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Iris Van Dongen

 
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2013
116,4 high x 172,3 cm broad
Utopia
pastel and charcoal on paper


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By no means does the work of Iris van Dongen steer clear of gloomy romanticism. In recent years she has been producing drawings several meters in height, these having a certain inescapable quality due to their size alone. Though Van Dongen’s work comes about mainly in an intuitive manner, the theme ‘human tormented by demons’ seems to keep cropping up. For that reason it often has a melancholic or malicious undertone.
The women depicted have a far-away look, because Van Dongen sees them as something abstract, as though they are figures from mythology.

“Although the drawings refer to earlier movements in traditional art, there is always a small element, such as the sweatband with the skull on it, which shows that it is from the present day: a symbol from a contemporary subculture and, at the same time, an age-old symbol. This gives extra emphasis to the aspect of mortality or melancholy – or neutralizes it. The opposites that I juxtapose with each other – ‘good and evil’, ‘past and present’, and, literally, the ‘figurative’ and the ‘abstract’ should give rise to confusion about the limits of these contradictions.”

In this way the surroundings in the drawings of the ‘angels of death’ symbolizes her psyche, as a mirror of her soul, and seems to haunt her, even though she has resigned herself to the fact that it is she who is haunting herself.
   

Iris Van Dongen

1975 born in Tilburg, Netherlands

Lives and works in Berlin / Rotterdam, Germany

Education

1992-1996 Academie voor Kunst en vormgeving 's-Hertogenbosch, NL

Solo Exhibitions

2011

-Luis de adelantado, Valencia / Mexico
-Wrong Exit, Autocentre, Berlin
-Temporary Devotion, Künstlerhaus Bethaniën, Berlin

2010

-The Preparation, Diana Stigter, Amsterdam

2009

-Bugada & Cargnel (Cosmic galerie), Paris (FR)
-Suspicious, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (NL)

2008

- the Breeder, Athens (collaboration with Dionisis Kavallieratos) (EL)
-Suspicious, Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (NL)
-Hallucinations & Halleluja's, Stedelijk Museum, 's Hertogenbosch (NL)
[Kimberly Clark]

2007

-CODE (free code magazine) Bruxelles (BE) www.codemagazine.be
[Kimberly Clark]


2006

- Hooley, the Breeder, Athens (EL)
- Cosmic galerie, Paris (FR)
- Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, Liste '06, Basel (CH)


2005

-'The mystery zone', galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (NL)
-'Aurelia', Salon 94, New-York (USA)
-'She's the night', Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
-'Nox Noctus', GEM, het Haags Gemeente Museum, The Hague (NL)


2004

- 'Spleen', The Breeder projects, Athens (GR)

Group Exhibitions

2013
-The legend of the shelves, Autocentre, Berlin

2012
-Devine and scary, Afrikamuseum (NL)
-Diana Stigter, Dicke, Verhoeven, Fortuyn, van Dongen, Amsterdam (NL)
-Figuurlijk, museum Hilversum (NL)
-DEAD Lines. Der Tod in Kunst, Alltag Kunsthalle Barmen, Wuppertal (DE)
-Invisible maps, Luis de Adelantado, curated by Violeta Horcasitas (MEX)
-Death and taxes, Tidens Krav, Oslo (NO)
-Into the woods, la Galerie des Galeries, Paris, curated by Daria de Beauvais (FR)

2011

-Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Martin Skauen, Marc Bijl, Iris van Dongen, Los
Angeles, (USA)
-'I like what you did,...' NEST, Den-Haag (NL)
-Hollandse Meesters in de 21e eeuw, (19 documentaries, ) producer René
Mendel, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL)
-La Vallée Patibulaire, Berlin (DE)
-All about drawing, Stedelijk museum Schiedam, (NL)
-Point it at granny, Nationalmuseum, Berlin (DE)
-Rineke Dijkstra / Cady Noland / Pierre Leguillon features Diana Arbus /
Kimberly Clark, HOOLEY, De Hallen, Haarlem (NL)

