Mariëlle van den Bergh

Originally, Mariëlle studied textile design in Tilburg and after that, she did sculptural design at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht. She is a highly experienced and skilled artist who controls her materials in a masterful way. She likes to combine different materials, such as textiles and ceramics. She knows how to apply her sense of textile design to ceramics in a unique way. When she works with paper, the results are usually large, monumental objects. In the CODA Paper Art Biennial 2021, a 5-meter high mountain hung in the museum: Cliff Hanger. The work tells the story of the unstable situation that arose during the Corona period, in which rock solid certainties were undermined and we had to create new benchmarks both as a community and as humanity.

Van den Bergh travels extensively and chooses artist-in-residence sites where she can be in the middle of nature (Tasmania, Australia, Iceland, Japan). It is important to her to also be in contact with the local population in the vicinity of the residencies and to experience how they relate to the nature surrounding them. Nature is her most important source of inspiration. In her work she shows her respect for nature and shows its vulnerability.

Artist Statement

In 2006 I saw the raw, merciless but also rough, unspoiled and unpolished nature in Tasmania. This was followed by trips to the Blue Mountains (Australia) and Iceland in search of similar natural environments. These experiences changed me forever.

Since then I have carried with me a kind of frame of reference of what “original” nature must have looked like.

Nature has always been my main source of inspiration and I also see people as part of nature. Why is seeking out this “original” nature important to me? It gives me the feeling as a human being to be part of a larger whole, of the origin and development history of the earth. The scale and size of both the physical world and the phenomenon of time fascinate me.

In recent years I have focused on the (disastrous) influence that humans have on nature and their living environment. For example, I undertake projects that focus on plastic pollution (Norwegian Coast, Natthagen, Norway 2023). In addition to creating works of art such as Plastic Footprint, (in the exhibition Traces, Museum non-conformist Art, St. Petersburg, RU 2024), in which the life cycle of plastics is investigated, one of the objectives is to stimulate awareness of the devilish dilemmas that the everyday use of this material involves. Another project is Fire and Water, which was recently on display in Marres, Maastricht and the Oda park, Venray, (Limburg Biennale), in which black fire extinguishers and water containers made of ceramics were painted with images of environmental disasters.

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EDUCATION
1978-81: Development Aid in Tanzania (Africa) for Dutch Development Aid Organisation 1981-86: Art Academy in Tilburg. Textiles Dept. First Grade Teacher Training cum laude 1986-88: Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht. Sculpture. Post Graduate Centre Fine Arts & Theory 2010-2014: Art Workshop Leader with Vrolijkheid (Happiness) Asylum centre in Noord Brabant. 2023-24: Masterclass DIA, Drawing Inventions Academy, advisors: Arno Kramer, Marisa Rappard

COMMISSIONWORK/ CURATOR
2024: Coordinator Textile Cartography group The Netherlands-Ukraine (Teresa Eca, Portugal) 2018: Curator Icelandic Art Exhibition Frá Islandí, (with Mels Dees), KEG-Schijndel, NL 2012: Curator Land Art Diessen, international exhibition on Land art, Diessen, NL
2005: Curator Doorregen Lapjes/ Textile Art Works, Germinahof, Sterksel

VOLUNTEER WORK
We give regularly art workshops at a shelter house in our neighbourhood with refugees from Ukraine. We call ourselves: Stephania Art Group. Often we work with sustainable materials and do projects like: building a Formule race car from cardboard, insect houses from old wooden pallets, printing etchings using scraps of plastic and a nail, Aliens versus Pirates with Cake & Candy. Publication about this in magazine Textiel Plus, 2022. (Art as comfort and medicine).

AWARDS/ GRANTS (selection)
2024: Grant WCC-Europe, Crafts Council Europe. Crafts Exchange & Samira Jamouchi, Norway 2024: Grant Stichting Stokroos, Constant van Renesse Fonds project “No Borders”, India
2023: Nomination National Ceramics Prize 2022, Art Eindhoven, Klokgebouw Eindhoven
2021: Mondriaan Fonds: corona-related aid
2021: Grants ICS, Kecskemet, Hungary from Renessefonds, Cultuur Eindhoven Pictoright 2018-19: Projectgrant Mondriaan Fonds/Stokroos (solo exh. Primal Nature, Rijswijk)

