ABOUT
Nieke Lemmens (1963) is a Dutch artist based in Heerlen, the Netherlands.
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Nieke Lemmens (1963) is a Dutch artist based in Heerlen, the Netherlands.
nklmmns@gmail.com
Instagram︎︎︎
EDUCATION
1986–1988: Academy of Fine Arts, Maastricht
1981-1986: Fontys Hogeschool, Sittard
NOMINATIONS
1995 – ‘Prix de Rome’, Amsterdam
1996 – ‘Koninklijke prijs voor vrije schilderkunst’, Amsterdam
1996 – ‘Europaprijs voor schilderkunst’, Oostende
WORK IN COLLECTION
De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam / Het Nieuwe Domein, Sittard / Rabobank, Utrecht / Schunck, Heerlen / Nutsbedrijven Heerlen / DSM, Heerlen / Collection Jo and Marlies Eyck, Wijlre / Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
TEACHING
2014–2020: Setting up and coordinating Vooropleiding Kunstacademie (Parkstad department)
2014, ongoing – Teaching and supervising young artists
SIDE ACTIVITIES
2021, ongoing – Board member Greylight Projects, Heerlen
EXHIBITIONS, PRODUCTIONS, COMMISSIONS
1993 – Group exhibition, Stadsgalerij Heerlen (with Francy Finke, Stan Klamer and Tonn Prins Murawa)
1994 – Group exhibition, Galerie Asselijn Amsterdam
1994 – ‘Art hotel’, Amsterdam
1994 – ‘Buiten wacht de stad’, solo exhibition Galerie Asselijn Amsterdam
1995 – ‘Seules les montagnes ne se recontreront jamais’, Kunstcentrum Sittard
1995 – group exhibition Museum Het Domein, Sittard
1995 – Group exhibition ‘Art Amsterdam’, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
1995 – Group exhibition ‘Wat de koningin ook mag zien’, W139, Amsterdam
1996 – ‘Same time, same point’, solo exhibition, Galerie Asselijn Amsterdam
1996 – ‘Europaprijs voor schilderkunst’, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Oostende
1996 – ‘Young Limburg’, Stadsgalerij Heerlen
1996 – ‘Koninklijke prijs voor vrije schilderkunst’, Koninklijk Paleis, Amsterdam
1997 – ‘Plat du jour’, solo exhibition, Galerie Signe, Heerlen
1997 – ‘10 Years of acquisitions’, Stadsgalerij Heerlen
1997 – 100 Young painters on Ameland’, Ameland
1998 – ‘A choice’, Grote Kerk, The Hague
2000 – ‘Young Limburg’, Stadsgalerij Heerlen
2000 – ‘Works on paper’, Galerie Signe, Heerlen
2000 – ‘The portrait firm S.I. Witkiewicz’, Galerie Signe, Heerlen
2001 – ‘The salon’, Schunck, Heerlen
2001 – Group exhibition, Galerie De Compagnie, Dordrecht
2003 – Edition children’s book ‘Tos & Tuur’, Heerlen
2004 – Edition children’s book ‘Water, een boek om uit te putten’, Christofoor Publishers, Zeist
2006 – ‘20 Years of painting and graphics’, Stedelijk Museum Roermond
2007 – ‘Kunstsupermarkt’, Schunck, Heerlen
2008 – ‘Work from the collection’, Schunck, Heerlen
2008 – ‘Opmaat’ i.s.m. Ensemble 88, AINSI Maastricht
2008 – ‘Glocal Affairs’ i.c.w. Ensemble 88, Timmerfabriek Maastricht
2009 – ‘Lamento’ i.c.w. Ensemble 88, as part of the Sint Rosafestival Sittard (Domein Sittard)
2009 – ‘Lamento’ i.c.w. Ensemble 88, as part of Schunck ‘Rites de Passage’ and Cultura Nova, Heerlen
2009 – ‘De Salon’, Schunck, Heerlen
2010 – ‘Home for Christmas’, Kunstencentrum Signe (kuS), Heerlen
2010 – ‘In legends it is always now’, i.c.w. Ensemble 88, Musik Biënnale Niederrhein, Odapark Venray
2010 – ‘Projection 1’, i.c.w. Ensemble 88, Dag van de Architectuur, Schunck Heerlen
