers. In my collage artwork I can combine it all: drawing, painting and some works even include the art of paper marbling (which I've done assisted by my brother Kim Ouweleen a true professional in this art form). Collage is a playful and associative way of working for me, where I try to use my own materials as much as possible and also dig through my art archive for sketches and such that I can re-use. In this way I create new works and new worlds. The majority of these works I sell in thrifted frames, ready to hang. Scroll the side bar to see all, click to enlarge.  Solo exhibition Colourful Art on Paper: Philo Ouweleen May 13 – June 4 2023 Location: Galerie de Stoker, Amsterdam Open: Saturdays and Sundays, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM. About expo in short: Discover the versatility of art on paper and the stories behind Philo Ouweleen's intimate and narrative work in this retrospective exhibition (2018-2023). A varied selection from Ouweleen's oeuvre will be on display, from large paintings to small drawings depicting Japanese stories and memories. Creative workshops are offered at this exhibition in a space adjacent to the gallery. Five artists will introduce you to the versatility of art on paper, with techniques and materials from the exhibition. The creative workshop program at the exhibition 'Colourful art on paper: Philo Ouweleen' was made possible in part by Fonds voor West.  Want to read more about the exhibition? 
Want to hear more? Martine Mussies composed a soundscape of Japanese flute music for the exhibition, inspired by the artwork on display. The soundscape features almost 40 different types of flutes that engage in a dialogue with the art. Want to see more? Expo impression: a quick walk-through video of the exhibition. Opening and exhibition photo's All photo's by Laurence Rivest . Click the thumbnails to view images full size. Photo impression of the workshops. Photographed by the artists who gave the workshops. Click the thumbnails to view images full size. - Sunday May 14th 2023: Painting leaves with gouache by Farah Widmer - Sunday May 21st 2023: Linocut by Edith Brouwer - Sunday May 28th 2023: Abstract collage and watercolour by Nynke van Zwol - Sunday June 4th 2023: Paper marbling by Kim Ouweleen and Justyna Klęczar Group summer exhibition 1 juli tot en met 1 september 2023 Zomersalon van Atelier Open in kunstenaarscafé Eijlders. Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 47 , Amsterdam. Opening van de expositie is op zaterdag 8 juli 2023 om 17:30 in café Eijlders. Een diverse groep kunstenaars toont elk één werk. Ik toon het schilderij 'Ferocious tiger'. Openingstijden Vrijdag 12:00 - 02:00 Zaterdag 13:30 - 02:00 Zondag 12:00 - 00:00 Maandag t/m donderdag 16:30 -01:00  Solo expositie Kleurrijke kunst op papier: Philo Ouweleen 13 mei – 4 juni 2023 Opening: zaterdag 13 Mei, 14:00-17:00 Locatie: Galerie de Stoker, Amsterdam Open: Zaterdag en Zondag, 12:00-17:00. Prefer English? You can read the English press release about the exhibition by clicking the icon. For Dutch scroll down.
Interested in attending the workshop program that is organized together with this exhibition? Read the full program below.
Ticket sale for art workshops: Exhibition and workshop program flyer design with thanks to Laurence Rivest.   Ontdek de veelzijdigheid van kunst op papier en de verhalen achter Philo Ouweleens intieme en verhalende werk. In deze overzichtstentoonstelling (2018-2023) wordt een gevarieerde selectie uit het oeuvre van Ouweleen getoond. Van grote schilderijen tot kleine tekeningen die Japanse verhalen en herinneringen verbeelden. Daarnaast presenteert zij nieuwe fantasievolle en speelse collages en werk dat nog niet eerder geëxposeerd is. De tentoonstelling zal zaterdagmiddag 13 mei feestelijk geopend worden met een kunstloterij, Japanse muziek en meer. In haar werk experimenteert Ouweleen met verschillende teken- en schildertechnieken op papier, zoals gouache, waterverf, Japanse markers en kleurpotlood. Japan is voor haar een onuitputtelijke bron van inspiratie. Naast Japan gerelateerde kunst is er ook ander niet eerder getoond werk te zien zoals de serie Intimacy. Deze reeks kleine waterverf schilderijen verbeelden gevoelens van intimiteit en genegenheid door middel van fysieke aanraking en lichaamstaal. Daarnaast zijn er veel kleurrijke collages te zien waarbij jonge vrouwen een centrale rol spelen. De collages zijn voor Ouweleen een associatieve speelse manier van werken waarbij zij dankbaar gebruik maakt van eigen materiaal zoals tekeningen, schetsen en foto’s. De omlijsting van de collages vormen ook objet trouvés en zijn het resultaat van een jarenlange zoektocht door kringlopen en tweedehandszaken. Meet & Greet en Workshops Elke zaterdagmiddag (14:00-17:00) is Philo Ouweleen aanwezig om toelichting over haar werk te geven aan bezoekers. Daarnaast worden bij deze tentoonstelling creatieve workshops aangeboden in een ruimte aangrenzend aan de galerie. Vijf kunstenaars laten je kennismaken met de veelzijdigheid van kunst op papier waarbij technieken en materialen uit de expositie aan bod komen. Zondag 14 mei: Bladeren schilderen met gouache door Farah Widmer Zondag 21 mei: Linosnede door Edith Brouwer Zondag 28 mei: Abstracte collage en waterverf door Nynke van Zwol Zondag 4 juni: Papier marmeren door Kim Ouweleen en Justyna Klęczar Taal: Engels Kosten: 4 euro per workshop Klik hier om te bewerken.
