the disappearance of letters Once, writing a letter was an act of intimacy and anticipation. Letters connected lovers, friends and families across distances, and each one was eagerly awaited. As handwritten correspondence fades, so too will the postboxes and post offices that have long served as places of connection. This...
Inspired by a few movement and dance workshops I participated in, I created this work about the interplay between individuality and connection. Each participant moved within their own space, yet at the same time, together they formed a group. I created watercolors of some of the participants, capturing their unique...
an exhibition and monograph dedicated to my grandfather – In 2010, I initiated and organized a major exhibition dedicated to the work and artistic legacy of my grandfather, the painter Hendrik Poeder. The exhibition took place at the Municipal Museum of Kampen, in his beloved city, where he lived and worked...
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, graduation 2010 Photography Academy Amsterdam, graduation 2002 Her grandfather was a painter, her uncle a photographer: for Jos Poeder, art was always close at hand. But it took her a while to find her own path. Immediately after high school, Jos Poeder went to...
In September 2023 we moved our holiday address from France to Greece. Even though we travel to Holland a lot, altogether Greece is definitely a country that fits us like a glove. The people, the atmosphere, the culture, sun and sea, we truely love it. As the Greeks are by...
I was very happy to join, this year again, the annual exhibition in the artist’ village Carla Bayle. Because of the pandemic there was no real opening to look forward to. I participated with a series, titled: Frozen in Time. All works in the exhibition are 10x10cm, mine again a...
The series Frozen in Time consists of eight works of 10x10cm and were specifically made for the annual exhibition in Carla Bayle. The photos used for this series were found in a thrown away photo album. Apparently nobody thought these were important enough to be cherished. These photos, taken with...
Happy to join the large group-exhibition in Semeac with four of the “miniatures” from my series The Dream.
The annual exhibition in the artist’ village Carla Bayle in France did take place quietly december 2020. Many artists from all over exhibited their miniatures of 10 x 10 cm, most of them specifically made for this occasion. The exhibition lasted until the end of January 2021. Unfortunately there was...
A series of miniatures (10 x 10 cm), titled the Dream. A vintage photograph is cut and pasted on a watercolour in a completely different composition. As in a dream where one recognizes the various parts but does not quite know how they are connected to one another. Did the...
The series Time Trap consists of seven paintings in mixed media. A found vintage photograph is cut and combined with a new painting, some of the paint even slips on top of the photo. Memories, lost and grey, are taken over by colour and new life. What will remain of...
Over time, the people and things that once held profound meaning in our lives gradually fade from memory, giving way to new presences and shifting perceptions. Superseded explores this gradual change of memory and meaning. Each work consists of a watercolor portrait. While the portrait remains clearly visible, both the image...
Saturday December 7 the opening of a very interesting yearly exhibition in the artist’ village Carla Bayle in France took place. 160 artists from all over exhibited their miniatures of 10 x 10 cm, most of them specifically made for this occasion. The exhibition lasted until the end of January...
Sunday september 1, 2019 the opening of a group exhibition on the beatiful Dutch island Texel took place. The artist’ association Arti Shock, Rijswijk was invited to join the artist’ association Zout, Texel for a group exhibition. I participated with two new watercolours and 2 installations from some years ago....
After an vintage picture of my mother as a young woman in 1953, photographed by my father, her then-fiancee – in loving memory
Very proud to announce my participation in this exhibition in ZAANDAM, Westzijde 99. I will be exhibiting a few old works, as well as three new “paintings” The paintings are titled: “SUPERSEDED” , each approx 40 x 50 cm including the frame. The frames are covered with wallpaper and the...
Since September 2016 we have partly moved to France, close to The Pyrenees to be more precise. I love the fact that I am closer to nature in France, but still enjoy very much to go back to The Netherlands to visit the many art galleries and museums there. Conceptual...
The international artist’ group Global Village will exhibit in Landshut next. I will be part of this exhibition with two works of mine. I participate with “The Sky is the Limit” and a performance. Bereits zum zweiten Mal nach 2014 kommt im Sommer 2016 die internationale Kunstausstellung Global Village nach...
Global Village doet mee met Backfire tijdens ArtZaanstad 2016. http://www.artzaanstad.nl Het participatie event Backfire is een project van Robert Roelink en Harold Linker. Het is een verkenning van het engagement in de kunst, maar niet een sociaal geëngageerd thema. Het engagement zelf staat ter discussie. Wat is de functie van...
Sunday afternoon, July 12 at 15:00 the opening of a group-exhibition took place in Haarlem. The title of the exhibition was” Op Reis”. One of my latest works “Traces” was on exhibit in the beautiful building of artist circle KZOD in Haarlem. The exhibition was an exchange between Arti-Shock Rijswijk...
At 17.00 in ART CAFE De Barbaar artists and visitors met for drinks and talk. We visited the exhibition HOME AGAIN and exchanged opinions and ideas.
Home again was the title of a group exhibition of six Delft’ artists. Invited to exhibit in the newly restored building for Kadmium, these artists presented work, showing their ideas and contemplations about home and being at home. Included were three works of mine; the installation “The Sky is the...
installation constructed with wooden poles, mirrors and photograph on textile – H300 W245 L245 – first on exhibit at Kadmium Delft, February 2015
installation with vintage photographs, wallpaper and photo frames – first on exhibit in Koel310, Alkmaar, January 2015
From January 30 until March 8, Koel310 in Alkmaar organized a group exhibition with artists that lived during the 60s. I was also invited and joined with a new work titled “Traces”. It consists of a number of photo-frames, with a vintage photo between two glass plates, hanging free from...
For the exhibition Defending Freedom, held in the beautiful fortress Abcoude, I developed this site-specific interactive installation titled: “The Mission”. It consists of two desks on opposite sides of a room, each with a stack of coloured paper and a pile of folded planes between the desks. All visitors were...
site-specific interactive installation with two desks, coloured paper and folded airplanes – first on exhibit in Fortress Abcoude, September 2013
light object with moving text – first on exhibit in Brøndby Strand, Denmark in 2012
installation with balloons, clothesline and -pins – first on exhibit at KABK Den Haag, June 2010
interactive sculpture with flashing text – This “information pole” invites the visitor to satisfy his thirst for news by pushing a button next to the screen. A text will then be flashed and the image will stay stuck on the retina of the viewer to be pondered upon. First on...
installation with table, tablecloth and balloons inside glass cake stand – first on exhibit at KABK, 2010
performance, The Hague 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvSZsxfx6tY also performed in France, 2011
site-specific installation with wallpaper and chairs – first on exhibit in Delft, March 2008 During the group exhibition “Watching You!” in Alkmaar in 2011 “All Clear” was again on exhibit
In this series, I portray six elderly people wearing traditional Dutch costume. I photographed them with a medium-format Bronica camera on 6 × 6 cm black-and-white film. The negatives were later scanned and printed on heavyweight photographic paper. In the Netherlands, traditional dress varies from one region to another, and...
The series The Hague Nights consists of five photographs taken in my hometown of The Hague in 2001. They were photographed with a medium-format Bronica camera on 6 × 6 cm black-and-white negative film and printed by hand on baryta paper in my own darkroom. The distinctive colour tone is...