RESIDENCIES/SYMPOSIA
2024: Crafts Exchange World Crafts Council- EU &Samira Jamouchi, NO-NL (ceramics-felting) 2024: Portugal, workshops students disability, Assol (chicken), Victor Fuentes (masks), Viseu. 2024: Suthra 2024, symposium, exhibition February, Tasara Weaving Centre, Kerala, India 2023: Natthagen, production outdoor sculpture in wood, Noway
2023: Arctic Ceramic Centre, Posio, Finland
2022-23: sundaymorning@ekwc (European Ceramic Work Centre), Oisterwijk
2022: ARTAK 350, Grundarfjodur, Snæfellsnes, Iceland
2021: International Ceramics Studio, 2021, Kecskemét, Hungary
2020: International Ceramic Research Centre Guldagergaard, Denmark
2020: Natthagen residency, Textile Residency, Traditional Norwegian techniques, Norway
2019: sundaymorning@ekwc (European Ceramic Work Centre), Oisterwijk
2018: BigCi, Bilpin, Wollemi National Park Blue Mountains, Australia. Research Tasmania. 2018: sundaymorning@ekwc residency (European Ceramic Work Centre), Oisterwijk
2017: SPAR Residency, Saint Petersburg Art Residency, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017: SIM Residency, Reykjavic, Iceland
2016: 16th Kohila Symposium (intern. Wood Fired Ceramics Symp.), Kohila Village, Estonia 2015: Residency Guldagergaard,International Ceramic Research Centre, Skaelskor, Denmark 2014-15: Residency Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Kerry, Ireland
2014: Residency CEAC, Chinese European Art Centre, Xiamen, China
2012: Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park/ SCCP, Shigaraki, Japan
2011: Residency sundaymorning@ekwc.nl /Europian Ceramic Workcentre, Den Bosch 2009: Residency at Makanne, Udaipur, Rajasthan (India)
2008: Working period EST-NORD-EST, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada
2007: Residency European Ceramic Workcentre, Den Bosch
2006: Poimena residency, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

PURCHASES/COMMISSIONS (selection)
Work has been purchased in collections of public buildings (Academisch Medisch Centrum Maastricht, Zadkine-Rotterdam, City of Weert, Sint-Anthonis, Hilvarenbeek) and private or public collections (Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Denmark, Ireland, Hong Kong, Hungary). Commissions for building cooperations (Woonbedrijf, Eindhoven) and other commissions (Delta Lloyd, SPAR, Sint-Petersburg, Russia) 2015: Commission Volcano in Public Space in Nunspeet, 3000 kilo’s of clay, 8 m2 glass, LED’s and stainless steel.
2019: Proposal commission Kraan Wertha Boulevard, City of Weert
2021: Tapestry Bay of Fires, collection Woodroffe, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2022: Tapestry Berkenbosje (Schiermonnikoog), collectie Peeters, Weert
2022: Ceramic work Hazy Eyes, collection Thijs, Eindhoven
2023: Tapestry Wave, Collection architect Rotterdam

EXHIBITIONS (selection) SOLO/DUO
2023: Dystopie, Paper and ceramic works, Hal Noordkade, de Compagnie, Veghel
2022: Mariëlle van den Bergh – Mels Dees, de Oude Victor, Batenberg
2022: Gallery Artak 105, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019-20: Solo Primal Nature, Museum Rijswijk, Textile & Ceramic works, Rijswijk 2019: Huis Millen (Sabine Linzen), tapestries in the castle tower, Sittard
2018: Presentation Marriage between Textile & Ceramics, EKWC, Oisterwijk
2018: Tapestries by Mariëlle van den Bergh, Kunstencentrum, Weert
2018: Hopfeesten, (Fundacion Patagonista), Asse, Belgium
2017: Quilt- and Needlework Fair, (17 tapestries), Beursfabriek, Nieuwegein
2017: Short, long distant journeys & Helma Veugen. Academic Society, Ehv.
2017: Performance Ark &"Picturing Poverty", Gallery SPAR, St.Petersburg (RU)
2016: “Ukiyo-e”/“Cocons”, installation Les Jardins de Drulon, France
2015: "Sea of Stories"& Mels Dees, Galery 't Haentje te Paart, Middelburg
2014: "Double Dutch II" & Mels Dees, CEAC Centre, Xiamen, China
2012: “Hana” & Mels Dees, Van Abbemuseum, Library, Eindhoven
2011: “Underdog”, Firma Van Drie, Gouda
2009: “Thuisland”, with Helma Veugen, Museum De Tiendschuur, Weert

