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2023 art overview

12/31/2023

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2023 throwback: exhibitions and artworks I have made in the past year. 

Exhibitions

In 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:
View expo blog here
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'.
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More info about this painting
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.'
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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. 
View artworks here

Artwork

10x10Artist
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
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‘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.’
Shop/View here
- 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 
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My take on the Bijin genre. Want to read more about this painting and the inspiration behind it?
Read more about '21st Century Bijin'
- Streams
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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. 
View 'Streams' on my webshop
- 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 
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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 
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Available here
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.
Long covid perikelen
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. 

Shop available collage art
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