Cecil Kemperink
There are many ways of representing the hyper-connected world in which we live. This is what Cecil Kemperink metaphorically proposes with his structures made of interlaced rings in stoneware or porcelain. His works are akin to ceramic chainmail, taking an infinite number of forms, flat, open or closed, from the simplest to the most complex. Such works are halfway between sculpture, textile and jewelry. Despite a fairly simple basic element - a colombin forming a ring whose diameter can vary within the same set - the artist develops a formal vocabulary that questions both the surrounding space and her own body in movement. (...) LR
Lives and works in Den Burg (Texel), Netherlands
2019: member IAC-AIC - 2002 >2020 : member Dutch Association of Ceramists (NVK)...
TRAINING
1985-1990: Bachelor of Art and Education, Tilburg Fontys University of Applied Sciences (NL)
1987-1988: Fashion studies, Utrecht (NL)
EXHIBITIONS
2022: AIC members, Geneva Congress (CH)
2021: Shaping PerceptionKOCEF (KR) - Korea International Biennale, Gyeonggi Museum (KR) - A Story beyond The Sea / Dutch Ceramics NowSeoul (KR) - Taiwan Biennale (TW) - Coda Museum (NL)
2020 : Taiwan Biennale (TW) - 2019 Ceramics museum Mondovi (IT) - Crafting New PerspectivesMunich (D)
2018 / 2016 : Biennale Internationale de Céramique Contemporaine, Vallauris (FR).
