Installation view. Works by Jasper van der Graf and Vincent Hamel.

December 4, 2011 – January 8, 2012

Kunstruimte 09 presents  exhibition Dynamics of Painting, featuring the work of artists Jasper van der Graf, Vincent Hamel, and Matthijs Hendriks.

Work by Tineke Bouma

February 20 – March 26, 2011

A selection of the legacy of Tineke Bouma (1956-2009) with works from the period 1985 to 2007. The total work of Tineke Bouma is modest and the works themselves are usually not large. They show a special sensitivity often seen in the bright, sensuous colors and simplified forms. Colors and shapes that do not depict something visible.

Tineke Bouma wanted – as she put it – paint ‘like the wind, the clouds form. That is, without preconceived ideas about color, form, composition, but with an open mind. The same open-mindedness is expected of the viewer of the work. The paintings of Bouma just want to be and especially create a mental ‘space ‘. The work of Tineke Bouma is special and deserves not to fade into oblivion. One reason for K09 to show the work again.

Tineke Bouma (1956 – 2009) came from Friesland to Groningen, where she studied psychology fot a brief spell and then late seventies and early eighties of the last century education at the Minerva Academy to follow.
The training school was still quite often conflicted with her intentions untill artist Ton Mars – co-initiator includes art foundation ‘De Zaak’ at the time – became her teacher.

After she finished her studies at the Academy works of Tineke Bouma were included in the traveling exhibition “Tussenblik” (including Han Schuil, Jan van den Dobbelsteen and Ton Mars), an exhibition that introduced a counterpart was the” Neue Wilde “and among the title “Neo Geo” was shown.

Her work was further highlighted by Asselijn Gallery in Amsterdam and when this gallery disappeared, the last ten years by Galerie Phoebus Rotterdam. The latter gallery presented the work of Tineke Bouma a few years ago through a solo exhibition at Art Amsterdam. In Groningen, where she until her death nearly two years ago continued to live, her work has occasionally been seen since. It was in the west of the country would have left her work might have been a greater national prominence.

Tineke Bouma has nevertheless a small loyal fans of the work and in some sense also “artists artist” (rated by fellow artists). This, partly because her own work and principles always remained loyal to herself and was not influenced by fashion.

Tineke Bouma shows a relatively modest body of work. Modest in scope – a work could take years to do before its final shape – and usually modest in size. Work with strongly reduced colors and shapes, but also sensitive and concentrated. Work with a timeless and openness, made ‘like the wind the clouds form’ and that it deserves to be shown regularly. As now in K09.

Installation view

April 18 – May 22, 2010

Participating artists:
Thomas Bakker & Henriette van ‘t Hoog

Illusions of space by means of constructive colour-objects; colour and light reflections and light projections.

Jose Heerkens, Passing Colours IV, 2009
Oil on linen, 35 x 35 cm

January 27 – February 27, 2010

Participating Artists:
Linda Arts, Marinus Augustijn, Gjalt Blaauw, Rob Bouwman II, Jose Heerkens, Lysan Linnartz, Marius Lut, Fred Pollack, Alexandra Roozen, Drewes de Wit

Work by Remco Torenbosch

September 20 – November 22, 2009

A group show about light, organized by the Groninger Museum, Wall House #2 and Kunstruimte09.

Venues:
Academie Minerva Zuiderdiep, Kunstruimte09, Wall House #2, Academie Minerva Praediniussingel & NS Hoofdstation Groningen

Participating Artists:
Spencer Finch, Laura White, Julian Daspher, Erwin Wurm, Remco Torenbosch, Jan van der Ploeg, Willum Geerts, Twan Janssen, Ton Mars, Tomas Rajlich, Aart Rudolphy, Jan Scheerhoorn, Roland Schimmel, Jochem van der Spek, Rom Gaastra

From 20 September to 1 November 2009 many parts of Groningen will be devoted to the art manifestation entitled Chromodomo. A route touching on exceptional and colourful places in the city also leads visitors to a series of extremely varied exhibitions and activities in the Wall House #2, Kunstruimte 09, and Minerva Academy of Art at the Zuiderdiep and Praediniussingel locations and at the Central Railway Station Groningen

Artists displaying a special relationship with the phenomena of colour, light and space have been invited by Kunstruimte 09 (K09) and the Wall House #2 Foundation to develop new work for Chromodomo. Each participating artist creates his or her own environment in an individual space.

