Ankie van Dijk : Six poems

 

 

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I am Ankie van Dijk. I was born in Tilburg, the Netherlands , in 1958.

You can find more information through my website: avandijk.exto.nl, and on Facebook.

Since 1991 I have been taking  a watercolor painting course in Baarle-Nassau, until 1996.

In that year I switched to the IKO academy in Hoogstraten, Belgium. After two years of general basic techniques, I took the advanced painting program there from 1998 to 2004.
During that time for me, collage technique by way of sketching has evolved into an independent art form, using found paper, cardboard, plastic. All in small scale.

From 2011, the emphasis has increasingly shifted to painting. The collage techniques have developed into a more graphic form, and I started experimenting by distorting printed text on paper (for example old books) by using scissors and paste, making certain structures visible, and turning existing text info graphic forms.

The next step was using paper artworks as a source of inspiration for simple graphic drawings. Since 2014 I have been using carbon paper, among other things. In this way I can let coincidence play along and use repetition, which in turn creates structures.

It’s all about experimenting, having fun, playing with all kind of materials.

In all art forms I strive for austerity in technology and materials and try to create a fascinating image with as few interventions as possible. Simplicity, silence and tranquility are the words that typify my work.

Exhibitions:

2012             Zondereigen (Belgium), two artists exhibition

2015            Nuenen (Netherlands), group-exhibition
                     Oud-Turnhout (Netherlands), group-exhibition
2016             Heeswijk Dinther (Netherlands), group-exhibition
                     Waalwijk (Netherlands), solo-exhibition
2017             Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands) ), group-exhibition
                     Geldrop (Netherlands), group-exhibition
2019             Warsaw (Poland) ), group-exhibition
                     Treviso  (Italy), group-exhibition
                     Den Bosch (Netherlands) ), group-exhibition
2020             Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands), solo-exhibition
                     Warsaw (Poland), group-exhibition
2021             Perpignan (France), group-exhibtion 

Publications:

Magazine Powidoki (Poland) 2019/2. Named in an article written by Anna Klos (with image).                        
Judith: Woman Making Visual Poetry:  a book edited by Amanda Earl. Publisher: Timglaset, Malmṏ, Sweden.