2010
-Gallery Luis da Adelantado, Valencia, (ES)
-Smell of pepper, gallery Peter Bergman, Stockholm, (SE)
-Summer teeth, the Breeder, Athens (EL)
-Get behind me satan and push, Peres Projects, Berlin (GER)
-Ever Prosperity, Wilfrid Almendra, Pierre Bismuth, Nick Devereux,
Iris van Dongen, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Lisa Oppenheim, galerie
Bugada & Cargnel (Cosmic galerie), Paris (FR)
-Inter-cool, Hartware Medien Kunstverein (GER) [Kimberly Clark]
-Arrivals and Departure_Europe, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona (IT)
-Sur le Dandysme, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de
Compostela (ES)
-Madonna Psycho Slut, GRIMM museum, Berlin (GER)

2009

-Clusters: 1-surrounding John Giorno, Brachfeld Gallery, Paris, curated by
Sang Bleu
-Coeur de femme, Sophie Scheideker, Paris
-T.I.C.A.B – Tirana International Contemporary Art Biannual
The Symbolic Efficiency of the Frame Curated by Edi Muka and Joa
Ljungberg [Kimberly Clark]
-When the mood strikes... collection Wilfried & Yannicke Cooreman
MDD - Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (BE)
-Towing the Line, Drawing Space: 40 Contemporary Dutch Artists, Defining
the Moment in Holland, White box, New York (USA)
-Forgotten bar project #4 www.galerieimregierungsviertel.org
-Wall Rockets, Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, Albright Knox museum
in Buffalo, New York (USA)
-Contemporary visitors, Pecs (HUN)
-Ophelia, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (NL)
-Temporairy city, Berlin (DE)


2008

-Wer ficken will, muss freundlich sein, Nationalmuseum, Berlin (DE)
-Wall Rockets, Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, curated by Lisa
Dennison, The Flag Art Foundation, NY (USA)
-XXste Eeuw, Gemeente Museum, Den-Haag (NL)
-Cobra to contemporary, Artnews projects, Berlin, (GER)
-Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin (GER) www.galerieimregierungsviertel.org
-The end was yesterday PART II, Kunstraum Innsbruck (AUT)
-In the shadows, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (GER)
-The end was yesterday, Autocenter, Berlin (GER)

2007

-Stranger Than Paradise, curated by Max Henry, Galerie Charlotte Moser,
Genève (CH) Tony Matelli, David Scher, Peter Rostovsky, Judith Eisler,
Scott Treleaven, Iris van Dongen, Jan Van Imschoot
-Beyond Sensation, contemporary works from the Deutsche Bank's
collection, curated by Alistair Hicks, Brian White & Rona Cole Galleries,
Channel Islands (UK)
-i.p.v. Mashkov, recente aankopen, Gemeente Museum Den-Haag (NL)
-Burning Marle, Lokaal 01, Breda (NL)
-Drawing typologies, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)
-Gegen den Strich, Künstlerhaus Bethaniën, Berlin, (GER)
-1672-2007, Artnews projects, Berlin (GER)
-Hello I'm crashing, Salon 94, curated by Fabienne Stefan, New York
(USA)
-Soakers, Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
-Leve de Schilderkunst!, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL)
-Destroy Athens'1st Athens Biennale (EL) [Kimberly Clark]

2006

-Memento Mori, MireilleMosslerLtd, New York (USA)
-Vincent van Gogh and Expressionism, Van Gogh
Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
-People, Madre museo d'arte donna regina, Napoli (IT)
-The discreet insidious charm of the bourgeoisie', Stedelijk van Abbe
Museum, Eindhoven (NL) curated by Phillip van de Bossche
-Youth of today, Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt (GER) curated by Matthias
Ulrich
-Milly's Maserati II, Madeleine Berkhemer invites guests, TENT, Rotterdam
(NL)

2005

-Choosing My Religion, MAMA Showroom for Media and Moving Art
Rotterdam (NL)
-New figuration,Galleri Christina Wilson,Copenhague (DK)
-Prague Biennale 2, expanded painting, curated by
Helena Kontova, Karlin Hall, Prague (CZ)

2004

-The dutch show, curated by Denys Zacharopoulos, The Dutch institute,
Athens (GR)
-I just don't know what to do with myself..., curated by Luca Beatrice,
gallery Marella, Milano (IT)
-Expander, curated by Mustafa Hulusi, Royal Academy of Arts at 6 Burlington
Gardens, London (UK)
-Vixen, curated by Juliette Jongma, gallery Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (NL)

