Evert Nijland



Born:

1971 Oldenzaal Holland

Training / Education:

  • 1989-1995 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Holland

Work Experience:

  • 2002- 2003 Guest teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam Holland
  • since 2003 Teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam Holland

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

Selection

  • 1997 Solo Pendants , gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam
  • 2000 Solo Fragmenten, Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam Holland
  • 2002 Solo Ode aan Cranach, gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam Holland
  • 2004 Solo Guirlandes, Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam Holland
  • 1999 Group Gioielli Contemporanei, Studio GR20,Padua, Italy
  • 2001 Group Schmuck, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
  • 2001 Group Designprijs, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Amsterdam
  • 2002 Group Schmuck lebt! Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
  • 2002 Group Piece a conviction, Gallery Tactile, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2003 Group Biennale du Bijou, Musee d'art Contemporain, Nimes, France
  • 2004 Group Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, Gallery Louise Smit, London UK

Awards / Grants:

  • 1998 and 2000,Startstipendium Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst.
  • 2004 , Basisstipendium Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst.

Collections (Private & Museum):

  • 2000 Acquisition Netherlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg, Holland
  • 2002 Jewelry Museum Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany
  • 2004 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
  • Since 1997 Private Collections

Publications:

Selection:

  • Pendants, Sandberg instituut, 1997
  • Broches en Colliers, Gallery Louise Smit, 1998
  • Sieraden als schilderijen, Trouw, 2000
  • Fragmenten, Gallery Louise Smit, 2000
  • Designprijs Rotterdam, Items, 2001
  • Schmuck lebt! Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 2002
  • Ode aan Cranach, Gallery Louise Smit, 2002
  • Shapes of things to come Crafts Magazine, 2003
  • Guirlandes, Gallery Louise Smit, 2004

Artist Statement:

As an artist I am searching for the meaning of beauty.

Jewelry has a very long tradition in that search.

In my jewelry I am trying to translate that tradition to the present time.