GROUP
2024: Big Art, Slotervaart, Amsterdam
2024: Traces, Museum non-conformistic Art, Pushkinskaya 10, St. Petersburg, RU 2024: Limburg Biennial, curator Maartje Korstanje, Oda Park, Venray
2024: Limburg Biennial, curator Jan Rothuizen, Museum Marres, Maastricht 2024: Matchbox Biennial, Gallery Art Centre Natthagen, Norway
2024: Exhibition Suthra 2024, Tasara Weaving Centre, Beypore, Kerala, India 2023: Shelter in the Forest II, GNA Biennial, Geumgang Nature Art Centre, Korea
2023: Nature Art Cube.-12 x 12 x 12 + Nature, Geumgang Nature Art Centre, Korea 2023: Moving Nature Art, Yeonho Culture Centre, Uljin, Korea
2023: 7th Textile and Fibre Art Triennial, Museum Riga, Riga, Latvia
2023: National Ceramics Prize 2022, Art Eindhoven, Klokgebouw, Eindh
2023: Installation Lava, Test Case, European Ceramic Work Centre, Oisterwijk 2023: 13the Lessedra Painting & Mixed Media, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2022: Expo Textiel Plus Festival (ART Fair), Autotron, Rosmalen
2022: Burenruzie, Ateliers Patagonia, Albert van Abbehuis, Eindhoven
2022: PATAmap, graphics and other works, Artots-De Melkfabriek, Den Bosch 2022: Small Odysseys, Double exh. Thessaloniki/Eind., mus. Thessaloniki, Greece 2021: Church (paper work) and monestry garden (sculptures), Wittem (gallery Joli) 2021: 12the Lessedra Painting & Mixed Media, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2021: Kleur van Vrouwen, women artists, Melkfabriek, Den Bosch. Curator F.Husen 2021: Van Diemensland, with Katy Woodroffe, Mels Dees. Keg-expo, Schijndel
2021: Small Odysseys, Double exhibition Thessaloniki/Eindhoven, Abbehuis, Ehv. 2021: CODA Paper Art Biennial 2021, 49 intern. artists, Museum CODA, Apeldoorn 2021: Ceramic Triennial 2021, (Dutch Ceramics Union) Museum CODA, Apeldoorn 2021: Pata-Graphic Album 2021, Graphic Studio ‘t Gooi, Hilversum
2020: Homerun #2, Mens/Human (painting Ch. Schleiffert), Willem II, Den Bosch 2020: In den Vreemde, Textiles works Bonifacius, Stadsmuseum Woerden, Woerden 2020: Transpositions #3, Virtual Art exhibition www.artresidency.ru
2020: Film Goethe Institute St. Petersburg, Art in corona times www.artresidency.ru 2019: Ceramic on the spot, feel the ekwc vibe! Artots, Willem Twee, Den Bosch 2019: Wittemer Dagen, 100 year Women‘s Rights, curator Annette Reiff, Wittem 2019: Garden of Eden, Schloss Neuhaus, Hasslach, Europ.Text. Netw., Austria 2019: Textual Texture, Library Beer Sheva, Israel
2019: Amateras, Internat. Paper exhibition, IAPMA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019: Papier Unartig, Papiermuhle Homburg, Germany
2019: Dreaming of Trees/ Dromen van Bomen, Gorcum's Museum, Gorichem 2018: Bloom, (Textiles on Flowers), Karmelklooster, Drachten
2018: Voor de Draad ermee! Embroidery, Gorcum's Museum, Gorichem
2018: Kempro, with Liesbeth Bijkerk and Helma Veugen, Sterksel
2018: Futurarcheology, Breed Art Studios, Amsterdam
2017: Naturgemälde, SIM Gallery, Reykjavic, Iceland
2016: Kohila Exhibition for the Woodfired Ceramics, Kohila, Estonia
2013: Ceramic Biennale Delft/ Botsing en ontlading, Kadmium, Delft
2012: “Islands” Custom House Studios, Westport, Ireland
2011: “Biënnale Kijkduin 2011 Chemistry”, opened by Queen Beatrix, Kijkduin 2011: “Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2011”, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk
2011: “7e Triennale Internationale du Papier” Musée Charmey, Switzerland 2010: “Decay” Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh, in Edinburgh Art Festival, U.K. 2010: “Global intrigue II” Museum Modern Art, Riga, Letland
2003: Paper Road, Santa Maria della Scala, Sienna, Italy
2002: Paper Biennial, internat. Paper Art exhibition, Museum Rijswijk

