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een meditatie aan de kleur green als een intro voor meer. Zie: www.sonjavank.com/last_call.htm
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interpretatie aan het thema Europa met een interpretatie van Schubert's 'unfinished symphony' gespeeld door Semay Wu
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zie: sonjavank.com/childs_play.htm
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zie: www.sonjavank.com/coloured-p_feminist.htm
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Newspaper origami elephants take a walk. More: http://www.sonjavank.com/caravan-irsina.htm
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19 Gay Men and The Throne of God. More: http://www.sonjavank.com/19gay-men.htm
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Made entirely out of NASA International Space Station footage this video connects visions of our planet from space with our inner cosmos.
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verschuifbaar beeld maakt het cirkel groter of kleiner. Made at the Whangarei Sculpture Symposium. More: http://www.sonjavank.com/cornerstones.htm
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"Bed Peace" (bed vrede) was een happening/performance tijdens een expositie van film, theatre, muziek die ik in de oude Leiden postkantoor georganiseerd in 2013. Hier twee spelers - losjes Yoko Ono + John Lennon interpretaties begon in bed met een verzameling van rond 15 monitors omheen. Een schildert in zwart over de film, Pulp Fiction terwijl de ander muziek speelde. zie: www.sonjavank.com/bedpeace.htm
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Each flower is made out of plastic rubbish donated by the person or family it is named after. The names of these flowers refer not only to the idea of a new creation made out of old ingredients, but also memorialize the few days of plastic trash from that person. More: www.sonjavank.com/rubbish.htm
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Geboren in Nieuw Zeeland, Sonja woont tegenwoordijk deels in den Haag en deels in Kawakawa. Zie werkt in verschillende media - performance, video, installatie, als beeldhouwer, schilderer, enz.
www.sonjavank.comResensies, exposities, enzo
sonjavank.wordpress.comSocial media
Maakt deel uit van Kunstenaarsinitiatief / Collectief / Broedplaats
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Lid van Beroeps- / Kunstenaarsvereniging
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Curriculum vitae
Opleidingen
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2005 - 2008Masters in Media Technology Leiden University Diploma behaald
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1998 - 19991jr webontwerp cursus
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1989 - 1993autonoom Maastricht, Hogeschool Zuyd, Academie Beeldende Kunsten Diploma behaald
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1986 - 1986Diploma of Teaching (eerste grads) Dunedin Teachers College Diploma behaald
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1980 - 1982Diploma of Fine Arts Otago School of Fine Arts Diploma behaald
tentoonstellingen
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2018The Poetic Condition | De Dichterlijke Aard NorthArt Auckland, Nieuw-Zeeland heb ik dit gecoordinated. Aesthetic explorations of the individual in society by artists from The Hague and Aotearoa | New Zealand. sonjavank.wordpress.com/2018/11/08/the-poetic-condition-northart/ Groep
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2018Rubbish 2 – A New Collection Village Arts Gallery Kohukohu, Nieuw-Zeeland 20 deelnemers met werk dat doet iets met hergebruikt voorwerpen. www.villagearts.co.nz/2018/10/rubbish-2/ Groep
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2017Where Shall We Call Home Depot Artspace Devonport, Auckland featuring over 50 artists who are presenting work at Depot Artspace to support refugee resettlement in Aotearoa. depotartspace.co.nz/event/where-shall-we-call-home/ Groep
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2016Radicalisation: a range of defiance,’ Festival Voice4Thought, Scheltema Leiden, Nederland ‘Radicalisation: a range of defiance’, in collaboration with Kunstroute Leiden. With Zoe Kate Reddy, Jacco Weener, Inge Reisberman & Michiel Keller, Sonja van Kerkhoff, Sapin Makengele and Anastasia Pirvu voice4thought.org/programme-festival-v4tleiden-2017/ Groep
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2015"Verhalen en herinneringen" Wittem monastery gardens Wittem, Limburg, Nederland 16 deelneemers geselecteered sensonja.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/land-art-sculpture/ Groep