K09’s selection consists of a number of artists who incorporate new multimedia in their work, as well as artists who make use of more traditional resources. These groups include artists who explore to the utmost, in spectacular work, the possibilities of their visual resources, and also artists who approach these resources from a more reductionist slant.

Work of the following artst is shown in K09 , the Acadamy of Arts Minerva ( location Zuiderdiep and location Praediniussingel ) and the Central Railway Station in Groningen: Julian Daspher, Rom Gaastra, Twan Janssen, Ton Mars, Jan van der Ploeg/ Willum Geerts, Tomas Rajlich Aart Rudolphy, Roland Schimmel, Jochem van der Spek, Remco Torenbosch

The Wall House is a house, a dwelling place for two people and certainly no ‘white cube’, no modernistic exhibition space. The house refers to the things that are normally done in a dwelling place – eating, sleeping, going to the toilet, etc.

It is exactly these references that nourish the newly developed work by Laura White from London and Erwin Wurm from Austria. Spencer Finch is primarily engaged in the examining the landscape as seen from the Wall House. This was also the point of departure for John Q. Hejduk (architect of the Wall House).

In the Chromodomo Trialogue, a number of presentations and discussions will deal with the way in which colour, light and space play a role in our experience of architecture and art. The afternoon will conclude with an exceptional colour buffet.

The Colourful City (in Dutch: Kleurrijke Stad) walking route comprises 24 examples of existing objects in public space in Groningen in which colour and light are conspicuously present.

Finally, Joost Swarte (cartoonist/designer) has designed a colouring picture of the Wall House especially for Chromodomo.

Installation by Vincent Hamel

April 19 – May 23, 2009

Installation view

March 1 – April 5, 2009

Also on view in the project room:

Guus Smeulders
March 1 – March 19, 2009

Lars F. Nieuwenhuizen
March 20 – April 5, 2009

Gerold Miller, Julian Daspher, Daniel Göttin (l to r)

Tilman & Kyle Jenkins (l to r)

Justin Andrews, Ian Anüll, Julian Daspher, Stephen Bram,
Marco Fusinato, Victoria Munro, Matthew Deleget (l to r)

January 17 – February 21, 2009

A ten year survey of PS in Amsterdam, founded by artist Jan van der Ploeg.  The work shown in Groningen includes three new installations by Kyle Jenkins, Gerold Miller, and Daniel Göttin, as well as the work of 26 other international artists.

Participating Artists: Justin Andrews, Ian Anüll, Karina Bisch, Stephen Bram, Lars Breuer, Jessica Centner, DAG, Julian Dashper, Matthew Deleget, Gunther Förch, Sebastian Freytag, Marco Fusinato, Daniel Göttin, Michelle Grabner, Terry Haggerty, Kent Hanssen, Kyle Jenkins, Ben Judd, Jean Luc Manz, Gerold Miller, Paul Morrison, Guido Münch, Victoria Munro, John Nixon, Max Presneill, Marie Shannon, D.J. Simpson, Michal Skoda, & Tilman.

November 30, 2008 – January 4, 2009

January 20 — February 23, 2008

October 21 — November 24, 2007

Kunstruimte 09 in Groningen, The Netherlands, has recently published two catalogs relating to their four-part exhibition Colour Matters.  You can purchase the catalogs Colour Matters and Colour Matters 2 online at Amazon.de.

Installation by Henriette van ‘t Hoog

September 9 — October 13, 2007

Group exhibition of constructivistic and fundamental art by 11 artists. Accompinied by a book containing images of artworks and stamentes by 21 artists who participated in the exhibitions Colour Matters – Part Three and Four.

June 13 — July 14, 2007

April 29 — June 3, 2007

Installation view