Louise te Poele, 1984 is a Dutch visual artist / curator, she's the initiator of the 'Standing on the shoulders of giants - a celebration of Dutch Female Artists' exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery London 7 March - 14 May 2024.
Te Poele’s work has been shown internationally, including Museum Arnhem in the Netherlands, New York, London, Switzerland, Istanbul, Miami, and on several locations in Germany and France. She recently finished an artist in residency at Collège Néerlandais part of Cité Université in Paris. She was also a resident of Schloss Ringenberg, Germany. Her work is part of multiple collections, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Museum Arnhem, Museum Villa Mondriaan, the Dutch Embassy in Japan, and the French State, in addition to various private art collections. Te Poele’s work has been shown in numerous museums, galleries, and art fairs, such as the IJssel Biënnale, Unseen Amsterdam, Art Rotterdam, and Art Miami, amongst others. She is a recipient of a Stipend of the Mondriaan Fund.
Te Poele works with the medium of photography, and she creates spatial sculptures and drawings. She consciously chooses precision and aesthetics. That's part of her story. She works from the conviction that the experience of beauty leads to concentrated attention and, ultimately, to a caring relationship with the world. So, she uses her skills in such a way that there is an apparent balance that pulls the viewer into her work. Once there, she speaks, and the content can be unravelled in a world of intuitively chosen images and ideas that she composes entirely according to her insight. She combines familiar and seemingly logical objects into a whole that initially seems familiar but evokes wonder and confusion on closer inspection. Whether she magnifies characters, exposes identities, or visualises heritage. Her works offer recognisability to the casual viewer but only come into its full weight with the intense curiosity of a trained viewer who suspects and searches through the connections she has provided.
BA Fine Art, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem
Fashion Design, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem
Artist in residence Collège Néerlandais, Paris
Artist in residence Kunstlokaal SAM, Lichtenvoorde
Artist in residence de Torenkamer, Amsterdam
Artist in residence Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln, Germany
'Recovery Room, Franx, Zoetermeer, with the generous support of Cultuurfonds
'Une Touche Surréaliste' Collège Néerlandais, Paris
'Avant Paris' Atelier Néerlandais, Paris
'Oesters en Citroenen' Rijksmuseum Muiderslot
'Into the pleasure dome' Museum Villa Mondriaan
'Slice Me Nice' SBK gallery
'Achterhoekse Stillevens exhibition tour' Nieuwspoort Den Haag,
Provinciehuis Arnhem and all the municipalities of the Achterhoek
'Acid Flowers' Torch gallery, Amsterdam
'Post Ratio' Silencio, Paris
'Red listening to nothing' XBANK, Amsterdam
'Delta Lloyd solo exhibition' Amsterdam
'Met nieuwe ogen' Museum Arnhem
'La tête de Marie Antoinette est tombée' Torch gallery, Amsterdam
IJsselbiënnale
'Standing on the shoulders of giants' Saatchi Gallery, London
'Espèse de cornichon! Musée de Carouge, CH
'Kleurig' duo show with Femke Jurrissen, Cultura
'BIJT!' De Compagnie
'Togetherness' Kunstgemaal Bronckhorst
'For all eventualities pop up' Early Majority during Paris Fashion week Paris
‘Grond’ 'Kunstlokaal SAM
'A Something in a Summer's Day" gallery O-68
'We are stardust, we are golden, and we long to return to the garden' with Anya Janssen and Amos Mulder gallery O-68
'À propos-pandémie' Atelier Néerlandais Paris
'Wundersam Wirklich Magischer und Neo-Realismus aus den Niederlanden' in colab with Museum Arnhem, Museum Haus Opherdicke Unna, Germany
'Wundersam Wirklich Magischer und Neo-Realismus aus den Niederlanden' in colab with Museum Arnhem, Städtische Museen Gera, Germany
'Flori Culture' SBK gallery Amsterdam
'International Hanseatic Exhibition' Rostock, Germany
'Bloemenpracht bij MIJ' Museum IJsselstein
'We are food' Museum Jan Cunen
'Frankenstein ik denk dus ik ben' Museum de Museumfabriek
'Jong en Veelbelovend' in colab with Foam Photographymuseum Museum Villa Mondriaan
'Grayscale' Torch gallery Amsterdam
'In de geest van Piere janssen...' Museum Arnhem
'Tradition and Innovation of Dutch Design' presented by Mikimoto and the Dutch Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Japan, curated by Lenn Cox, Japan
Art Rotterdam
Unseen, Amsterdam
Volta, Basel, CH
London Artfair, represented by Art Gallery O-68, London
Unseen Amsterdam, represented by Art Gallery O-68
Unseen Amsterdam, represented by Art Gallery O-68
Big Art, represented by Art Gallery O-68, Amsterdam
Unfair, Amsterdam
