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| Gerard Boersma Paintings | |
| Gerard Boersma (1976) is one of the leading young Dutch artists and well known in his native country for his highly detailed hyper-realist works of individuals caught in moments. He studied painting and fine art at the School of Arts Minerva in the Netherlands, specializing in meticulous form drawing and realistic painting. He's been a professional since his graduation with many shows all over his native country and abroad. Gerard is determined to be one of the best new artists entering the scene and he's here to stay for the long run. | |
| Education: | |
| School of Arts Minerva, Groningen, The Netherlands | |
| Awards: | |
| Dutch Desing award, Vredeman de Vries Vormgevingsprijs, public award for the project Queen Emma, 2003 Lorenzo Il Magnifico de Medici, Florence, Italy, 2005 | |
| Selected Commissions/collections: | |
| 2004-2005 Various portrait commissions 2003 Painting 'The Bus' added to collection Fries Museum 2003 Portrait of Dutch Queen Emma in Park, luxurious appartement building Regentes, Groningen in coöperation with Louise Cohen, Nederlands Textiel Museum, Fries Museum 2002 Mural, Gloppe, Leeuwarden | |
| Single Exhibitions: | |
| selected single exhibtions 2001 Pinkroccade, Groningen 2002 Met Verve, Leeuwarden 2002 Royal Talens, Apeldoorn 2002 Jan de Jong Interieurs, Leeuwarden 2004 ARTemisia, Leeuwarden 2004 Postma Interieur, Drachten 2005 Expositie aan huis, Leeuwarden 2005/ 2006 Warenhuis Vanderveen, Assen 2006 Lyppens Diamantairs, PC Hooftstraat, Amsterdam | |
| Group Exhibitions: | |
| selected group exhibtions 2001 Eindexamenexpositie Minerva, Groningen 2001 Galerie Bas, Sneek 2001 Chassé Theater, Breda 2002 ICO, centrum voor kunst & cultuur, Assen 2002 Galerie Noord, Groningen 2002 Fries Museum, Leeuwarden 2002 / 2003 Gemeente Smallingerland, Drachten 2003 Galerie Walls, Amsterdam 2003 / 2004 Omrop Fryslân, Leeuwarden 2004 Agora Gallery, Soho, New York, USA 2004 ARTemisia, Leeuwarden 2004 Postma Interieur, Drachten 2005 Mc Kinsey, Amsterdam 2005 Castor en Pollux, Bilzen, Belgium 2005 Galerie Rudolfv, Amsterdam 2005 Demonstration, Drents Museum, Assen 2005 Galerie Help U Zelven, Winterswijk 2005 Galerie Walls, Amsterdam 2005 Louise Cohen, Leeuwarden 2005 Agora Gallery, Soho, New York, USA 2005 Eewal 92, Leeuwarden 2005 Florence Biennale, Florence, Italië 2006 ARTemisia, Leeuwarden 2006 Galerie Graus, Echt | |
| Artist's Statement: | |
| Artist StatementGerard Boersma is one of the leading young Dutch artists and well known in his native country for his highly detailed hyper-realist works of individuals caught in moments. His paintings are photorealist portraits of souls alone in modern city landscapes perused with the precision of a brutally honest sociologist. The society is getting harder and more individualistic everyday and people are further estranged from nature than ever before, especially in the cities. People seem to be satisfied with this role and Gerard wants to show this in a more or less objective manner. He therefore chooses for a realist style. Gerard continues this long time tradition, but makes it of his own days and time. Often he paints subjects that have never been painted before.He takes an interest in everyday situations where people are waiting or are put together in public spaces with people they don’t know. Gerard Boersma registrates common people on the streets, in public transport, in stores, waiting rooms or bars. He takes pictures of these situations, which he later uses as a starting point for his realistic paintings. The paintings suggest the reproduction of the reality of the picture, but the pictures are only sketch materials. Boersma has prearranged the whole picture in his works of art. He chooses his own colors and style and adds elements or leaves them out. He also picks his own point of view for his paintings. It’s not accidental that we see his figures from the back. Boersma wants to create a distance between us and his figure on the painting.The paintings by Gerard Boersma seem to be realistic and they tempt to stand still at things usually don’t observed. The loneliness of some people, the lack of communication between people, or how people who are waiting retire within oneself. A moment in modern urban living with all the distortion that comes with it. And then it’s obvious that the situations usually don’t observed saya whole lot about todays society. With his paintings Gerard creates awareness and makes you think about these situations. BiographyBoersma studied painting and fine art at the School of Arts Minerva in the Netherlands, specializing in meticulous form drawing and realistic painting. He has been a professional since his graduation in 2001 and exhibited all over his native country and abroad.In 2003 the most influential museum in his region, the Fries Museum, decided to add his work to their permanent collection. In the same year he won the public prize of the Vredeman de Vries Vormgevings Award for the project Emma. In 2004 and 2005 he was the recipient of a scholarship by Fonds BKVB, the scholarship for the most promising emerging artists from the Netherlands.His star is rising ever since and there is a growing interest from abroad. For example, his paintings were shown in 2004 and 2005 in Soho, New York. Besides the United States he also exhibited his works in 2005 in Belgium. In the same year he won the 4th prize for painting during the Florence Biennale in Italy. After winning this prestigous Lorenze Il Magnifico Medici Award six paintings have been added to major collections by private collectors in Italy. This year Gerard had two shows at the same time at the Fries Museum. Gerard Boersma is a master draftsman and in the recent years he build up a good reputation in the art world. He’s determined to stay here for the long run and you can expect a lot from him in the future. | |
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