Manon van Kouswijk

Jeweller

Published: 01.11.2007

: Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS

Manon van Kouswijk
Necklace: Pearl Grey, 2009
Porcelain, glass, ivory, plastic, pearls
31 cm long
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Manon van Kouswijk
Necklace: Perles d'Artiste no 5, 2009
Modeling porcelain, ceramic pencil, glaze.
Beads are made with 10 fingers
34 cm long
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Manon van Kouswijk
Earrings: Pink Pair, 2009
Porcelain, Silver
ø 1,2 cm
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Manon van Kouswijk
Object: Lady Grey
Porcelain
8,5 x 8,5 cm
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Manon van Kouswijk
Object: Egg spoon, 2003
Porcelain
4,5 x 18 cm
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Manon Van Kouswijk
Necklace: Re-verse, 2013
porcelain, pigment
photography: Jeremy Dillon
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Manon van Kouswijk
Object: Room Service
Porcelain object
(piece size)
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Manon van Kouswijk
Necklace: Trophée no 6, 2012
Porcelain, thread
Length of the necklace:430 mm, diameter of the seg
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Manon van Kouswijk
Necklace: Perles d'Artiste no 4
Modeling porcelain, ceramic pencil, glaze.
Beads are made with 8 fingers
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Statement

Within my work I focuss on the value and meaning that everyday objects represent to us.

I am interested in actions and rituals in which these objects take part, like finding, buying, collecting,
receiving and giving. In the works I visualise aspects of their function, of use and wear, and of associations that are connected with them.

The archetypical object serves as a starting point in this process; the outcome and appearance of the work is diverse and ranges from jewellery, cutlery, tableware and textiles to works in paper.

The making process I view as a way of making things visible rather than designing; I stay quite close to the objects in a sense that I work with the materials and techniques that the archetypes I start from have been made with.

The multi- disciplinary approach is essential to my practice. It results in functional designs as well as limited editions of art work, that are all derived from the same sources of inspiration.

CV

Manon van Kouswijk, 1967, Warnsveld, The Netherlands.

Education
1990-1995 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
1994 Gaststudent at the Munich Arts Academy with professor Otto Künzli.
1990 Work experience at the studio of Ruudt Peters, Amsterdam.
1985-1990 MTS Vakschool Schoonhoven ( goldsmithing education)

Exhibitions
2007 Gallery Ra, Amsterdam
2006 Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, “Heart Beads”, presentation of new works | Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo, - solo – | New Aquisitions Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, - group – | „Strong Stories“, Den Bosch / Jakarta, - group - | Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Germany, - group - | ‘Koru’, Lappeenranta, Finland, workshop + group exhibition
2005 Gallery So, Solothurn, Switserland, - solo - | Stockholm, workshop + exhibition, Konsthantverkarna gallery | Represented at “Collect”, V&A museum, London.
2004 Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, -solo- | “Salon International”, Munich, -group- | Verzameld Werk, Gent, - solo -
2003 “RE:Place”, gallery Ra, Amsterdam, -solo- | HuisRechts, Amsterdam, “Interarchives”, with Suska Mackert | Princessehof Leeuwarden, ceramics, -group- | “Dutch Souvenirs”, EKWC, Milan -group-
2002 “Home Made Holland”, Crafts Council London, -group- | “Dis Play”, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, -group- | “Blur”, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, -group-
2001 Verzameld Werk, Gent, -solo- | “Horizon table”, gallery Ra, Amsterdam,-solo-
2000 “gallery Funaki, the 2nd Floor”, Melbourne, -solo-

Commissions
2007 Guest teacher at Hiko Mizuno School for Jewellery, Tokyo.
2006 Guest teacher at Monash University, Melbourne.
2005 A design for “Chi Ha Paura”, presented in Milan during the designfair.
2004 Workshop at RMIT University, Melbourne | “Zetel”, a design for a chair in a small edition.
2003 “Dutch Souvenirs”, design for the Dutch Textile Museum.
2002 Working Period at the European Ceramics Work Centre in Den Bosch | "Reflect”, mirror designs for Deknudt Decora, Belgium

since 2002
Teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2001 Concept and realisation of a presentation for Verzameld Werk, Gent during Transit, a design manifestation in Brussels,-a collaboration-
2000 Working as an Artist-in-Residence and teaching at RMIT University, Melbourne

Works in the collections
Stedelijk museum, Amsterdam/ Røhsska Museet, Gøteborg | Dutch Textile Museum, Tilburg /National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne | ABN/AMRO Collection, Amsterdam | Foundation Françoise van den Bosch | FNAC, Paris

Grants
2005 Working grant, the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts Design and Architecture
2004 Basisstipendium Netherlands Foundation VADA | Mondriaan Foundation/ Foundation VADA, for exhibition in Australia
2002 Working Grant, Netherlands Foundation VADA

Events

Publications

APPRECIATE

Becoming More Porous. Becoming More Craft-oriented.

: Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS

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