Evelien Sipkes

video: Jeannine Käser

Looking at these pictures of me at the age of 3 and 4, it is obvious that I always wanted to make things.

1955	Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1963	Moved to Curaçao
1973	Moved to the Netherlands to study for teacher in crafts and social subjects
1977 – 1988	Teacher, coach, manager in institutions for mental health care
1988 – 2004	Freelance management consultant, coach, lecturer
1990 – 1995	Art academy ‘Hogeschool voor de Kunsten’, Utrecht, the Netherlands
1996	Moved back to Curaçao
2003- now	Fulltime artist

Still making things…

video: Jeannine Käser

Curriculum Vitae

Eveline Sipkes, Amsterdam, Holland, 1955

Studies

Teacher in arts & crafts, (N XX). De Kemenade, Doetinchem, Holland, 1973-1977
Academie of Arts. Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht, Holland 1990-1995
Several courses in jewelry making, ceramics, bronze, sculpturing.

Disciplines

Contemporary jewelry, wearable art, ceramics, mixed media.

Solo and duo exhibitions

2021	‘Open Atelier’, own studio, Curaçao, duo
2018	‘Open Atelier’, own studio, Curaçao, duo
2015	‘Gallery Quintessens’, Utrecht, Holland, duo
2015	‘Open Atelier’, own studio, Curaçao.
2012	‘Art and Wine’, Kunstkwartier, Curaçao, solo
2011	‘Open Atelier’, own studio, Curaçao. solo
2011	‘Contemporary Contrasts’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao. solo
2010	‘Bones and Basic’s, Bling Bling Blend’, Pennings Inside, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. solo
2008	‘Isn’t a teapot’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao, N.A. mini-solo
2008	‘Golden Touch’ teaservice for ‘Angelica’s Delights’, Curaçao, N.A. solo
2007	‘Perpetual Motion’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao, N.A. solo
2004	‘Natureluurs’, solo, Galerie Lous Martin, Delft, Holland solo
2004	‘Jewelless jewelry’, solo, Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao N.A. solo

Group exhibitions

2020	‘Ekstremo, Pa Koroná e Obra’, Curacaosch Museum, Curaçao
2019	Kunstmoment Diepenheim’, Gallery Frank van Zwicht, Diepenheim, the Netherlands
2018	‘Design Week Curaçao’, Curaçao
2016	‘Sieraad Art Fair’
2016	Artist Collaboration EMMA, Saskatchewan, Canada
2014	Exhibition Residence Vermeulen, Achterveld, Holland
2014	Artist Collaboration EMMA, Saskatchewan, Canada
2013	‘Tropisch Nederland’, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Holland
2013	‘Franje van Oranje’, Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao, group
2012	‘A breast or two’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao, group
2012	‘Door het oog van Egberdien’, Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao. group
2012	‘Big Fish, Small Pot’, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, U.S.A. group
2012	‘Dugudugo, be mine’, Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao, group
2011	‘Bejeweled’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao. group
2011	‘Dutch Design Week’, Gallery Cecile van Eeden, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. group
2011	‘Maskara’, Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao. group
2010	‘Antepasado di Futuro’ (Acestors of the Future), Curaçao Museum, Curaçao. group
2010	‘Kus’, Gallery Lous Martin, Delft, the Netherlands. group
2010	‘Bijoux Sauvages’, Wesel Art Galley, Brussels, Belgium. group
2009	‘Breijer Collection’, additions for ‘Secrets Within’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao, N.A. group
2009	‘Porcelain shells and shapes’, additions for ‘Biosphere’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao, N.A. group
2009	‘Caribbean Crossroads’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao, N.A. group
2008	‘End of the year exhibition’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao, N.A. group
2008	‘Artisits from Curacao’, Curaçao Museum, Curaçao, N.A. group
2007	‘Breast Cancer Awareness’, Gallery Alma Blou, Curaçao, N.A. group
2007	Gifts and Crafts Show, W.T.C., Curaçao, N.A. group
2007	Open Monumenten, Curaçao, N.A. group
2007	‘It’s all about women’, Gallery Alma Blou, Curaçao, N.A. group
2007	275 years anniversary of the synagogue, Villa Maria, Curaçao, N.A. group
2007	SOFA Artfair, Chicago, USA group
2007	SOFA Artfair, New York, USA group
2007	‘Perpetual Motion’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao, N.A. duo
2006	Jewelry for Tania Kross, The Netherlands group
2006	SOFA Artfair, New York, USA group
2006	Window exhibition, Riffort Gallery, Curaçao, N.A. group
2006	‘Under Construction’, Mon Art Gallery, Curaçao, N.A. group
2006	‘Celebration’, Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao, N.A. group
2006	Open atelier, Studio Girouette, Curaçao, N.A. group
2006	Open atelier, own studio, Curaçao, N.A. group
2005	‘De koninklijke hoed: steengoed!’, studio Girouette, Curaçao N.A. group
2005	‘Koninginnedinge’ , own studio, Curaçao N.A. group
2005	‘Lieve Koningin, hierbij schenk ik u….’ Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao N.A. group
2005	‘Cryptoraño’, Riffort, Curaçao N.A. group
2005	‘Nos arte’, Curaçaos Museum, Curaçao N.A. group
2005	SOFA (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art) Artfair, repr. by Charon Kransen, New York, USA group
2005	‘Ladekastproject’ Galerie Phoebus with Threes Moolhuysen-Coenders, Rotterdam, Holland group
2004	‘Houdt van sieraden’, Galerie Lous Martin, Delft, Holland group
2003	‘Bijzondere publicaties’, Riffort, Curaçao N.A. group
2003	Access Art Gallery, Aruba group
2002	Artfestival, Curaçao N.A. group
2001	‘I came by boat’ Maritime Museum, Curaçao N.A. group
2001	‘De nieuwe ambtsketen’, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland group
1998	Galerie Cebra, Düsseldorf, Germany group
1997	Galerie Art Box, Waregem, Belgium group
1997	‘Water’, Galerie Guthschmidt, Den Haag, Holland group
1997	Galerie de Muzeval, Emmen, Holland group
1997	‘Art in Case’, Galerie Art & Casy, Rotterdam, Holland group
1996	Galerie In de praktijk, Zeist, Holland group
1996	‘Structuur’, solo, Galerie Lous Martin, Delft, Holland group
1996	‘Een voorproefje’, Galerie Lous Martin, Delft, Holland group
1995	Galerie Hers, solo, Rotterdam, Holland group
1995	‘I see angels in the architecture’, Galerie Ademloos, Den Haag, Holland group
1995	‘Nieuwe oogst’, Galerie Amarna, Maastricht, Holland group
1995	Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Holland group
1994	Galerie Fusion, Darmstadt, Germany group
1994	‘Meedragen’, Galerie Ademloos, Den Haag, Holland group