Bio

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.

Education

2004
2008

BA Fine Art, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem

2003
2004

Fashion Design, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem

Artist in residence

     2023      

Artist in residence Collège Néerlandais, Paris

     2022      

Artist in residence Kunstlokaal SAM, Lichtenvoorde

     2016       

Artist in residence de Torenkamer, Amsterdam

  2010-2011 

 Artist in residence Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln, Germany

Solo exhibitions

     2024     

'Recovery Room, Franx, Zoetermeer, with the generous support of Cultuurfonds

     2023     

'Une Touche Surréaliste' Collège Néerlandais, Paris

     2023     

'Avant Paris' Atelier Néerlandais, Paris  

     2022     

'Oesters en Citroenen' Rijksmuseum Muiderslot

     2022     

'Into the pleasure dome' Museum Villa Mondriaan

     2020     

'Slice Me Nice' SBK gallery

     2019      

'Achterhoekse Stillevens exhibition tour' Nieuwspoort Den Haag,
Provinciehuis Arnhem and all the municipalities of the Achterhoek

     2018      

'Acid Flowers' Torch gallery, Amsterdam

     2018      

'Post Ratio' Silencio, Paris

     2017      

'Red listening to nothing' XBANK, Amsterdam

     2016      

'Delta Lloyd solo exhibition' Amsterdam

     2015      

'Met nieuwe ogen' Museum Arnhem

     2015      

'La tête de Marie Antoinette est tombée' Torch gallery, Amsterdam

Biënnale

     2021      

IJsselbiënnale

Group exhibitions

     2024      

'Standing on the shoulders of giants' Saatchi Gallery, London

     2023      

'Espèse de cornichon! Musée de Carouge, CH

     2023      

'Kleurig' duo show with Femke Jurrissen, Cultura

     2023      

'BIJT!' De Compagnie

     2022      

'Togetherness'  Kunstgemaal Bronckhorst

     2022      

'For all eventualities pop up' Early Majority during Paris Fashion week Paris

     2022      

‘Grond’ 'Kunstlokaal SAM

     2022      

'A Something in a Summer's Day" gallery O-68

     2021      

'We are stardust, we are golden, and we long to return to the garden' with Anya Janssen and Amos Mulder gallery O-68  

     2021      

'À propos-pandémie' Atelier Néerlandais Paris

     2020     

'Wundersam Wirklich Magischer und Neo-Realismus aus den Niederlanden' in colab with Museum Arnhem, Museum Haus Opherdicke Unna, Germany

     2019      

'Wundersam Wirklich Magischer und Neo-Realismus aus den Niederlanden' in colab with Museum Arnhem, Städtische Museen Gera, Germany

     2018      

'Flori Culture' SBK gallery Amsterdam

     2018      

'International Hanseatic Exhibition' Rostock, Germany

     2018      

'Bloemenpracht bij MIJ' Museum IJsselstein

     2018      

'We are food' Museum Jan Cunen

     2018      

'Frankenstein ik denk dus ik ben' Museum de Museumfabriek

     2017      

'Jong en Veelbelovend' in colab with Foam Photographymuseum Museum Villa Mondriaan 

     2017      

'Grayscale' Torch gallery Amsterdam

     2017      

'In de geest van Piere janssen...' Museum Arnhem

     2014      

'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 fairs

     2024     

Unseen, Amsterdam  

     2024     

Volta, Basel, CH

     2023     

London Artfair, represented by Art Gallery O-68, London

     2023     

Unseen Amsterdam, represented by Art Gallery O-68

     2022     

Unseen Amsterdam, represented by Art Gallery O-68

     2022    

 Big Art, represented by Art Gallery O-68, Amsterdam

     2022     

Unfair, Amsterdam

     2020     

Unfair, Amsterdam

     2019      

Vouch, Amsterdam

     2018      

Art Rotterdam, represented by Torch gallery

     2016      

Art Amsterdam, represented by Torch gallery

     2016      

This Art Fair, represented by Torch gallery, Amsterdam  

     2015      

Art Miami, represented Torch gallery, Miami

     2015      

Unseen, represented by Torch gallery, Amsterdam

     2015      

Citroën Art Fair, represented by Torch gallery, Amsterdam

Awards and stipends

     2024      

Mondriaan fund, art commission Stichting Groot Deunk,  'Concentric Spheres'

     2024    

 Cultuurfonds, Kunstgarage Franx, 'Recovery Room'

     2019      

Cultuurprijs Arnhem

     2010      

Nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Award

     2009     

Starters Stipendium Mondrian Fund

     2009     

Finalist Hyères Photo

Artist assignments

     2024      

Art commission, TU Delft

     2024      

Art commission, Allumnious, Almere,  a temporary spatial work in public space

     2024    

Art commission, Stichting Groot Deunk, ' Concentric Spheres' a permanent spatial work in public space, supported by the Mondrian Fund, Provincie Gelderland and Gemeente Aalten

