As a painter, Marloes Roeper is intrigued by what exactly we see when we look at a painting. While taking many walks through the city, surfing the Internet, and by paying close attention to her daily environment, Roeper continues to find shapes, objects, and compositions that trigger her desire to paint them. This desire is not evoked by the particular beauty of these findings, but rather by her fascination for the way in which we recognise, or even attach meaning, to nothing but a few brushstrokes (or their absence) on the canvas.
Most of her works start from a photograph; here the composition, framing, and process of painting begins. Although all her paintings seem to show recognisable things, such as windowpanes, football fields, electricity poles, or other objects we think we know, Roeper has stripped them down to their bare essence. Her works, therefore, play with our notion of understanding what it is we see, and emerge from a challenge to achieve figuration with the most efficient means. As such, Roeper’s works question what we actually need to create an image, beyond frame, canvas, and paint.
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Educatie
2017 – 2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
Exposities
Komend
2022 September Swim | Solo show | Art Five, Texel
2022 Duoshow met Krijn Kroes | Galerie Joghem, Amsterdam
Momenteel
2022 Harvest 2022 | Duoshow met Tomáš Libertiny | Compartiment Lakeside Collectie in Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Geweest
2022 Wild Summer of Art | Groepsshow | Brutus, Rotterdam
2022 Lift Off | Groepsshow | AG, Utrecht
2022 De Belofte #17 | Groepsshow | Kunstliefde, Utrecht
2022 Zomersalon | Groepsshow | Maaskoe, Rotterdam
2022 Athen | Solo show | ExBoot, Utrecht
2022 Lef! | Group show | Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort
2021 Maiden Trip | Soloshow | Collectie De Groen, Arnhem
2021 Fresh Cacao | Groepsshow | De Cacaofabriek, Helmond
2021 Best of Graduates | Groepsshow | Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2021 Exposure Fine Art HKU | Afstudeerexpositie | Pastoe Fabriek, Utrecht
2020 Sink In | Groepsshow | De Havenloods, Utrecht
2019 The First Time Always Hurts | Groepsshow | Wodka Soup Collective, Utrecht
Prijzen en nominaties
2022 Genomineerd voor de Art Award Schilderkunst – Business Art Service
2022 Genomineerd voor de Kunstliefdeprijs – Kunstliefde
2021 Genomineerd voor de Carat Lucas Gassel – Stichting Carat
2021 Winnaar Lakeside Collection Award – Lakeside Collection
2021 Genomineerd voor de Young Blood Award – Ron Mandos Young Blood Foundation
2021 Genomineerd voor het Dooyewaard Stipendium – Stichting Dooyewaard
Collecties
Lakeside Collection, NL
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, NL
Reyn van der Lugt, NL
Publicaties en media
2022 UIT agenda, Lucy tipt!
2022 Radio 4 Opium, De Debutant https://www.nporadio4.nl/fragmenten/opium/be315101-51dc-4203-af38-3ad3813a82ef/2022-03-18-de-debutant-marloes-roeper
2022 NH Nieuws, Culture Club https://www.nporadio4.nl/fragmenten/opium/be315101-51dc-4203-af38-3ad3813a82ef/2022-03-18-de-debutant-marloes-roeper
2022 Golfbreker Radio, Zaterdag Actueel
2022 RTV Utrecht, Route C https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/3322877/kunstenaars-eren-mondriaan-op-150ste-geboortedag-hij-had-volkomen-vertrouwen-in-wat-hij-maakte
Nevenactiviteiten
2022 Artist-in-residence in Art Five, Texel
2022 Coauteur Route Lunetten van Travis Geertruida – Spring Festival Utrecht
2022 Gastspreker Ameland Excursie HKU FA1, Archiveren kun je leren
2022 Gastdocent voor HKU, seminar Critical Feedback
2021/2022 Artist-in-residence in Depot Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2020 Constructie-assistent voor Jop Vissers Vorstenbosch’s ‘Monument voor het digitaal falen’ in Bibliotheek Utrecht, Neude.
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