Bas Ketelaars

Statement
Statement

Is nature a place, a comprehensive system or an ideal? Living in an highly urbanized society I became interested in the problem of representing nature. Nature that is unreachable and far away but also everywhere around us. Where does culture stop and nature begin, or is there a real difference anyway?

With the tradition of romantic landscape painting in mind, I’d like to start with my own experience of walking through empty landscapes and translate this experience to the contemplation of objects. I’m interested in the means of both photography and drawing: the interchangeability of the technical with manual labour to create images where different systems are not so much opposing each other, but producing an image together.

Foundation Wo Meine Sonne Scheint

Where light creates space.

In 2013 in the city of Rotterdam (NL) I founded, together with Beatrijs Dikker, the Foundation Wo Meine Sonne Scheint. Our goals are to stimulate the development of artistic concepts and to support artists in making and showing their work. We organize site-specific residencies in various locations that result in a group exhibition. We are a platform that emphasizes the artists’ practice. We foster artistic experiment and encourage the development of new working methods. WMSS is an integral part of my artistic practice.

Our last project Tireless Line will be continued in Berlin.

www.womeinesonnescheint.com

Profile
GlogauAIR Project
CV Summary

Open Studios

September 2019

open studios exhibition, two days, 10 aartists from around the world, digi_gal project space exhibition, art residency in Berlin, Kreuzberg

June 2019

Activities

Bright green and purple poster showing the title of the event" the thirteen" and the artists names

The THIRTEEN: GlogauAIR Pop-up Preview

Meet the Artist // Bas Ketelaars

Former artists

Amna AlBaker

Eva Fajcikova

Elena Urucatu and Carlos Maté

Katharina Langer

EEGB

Maud Vareillaud-Bouzzine

Brittany Brush

Olivia and Madeleine Peters

Ilknur Demirkoparan

Jia Hong Liu

Valdrin Thaqi

Lucía Mir

Lorna Sinclair

Louise Manifold

Hannah Stoll

Imke Zeinstra

Natalia Urnia

Sanghee Ahn

Arbnor Karaliti & Ermir Zhinipotoku

Tiana Jefferies