(Nederlandse versie)

As of 1 August, I now have a new studio!!!

In the last week of July, I relocated on the hottest day of the week! Clearly, I wasn’t on my own, as I received tremendous help from my loving boyfriend, my partner in crime, Erik van Scheijndel! Additionally, I was helped by Abdiwahab Ali and his pupils from the SamenOmhoog Foundation, Ismaël and Ahmed 🙏! Everything had to be carried up two flights of stairs – well, there was an elevator, but only the impossibly heavy, large items had to be hoisted up two flights by sheer muscle power, only to be wheeled, and perhaps I’m exaggerating here, 200 metres through the building (luckily there were small trolleys and all sorts of tables on wheels, which came in very handy). What can I say, it’s a long building!

So it was a sweaty, tough job; the following week we were still setting things up, doing lots of tasks and putting things in their place, once again with the help of the aforementioned Erik. But the place felt – and still feels – instantly right! What a space, what delicious light, what a cosy buzz from the terrace on the high street of the Zwolle Zuid shopping centre below me. I feel right at home!!

Then there’s something rather special about the address: officially ‘Gelijkheid 3’ – (Equality 3) which I think is a brilliant name and a bonus to this spot. But the interesting thing is that the entrance, which I now use every day and to which I have the key, is actually called ‘Broederschap’ (Brotherhood), and we’re just a stone’s throw from Vrijheidslaan (Freedom Avenue)! Liberté, égalité, fraternité, Vive la révolution! I’m digressing.

The thing is, I haven’t quite sorted out yet (let alone the postman) exactly where Gelijkheid 3 is (I think it’s the entrance at the Stadkamer below me). So, if you’d like to visit me, the easiest way is to come to the Broederschap and use the white door in the corner next to the De Pol community centre. I don’t have a doorbell, so just give me a ring and I’ll come and meet you!

My new address is a bit of a mix:
Gelijkheid 3 or Broederschap, next to De Pol

CareX is my new landlord – thanks, Ruud Bremmer!

I’ve left my much-loved studio at Rieteweg 10 behind me. Thanks to Martijn Buitenhuis, Anneke Vedelaar and Rianne T. for the lovely years on Rieteweg.

(English version)

Zienema KORT & KRACHT Aanstaande zondag in De Ploegh – Landelijk Kunstenaarsgenootschap & Galerie, Amersfoort.

Als randprogrammering van de expositie Resistance vertoon ik zondag om 15u 4 korte art video’s die ik tussen 2020 /22 heb gemaakt.

1- Gibberish – (i.s.w.m Ali Reza Tahoeni (1.10)
2- OOOOH WELL – (i.s.w.m Ali Reza Tahoeni, (1.26)
3- Revolution Will Not Be Televised _ ( i.s.w.m Ali Reza Tahoeni) (2.05)
4- Dedicated Follower – (6.44)

Zie dit als een uitnodiging om en een mooie, gelaagde expositie te bewonderen en daarbovenop ook nog eens kort en kracht(ige) bioscoop ervaring op te doen.

Overigens is er bijna elk weekend wel een randprogrammering meer zien en lezen en bespreken over bijvoorbeeld over het beeld NAKBA van Michiel Deylius:

In de expositie verder naast veel prachtige kunst ook werk van mij en werk van Ahmed Aldaalsa te zien.

Zienema KORT & KRACHT
Zondag 21 juni | 15u

Galerie de Ploegh
Cultuurhuis bij Flint
Coninckstraat 58
3811WK Amersfoort

Reserveren hoeft niet er is gelegenheid om met elkaar in gesprek te gaan, wellicht tot dan!

(Nederlandse versie)

Opening 31-05-26 at 15.00 h | May 31 till June 21 | Open sat. and sun. at 13.00 h. | DeLoods – Scheldestraat 26, Breda.

Silence = Violence is a group exhibition curated by Joyce Overheul.

I may be able to make my voice heard in my own country, but I have also been invited to participate in this exhibition with two critical artworks; Art- Video’s OOOOh WELL in collaboration with Ali Reza Tahoeni, Dedicated Follower and the pen drawing Heavenly Peace Revisited in collaboration with Ahmed Aldaalsa (Gaza) who’s drawings will be shown here as well.

About the exhibition

Critical voices are under pressure worldwide. In a time where a Third World War is closer than ever, more and more people are being silenced. Not only in dictatorial regimes, but also in countries like the Netherlands, where symbols such as a watermelon are labeled by politicians as a dog whistle for extremist ideology. By silencing people, the possibility of dialogue—and with it, the possibility of gaining insight into another person’s situation—is lost.

Kunstenaarsinitiatief DeLOODS invited artist Joyce Overheul to curate this exhibition featuring artists who cannot make their voices heard in their countries of origin. Voices from countries such as Iran, Syria, Palestine, Crimea, Hong Kong, Greece, and the United States, but also critical art from the Netherlands. For some artists, participation in their home country is so unsafe that they participate in the exhibition under an alias or anonymously.

Silence is one of the most powerful methods of exercising power over people. It is not without reason that the silent treatment exists, where people in relationships punish each other with silence. Sometimes silence is also a form of self-defense. For instance, in countries where the government has full control, and privacy is hard to come by, many people prefer silence to speaking out for their own safety. In this way, many people are silenced.

Here, in this exhibition, we make ourselves heard. We no longer accept the silence. We no longer accept that media such as newspapers and news broadcasts report too one-sidedly on genocide, war, and violence. That is why we speak out. For whoever remains silent consents, and thereby contributes to the suffering of a great many people.

The voices of the artists in this exhibition must be heard. And that is why we do not remain silent.

Deelnemende kunstenaars | Participating artists

Airco Caravan (NL/VS),
Khaled Chujaa (Syrië/NL),
Marit Otto (NL),
Ahmed Aldaalsa (Gaza),
Anonymous Artist (VS),
David C. Terry (VS/Duitsland),
Eugenia Grammenou (Griekenland),
Matthijs Hannink (NL),
Natalia Grezina (Oekraïne/NL),
Hanif Bahari (Iran/Zweden),
Kian Moradi (Iran/NL),
Soodeh Karimi (Iran/Turkije),
Miss Bunny (Hong Kong/NL)
Festa del Bastardino (NL)
K_D (Ghana)

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