CONTACT
Esther de Graaf
esther(at)estherdegraaf.nl
+31 (0)625071232
Studio
Biotoop
Vleugel F
Kerklaan 30, Haren
The Netherlands
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 THIN AS AIR - Museum EICAS preview, Deventer NL → photos
2017 Unfold – De Cacaofabriek, Helmond NL
2016 Branching Fields – Groninger Museum, Groningen NL
→ photos
2015 Greylight Projects – Brussels BE → photos
2015 My friends #23 – Zoete Broodjes, Amsterdam NL → photos
2014 (W)HERE – Frise, Hamburg DE → photos
2014 Residency Hotel Maria Kapel – Attic, Nottingham UK
2014 Antenna – LAMOA Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA
2013 Pulse – Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2013, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam NL → photos
2012 SCOPE – W139, Amsterdam NL → photos
2012 CELLS – NP3 Mobi, Groningen NL → photos
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 ampersands – W139, Amsterdam NL → photos
2019 Binnenbeelden – Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle NL
2019 Supermarket Art Fair – Greylight Projects, Stockholm SE
2019 Op de grond, tussenin of aan de hemel – Ten Bogaerde, Koksijde BE → photos
2018 Sensitive structures – CBK Zeeland, Middelburg NL
2018 The Width of a Circle – W139, Amsterdam NL → photos
2017 Time, space, architecture – Cityscapes Foundation, Amsterdam NL → photos
2017 Kunstroute Kerstvloed 1717 – Kwelder Noordpolderzijl, Groningen NL → photos
2017 Outplacement - Buitenbeelden – Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle NL → photo
2016 How to do things with sculpture – kunstvereniging, Diepenheim NL → photos
2015 In search of the miraculous – sculptors transforming new ideas – with Anami Schijvers, Karin van Dam, William
Speakman, Jean-Bernard Koeman, Ad de Jong – Allard Wildenberg Art Projects, Naarden NL
2013 ALL IS GIVING, 45 artists including Gijs Frieling, Adam Colton, Rik Meijers, Charlotte Schleiffert, Henk Visch a.o.- Public Artspace, Former Post office,
Groningen NL → photos
2013 Beelden in Leiden – [Wessel Couzijn, Izaak Zwartjes, Tom Claassen a.o.] – Leiden NL
2013 A Matter of Time and Space – W139, Amsterdam NL
2012 PRESENT FOREVER – 55 contemporary Dutch artists at FATFORM, including Natasja Kensmil, Adam Colton, Krijn de
Koning, Job Koelewijn, Klieverink, Amsterdam NL → photos
2012 Contemporary Incidental Accumulation of Particles – Lokaal01, Breda NL
2010 BEELD HAL WERK Nederlandse beeldhouwkunst, 59 dutch artists including Zoro Feigl, Carel Visser, Jennifer Tee,
Henk Visch, Ad de Jong – de overkant, Amsterdam Noord NL → photos
SELECTED INITIATED AND (CO)CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2020 ampersands - 40 years W139 anniversary show, group exhibition including 40 artists
• Co-curated by Esther de Graaf, Nadia Benchagra, Marcel van den Berg, Lih-Lan Wong.
• W139, Amsterdam NL
2020 Curator and production As Far as Eye can see by Shertise Solano.
• W139, Amsterdam NL
2018 The Width of a Circle – Group exhibition initiated by Esther de Graaf.
• Co-curated by Esther de Graaf and Pádraic E. Moore.
• Participating artists: Leslie Nagel & Aura Rendón Benger, Suzie van Staaveren, Esther de Graaf, Yasser Ballemans, Charlotte Koenen, Tim Breukers.
• W139, Amsterdam NL
2013 ALL IS GIVING - Initiated and curated by Ad de Jong and Esther de Graaf.
• 45 artists, including Gijs Frieling, Iris Kensmil, Henk Visch, Natasja Kensmil, Adam Colton, Rik Meijers, Charlotte Schleiffert.
