Before entering the world of fine arts Gonneke studied Dutch Language and Literature at the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. She obtained her MA in 1991 and worked at the Museum for Dutch Literature in The Hague.

During an introductory course for ceramics in 1992 she passionately fell in love with clay and its’ versality. Since 1996 she has developed her skills and personal style under the guidance of several Dutch ceramicists/artists, such as Arjen Bakermans and Henk Wolvers*.

From 2000 to 2008 she worked in her own studio in Zaltbommel, The Netherlands, and started off exhibiting in 2004, joining a local group of artists in an annual Open Studio setting*. She has had private commissions for art works and has made promotional gifts for several companies.

After her move to Singapore in July 2008 she has been teaching ceramics at the Hollandse School and currently is working with porcelain and ancient Chinese moulds for a new series of tapestries.

Statement:

Stanley Kubrick once stated: “I don’t think that writers or painters or filmmakers function because they have something they particularly want to say. They have something that they feel.” (1928-1999).

Art - to me - is working elaborately on the translation of feelings and images that enter and define my personal world. Its’ process over time is a search for balance in form, material and meaning. Living in Singapore challenges me to combine my conceptual work with Asian cultural, historical and lingual elements.

The traditional form and usage of ceramical objects urges and encourages me to look for new shapes. This process has resulted in a series of objects and murals, in (stainless) steel and ceramics in 2006 and 2007. Afterwards I designed a tapestry of more than 1100 ceramical ‘buttons’ on stainless steel plates. The buttons are not fixed and its’ pattern therefore can be changed to the taste of its’ owner.

           

Other works are related to my fascination for all kinds of urban debris, such as rusted steel and scrap iron. Several ‘objects trouvées’ have been transformed into new art objects by imposing ceramical shapes.

Keywords that define my work are: harmony, rythm, pattern and discovery.

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Work in stock/Galeries:
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