Bibliography

2013
-the Artmen, documentary Dutch Telly
-Vitamine D, Phaidon
-Sleek magazine online

2012
-Vice magazine online
-Les vénéneuses, Iris van Dongen, Libération France
-Sleek magazine, art, intervention and consumer critique to the power of three, Kimberly Clark

2011

- Glamcult, ' Iris van Dongen", by Carlijn Potma
- Documentary by Ditteke Mensink 'Hollandse Meesters'
- Serres Chaudes, artist contribution, initiated by Philippe Parreno and
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
- Zo werken wij, 10 kunstenaars, Sacha Bronwasser, NAI Uitgevers

2010

-Vogue Japan,by Tayu Kishimoto
-Houtskool # Jaargang 2
-Catalogue Arrivals and Departure_Europe, editore: Silvana Editoriale
-Sang Bleu 5, contribution by Iris van Dongen, http://sangbleu.com/issue-5

2009

-BC: Be Contemporary #7 May '09, edited by Kendell Geers (www.bcmag.fr)
-Catalogue, Iris van Dongen, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
-Wound magazine (London), artist contibution by Kenn Pratt
-catalogue Ophelia, MMKA
-Atelier, foto's van Hans de Bruijn, 99uitgevers

2008

-Hell Bound, by Francesca Gavin, Laurence King Publishing
-Catalogue, In the shadows, Kunstverein Wolfsburg
-Mysterieuze macha's met rode flitsogen, Marina de Vries, 27 feb. NRC
Handelsblad
-Les Mythes d'Iris, l'Officiel Paris, by Laurence Dreyffus

2007

-GUSTAV KLIMT, published by Prestel and Neue Gallerie, New York
The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections 480 pages, illustrated
Edited by Renee Price with contemporairy artist contribution of Iris van
Dongen
-catalogue, Gegen den Strich, Künstlerhaus bethanien
-Fatale, Iris van Dongen, Justin Morin, code numéro 3,www.codemagazine.be
-catalogue, 'Soakers', Boymans van Beuningen
-catalogue, 'Leve de Schilderkunst!', Kunsthal

2006

-Afstand houden, Kunstbeeld nr 5, Rob Smolders
-catalogue,The youth of today, schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, verlag der
buchhandlung Walther König
-So ist sie nicht, die Jugend von heute, Andreas Platthaus, Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung

2005

-Iris van Dongen by Sophie Fels, NY Time out
-Iris van Dongen by Ken Johnson, New York Times, july 29
-catalogue Prague Biennale 2
-# framed: Iris van Dongen, Dazed and Confused, Issue24
-Iris van Dongen, Jens Asthoff, Critic pics, march '05, Artforum
-Nox Noctis, Iris van Dongen, catalogue GEM 'Portrait of a lady'
by Patricia Ellis
-Kunstbeeld, Robbert Roos
-artists contribution, the Scorpion (Scotland), No.1
-Ambivalent Entanglements, Jeannot Simmen,
BE Magazine

2004

-catalogue The dutch show
-catalogue I just don't know what to do with myself...
-Expander, Neil Mulholland, Frieze, Issue 88
-catalogue Expander
-catalogue Prix de Rome 2004, the Netherlands
-catalogue The sisters three, Iris van Dongen
-Knappe cliché's van nijvere doemdenkers ,Sandra Smallenburg, NRC
Handelsblad

Links

www.dianastigter.nl
www.bugadacargnel.com
www.www.luisadelantadovalencia.com

   

Iris Van Dongen

dongenvaniris@hotmail.com

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galerie Diana Stigter
Elandstraat 90
1016 SH Amsterdam
the Netherlands
+31-20-6242361
mail@dianastigter.nl
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The Breeder
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Athens 10436
Greece
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Bugada&Cargnel
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F-75019 Paris
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Luis Adelantado
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Laguna de Términos 260
(Between Lago Iseo y Mariano Escobedo)
Col. Anahuac, 11320 México D.F.
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dongenvaniris@hotmail.com

   





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