teja van hoften
Hogezoom 11
4328 EE Burgh-Haamstede
T + F 0031 111 651733
E tejavanhoften at zeelandnet dot nl

 

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born in Amsterdam
academy, Tilburg
Rietveld academy, Amsterdam
one year Ceramic Work Center, Heusden
a half year working at the experimental department of the Porceleyne Fles, the Delft blue factory in Delft
Royal academy, Copenhagen (sculpture department)
a stipend of CRM to travel in Egypt
workshop José Vermeersch, Ceramic Workcentre, Heusden
subsidy of the province of Zeeland
editor of the magazine KERAMIEK
editor-in-chief of the magazine KERAMIEK
'vlamovenproject' brick stone factory Desimpel, Udenhout
traveling in Lanzarote to study volcanism
subsidy of the province of Zeeland
basis stipend of the Dutch government (Funds of visual art)
traveling in Tenerife to study volcanism
traveling in Iceland to study volcanism
basis stipend of the Dutch government (Funds of visual art)
teacher ceramics, workshop ‘sculpture in landscape’, VMC Zeeland
workshop ‘cire perdue retrouvée’ , Beeldenstorm Eindhoven
teacher ceramics, workshop ‘landscape and architecture’, VMC Zeeland
traveling in Fuerteventura to study volcanism
teacher ceramics, workshop ‘industrial architecture’, VMC Zeeland
cultural exchange program, 4 months working in Takeo, Japan
teacher kakitreeproject the Kofschip Zierikzee – Stichting Zonnemaire Buitengewoon
basis stipend of the Dutch government (Funds of visual arts)
3 months working at the EKWC, Den Bosch
2 months working at a guest studio Meulensteen Art Center Beeldenstorm / Daglicht, Eindhoven
guest curator project ‘intimacy’ Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede
guest curator project 'an exchange of intimacy' NBKS, Breda / Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede2007
metall symposium Wurzbach Germany
guest curator yearprogramm ‘a human being’ Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede
6 weeks working in Celleno Italy
participant in the 'weatherblog', an internet project concerning the influence of the weather on your mood
3 months artist in residence Bedigliora Switzerland

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commissions:  

 
1992-1993 objects for anniversary gift Hoechst Flushing-East
1993   multiple       Art rental Goes
1993  installation Magdalena church the municipal of Goes  Goes
1994  installation Water tower  the municipal of Flushing   East-Souburg
1995 sculpture ‘Parel aan de Oosterschelde’ the municipal of Zierikzee  Zierikzee
1997 installation ‘surprising vegetation’ Zonnemaire Buitengewoon Zonnemaire
1998  sculpture ‘Panorama - Earth’ Stichting Trechter 5 Goes
  poetry project ‘how much does blue weights?’ Scoop Middelburg
  installation ‘secret places’ Zonnemaire-Buitengewoon Zonnemaire
2000 sport cups Sport association of Zeeland Middelburg
2002 sculpture Jan Laurens Haisma Eindhoven
2004 emergoprize Syntens  Flushing 
2005 installation 'hidden lanes' CBK Zeeland Manteling Domburg
2006 book slibreeks 'on one's way ' CBK Zeeland Middelburg
2010 sculpture 'mytose' hospital Velp
2011 a series of 12 photographs 'family' hospital Rijnstate Arnhem

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exhibitions:

