Eva van Bemmelen

YES ! ! ! ! Verry happy that Mondriaanfonds will support my artist practise with the Mondriaan Start Stipendium ! Thank you @mondriaanfonds ! Very Thankfull and excited to have the time and support to work on my research and artist practice over the next year ! Lets speak, whisper, listen, write letters and singggggggggg ' ' ' ,""" ' , ! Looking very much forward to what the coming year will bring ! 📝 📖 💌 This painting is a portrait of someone being a caterpillar becomming sooner or later a butterfly. It's displayed next to the entrance of my first solo exhibition. Maybe a sign? Anyway... I feel like a butterfly today 🦋 This weekend is the finissage of my exhibition @archipelexpo . (( Slachthuislaan 23, Antwerp: tomorrow and Saturday 14-17 hr ! )) Merci again @mondriaanfonds !

Now on view until 28 May 2025 : EENWERK = VEELWERK @eenwerk_gallery The exhibition brings together previously unseen works by 42 artists who have each contributed to the gallery’s identity over the years. Featured artists include: Barend Koolhaas, Tariq Heijboer, Piet Oudolf, Rineke Dijkstra, David Hammons, Steve McQueen, Sheila Hicks, Bonne Reijn, Stanley Brouwn, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Berend Strik, Maud van den Beuken, Roy Villevoye, Alisa Yoffe, Rosa Johanna, Kees Visser, K. Schippers, Jacqueline de Jong, Jan Vermeulen, Amie Dicke, Hansjörg Mayer, Ab van Hanegem, Chea Eun Rhee, J&B, Woody van Amen, Klaas Gubbels, Charlotte Caspers, Karel Appel, Helen Frik, Frank van der Salm, Bart Julius Peters, Jan Cremer, Martin Margiela, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Koos Breukel, Zora Ottink, Claudy Jongstra, Catharina van Eetvelde, Ai Ozaki, Peng Zhang, Eva van Bemmelen, Clinton Kabena, Petra Blaisse, Victor Sonna, Meta Struycken, Walter Nikkels, and Fransix Tenda Lomba. For EENWERK=VEELWERK I created a series of weather reports. These reports offer a poetic reflection on the passage of time, as well as a forecast of the future—one that is never truly certain. @eenwerk_gallery Thank you @irma_boom_amsterdam & @ambervijselaar ! 📷 @peter_tijhuis

Detail… Eva van Bemmelen @evavanbemmelen @archipel_site @antwerpart

Bewaar de datum! Zaterdag 30 mei toont @evavanbemmelen 1 maand 1 werk in Galerijke Marijke, kom je ook?

Liesje leerde lotje lopen langsde lange lindelaan Olieverf op doek 240x120 cm 🌳 Merci 📸 @katherinaheil

Find our publication READING CHARACTERS at 'A New Corner': @vanabbehuis , an artist initiative run in an old villa from 1919, opposite of the Van Abbemuseum. Last Sunday opened ‘A New Corner’ at the Van Abbehuis for the first time. In this corner you find only self-published books by artists and designers. In the publication READING CHARACTERS you find essays, visual essays, typographic experiments and poetry BY @mariekemariabarnas @annelieskamen @claramsamaral @hildeonis @sleepbettertonight @odedekort @puckkroon and @annabellebinnerts . You find typefaces made by @celinehurka @theetatthunkijjanukij @nicksheeran and @jungmyung_lee Thank you Marijn van Kreij en Akiko Wakabayashi for the invitation to A New Corner💌 @marijnvankreij @akiko_wakabayashi_ The bookshop will be open during the regular visiting hours: Thursday – Sunday, 13–17h and during events. 'A New Corner' will run until 12.7.2026 📚

Today Eva, our first spring resident returned home after spending five weeks with us in the village. She learned very quickly how to handle the tools and to work on the marble and she was even able to make a beautiful marble based on her own design at the end.  Her love for letters, the Greek script and language brought her to carving lots of letters. She also delved into Greek mythology. Together with her fellow resident Melissa, they told each other every day a new myth. Eva even started corresponding with this ancient cosmos, making little marble envelopes adressed to the Greek gods. Eva explored the island, walked the old mule paths, picked χόρτα, admired goats and sheep and was happy! Although not a really a cat lover, she couldn’t get enough of Αρετή, to the cat’s delight.  So it isn’t only us who are sad to let Eva go. Her curiousity, her ambition to learn and her beautiful sharp carving will be remembered! We hope to see her back soon and wish her lots of luck with her work, both on painting and in marble. Eva’s stay was made possible by Amarte Fonds and the Artist Start Stipendium from the Mondriaan Fonds. @evavanbemmelen @a.bmmmmmmmm #marblesculpture #artresidency #filipposkagiorgis #pyrgostinos #intangibleculturalheritage

Four weeks on the island now and I am still discovering the marble. How soft, hard, sharp, and strong the material is and can be. Finding stone carved graffiti, picking lemons, oranges and Horta. Trying to read the greek letters and writing letters to the ancient goddes. 𓎢𓎠𓎟𓎠𓎡 I am very grateful to the Mondriaanfonds for granting me the Artist Start Stipendium, which enables me to take new steps in my professional development. I am also very grateful to Amarte for the additional financial support for the work period in this residency program. 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟 And of course Thank you Patricia Pulles and marmermaster Filippos Kagiorgis who are introducing me to this beautiful craftsmanship. ꩜🤍𓆩♡𓆪☁️ P.s. starting a newsletter soon 📰 subscribe via 🔗 in bio or on my website 💌 @mondriaanfonds @amartefonds @marble_residency_pyrgos

~ ~ First week on Tinos for the @marble_residency_pyrgos 💎Learning step by step how to shape the marble. ⚖️ Just like Filippos... he shapes the marble as if it is like sugar. For now, I've mastered making | | | | / / \ & ) ) ). Let’s see what the marble looks like in a few weeks! 🏺🪬~ ~

Brief aan Piak Zisou (2025), pastelkrijt en acrylverf op doek, 120x100 cm

‘𝑖𝑘 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑗𝑒 𝑖𝑘 𝑧𝑖𝑒 𝑗𝑒’ 
In de etalage van SALON2060 staat een driedimensionaal affiche dat zo hard roept dat ze niet meer leesbaar is. De letters schreeuwen om aandacht zonder dat hun boodschap wordt gehoord. Levensgrote letters die geen woorden vormen maar als personages in de ruimte staan; als pilaren die jouw woorden ondersteunen. De letters en de stille schreeuw voor aandacht spreken hun eigen betekenis. ‘ik hoor je ik zie je’ spreekt zich in uit in stilte. Vanaf nu elke dag te zien als het donker wordt. Tussen 16:00 & 21:00 uur bij Salon2060, Maaldersstraat 40 te Antwerpen. Wees welkom op 31 januari van 15:00 tot 17:00 uur. (On view untill feb 15) Dank aan Han van der Ven @salon_2060 , @stichtingniemeijerfonds en @mondriaanfonds voor het ondersteunen van deze werkperiode. 🙏💫

Just before painting