Unfair, Amsterdam
Vouch, Amsterdam
Art Rotterdam, represented by Torch gallery
Art Amsterdam, represented by Torch gallery
This Art Fair, represented by Torch gallery, Amsterdam
Art Miami, represented Torch gallery, Miami
Unseen, represented by Torch gallery, Amsterdam
Citroën Art Fair, represented by Torch gallery, Amsterdam
Mondriaan fund, art commission Stichting Groot Deunk, 'Concentric Spheres'
Cultuurfonds, Kunstgarage Franx, 'Recovery Room'
Cultuurprijs Arnhem
Nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Award
Starters Stipendium Mondrian Fund
Finalist Hyères Photo
Art commission, Gemeente Doetinchem, a garden for the king
Art commission, TU Delft
Art commission, Allumnious, Almere, a temporary spatial work in public space
Art commission, Stichting Groot Deunk, ' Concentric Spheres' a permanent spatial work in public space, supported by the Mondrian Fund, Provincie Gelderland and Gemeente Aalten
Art commision, Graafschap College
Art commission, Reframing HERstory Art Foundation
Art commission, Early Majority, Paris
Art commission, Fischer paper AG, CH
Set design for the dance film 'Mamuska' in colab with Maison the Faux, for Roni Haver, Nite Delivery program, Club Guy and Roni, Noord Nederland Toneel
Art commission, in colab with Maison the Faux, for Club Guy and Roni, Nite Delivery program, Noord Nederlands Toneel
Art commission, 'JOR' and 'the University of Nijmegen'
Art commsion, 'Huize te Manpad'
Lustrum, concept and art direction with Wout Kemkens, Atelier Néerlandais, Paris
Art commission, Narratives project, Provincie Gelderland
Art commission, Claudia Sträter
Art commission, Gelders Archief and Gelders Erfgoed
Art commission, Mikimoto and the Dutch Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,
curated by Lenn Cox, Japan
Standing on the shoulders of giants - A celebration of Dutch Female Artists, Saatchy Gallery London 7 March - 14 May 2024 (initiator and artist - curator www.sotsog.nl)
Curating the program ' Vrijheid' around the artwork ‘ Concentric Sphere’ including workshops,
a podcast and an exhibition in collaboration with 'het Nationale Onderduik Museum'
Workshops Graafschap college - Museum Arnhem
'Stilleven workshop' Erfgoed Festival Gelderland kasteel Cannenburch Vaassen
Jury member Gelderse Roos award
Jury member Kunstbende Zuid Nederland
Workshop interactive Pronk still life, Rijksmuseum Twenthe
Artistic concept for the augmented reality app AR+T
Photographic image teacher at the ArtEZ Fashion Design department Arnhem
‘ Saatchi Gallery biedt tien vrouwelijke kunstenaars uit Nederland een ‘zo hoog mogelijk podium’ Volkskrant, national newspaper
‘ Troost in de harmonie van een stilleven’, Noord Hollands Dagblad, newspaper
‘de Aardappel’ NRC magazine, national newspaper
'Kunst in de buitenlucht - zomer 2021' Mister Motley, online
Jurisprudentiekunst, Mr. online
Wundersam Wirklich,Magischer und Neo-Realismus aus den Niederlanden, Weltkunst Zeit online
Magischer Realismus aus den Niederlanden in Gera, Süddeutsche Zeitung
De Blauwe Hond, ' Echt Nep' arty TV show for kids, NPO Zapp
'Acid Flowers' Wall Street International Magazine, online
'Kijk en Ontdek de Achterhoekse gemeenten als stilleven' de Gelderlander newspaper
'Stillevens als surrealistische kijkdozen' by Maarten Buser, Mister Motley magazine
'Moderne stillevens komen tot leven' by Nico Hofstra, HP de Tijd, online
'De Levende stillevens van Louise te Poele' by Rosa Boland, VICE magazine
'Dynamische stillevens van Louise te Poele' by Jackelien Top, Pallet magazine
Part of 'Oogmerk' a series of artist's portraids produced by Productiehuis Plaatsmaken
Radioshow guest at ' Nooit meer slapen' broadcasted by VPRO radio
'Fotokunstenaar Louise te Poele wil haar werk bezielen' by Joke Beeckmans, NRC newspaper
'Waarom kwispelt de dode vis?' by Myriam Verschaeren, Canvas Belgium online
'Portraits of Farmers' by Lix Xu Vision Magazine Hong Kong
'Huh?' zei Teuntje, 'klik' zei de camera' by Diewertje mertens, Parool newspaper
'Portfolio review Louise te Poele' the British Journal of photography magazine
'In de zin van' Trouw newspaper
Achterhoekse Stillevens, Publisher: Uitgeverij Hermans, ISBN: 9789492108227
Wundersam Wirklich, Publisher: Verlag Kettler, ISBN:3862067807
Met nieuwe ogen, in colab with Museum Arnhem and Torch gallery, artist edition
Lookbook, Publisher: ArtEZ Press, ISBN: 9789491444128
Famers, Publisher: ArtEZ Press and Wbooks, ISBN: 9492108224
Museum Arnhem, Museum Villa Mondriaan, Kunstcollectie Rijksoverheid Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken, Kunstcollectie Provincie Gelderland, NN group, Menzis, Akzo Nobel, Gelderse Sleutelwerken, Art collection of the state of France, Art collection of the Dutch Embassy in Japan, in addition to various private art collections.
