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Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Will you be my +1?  Artists & Their Invitees STEVEN BARIS + NELLEKE BELTJENS KEVIN FINKLEA + MEL PREST MARK KHAISMAN + JEFFREY STOCKBRIDGE JOHN PREUS + ELI CRAVEN ERIK SPEHN + SARAH GIANNOBILE JANUARY 12 – FEBRUARY 24, 2024 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, January 12, 6 – 8 PM | Artist remarks at 7 PM. […]

It Aways Is @ Gallery r8m Cologne, Germany Fri.Jan.13, 2023

Nelleke Beltjens is interested in the philosophical implications of the actual, of what is versus our necessarily incomplete interpretations of reality. She sees life as a process, an opportunity and possibility to lend resonance or relevance to what otherwise might be encountered as an overwhelming meaninglessness. At its best, art invites us to look more closely and carefully - to potentially translate that process back into our broader perceptions, which are indelibly colored by or predicated upon prior expectations, experiences, or long-held dogmas. As Dr. Gabor Maté says, “we don’t respond to what happens but to our perception of what happens”. Life is a possibility to see what is. It Always Is.

CONTINUALLY DISCONTINUOUS text by Steven Baris (blog post by Steven Baris)

Continually Discontinuous July 13, 2022 The Artworks of Nelleke Beltjens, Lisa Corinne Davis, and Emma Langridge Just can’t stop obsessing about flow (or more technically, “flow state”). I’m clearly not alone as it has garnered considerable attention since it was conceived in the mid 70s by positive psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihály. He coined the term to […]

Exhibition @ Kunstverein Projektraum Bahnhof25, Kleve, Germany

2 person exhibition with Nelleke Beltjens Marga Knaven Nov.5 – Nov.27, 2022 Bahnhofstraße 25, 47533 Kleve, Germany – Text by Heiner Frost. Mehrwert Am kommenden Samstag, 5. November, wird um 17 Uhr eine Ausstellung mit Werken von Nelleke Beltjens und Marga Knaven eröffnet und es sei gleich gesagt: Das Hingehen lohnt sich – das Hinsehen […]

Ein wunderbares Ganzes (in German and Dutch)

Exhibition project at Kunstverein Projektraum Bahnhof25, Kleve, Germany Text by: Heiner Frost Mehrwert Am kommenden Samstag, 5. November, wird um 17 Uhr eine Ausstellung mit Werken von Nelleke Beltjens und Marga Knaven eröffnet und es sei gleich gesagt: Das Hingehen lohnt sich – das Hinsehen erst recht. Da treffen zwei unterschiedliche Positionen aufeinander, die zusammen […]

Farbmalereipositionen – Niederlande @ VfaKR Oberhausen, Germany

28.08.2022 – 16.10.2022 Farbmalereipositionen – Niederlande Zur Ausstellung „Farbmalereipositionen – Niederlande“ Im Jahre 1994 stellte der Verein für aktuelle Kunst / Ruhrgebiet (VfaKR) erstmals einen niederländischen Maler vor, bei dem die Farbe Material und Thema seiner Arbeiten war. Es handelte sich um Jo Heijnen, auf dessen Ölbildern ein oftmals dicker, wulstiger Farbauftrag regelrechte Kraterlandschaften entstehen […]

PRESENTLY project text 2022

PRESENTLY. Sarah Walker, Nelleke Beltjens, Thomas Kemper   Even a superficial glance at the works of Sarah Walker, Nelleke Beltjens, and Thomas Kemper reveals clear differences between them in terms of technique and formal language. Over many years, the three artists have each developed their own conceptions of pictoriality and corresponding artistic procedures. The three […]
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