PUBLICATIONS
2024: Cat. Limburg Biënnale, Uitgave Marres, Oda Park, Ned. Eng.
2023: cat. Shelter in the Forest II/ Nature Art Cube, Geumgang Nature Art Centre, Korea 2023: media presentation Mariëlle van den Bergh in social media at the
sundaymorning @ ekwc Europees Keramisch Werk Centrum, Oisterwijk
2023: article IAPMA magazine 2022-23. Interview with Icelandic artist Svanborg Matthiasdottir
2023: website www.nationale keramiekprijs.nl
2022: Lessedra Catalogue Mixed Media exh. 2022, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria. Pages: Collaboration Tina Zlatina and Mariëlle van den Bergh.
2022: Textiel Plus, Eco-pret met Oekraïense vrouwen, article about recycled material and workshops with Ukrainian refugees (Summer 2022)
2021: Kunstspoor, art route Zeeland, magazine.
2021: Beelden Magazine # 4, 2021, Paper Art 2021, Ans van Berkum
2021: Paper Art 2021, cat. CODA Museum, Apeldoorn.
2021: Small Odysseys (connecting Greece- Thessaloniki and The Netherlands, Eindhoven), catalogus, eng. Curator: Marina Provatidou.
2021: catalogue “Gorcum’s Museum 2013-2020”, pag. 51, 90, 103 and cover
2021: cat. Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Korean Nature Art Acc., Yatoo
2020: catalogue Global World. Amateras, Sofia Paper Art Fest 2019, Bulgaria.
2020: catalogue In den Vreemde (Bonifatius), Stadsmuseum Woerden
2020: BBK 337, (Visual Artists Union), “Primal Nature” Peter van Loon, page 14/ “Residency’s -why?” by Mariëlle van den Bergh, page 15, 16, 17.
2020: Blogs op www.artresidency.ru voor Blog (onder Mels Dees), film Goethe Instituut, interv. 2019: Garden of Eden, Schloss Neuhaus, Hasslach, Europ.Text. Network, Austria
2019: Review Oernatuur, Chris Reinewald, website Textiel Plus, October 2019 https://www.textielplus.nl/artikelen/expo-oernatuur-toont-textiele- ontdekkingstochten-van- marielle-van-den-bergh/
2019: Art Magazine Beelden: review by Ans van Berkum, December 2019 website http://www.beeldenmagazine.nl/marieelle-van-den-bergh-1
2018: Glas-en Keramiekbeurs 2018 catalogue by Piet Augustijn
2018: Calendar 2018, Schleunung Printing Company, July Ukiyo-e) en December (Cocons) 2018: Magazine KM, “Huwelijk tussen Textiel en Keramiek”, author Edith Rijnja
2018: Magazine Textiel Plus 244, article project Marriage Textiles+Ceramics, author Edith Rijnja 201&: Textile is more: http://www.textileismore.com/core/content.php? option=viewitem&id=74&le=11&rd=4735
2017: Glas- en Keramiekbeurs Leerdam, catalogue 2017. "Mariëlle van den Bergh en Paul Legeland, glas en keramiek" author Piet Augustijn.
2017: Het Gewag, nr. 60, sept. okt. 2017, Korte en verre reizen" by Liesbeth Schreurs, Academisch Genootschap, Eindhoven.
2017: De Limburger, "Vulkaan in Kunsthal Weert", 2-8-2017
2017: Newsletter SPAR, Saint Petersburg Art Residency, "Double Exhibition by Mariëlle van den Bergh & Mels Dees (NL)
Okhta Press Centre, English review on the project "Depicting Poverty" of artist-in-residence Mariëlle van den Bergh. Also a Russian version available online.
2017: www.mmblog.eu over residency in IJsland en Rusland in 2017
2016: Magazine KM, focus on concrete, spring 2016, article on commission Volcano in Nunspeet 2016: Catalogue Internationale Papierkunst 2016, Kunststichting Perspektief vzw.
2015: BBK krant, October 2015, action pictures about crafts
2015: Glasrijk Tubbergen 2015, Outdoor Glass Art, catalogue, author Piet Augustijn
2015: Magazine Klei (Clay), article commission Volcano, Nunpeet, Piet Augustijn, July-August 2015: Fjoezzz, 2 2015, Modern Glassmagazine, art. Piet Augustijn
2015: Website www.vulkaanvannunspeet.nl Process of commission Volcano, 2013-2015
2015: "Eindhovendse vulkaan die uitbarst op de Veluwe", Eindhovens Dagblad, Marc Niessen 2015: "De Vulkaan werkt" door to door magazine, Nunspeet
2015: National television about regional news (Volcano) and some local websites
2015: Papermania! Catalogue Museum der Westküste, (Föhr) (German/ Danish)
2015: Reviews exhibition Patagonia & Guest at KEG Schijndel: Brabants Dagblad (2x)
2015: Calendar Patagonia 2015, exh. Patagonia & guests (Tina Zlatina (Bulg.), Robert Ikin (AU) 2014: Yearbook 2014, Textile Museum Tilburg, Dutch/Eng.
2014: Magazine "Beelden", art. Sculpture garden Land en Beeld, by Tine van de Weyer, 2014 #3

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