CV Catelijne Boele

Co-founder of artists-initiative Milk and Cereals & Member of Stichting See Lab

Bio

Catelijne Boele (1996, NL) lives and works in The Hague, NL. Her work encapsulates paintings, installations, sculptures and writings. Throughout the past years, subject-matters such as dreams, memories and fictional narratives, have been important sources of inspiration for her. Through the experimentation with materials such as acrylic paint, scrap wood and poetic writings, she attempts to catch ephemeral phenomena into various materials.

The paintings she creates, often depict a suggestive environment or an ominous landscape in which lonesome figures roam. These figures often appear to be objects such as chairs and tables; silent and mundane, placed into a dream-like scenario. With monotone colour schemes and a direct handwriting, she constructs these ominous landscapes in which objects transform or engage together into silent conversations. Hence, she creates an atmospheric space, in which she allows the objects to speak.

Exhibitions

2023
Open Studio’s event at See Lab with the exhibition ‘Forgotten Artworks’
See Lab
Scheveningen, NL

2023
‘Love after Love’
Group show
The Green Room (Amsterdam, NL)
Curated by Wumen

2023
‘1000 Shape-Shifting Chocolate Chips’
Group show
Laak (Den Haag, NL)
Organised by Milk & Cereals

2023
‘WHITE’
Group show
Gallery Nono
The Hague (NL)

2022 – 2023
'Not Just a Library'
Not Just a Collective in collaboration with Platform POST
Arnhem (NL)

2022
‘But, s/he indorsed the sheen’
Group show
Publication launch & reading performance: Humming and mumbling - The volatility of whispers
Sirius Initiative Amsterdam, Vrij Paleis Amsterdam (NL)

2022
‘Leftover Lunch’
Group show
ROBIN tent, Singapore (SG)

2022
‘Why don’t we?’
Group show
Gallery Nono, The Hague (NL)

2021
‘EPIPHANY’
Virtual group show
Capital Culture House, Milan (SP)

2021
‘On Your Own – 5’
De Haagse Kunstkring
The Hague (NL)

2021
‘Dreamland’
Art The Hague, The Hague
Curated by Niek Schoenmakers (NL)

2021
‘2121 Time Capsule’
Goodbuy Gallery, Bucharest(RO)
Curated by Christian Roncea

2021
‘KABK Graduation Show’
KABK, The Hague (NL)
*Nomination: Fine Arts Department Award*

2020
‘A Finger in every Pie’
The Balcony, The Hague (NL)
Curated by The Balcony

2020
‘Open Booskhow’
Spot On Us, The Hague (NL)
Individual and collaborative publications exhibited.

Education

2017 – 2021
Fine Arts Bachelor
Koninklijke Academie van de Beeldende Kunsten (KABK)
The Hague, The Netherlands

2019 – 2020
Exchange semester Japan,
Tokyo Zokei University
Tokyo, Japan

2018 – 2021
Sculpture section of Fine Arts,
Koninklijke Academie van de Beeldende Kunsten (KABK)
The Hague, The Netherlands

2018
Internship
Maakhaven, The Hague

2016 – 2017
Pre-Education
Gerrit Rietveld Academy
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Reviews & articles

2023
‘Jonge kunstenaars shape-shiften hun kunstpraktijk’
(28/02/2023) written by Vincent ‘t Sas
Website: Jegens & Tevens
link to the article

2022
‘Rizoom Takeover #206 Catelijne Boele’
(16/05 - 20/05, 2022) written by Esther van Zoelen,
link to the article

2021
‘Graduation Shows 2021 - KABK The Hague’
Website: Metropolis M
Den Haag, Nederland
link to the article

2021
‘Op naar de jungle van het kunstenaarsbestaan!’
Website: Villa Repubblica
Den Haag, Nederland
link to the article

2021
Website: Villa Next Door 2
Den Haag, Nederland
link to the article

Other mentions

2023
Organisation Open Studio’s event
See Lab
Scheveningen, NL

2023
Curator
Solo-exhibition Lili Berger
Den Haag, NL

2022 – ongoing
Member of programming committee Stichting See Lab
Scheveningen (NL)

2022 – ongoing
Attendant at RADIUS CCA
Centre for contemporary art & ecology
Delft (NL)

2022 – 2023
Guest lecturer of honours courses ‘Leiden: City of Refugees’ (2022) and ‘Climbing the wall of empathy’ (2023) at Leiden University