KünstlerArtists

Carolein Smit

1960
Born in Amersfoort / Netherlands

1979–1984
Studies at the Akademie St. Joost, Breda / Netherlands

Lives and works in Breda / Netherlands

Awards

2005
Scholarship, Foundation for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam / Netherlands

1999
Keranova Award for free sculpting
1995

Three months work scholarship EKWC (European Ceramic Work Centre), ’s-Hertogenbosch / Netherlands
Work scholarship, Foundation for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam / Netherlands

1993
Prix de Rome, Drawings
Work scholarship, Foundation for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam / Netherlands

1992
Work scholarship, Foundation for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam / Netherlands

Solo Exhibitions

2010
Huid en haar, Kunsthalle Rotterdam, Rotterdam / Netherlands

2009
Tränenrot & Perlentau, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin / Germany

2008
Flatland Galerie, Utrecht / Netherlands
Galerie Terra, Delft / Netherlands

2007
Jan van Hoof Galerie, s‘-Hertogenbosch / Netherlands

2006
Galerie Terra, Delft / Netherlands
Stachelsporn am Set, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin / Germany

2005
Innocenti, Brutto Gusto, Rotterdam / Netherlands
Galerie Hof en Huyser, Amsterdam / Netherlands
Galerie Jan van Hoof, ‘s- Hertogenbosch / Netherlands

2004
Galerie Jan van Hoof, ‘s- Hertogenbosch / Netherlands

2003
Galerie Albion putti, Groningen / Netherlands
Artothek Cologne, Cologne / Germany
Museum Keramion, Frechen / Germany

2002
Mammalia, Galerie Hof and Huyser, Amsterdam / Netherlands
Thomas Levy Galerie, Hamburg / Germany

2001
Galerie Terra, Delft / Netherlands
Galerie Jan van Hoof, 's-Hertogenbosch / Netherlands

2000
Galerie Gudrun Schmidt-Esters, Cologne / Germany
Galerie Terra, Delft / Netherlands

1999
Galerie Hof and Huyser, Amsterdam / Netherlands

1998
Babyshower and adult tattoo’s, Galerie Brutto Gusto, Rotterdam / Netherlands

Group Exhibitions

2008
Kunst Körperlich, Körper Künstlich, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück / Germany

2006
European Ceramic Context 2006, Bornholm Art Museum, Gudhjem, Bornholm / Denmark

2004
L’obsession du détail, Stiftung Bernardaud, Limoges / France
E bella la bestia?, Lo sprito del lago, Stresa, Isola Bella / Italy
Fuled Ceramic Museum (FLICAM), Fuping / China

2002
Grafiek op de grens, Pronkkamer, Uden / Netherlands
Von Schimären und anderen Menschen, Villa Merkel, Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen / Germany

2001
Woonkamers, schatkamers, Museumspalast Het Lange Voorhout, Den Haag / Netherlands
Half om Half, Van Reekummuseum, Apeldoorn / Netherlands
Wir sind die Ander(en), Museum MARTa, Herford / Germany
Traces from the lowlands- Tracks into the future, Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney / Australia

2000
Storm Centers, Poeziesommer, Watou / Belgium
Het mensbeeld in de 20ste eeuw, Citymuseum Zwolle / Netherlands

1999
Keranova, Galerie Terra, Arnheim / Netherlands; Galerie Amphora, Oosterbeek / Netherlands; Museum vor modern kunst, Arnhem / Netherlands

1998
Citycollection Breda, Museum De Beyerd, Breda / Netherlands

1995
Over vee, Catharina Gasthuis Museum, Gouda / Netherlands
Rondom het dier, Waterland Museum, Purmerend / Netherlands

1994
The art of maintenance, Nieuwe Brabantse Kunststichting, Breda / Netherlands
Zo Idiogonia, Galerie Hof und Huyser, Amsterdam / Netherlands

1992
Beelden, instrumenten van de geest, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam / Netherlands

1989
De kijker bepaalt, Centrum voor Beeldende Kunsten, Dordrecht / Netherlands

Public and private collections

Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe / Germany
Drents Museum, Assen / Netherlands
Fuled International Museum (FLICAM), Fuping / China
Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen / Netherlands
Scheringa Museum for Realism, Spanbroek / Netherlands
Victoria and Albert Museum, London / England
Bouwfonds, Hoevelaken / Netherlands
Interpolis, Tilburg / Netherlands
Knoll Design Nederland / Netherlands
Rabobank, Breda / Netherlands
Sammlung A. Williams, New York / U.S.A.
Sammlung B. Byrne, Los Angeles / U.S.A.
Sammlung Eneco Energie, Rotterdam / Netherlands
Sammlung Gädeke, Berlin / Germany
Sammlung J. Schwartz, New York / U.S.A.
Sammlung Voogt Amstelveen / Netherlands
Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen / Netherlands

Bibliography

Kunst körperlich, Körper künstlich, Ed. Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück 2008
Innocenti, Ed. Carolein Smit, Rottterdam 2005
Stoute vrouwen, Ed. Gasunie, Groningen 2003
Eneco- De Kunstcollectie/ deel 1, Ed. Eneco, Rotterdam 2003
Hoet, Jan/ Demeester, Ann: Storm Centers, Watou 2000
The human image in the 20th century, Zwolle 2000
Mammalia, Ed. Galerie Hof und Huyser, Amsterdam 2000
Keranova, Ed. Galerie Terra, Arnheim 1999
The beasts and babies of Carolein Smit, Ed. Galerie Hof und Huyser, Amsterdam 1999
Prix de Rome 1993: Tekenen, Rotterdam 1993
De druiven van Zeuxis, The strange world of contemporary realism, Ed. Bund Artoteques, Den Haag 1993
Ambigu (booklet), Ed. Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Utrecht 1991
De kijker bepaalt, Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht 1990
De keus, Ed. Galerie Meijer and Siegers, Oosterbeek 1988

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