     s = solo exhibitions c = catalogue
         
1976 
de Olievaar
 Uithoorn
   
1977 Aardobject Amsterdam    
  het Kapelhuis      Amersfoort    
  gallery Galjoen  Den Bosch s  
1978  Setter House Veenendaal    
  gallery Lieve Hemel stoot je hoofd niet Amsterdam    
  Idea Gallery The Hague s  
1979 Ceramic Work Center Heusden   leaflet
  gallery Hüstege - Steltman  Den Bosch s  
1980 Center Cocarde  Valkenburg    
  gallery Hüstege - Steltman Den Bosch    
  gallery Lieve Hemel stoot je hoofd niet Amsterdam s  
1981 ‘earthen reality's’ Beeldende Kunst Stichting Haarlem   c
  gallery Hüstege Den Bosch    
  Zeeuws Artists Center Middlesbrough s  
1982 gallery de Vis Harlingen s  
1983 de Olievaar Uithoorn    
  ‘present-day ceramics ’ de Zienagoog Zaandam   c
  gallery Hüstege  Den Bosch    
1984 de Stenge Heinkenszand s  
  gallery de Ganserik Oisterwijk    
  museum Willem van Haren Heerenveen    
  gallery Hüstege Den Bosch s  
1985  Zeeuws Artists Center Middlesbrough    
  ‘form and glaze’ Zwolsche Algemeene   Nieuwengein    c
  de Ring Epe    
  gallery de Witte Voet  Amsterdam s  
  Balans 17 Middlesbrough  s  
1986 Balans 17 Middlesbrough    
1987 museum municipal Jan Cunen Centrum Oss s leaflet 
  Art Promotions  Düsseldorf, Germany s  
  de Bewaerschole Burgh-Haamstede s  
1988 de Zienagoog Zaandam s  
  ‘bookends’ Stedelijk museum Schiedam Schiedam   c
  de Magdalena church Goes    
  ‘European arts and crafts 1988 ’ Landesgewerbeamt Baden-Wurtenberg  Stuttgart, Germany   c
1989 Art Promotions Düsseldorf, Germany    
  ‘46e concorso internationale della ceramica d’arte’  Faenza, Italy   c
  gallery Panacea  Vught   s  
1990  ‘the pair’ gallery Art and Ceramics Deventer   leaflet
  ‘The self portrait ’ Zeeuws Artists Center  Middlesbrough   c
  de Keramiek galerie Ootmarsum    
  ‘a portrait of a lady II’ galerie Marijke Raaijmakers Grübbenvorst    
  European Fine Art Fair, Mecc   Maastricht    
  Davis Art Center  Davis, California USA    
  ‘15 years of purchase’ Zeeuws museum Middlesbrough   c
  gallery Van den Berge  Goes    
1991  Balans 17 Middlesbrough s  
  gallery Désudé Udenhout    
  Beeldende Kunst Stichting  Haarlem    
  gallery Art and Ceramics Deventer  s  
  ‘the torso’ Stedelijk museum   Dordrecht     c
  het Tongerlohuys  Roosendaal  s  
  Gallery Galerij   Zierikzee    
1992   ‘shaped earth’ Kunsthal Hof 88     Almelo    c
  de Keramiek galerie Ootmarsum    
  Beeldende Kunst Stichting Haarlem    
1993 museum het Rondeel Rhenen    
  ‘clay-art in the Benelux’  stedelijk museum   Schiedam     c
  museum provincial for modern art Oostende, Belgium    
  Schloss Bourglinster Echternach, Luxembourg    
  art Centerde Oosterpoort  Groningen    
  Terra Keramiek Delft s leaflet 
  ‘the four elements’ de Magdalena church Goes s leaflet
  het Zuiderpershuis Antwerp, Belgium   leaflet
1994 ‘vlamovenproject’ brick stone factory Desimpel Udenhout   c
  the Water tower East-Souburg  s leaflet
  the Saint Nicolas church Brouwershaven    
  gallery Desco  Kortemark, Belgium    c
  cultural Center Scharpoord Knokke Heist, Belgium   c
  ‘inflamed waters’ museum Andries de Potter  Rotterdam    
  castle of Rhoon Rhoon  s  
1995 gallery Désudé Udenhout    
  de Vierschaar   Zierikzee  s  
1996 ‘Ceramics and Delft’ the big church Delft Delft    c
  museum municipal Zwolle  s leaflet
  town hall    Brouwershaven s  
1997  ‘a garden in the picture’ ISIS Purmerend    
  garden of museum Elizabeth Weeshuis Culenborg    
