Nadjezjda
van Ittersum
Education
Royal
Academy For Fine Arts, The Hague
Vrije
Academy, The Hague
Disciplines:
Mixed media, ceramic statues, graphics, assemblages & object
photography
Exhibitions
Selection
of recent exhibitions:
1996
The Dutch Embassy, London, UK
1998
& 2003 De Hazelaar, Soest, NL
1999
International Construction Fair, Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, NL
1998
& 2001 A(rt)ssenede, Assenede, B
2000
Keukenhof Lisse, NL
2000
M. van Rossum Museum & sculpture garden, Zaltbommel, NL
2001
Sypensteyn Castle, Loosdrecht, NL
2001
La Grande Arche, Paris, F
2001
Municipal Gallery, Gouda, NL
2001
Ministeries of Agriculture/Fisheries/Economic Affairs & Justice,
The Hague, NL
2002
Die Grüne Woche, (via Ministery of Agriculture ), Berlin, D
2003
Installation in Gallery Indigo, Damme, B
2003
SBK Art Centre Haarlem, Harlem, NL
2004
Gallery Pim de Rudder, "Robust Busts", Assenede, B
2004
Gallery AC Witteveen II, Amsterdam, NL
2005
SBK Amstelveen, Amstelveen, NL
2005
Huntenkunst, Doetichem, NL
2005
Monastero delle Lucrezie & Museo Pinacoteca, Todi, It.
2005
‘Behind the Pillars’, City Hall, Bloemendaal, NL
2006
’05, 04, ’03 Gallery
Diva, Amsterdam, NL
2006
Galerie Verein Berliner Künstler, Berlin, D
2007,
2005, 2003, 2002, Singer Museum, Laren, NL
2007
Nabokov Museum, solo exhibition, St.-Petersburg, Russia
2007
Marziart Internationale Galerie, Hamburg, D
Nadjezjda
van Ittersum is a versatile artist, who feels equally at home in
various disciplines. She makes art photography and also works in
acrylic, paper and clay. She uses chamotte clay to sculpt her somewhat
haughty-looking ceramic goddesses and tsarinas. They are clad in
voluptuous summer-frocks with frivolous shoulder-straps and corsets,
dispelling the static character of the ceramic medium. The ladies
observe their admirers provocatively from under their playful
head-attire, adorned with horns & flowers..The tsarinas &
goddesses vary in size from 20 to 90 centimeters.. Nadjezjda specially
created three giant ceramic statues: Isis, Pandora & Rebecca, for
the International Construction Industry Fair.
These
were featured in the Dutch cultural TV show, “Kunstblik Monumentaal”,
and were eventually presented as a prize to one of the participants,
Dijnselburg Swimming Pool. The 3 statues are now a permanent feature
at the Dijnselburg Swimming Pool in Zeist.
For
these statues, Nadjezjda was awarded 1st prize from the International
Contstruction Fair’s panel of experts. This was a trip back to her
roots in Russia’s St.- Petersburg.
Nadjezjda
has held many international exhibitions of herwork e.g.: in Paris,
Brussels, London, Todi (Italy), Berlin, Hamburg & St.-Petersburg,
Russia.
The
hallmark of her work is a unique combination of humour, dynamism &
mystique.
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