cindy bakker

Contact
B 23 - 08 - 1989, Gouda
A pompstraat 44C, 3082 RT Rotterdam
E bakker.cindy@gmail.com
T +31 624739002
W cindybakker.nl

Artist statement
I have a flat experience of the world
and a fascination for shapes and its colour.
My gaze focusses on large planes of colour that appear everywhere around me. From traffic signs, construction sights, beehives or trashbins. They seem to be universal in its shape and colour and designed for its function. Seeing the world through shapes and colour means, flattening space and I question how to relate to all the signs and signals that surround me. Within this rectangular frame these things behave as if in a theatre setting, as if on a stage. In my work I highlight what for stands out in an overload full of information.
With my work I create specific objects, regarding visual signs that are on the boundaries of recognition and alienation. I want to offer a primary experience and show new and existing collective associations and interpretations. Using a diverse range of media: mostly sculpture, painting or installation, I create things that stand out in the mass of information and become specific

Cindy Bakker, 2019

Part of Patty Morgan

Education
2016 – 2018 Master Fine Art, AKV St. Joost, Den Bosch
2009 – 2013 Bachelor Lifestyle Design, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
2005 – 2009 Communication Design, Nimeto, Utrecht

Solo exhibitions
2020 Wallspace, TAC, Eindhoven forthcoming
2019 De Vitrine, Rotterdam
2019 Put it to work, Moira, Utrecht
2018 According to the rules, Witte Rook, Breda
2015 Cindy Bakker, Shell HQ, The Hague
2015 Koffie Karton, EXBunker, Utrecht
2013 ISME, graduation show, Willem de Kooning, Rotterdam

Residencies
2017 Witte Rook, Breda (sup. by BKKC and Gemeente Breda)
2016 Art Gouda, Het Oude Weeshuis, Gouda

Grants and nominations
2019 Grant, Impuls Fund, Gemeente Utrecht
2019 Nomination, Buning Brongers Prize, Amsterdam
2018 Grant, Gemeente Breda
2013 Nomination, Fontanel Talent, Utrecht
2013 Nomination, Drempel prize, Rotterdam

Group shows
2020 Zaal Zuid, Hengelo forthcoming
2020 MOAM x De Hortus, Amsterdam forthcoming
2019 South explorer, Studio Pompstraat, Rotterdam
2018 What do we dance for, Nectar Gallery, Tbilisi
2018 Cafeteria, Graduation Show, Kaaijhallen, akv st joost, s’Hertogenbosch (sup. by Gemeente Breda)
2017 Akv st joost master fine art, Cultuurnacht, Electron, Breda
2017 De keet, CODE ROOD, Arnhem (duoshow with Evelien Seegers)
2017 Watdajel Art Festival, Utrecht
2016 Nieuwe liefde, Kunstliefde, Utrecht
2015 Fashion & Object, projectspace, C&H Art Space, Amsterdam
(Jedithja de Groot, curator. Egon Van Herreweghe, Jan Dirk van der Burg, Maurice van Es, QiuYang)
2015 Immunity Modernity, Leuven (Christina Seyfried, curator. Oshin Albrecht and Melissa Mabesoone, Han Decorte, Carlien De Koninck, Jolien Dirix, Eva Gheysen, Katharina Knaus, Verena Ledig, Emanuel Mensah Agyapong, Nicolina Sa, Se_Ren_Dip Trio)
2015 Is this art, De Brandweer, Maastricht
2015 Nieuwkomers, Showroom MaMa, Rotterdam
2014 UAMO International Art Festival, München
2014 UAMO International Art Festival, Leuven
2014 Assembled by Root gallery, Rotterdam
2014 Art and design, Pastoe, Utrecht
2014 NEW Dutch Photography GUP, NHOW Hotel, Rotterdam
2014 Rotterdam Talents , NN DE Cafe Galerie, Rotterdam
2013 What can be made, Vierhavens, Rotterdam
2013 NEW Dutch Photography Talents, GUP Gallery, Amsterdam
2013 Dutch Design Week, Radio Royaal Strijp-S, Eindhoven
2013 Veerstichting Symposium, Sint-Pieterskerk, Leiden
2013 Fontanel Finals, Kapitaal, Utrecht
2013 Impressed, Kadmium Gallery, Delft (Verena Blok, Anne Dijkstra en Boo van der Vlist, Emiel Gilijamse, Jorn Heidekamp, Catinka Kersten, Christa van der Meer, Ayfa van Oeteren)

Interviews
2018 Want op het moment is het goed, Roel Neuraij

Publications print
2020 De Grote Kunstkalender forthcoming
2017 BKKC Breda
2016 Amsterdamse Kunstkalender
2015 VPRO Gids
2014 Volkskrant Magazine
2014 Converse Glamcult Kalender
2014 Glamcult Magazine
2014 NEW Dutch Photography, GUP Amsterdam
2013 ISME, edition of 50, self published

Publications online
2019 Fontanel magazine
2018 Mister Motley
2018 Kunst blijft een raadsel
2018 Witte Rook
2018 Lost Painters
2017 Patty Morgan
2017 CODE ROOD
2016 Mister Motley
2015 D!ng #13
2015 New Dawn
2014 Fontanel
2014 Glamcult
2014 New Dawn
2013 Vormplatform
2013 Fontanel
2013 Linda
2013 StudioAttenzione
2013 Krooning
2013 Smileinyourface

Other
2019 now Producer/photographer Studio HENK
2019 Initiator, Praatgroep de Stoep during my solo exhibition ‘put it to work’ at Moira Utrecht (in collaboration with Eva Schalkwijk)2019 Artist talk, Studio Omstand, 20x20, Arnhem (with VISSER & MEIJWAARD, Joris de Groot, Barbara Langendijk, Pauline Wiersema Monika Dahlberg, Joost Emmerik, Fenne Saedt, Hans Jungerius and Willem De Haan)
2014 Guest teacher, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam

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