 Below you can find the pricelist for the artworks I exhibited at this exhibition.
Group exhibition SALON SMIT & SOETEKOUW at Vrijpaleis in Amsterdam (Paleisstraat 107) Salon-style exhibition: floor to ceiling filled with art 16, 17, 18 September 2022 Festive Opening: Friday 16 September 17- 21 hours Opening hours exhibition: Saturday 17 September 12-17 hours Sunday 18 September 12-17 hours 24 were invited to exhibit at Vrijpaleis, an art and culture centre run by a group of artists. A salon-style exhibition: the walls filled from floor to ceiling with art. I brought a diverse selection of my art: new works from this year, collage, painting, drawing and older work, large and small. fifteen works in total. Below an overview of the works I exhibited and some photos from the exhibition space. Click the images to enlarge.
Thursday 10-03-2022 was the opening of the travelling exhibition 'Shin Hanga. Der moderne Farbholzschnitt Japans 1900–1960 (Shin Hanga. The New Prints of Japan. 1900—1960)' in Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln (Cologne, Germany). The exhibition will also travel to Japanmuseum SieboldHuis (Leiden, The Netherlands) and Art & History Museum Brussels (Brussels, Belgium). It was an honor to contribute by writing texts for the exhibition and catalogue. - Curator of the exhibition: Chris Uhlenbeck, Dr. Bas Verberk (MOK). - Catalogue and exhibition texts were written by the Hotei Japanese Prints team: Chris Uhlenbeck, Philo Ouweleen, Jim Dwinger. Image management Leon Oninckx. - Catalogue production: Ludion, Belgium. Catalogue will appear in four languages: Dutch, German, English, French. View and order here. Exhibition dates: Cologne: March 11 - June 6 2022 . Leiden: June 17 - September 11 2022. Brussels: October 14 2022 - 15 January 2023 The exhibition and book are very beautiful, I can warmly recommend both. Below are some pictures taken by my colleague, of the exhibition and catalogue and I shamelessly appear in some of them filled with enthusiasm! 📷 Joosje Smit In this blog post I will look back on 2021, focusing on my art. For the majority of 2021 I have been feeling sick and exhausted, recovering from long covid . I see a lot of progress since this I got sick during the winter of 2020, but it is a long road. Even though this was a difficult year for me healthwise, I have felt very supported and managed to have five exhibitions despite it all. The first half of 2021 besides small artworks for the weekly 25 artproject, I spent little time drawing or painting. The second half of 2021 I finally got back into painting some bigger works and then I also managed to make five miniature works and three collages. This year even more so than before I discovered the power of creating: the energy it gives both my soul and body. View all exhibitions and works made in 2021 below. OVERVIEW oF EXHIBITIONS In 2021 As the covid pandemic regretfully continues and the Netherlands went in and out of lockdown, the cultural sector and yours truely found ways to continue. In 2021 I exhibited in -a pop-up artwindow curated by another artist ('Ride to Art', Amsterdam) - a café (Liever Hier, Amsterdam) - former tram depot (De Hallen, Amsterdam) - the largest bookstore of Amsterdam (Scheltema) and...more traditional - a gallery, in a very colourful diverse miniature art group exhibition (Galerie Paterswolde, Paterswolde). Click the slideshow to view the exhibition overview in pictures. Summary below . Want to view the exhibitions& read more? Click the blue buttons 1. Solo exhibition Art Window Ride To Art, Weesperzijde 22, Amsterdam, January 6- February 3rd 2021 On show 24/7, best viewed at night. Organized by artist Fleur Spolidor. Showed my painting 'Tengu on Mount Kurama'. 2. Solo exhibition 'Japan in gouache and watercolour' at Liever Hier (local coffee house and cake bakery), Nieuwendammerdijk 413 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. From 18 February until 20 June 2021. Displayed four paintings related to Japan. 3. Group exhibition Fantasy curated by See you at Art at De Hallen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 29 May - June 4th 2021. Showing two paintings from my series 'Japanese mythology'. 4. Solo exhibition Japan: Stories, Myths and Memories. Philo Ouweleen From 6 July to 29 August 2021 at Scheltema (Rokin 9, Amsterdam) Open every day from 10:00 – 19:00 hours. Located at the staircase, exhibition starts on third floor and ends on the ground floor. 'Japan: Stories, Myths and Memories’ is an exhibition with eleven paintings by artist and Japanologist Philo Ouweleen. Combining three art projects, - Stories from Kameoka, Japanese garden and Japanese mythology – Ouweleen presents a diverse and loving image of Japan.' 