• Public Artspace, former post office, Groningen NL
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED REVIEWS
2020 Online review → Ampersands W139 Amsterdam W139 40 by Marsha Bruinen, Metropolis M
→ Ampersands W139 Amsterdam by Kees Keijer, Parool
2018 Online review → The Width of a Circle, W139 Amsterdam by Milo Vermeire, Mister Motley
→ The Width of a Cirlce, W139 Amsterdam by Kees Keijer, Parool
2018 Paper review → Sensitive Structures CBK Zeeland by Nico Out, PZC
2017 Paper review → Cacaofabriek Helmond by Rob Schoonen, Eindhovens Dagblad
2015 Magazine review → Greylight Projects Brussels by Sam Steverlynck, H ART
2014 Paper review → Art Rotterdam van Nelle by Jeanne Prisser, de Volkskrant
2013 Magazine review → All is Giving 'Een genereus gebaar' by Agnes Winter, Tubelight#89
→ All is Giving 'Inside the wooden cube' by Mare van Koningsveld, Metropolis M
2013 Online review → All is Giving Lost Painters by Niek Hendrix, Lost Painters
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
2016 Branching Fields, Groninger Museum → Arttube Interview door Sije Kingma, Groninger Museum
→ Interview door Sue-an van der Zijpp, Groninger Museum Magazine
→ Various other media including Dagblad van het Noorden
2013 All is Giving → Interview 'Postkantoor weer voor het publiek', door Illand Pietersma, Dagblad van het Noorden
2013 Interview nomination 'Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs' with Ad de Jong - by Merel Bem, de Volkskrant
SELECTED CATALOGUES
2015 In search of the miraculous – sculptors transforming new ideas, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects, Naarden
2014 Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2013 All is Giving, Groningen
2013 'Once more' Lokaal 01, Breda
2012 Present Forever, 55 contemporary dutch artists, Amsterdam
2010 BEELDHALWERK – Nederlandse beeldhouwkunst, Amsterdam
OTHER ACTIVITIES
TEACHING, GUEST TEACHING AND MENTORSHIPS
• Teacher Bachelor Fine Arts propedeuse, Art academy Minerva Groningen, 2021, 2022
• Guest teacher Bachelor Fine Arts, Art academy Minerva Groningen, 2019, 2020
• Guest teacher Foundation Programme Art academy Minerva Groningen, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Guest teacher Art academy Bachelor Fine Art, HKU Utrecht, 2015,2016
• Guest teacher Education Teacher Visual Arts and Design, NHL Leeuwarden, 2014, 2015
• Guest teacher Art Theatre and Media, Noorderpoort Groningen, 2013
• Guest teacher Nieuwe Akademie Utrecht, 2011, 2013
• Multiple mentorships at Resort Groningen 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
• Mentorship About Blank, teacher/student trajectory Groningen, 2017, 2018
PROVIDED WORKSHOPS
• Groninger Museum Atelier, Groningen
• Bij Vrijdag, Groningen
• IMC Weekendschool, Groningen
• Onedayartist, Haren
• Zernike College, Groningen
• Aletta Jacobs College, Hoogezand
• Zernike College, Groningen and Haren
• Kamerlingh Onnes, Groningen
ADVISOR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
• Advisor Open call 'Lucht' Kunstpunst Groningen, Groningen, 2021
• Selection committee member Open call 'Lucht' Kunstpunt Groningen, Groningen, 2021
• Core Group Member W139, W139 Amsterdam, 2018 - 2020
• Initiator W139, biannual / quarterly meetings with all artists initiators, W139 Amsterdam 2014 - 2018
• Selection committee member Klaas Dijkstra Prijs and Academie Minerva Prijs Groningen, 2016
• Selection committee member Open Call W139, W139 Amsterdam, 2016
• Selection committee member Hendrik de Vriesstipendium Groningen, 2014
OTHER
• Board member Projectspace Sign, Groningen (now)
GRANTS AND STIPENDS
2021| Corona-overbrugging Kunstenaar Mondriaan Fonds
2015| Bijdrage bewezen talent Mondriaan Fonds
2015| Longlist Prix de Rome
2014| Award YGAII Groninger Museum & NP3
2013| Nomination Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs
2010| Award Hendrik de Vriesstipendium
