Artist Information:
Mieke Van Ingen
30430 Mejannes le Clap,
France
Member Since: Jul 2007
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Artist Statement:
Born 1962, the Netherlands
the artist lives and works in
the South of France
Mieke van Ingen (born 1962,
Delft, the Netherlands)
studied painting and graphic
art at the Royal Academy of
Fine Arts in The Hague, the
Netherlands. She lives and
works in the South of France,
near Avignon, as a painter and
a printmaker with a special
interest in the cross over
between the two disciplines.
Using motifs extracted from
plants, water and clouds, Van
Ingen incorporates these forms
in her drawings, paintings and
graphics with a painterly
fluidity.
There is a division of
horizontal and vertical lines;
the same division which was
highly emphasized by the
members of The Style movement
(De Stijl). For the members of
this movement the belief in
this division, originates in
western theosophy; the
vertical lines are the active
element and the horizontal
lines the passive elements; as
both are the visual
equivalents for the basic
facts of life.
Van Ingen creates the contrast
Piet Mondriaan, the movement's
leading figure, called for;
fields of color created by
horizontal and vertical
volumes on the one hand and a
clear poetic painting on the
other hand. The use of water
and earth colors, ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2012 Auction of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Artprice
(FR)
2011 Auction of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Drouot,
Paris (FR)
2011 The Sketchbook Project,
on tour across the USA, The
Brooklyn Art Library in
Brooklyn NY (February 2011),
Austin Museum of Art in Austin
TX (March 2011), SPACE
Gallery in Portland ...
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Artist Galleries:
Gallery d'Art, Besancon (FR)
Gallery & Art Lease, Vianen
(NL)
Gallery & Art Lease,
Barendrecht (NL)
ArtOlive, Amsterdam (NL)...
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Artist Reviews:
2012 Catalogue Mieke van
Ingen, Peinture et Gravure
(FR)
2012 100 PORTRAITS of citizens
of Delft, council of Delft,
the Netherlands (NL)
2011 Catalogue Art Moderne et
Contemporain, Auction House
Drouot, Paris (FR)
2011 A Sketchbook Lines and
Grids 19706, The Brooklyn Art
Library, Brooklyn NY (USA)
2010 New York ...
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Collections:
Dominique Stal, Expert, Paris
(FR)
The Brooklyn Art Library,
Brooklyn NY (USA)
That Gallery, Hong Kong
(China)
Primo Piano Living Gallery,
Lecce (IT)
Hebrew Home for Aged, New York
City (USA)
Art:Raw Gallery, New York City
(USA)
Artlease and Gallery Vianen,
Vianen (NL)
International Biannual Museum
of Engraving,
Acqui ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Mieke Van Ingen's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Mieke Van Ingen's Portfolio.
Born 1962, the Netherlands
the artist lives and works in the South of France
Mieke van Ingen (born 1962, Delft, the Netherlands) studied painting and graphic art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, the Netherlands. She lives and works in the South of France, near Avignon, as a painter and a printmaker with a special interest in the cross over between the two disciplines.
Using motifs extracted from plants, water and clouds, Van Ingen incorporates these forms in her drawings, paintings and graphics with a painterly fluidity.
There is a division of horizontal and vertical lines; the same division which was highly emphasized by the members of The Style movement (De Stijl). For the members of this movement the belief in this division, originates in western theosophy; the vertical lines are the active element and the horizontal lines the passive elements; as both are the visual equivalents for the basic facts of life.
Van Ingen creates the contrast Piet Mondriaan, the movement's leading figure, called for; fields of color created by horizontal and vertical volumes on the one hand and a clear poetic painting on the other hand. The use of water and earth colors, ... |
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