  ‘the art of building’ Sinke Komejan Middlesbrough    
  ‘surprising vegetation ’ Zonnemaire   leaflet
  house of tourism Middlesbrough    
1998  genootschap Kunstliefde Utrecht  s  
  ‘woman-artists from Zeeland’ Zeeuws museum Middlesbrough    
  ‘cire perdue retrouvée’  de Witte Dame Eindhoven   c
  ‘global ceramics’ galerie Babel  Landsmeer    
  ‘a picknickplace’ Zonnemaire   leaflet 
  ‘how much does blue weights?’ Zeeuwse library   Middlesbrough   c
1999    The Ceramic Millenium , NVK   in the Rai and the Zaaier Amsterdam    c
  ‘The Artists Village’ Mu Art Foundation   Eindhoven    
  ‘XXL Prints’ Royal Academy   The Hague    
  ‘25 x 25’ Art Center Zaanstad Zaandam    
  gallery  Germinahof   Sterksel   s  
  ‘boeken boven water’ bibliotheek  Zierikzee    c
  'books above water' Zeeuwse library Middlesbrough   c
2000   gallery Germinahof      Sterksel    c
  de passerelle, townhall Terneuzen s  
  ‘a cabinet’ gallery Van den Berge Goes    
  culture hall  Takeo, Japan   c
2001 ‘a landscape as a body’ Jan van Leeuwen Stichting Zeeuwse library.     Middlesbrough s  
  ‘a body as a landscape’ ghl     Middlesbrough s  
2002  2 x de afstand  Zaltbommel  s  
  de Kapberg  Egmond aan den Hoef      
  ‘a courtyard nowadays’ Stichting Krot & Co   Bergen op Zoom     c
  Museum für  Kunst und Kulturgeschichte   Kevelaer, Germany    
  ‘a skin of bronze’ de Krabbedans   Eindhoven   
2003  end presentation working period EKWC  Den Bosch  s  
  'way of thinking' ghl     Middlesbrough    
  'temporally shelters' Germinahof  Sterksel    
  ‘orientation’ de bewaerschole Burgh-Haamstede   s   
  'sacred places' Gresol art festival   Bisbal, Spain    
  end presentation guest studio Beeldenstorm/Daglicht  Eindhoven  s  
  ‘beeldenstorm’ NBKS   Breda    
2004  'guest studio's' Beeldenstorm/Daglicht, de Krabbedans      Eindhoven    c
  Gallery Galerij Zierikzee  s  
  de Vierschaar    Zierikzee   s  
  Jacobus church Renesse    s   
  'look hair' art rental Schiedam   Schiedam     
  AMC   Amsterdam   s  
2005 'everything of value.........' cacao factory Helmond   c
  'under my skin' art rental de Bevelanden Goes s  
  'hidden lanes' de Manteling Domburg   c
  'stream' Fieldwork Stichting Tengel Schaalsmeerpolder    
2006 'an appropriate answer' the big church Veere s  
  'ecce homo' de drukkery Middlesbrough s  
  art rental Veenendaal s  
  '25 years Germinahof' Sterksel   c
  'human analysis' Strijp S Eindhoven    
  'an exchange of intimacy' NBKS Breda   c
2007 'pelgrimage' Kunstenlab Deventer s  
  'kunstlicht' G2A Goes    
  'garden' Corrosia Almere    
  ‘agricult’ Zonnemaire Buitengewoon Zonnemaire    
  ‘agricult’ Beaford Arts N-W Deven England   c
  ‘Metalguss ’ Wurzbach Germany   c
2008 'arbor vitae' Ceasuur Middlesbrough s c
  'insideout' Peninsula Eindhoven    
  'autobiology' museumgoudA Gouda s  
  'art and nature' Grote Kerk Goes   c
  10 nominated for the Zeeland Culture prize CBK Zeeland Middlesbrough    
  de Pastorie Gorinchem    
2009 'oxigen-rich' Salon2060 Antwerp, Belgium s  
  '9 meter plus' Sculpture Boulevard Noordwijk   c
  'lingam' Ädellab Stockholm,Sweden    
  'to be' Bewaerschole Burgh-Haamstede s  
  CBK Rotterdam    
2010 'Vruchtbaarheid NU' museum Catharijneconvent Utrecht   c
  'Vruchtbaarheid NU' Les Anciens Abattoirs
Mons, België    
  KanaalKunst Goes   c
  hospital Rijnstate Arnhem s  
  'Wenn doch die Sonne im Herbste' FCAB Bedigliora, Swiss s  
2011 'Vulnerable but Tough' Kadmium Delft    
 