2010| Werkbudget Fonds BKVB, Foundation for visual arts, design and architecture
EDUCATION
2003-2007| Academie Minerva Fine Art Groningen
2006| Northumbria University Fine Art Newcastle GB
Photo by Christopher Smith
Website design by Shootmedia
Technical development by Laura Grimm
This website was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Tijl Fonds
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CONTACT
Esther de Graaf
esther(at)estherdegraaf.nl
+31 (0)625071232
Studio
Biotoop
Vleugel F
Kerklaan 30, Haren
The Netherlands
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 THIN AS AIR - Museum EICAS preview, Deventer NL → photos
2017 Unfold – De Cacaofabriek, Helmond NL
2016 Branching Fields – Groninger Museum, Groningen NL
→ photos
2015 Greylight Projects – Brussels BE → photos
2015 My friends #23 – Zoete Broodjes, Amsterdam NL → photos
2014 (W)HERE – Frise, Hamburg DE → photos
2014 Residency Hotel Maria Kapel – Attic, Nottingham UK
2014 Antenna – LAMOA Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA
2013 Pulse – Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2013, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam NL → photos
2012 SCOPE – W139, Amsterdam NL → photos
2012 CELLS – NP3 Mobi, Groningen NL → photos
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 ampersands – W139, Amsterdam NL → photos
2019 Binnenbeelden – Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle NL
2019 Supermarket Art Fair – Greylight Projects, Stockholm SE
2019 Op de grond, tussenin of aan de hemel – Ten Bogaerde, Koksijde BE → photos
2018 Sensitive structures – CBK Zeeland, Middelburg NL
2018 The Width of a Circle – W139, Amsterdam NL → photos
2017 Time, space, architecture – Cityscapes Foundation, Amsterdam NL → photos
2017 Kunstroute Kerstvloed 1717 – Kwelder Noordpolderzijl, Groningen NL → photos
2017 Outplacement - Buitenbeelden – Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle NL → photo
2016 How to do things with sculpture – kunstvereniging, Diepenheim NL → photos
2015 In search of the miraculous – sculptors transforming new ideas – with Anami Schijvers, Karin van Dam, William Speakman, Jean-Bernard Koeman, Ad de Jong – Allard Wildenberg Art Projects, Naarden NL
2013 ALL IS GIVING, 45 artists including Gijs Frieling, Adam Colton, Rik Meijers, Charlotte Schleiffert, Henk Visch a.o.- Public Artspace, Former Post office, Groningen NL → photos
2013 Beelden in Leiden – [Wessel Couzijn, Izaak Zwartjes, Tom Claassen a.o.] – Leiden NL
2013 A Matter of Time and Space – W139, Amsterdam NL
2012 PRESENT FOREVER – 55 contemporary Dutch artists at FATFORM, including Natasja Kensmil, Adam Colton, Krijn de Koning, Job Koelewijn, Klieverink, Amsterdam NL → photos
2012 Contemporary Incidental Accumulation of Particles – Lokaal01, Breda NL
2010 BEELD HAL WERK Nederlandse beeldhouwkunst, 59 dutch artists including Zoro Feigl, Carel Visser, Jennifer Tee, Henk Visch, Ad de Jong – de overkant, Amsterdam Noord NL → photos
SELECTED INITIATED AND (CO)CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2020 ampersands - 40 years W139 anniversary show, group exhibition including 40 artists
• Co-curated by Esther de Graaf, Nadia Benchagra, Marcel van den Berg, Lih-Lan Wong.
• W139, Amsterdam NL
2020 Curator and production As Far as Eye can see by Shertise Solano.
• W139, Amsterdam NL
2018 The Width of a Circle – Group exhibition initiated by Esther de Graaf.
• Co-curated by Esther de Graaf and Pádraic E. Moore.
• Participating artists: Leslie Nagel & Aura Rendón Benger, Suzie van Staaveren, Esther de Graaf, Yasser Ballemans, Charlotte Koenen, Tim Breukers.
• W139, Amsterdam NL
2013 ALL IS GIVING - Initiated and curated by Ad de Jong and Esther de Graaf.
• 45 artists, including Gijs Frieling, Iris Kensmil, Henk Visch, Natasja Kensmil, Adam Colton, Rik Meijers, Charlotte Schleiffert.