2010 – ‘Lamento’ i.c.w. Ensemble 88, Domani, Venlo
2011 – Commission by construction company Laudy (Ballast Nedam), Eindhoven
2011 – ‘In legends it is always now’, i.c.w. Ensemble 88, AxesJazz Power, Eindhoven
2011 – Decor Fluisterconcert, i.c.w. Ensemble 88, as part of Cultura Nova, Heerlen
2012 – ‘Secret Postcards’, Jan van Eyck Academie Maastricht
2012 – Decor concert Braxton-Rzewski, i.c.w. Ensemble 88, Schunck, Heerlen
2012 – Commission Zuyderland Hospital Heerlen, department Neurology
2013 – ‘Time Changes / Changes in Time 2’, i.c.w. Ensemble 88, Huistheater Opera Zuid Maastricht and ECI Cultuurfabriek Roermond
2013 – ‘Time Changes / Changes in Time 1’, i.c.w. Ensemble 88, Cultura Nova, Heerlen
2013 – ‘Selfmade’, decor concert Braxton-Rzewski, Ensemble 88/Intro in situ, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
2014 – ‘Salon-Sittard’, Museum Het Nieuwe Domein, group exhibition
2014 – ‘Homeland’, installation during the Art Route Plateau (Wanda Reiff), Margraten
2015 – ‘Turn Around’, installation during the Art Route Plateau (Wanda Reiff), Margraten
2015 – Symposion Gorinchem
2015 – Commission Zuyderland Hospital Heerlen, department Mother-Child
2017 – ‘Multiple by Sharing’, exhibition Werkplaats K, Kerkrade
2020 – ‘Landscape 2.0’, group exhibition Museum Het Nieuwe Domein, Sittard
2021 – ‘All of them have a promise’, group exhibition on billboards, Greylight Projects, Heerlen
2021 – ‘Crossworks’, exhibition with Moniek Gerrits, Lutherse Kerk Maastricht
2021 – ‘Landscape 2.1’, group exhibition Museum Het Nieuwe Domein, Sittard
2021 – ‘Do you feel lucky today?’, Greylight Projects at the Artfair Athens
2022 – ‘Crosswork IV’, Artware HX Hoogcruts, Noorbeek
2022 – ‘What System’, installation during the Art Route Plateau (Wanda Reiff), Margraten
ARTIST STATEMENT
Both visually and in terms of content, ARRANGEMENTS AND COLOR define the work of Nieke Lemmens. As such, she is rooted in the tradition of painting, which she at the same time questions with the fragile and process-oriented character of her work. She also feels connected to the work of often anonymous craftsmen and folk artists who have been using these essential painterly elements to react and connect with the world for centuries.
She works in an inquisitive manner, where every action calls for a reaction, and every certainty is questioned again. This constant countermovement means freedom to her. Existing laws, systems and patterns are playfully broken down and undermined in her work. By allowing chance and embracing temporariness, space is created for change.
By facilitating the unpredictable deviations, the possibilities are inexhaustible and, in a seemingly simple way, she gives shape to the endless variety and richness of our complex and wondrous world.
She works in an inquisitive manner, where every action calls for a reaction, and every certainty is questioned again. This constant countermovement means freedom to her. Existing laws, systems and patterns are playfully broken down and undermined in her work. By allowing chance and embracing temporariness, space is created for change.
By facilitating the unpredictable deviations, the possibilities are inexhaustible and, in a seemingly simple way, she gives shape to the endless variety and richness of our complex and wondrous world.