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2013"The Poetic Condition | De Dichterlijke Aard," The Shutter Room Whangarei, Nieuw-Zeeland The Poetic Condition | De Dichterlijke Aard looks at today's big questions as an aesthetic exercise where these artists from The Netherlands and Aotearoa / New Zealand, explore, respond or extend the theme of our human nature and the relevance of the aesthetic of poetic intervention to the self, socio-political or society. www.sonjavank.com/projects/curated/2016/the-poetic.htm Groep
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2013SCANZ 2013 – 3rd nature Puke Ariki, Museum of Taranaki New Plymouth, Nieuw-Zeeland Art, science, technology and indigenous perspectives meet in 3rd nature, an exhibition celebrating a new way of seeing. The title 3rd nature suggests a hybrid space – the third space – of overlap between cultures. pukeariki.com/Exhibitions/3rd-nature Groep
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2013Portraits of the Spirit | Ngā Whakaahua o te Wairua Rotorua Arts Village Rotorua, Nieuw-Zeeland residency and exhibition in the Rotorua Arts centre sonjavank.com/portraitsof.htm Groep
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2013Film + Kunst Galerie de Pieter Leiden, Nederland I curated this in the old Leiden city post office. 45 participants with a programme of theatre, music and performance. .sonjavank.com/projects/curated/2013/filmkunst.htm Groep
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2012CONVERGENCE//DIVERGENCE Los Medanos College Art Gallery Pittsburg, CA, Verenigde Staten perspectives on the theme of water and its global and local roles. sensonja.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/convergence/ Groep
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2011Nothing To Declare 2011 Yuchengco Museum Manila, Filippijnen Nothing to Declare is a multi-pronged, multi-venue, and multi-media international art project on contemporary discussions on migration conceptualized by Flaudette May Datuin, Precious Leaño, and Josephine Turalba. The exhibits feature 50 artists from 18 countries yuchengcomuseum.org/art-exhibits/nothing-declare/ Groep
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2011ISEA 2011 ISTANBUL, UNCONTAINABLE: Second Nature Cumhuriyet Gallery Istanbul, Turkije 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art ISEA2011 Istanbul www.leoalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ISEA2011Uncontainable-vanKerkhoff-McGlinn.pdf Groep
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2010The Unwanted Land Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen The Hague, Nederland 6 artists - site specific installations, sculpture and video www.sonjavank.com/unwantedland.htm Groep
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2018
He Punawai Hohourongo | Peace, Water, Power intercreate.org Parihaka, Taranaki, Nieuw-Zeeland www.intercreate.org/2018-workshops/ 10 media kunstenaars van verschillende landen
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The Colorfield Performance coordinated by Dirk Hakze Sloten, Friesland, Nederland www.dirkhakze.com/projecten/the-colorfield-performance-ch-2018-en.html A land art project where each artist painted from dawn to dusk
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Whangarei Sculpture Symposium Creative Northland Whangarei, Nieuw-Zeeland creativenorthland.com/key-events/whangarei-sculpture-symposium/ 20 deelnemers maken nieuw beelden in 10 dagen.
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curated by Ben van Kollenburg Wittem Klooster, Nederland
Internationale uitwisselingen / Artist-in-residencies
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2018Dazzling Spark Arts Foundation Burnlaw Centre, Northumberland, Verenigd Koninkrijk 5 dagen workshops / lezingen met kunstenaars, muzikanten, dansers, filmmakers, enz, vimeo.com/294785143
opdrachten
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2018Pūmotomoto Kaipara Coast Sculpture, Nieuw-Zeeland site specific sculptural form people walk inside www.kaiparacoast.co.nz/sculpturegardens.php Uitgevoerd
Aankopen/werken in collecties
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2017Depot Artspace collector Depot Artspace collector Auckland, New Zealand, Nieuw-Zeeland print-painting, Justice is..., Truisms series
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2017Josephine's Mother Barbara Greenberg, private collector Maastricht, NL, Nederland print-painting, Josephine's Mother
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2016Cornerstones Private collector Whangarei, Nieuw-Zeeland purchased our Whangarei Sculpture Symposium sculpture
publicaties
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2016Crossing Contexts - Sonja van Kerkhoff Zelf Sonja van Kerkhoff den Haag www.sonjavank.com/books.htm monografie, 24 pagina's
artistieke nevenactiviteiten
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2001 - --schrijft recensie in het engels Loopt nog
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2001 - --vertaler van nederlands naar engels Loopt nog
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1996 - 2025incidenteel curator exposities/projecten/manifestaties Loopt nog