• Public Artspace, former post office, Groningen NL
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED REVIEWS
2020 Online review → Ampersands W139 Amsterdam W139 40 by Marsha Bruinen, Metropolis M
2020 Online review → Ampersands W139 Amsterdam by Kees Keijer, Parool
2018 Online review → The Width of a Circle, W139 Amsterdam by Milo Vermeire, Mister Motley
2018 Online review → The Width of a Cirlce, W139 Amsterdam by Kees Keijer, Parool
2018 Paper review → Sensitive Structures CBK Zeeland by Nico Out, PZC
2017 Paper review → Cacaofabriek Helmond by Rob Schoonen, Eindhovens Dagblad
2015 Magazine review → Greylight Projects Brussels by Sam Steverlynck, H ART
2014 Paper review → Art Rotterdam van Nelle by Jeanne Prisser, de Volkskrant
2013 Magazine review → All is Giving 'Een genereus gebaar' by Agnes Winter, Tubelight#89
2013 Magazine review → All is Giving 'Inside the wooden cube' by Mare van Koningsveld, Metropolis M
2013 Online review → All is Giving Lost Painters by Niek Hendrix, Lost Painters
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
2016 Branching Fields, Groninger Museum → Arttube Interview door Sije Kingma, Groninger Museum
2016 Branching Fields, Groninger Museum → Interview door Sue-an van der Zijpp, Groninger Museum Magazine
2016 Branching Fields, Groninger Museum → Various other media including Dagblad van het Noorden
2013 All is Giving → Interview 'Postkantoor weer voor het publiek', door Illand Pietersma, Dagblad van het Noorden
2013 Interview nomination 'Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs' with Ad de Jong - by Merel Bem, de Volkskrant
SELECTED CATALOGUES
2015 In search of the miraculous – sculptors transforming new ideas, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects, Naarden
2014 Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2013 All is Giving, Groningen
2013 'Once more' Lokaal 01, Breda
2012 Present Forever, 55 contemporary dutch artists, Amsterdam
2010 BEELDHALWERK – Nederlandse beeldhouwkunst, Amsterdam
OTHER ACTIVITIES
TEACHING, GUEST TEACHING AND MENTORSHIPS
• Teacher Bachelor Fine Arts propedeuse, Art academy Minerva Groningen, 2021, 2022
• Guest teacher Bachelor Fine Arts, Art academy Minerva Groningen, 2019, 2020
• Guest teacher Foundation Programme Art academy Minerva Groningen, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Guest teacher Art academy Bachelor Fine Art, HKU Utrecht, 2015,2016
• Guest teacher Education Teacher Visual Arts and Design, NHL Leeuwarden, 2014, 2015
• Guest teacher Art Theatre and Media, Noorderpoort Groningen, 2013
• Guest teacher Nieuwe Akademie Utrecht, 2011, 2013
• Multiple mentorships at Resort Groningen 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
• Mentorship About Blank, teacher/student trajectory Groningen, 2017, 2018
PROVIDED WORKSHOPS
• Groninger Museum Atelier, Groningen
• Bij Vrijdag, Groningen
• IMC Weekendschool, Groningen
• Onedayartist, Haren
• Zernike College, Groningen
• Aletta Jacobs College, Hoogezand
• Zernike College, Groningen and Haren
• Kamerlingh Onnes, Groningen
ADVISOR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
• Advisor Open call 'Lucht' Kunstpunst Groningen, Groningen, 2021
• Selection committee member Open call 'Lucht' Kunstpunt Groningen, Groningen, 2021
• Core Group Member W139, W139 Amsterdam, 2018 - 2020
• Initiator W139, biannual / quarterly meetings with all artists initiators, W139 Amsterdam 2014 - 2018
• Selection committee member Klaas Dijkstra Prijs and Academie Minerva Prijs Groningen, 2016
• Selection committee member Open Call W139, W139 Amsterdam, 2016
• Selection committee member Hendrik de Vriesstipendium Groningen, 2014
OTHER
• Board member Projectspace Sign, Groningen (now)
GRANTS AND STIPENDS
2021| Corona-overbrugging Kunstenaar Mondriaan Fonds
2015| Bijdrage bewezen talent Mondriaan Fonds
2015| Longlist Prix de Rome
2014| Award YGAII Groninger Museum & NP3
2013| Nomination Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs
2010| Award Hendrik de Vriesstipendium
2010| Werkbudget Fonds BKVB, Foundation for visual arts, design and architecture
EDUCATION
2003-2007| Academie Minerva Fine Art Groningen
2006| Northumbria University Fine Art Newcastle GB
Photo by Christopher Smith
Website design by Shootmedia
Technical development by Laura Grimm
This website was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Tijl Fonds
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