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Wietske van Leeuwen in Paris, 1988.

Wietske van Leeuwen (born Rotterdam, September 22, 1965) is a Dutch ceramist.[1]

Life and work

Van Leeuwen studied handicrafts and textile art at the teacher education, and ceramic design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam under Jan van der Vaart, and Henk Trumpie.

After graduation she started her own studio in Amsterdam, and received a number of grants from the Mondriaan Fonds, Dutch Foundation for Visual Arts. Her works are constructed in a baroque style, with shells and fruit are recurring motifs. Since 1997 she is also working as teacher ceramics and drawing at various courses.

Work of Van Leeuwen is in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam,[2] Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and Princessehof Ceramics Museum.

  • Green glass bowl, 1997
    Green glass bowl, 1997
  • Scale with matt brown side
    Scale with matt brown side
  • Shell bowl with deepsea pike
    Shell bowl with deepsea pike
  • Terrine with lid, 1997
    Terrine with lid, 1997

See also

References

  1. ^ Biographical data at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  2. ^ "In the rough : images of nature through the ages in the collection of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum; January 13 through April 1, 2001." Fundação de Serralves, 2001
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