     2024     

Art commision, Graafschap College 

     2023      

Art commission, Reframing HERstory Art Foundation

     2021      

Art commission, Early Majority, Paris

     2021      

Art commission, Fischer paper AG, CH

     2021      

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

     2021      

Art commission, in colab with Maison the Faux, for Club Guy and Roni, Nite Delivery program, Noord Nederlands Toneel

     2020     

Art commission, 'JOR' and 'the University of Nijmegen'

     2020     

Art commsion, 'Huize te Manpad'

     2019      

Lustrum, concept and art direction with Wout Kemkens, Atelier Néerlandais, Paris

     2019      

Art commission, Narratives project, Provincie Gelderland  

     2015      

Art commission, Claudia Sträter

     2014      

Art commission, Gelders Archief and Gelders Erfgoed

     2014      

Art commission, Mikimoto and the Dutch Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,
curated by Lenn Cox, Japan

Art related activities

     2024     

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)

2024 -2025

Curating the program ' Vrijheid'  around the artwork ‘ Concentric Sphere’ including workshops,
a podcast and an exhibition in collaboration with 'het Nationale Onderduik Museum'

     2024     

Workshops Graafschap college - Museum Arnhem

     2022     

'Stilleven workshop' Erfgoed Festival Gelderland kasteel Cannenburch Vaassen

     2021      

Jury member Gelderse Roos award

     2021      

Jury member Kunstbende Zuid Nederland

     2016      

Workshop interactive Pronk still life, Rijksmuseum Twenthe

2015
2017  

Artistic concept for the augmented reality app AR+T

2014
2018 

Photographic image teacher at the ArtEZ Fashion Design department Arnhem

PRESS

     2024      

‘ Saatchi Gallery biedt tien vrouwelijke kunstenaars uit Nederland een ‘zo hoog mogelijk podium’ Volkskrant, national newspaper

     2022      

‘ Troost in de harmonie van een stilleven’, Noord Hollands Dagblad, newspaper

     2022     

‘de Aardappel’ NRC magazine, national newspaper

     2021      

'Kunst in de buitenlucht - zomer 2021' Mister Motley, online

     2021      

Jurisprudentiekunst, Mr. online

     2020     

Wundersam Wirklich,Magischer und Neo-Realismus aus den Niederlanden, Weltkunst Zeit online

     2020     

Magischer Realismus aus den Niederlanden in Gera, Süddeutsche Zeitung

     2019      

De Blauwe Hond, ' Echt Nep' arty TV show for kids, NPO Zapp

     2018      

'Acid Flowers' Wall Street International Magazine, online

     2018      

'Kijk en Ontdek de Achterhoekse gemeenten als stilleven' de Gelderlander newspaper

     2016      

'Stillevens als surrealistische kijkdozen' by Maarten Buser, Mister Motley magazine

     2016      

'Moderne stillevens komen tot leven' by Nico Hofstra, HP de Tijd, online

     2016      

'De Levende stillevens van Louise te Poele' by Rosa Boland, VICE magazine

     2016      

'Dynamische stillevens van Louise te Poele' by Jackelien Top, Pallet magazine

     2015      

Part of 'Oogmerk' a series of artist's portraids produced by Productiehuis Plaatsmaken

     2015      

Radioshow guest at ' Nooit meer slapen' broadcasted by VPRO radio

     2015      

'Fotokunstenaar Louise te Poele wil haar werk bezielen' by Joke Beeckmans, NRC newspaper

     2013      

'Waarom kwispelt de dode vis?' by Myriam Verschaeren, Canvas Belgium online

     2013      

'Portraits of Farmers' by Lix Xu Vision Magazine Hong Kong

     2011      

'Huh?' zei Teuntje, 'klik' zei de camera' by Diewertje mertens, Parool newspaper

     2011      

'Portfolio review Louise te Poele' the British Journal of photography magazine

     2011      

'In de zin van' Trouw newspaper

Publications

     2019      

Achterhoekse Stillevens, Publisher: Uitgeverij Hermans, ISBN: 9789492108227

     2019      

Wundersam Wirklich, Publisher: Verlag Kettler, ISBN:3862067807

     2015      

Met nieuwe ogen, in colab with Museum Arnhem and Torch gallery, artist edition

     2013      

Lookbook, Publisher: ArtEZ Press, ISBN: 9789491444128

     2011       

Famers, Publisher: ArtEZ Press and Wbooks, ISBN: 9492108224

Proud to be in the art collection of:

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.

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