'amuse' CBK Zeeland

 Middlesbrough    
  'to be body' Radboud University Nijmegen s  
  'love in art' p.Art of your life Zwolle   c
                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                          
work in public collections: 

the province of Zeeland
the municipal of  Middelburg and Flushing
the Zeeuws museum, Middelburg
art rental Zeeland, Dordrecht, Eindhoven, Deventer and Tilburg

                                                                                                                                                            
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publications:     see the catalogues of the exhibitions list
     
1981    ‘You could call it dramatic expression with clay’  PZC    june 2   Janna van Veen
1982    ‘A big leap on ahead’  Leeuwarder Courant   october  29   Rudy Hodel
1984 ‘The inside out’ PZC    march  9 Andreas Oosthoek
1985 ‘Dutch Ceramics 1975/85’  blz. 227   Mieke Spruit-Ledenboer
1987 ‘Ceramic sculpture’ KERAMIEK april, page 2-3-4-16-17    Yvon Coffeng
  ‘Teja van Hoften’ Jan Cunen Centrum Oss    Piet Hagenaars
1988    ‘Surprising ceramic in gallery Zienagoog’    de Zaanlander    february   W.P. de Groot
  ‘Human body as starting point work Teja van Hoften’  de Typhoon     february  5   Jan de Carpentier
  ‘Nature and technique’ PZC    29 april    Nico Out
1989 ‘about thy whomb’  own publication
  ‘Teja van Hoften’ KERAMIEK november page 6 -7    Johanna van Dijk
  ‘Touching female torso's in Panacea in Vught’ Brabants Dagblad    december 7 Mary Winters
1990    ‘Present quality’         PZC   november   23 Nico Out
  ‘Ceramics in the Netherlands today ’        the ceramic guide NVK
1991   a postcard series of 7 postcards   own publication
  ‘Power in clay’     PZC   june  3 Nico Out
1993 ‘Teja van Hoften’         Hoechst persoonlijk   february   Rien Mondeel
  ‘a surprising sculpture’    Hoeghst persoonlijk   february   Nico Out
  ‘Nature in Sculpture’     KERAMIEK   june  Nico Out
1994    ‘Naturalia et curiosa’   own publication  ‘fertil earth’ Eugene Langendijk
  ‘Ceramics in the Netherlands today’    the ceramic guide NVK
  ‘Forms of life, rhythm of earth and sea’       PZC   june  3 Nico Out
1995   ‘Pearl of the Oosterschelde’  Zeeuws tijdschrift nr. 6   Nico Out
1996   ‘Tranquil harvest party in Brouwershaven ’      PZC   october  15 Nico Out
1997    ‘Ceramics in the Netherlands today’  the ceramic guide NVK
  interview because of ‘surprising vegetation’ Zonnemaire World Broadcast
1998   ‘The Selection’ Raad voor Kunst en Cultuur Flushing
  ‘5 years ceramics in the Netherlands and Belgium’  Cultureal Center Knokke - Heist, Belgium
1999  ‘analogieën’      own publication
  ‘breathing in bronze.........’  Eindhovens dagblad november 9 Anna van der Burgt
  ‘books above water’   Zeeuws tijdschrift nr. 4  Jan van Westen
2000   ‘a part of a whole, the human being and his natural environment KERAMIEK april  Tanneke Barendregt
  ‘the horizon, my skin’ own publication
  picture show Kunstenaarswijzer Voorzienings Fonds voor kunstenaars
  ‘artists’  Delta TV, broadcasted april 19
  ‘Light from Sealand’  slibreeks nr. 93  Lotje van de Vliet
  cable one   Takeo television, Japan
  NHK  national television, Japan
2001   ‘nani,naze’ own publication
  ‘shores’ own publication
  ‘the Takeo region art and culture exchange program 2000’ report Kensuke Furushou
  ‘artist in the land of contrasts’    PZC  february 19 Ali Pankow
  ‘For teja the body is a natural area ’ PZC  may 12 Dirk Jan van Scheyen
2002  ‘on waves the wind is awakening’   Kunstbeeld april Anne Berk
  ‘tracks’  own publication
  ‘flora and fauna of the human organ’   Brabants Dagblad  october 17 Mark van de Voort
2003  ‘to find beauty in flesh and blood’ PZC  june 28 Esme Soesman
2004 ‘family’  own publication
  'artist teja van hoften identifies herself with nature' PZC july 13 Ali Pankow
2005 'intimacy' Stichting Westerschouwen Kultureel teja van hoften, Wouter Prins
  'unity of nature and art' PZC july 20 Rolf Bosboom
  'nature art, nature as art or art in nature?' Beelden 3 Piet Augustijn
2006  'an appropriate answer' own publication
  'frozen dynamics' PZC 29 march Rolf Bosboom
  'on one's way' slibreeks nr.117
  the talking book Drukwerk in de Marge june Paul van Capelleveen
  'part by part through her own body NRC october 25 Ewoud Sanders
2007 'formed amazement' KERAMIEK february Cor Knoester
  'powerplay in contrast to walkingspeed' de Stentor january 25 Herman van Amelsvoort
  ‘Wisse shows garden through the eyes of a artist’ Gooi en Eemlanden Margriet van Seumeren
  ‘you could make a picture of it’ Trouw august 11 Henny de Lange
  ‘Mix of work and holliday’ Ost Thüringen Zeitung august 15 Judith Albig
2008 'striking simalarity between nature and human being' Algemeen Dagblad 30 april Marc Couwenbergh
2009 'teja van hoften is looking for simularities between the human body and the world of plants' KERAMIEK decemer Piet Augustijn
  'I feel being a voyeur' PZC december17 Nico Out
2011 'all the time' own publication
2012 'felting is for me...' Ellen Bakker
                            

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