5. Group exhibition Visitekaartjes at Galerie Paterswolde 21 november 2021 - 29 january 2022 - Opening 21 november Hoofdweg 161, 9765 CB Paterswolde Showing six miniature works of 10x15 cm on paper (framed). 'Miniatuurkunst door zowel grote namen als minder bekend talent. Het resultaat is een ware snoepwinkel voor elke kunstliefhebber en -verzamelaar. ' OVERVIEW OF NEW WORKS & PROJECTS IN 2021 - WEEKLY 25 - Let's make more, share more, buy more art!  Some of the works from the series in a digital collage The idea was simple: every week I posted on my social media a new small artwork (usually A5) for sale for just 25 euro. What started as a way for me to hold myself accountable to not only create more frequently, also became a project to stimulate my creativity and share my work at a price that was in the budget range for many people. One left for sale, the others are sold. Not all 26 works are uploaded on my website yet, but you can already view more than half by clicking the button below. - Reading - an ode to the joys and power of reading
- MINIATURE ART AFFORDABLE miniature works of 10x15 cm on paper What started by making miniature art for a group exhibition of miniature art (Visitekaartjes, Galerie Paterswolde) , turned into another ongoing artproject. With the series 'Miniature Art' I want to offer small postcard size artworks for a price that many can afford, but also for a price that is more sustainable for me as an artist as opposed to the earlier 'weekly 25' artproject. Other benefits of this series include: an artistic challenge for me (making small artwork asks for a different way of thinking and being creative), easily collectible due to size and price for those interested, fits into nearly all interiors due to its small size, easy transport and storage (yes, very practical for me!)
  - COLLAGE- MINIATURE ART The artproject 'Miniature Art' also includes affordable collages. This medium really stimulates my sense of fantasy and imagination. For the three collages below, all photo materials were made by yours truely: from photos in the Netherlands to photo's in Japan, mixing. Other materials used are golden marker, chiyogami (Japanese paper) and marbled paper that I made at my brother's studio.  - OTHER WORKS   Group exhibition 'Visitekaartjes' at Galerie Paterswolde - 21 november 2021 t/m 23 january 2022 - Opening 21 november Hoofdweg 161, 9765 CB Paterswolde 'Miniatuurkunst door zowel grote namen als minder bekend talent. Het resultaat is een ware snoepwinkel voor elke kunstliefhebber en -verzamelaar. ' I exhibit six miniature works of 10x15 cm on paper, framed with passe-partout in high-quality Barth frames (18x24cm with anti-reflective uvprotective glass). The works can be purchased by contacting the gallery and can also be shipped to your home for a small fee. Below you can view the works. Scroll to the end to view slideshow of all works framed.  Philo Ouweleen, 2021 Kōkoen garden in Himeji (Japan), from the series Miniature Art. 10x15 cm, Akashiya Sai watercolour brush pens and ink brush pen on Fabriano 200g paper. Euro 175  Philo Ouweleen, 2021 Cycling in Kameoka (Japan), from the series Miniature Art. 10x15 cm, Akashiya Sai watercolour brush pens and ink brush pen on Fabriano 200g paper. Euro 175  Philo Ouweleen, 2021 Dancing, from the series Miniature Art. 10x15 cm, collage: polkadot paper, ink brush pen and yellow marker on Fabriano 200g paper. Euro 150  Philo Ouweleen, 2021 Ma – pause, from the series Miniature Art. 10x15 cm, Akashiya Sai watercolour brush pens, marker on paper. Euro 150  Philo Ouweleen, 2021 Worn out, from the series Miniature Art. 10x15 cm, fine liner, ink brush pen, colour pencil and marker on Fabriano 200g paper. Euro 150  Philo Ouweleen, 2018 Lust, from the series Intimacy. 10x15 cm, watercolour and Akashiya Sai watercolour brush pens and ink brush pen on Fabriano 200 g cold press watercolour paper. Euro 195 all ARTworks framed (slideshow) Japan: Stories, Myths and Memories. Philo Ouweleen From 6 July to 29 August 2021 at Scheltema (Rokin 9, Amsterdam) Open every day from 10:00 – 19:00 hours. Located at the staircase, exhibition starts on third floor and ends on the ground floor. 'Japan: Stories, Myths and Memories’ is an exhibition with eleven paintings by artist and Japanologist Philo Ouweleen. Combining three art projects, - Stories from Kameoka, Japanese garden and Japanese mythology – Ouweleen presents a diverse and loving image of Japan.' Photo's of the exhibition by Laurence Rivest. Poster design by Tim Krauter.  Exhibition layout and design of textplates by Marthe Oosting. Exhibition introduction text below.  |
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