Ina Fekken - work in paper
Art on the cutting edge...
Intro
In 1992 I graduated as an autonomous visual artist from the Minerva Academy in Groningen. Prior to this study, I completed a degree in environmental science at the Higher Agricultural School. This has determined the underlying theme in my work. The inescapable influence that humans have on nature/environment is my central motif. Nowadays I work almost exclusively in the material paper.
Treasures in Drenthe - Museum for Paper Cutting - Project
On October 1, the exhibition at the paper cutting museum opend with the work of TiEnkE Zijlstra, teodora ionescu, Pauline Kick, Monique Temmen, Suzanne Hartmans and me, among the old collection and the cutting table.
TiEnkE created work during her four-day research at the museum. The other artists were selected from the open call.
I’m going to do a project together with cutters from the museum. I’m exploring the connection and collaboration between modern digital laser cutting techniques and the analog physical act of paper cutting.
One or more paper-cut artworks from the museum serve as the base. I convert these into an interpretation through a computer drawing (see image on the right). The drawing is then suitable for making a laser engraving on paper and/or for cutting parts out of the chosen paper with the laser cutting machine. In the work. I envision a combination of hand-cut/scissored with “modern” laser cutting techniques. Think of paper that has a laser engraving (or is partially already cut) and then is further cut or snipped by hand. These works will be on display from December 1. Until then, my pleureuses will be on view.
Art Space KEL-30 Sales Exhibition 2026
Art space KEL-30 is a new art space in building C of the Biotoop in Haren. Here, experiment and innovation in contemporary art are central. I am participating with a number of larger works from the BIJOU series. These objects are made from multiple layers of burned paper.
Additionally, a variety of disciplines will be on display, including painting, sculpture, photography, video, installation, and mixed media.
The art space is 800M2 in size and has a raw look, making it wonderful to experience the artworks there.
Art space KEL-30
Kerklaan 30 F
9751 NN Haren (GN)
Open on weekends from November 28 to December 13, from 12:00 to 18:00
Galerie Arteria | Schiermonnikoog | 20x20
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From November 14, 2026, to January 2, 2027, the group exhibition 20×20 will be on display at Galerie Arteria at Schiermonnikoog.
I am participating with two 'grain' works.
Galerie Arteria | Middenstreek 23 | 9166 LL Schiermonnikoog
Exhibitions in 2027
In April, I will participate in the exhibition "Over Vogels" at Museum Staal in Almen.
Also in April: an exhibition with former classmates in the exciting spaces of Kel-30 at De Biotoop in Haren.
Participant in the traveling exhibition Vegetal Art Collection.
An installation at cultural center MIMIK in Deventer is on the program from July 5 to September 6, 2027.
Four studios | Five artists | Open house on the first weekend of August.
To be continued...
Exhibition ended | Four studios | Five artists | Open house | August 1 & 2
By now, it is starting to become rather a tradition, early August.
A small art route with Anne Wine, Anne Marieke Millenaar, Maarten Robert,
Ina Fekken, and with guest artist
Fokko Jelsma.
This compact art route took you through the Hogeland, passing three villages where we displayed our work in our studios. My studio was well-attended; around 50 to 60 interested people stopped by each day.
Vegetal Art Collection - Taraxacum amplum - Dandelion
Artist Ursula Caruel (see photo showing my artwork) has invited me to participate in the traveling exhibition Vegetal Art Collection. She is the initiator of this project. Following the principles of 17th-century herbarium construction, Ursula Caruel draws a plant representative of its geographical environment in duplicate. One of the drawings is subsequently exchanged with another artist somewhere in the world, who does the same.
The collection is presented in exhibitions and reflects the artists' commitment to sharing their connection with the fragility of life. Artistic diversity thus reflects the richness of biodiversity.
I chose the native dandelion as a starting point.
The dandelion is both commonplace and special. There are many micro-species.
In the spring, on the way to my beloved grandmother, we drove past meadows full of dandelions. In the spring, it was a feast of color; I believe it was a succession of cowslips, then dandelions, and finally buttercups. That was the late sixties. This beauty has largely disappeared from the Dutch landscape. I feel a sense of emotional connection and loss.
Jute, plastic, and what remains. | May 2-24 | Gallery Gewaagd
The first joint exhibition of the FiL Art Collective is over.
Assignment "Fabric" completed
In 2024 on November 20, the artwork "fabric" was presented to Kees Vendrik, chairman of the National Climate Platform, at the DeTopvanOnderop.
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