Ankie van Dijk

I am Ankie van Dijk. I was born in Tilburg, the Netherlands , in 1958.

You can find more information through my website: avandijk.exto.nl, and on Facebook (Ankie van Dijk).

Since 1991 I have been taking a watercolor painting course in Baarle-Nassau, until 1996.
In that year I switched to the IKO academy in Hoogstraten, Belgium. After two years of general basic techniques, I took the advanced painting program there from 1998 to 2004.
During that time for me, collage technique by way of sketching has evolved into an independent art form, using found paper, cardboard, plastic. All in small scale.
 From 2011, the emphasis has increasingly shifted to painting. The collage techniques have developed into a more graphic form, and I started experimenting by distorting printed text on paper (for example old books) by using scissors and paste, making certain structures visible, and turning existing text info graphic forms.
The next step was using paper artworks as a source of inspiration for simple graphic drawings. Since 2014 I have been using carbon paper, among other things. In this way I can let coincidence play along and use repetition, which in turn creates structures.
It’s all about experimenting, having fun, playing with all kind of materials.
In all art forms I strive for austerity in technology and materials and try to create a fascinating image with as few interventions as possible. Simplicity, silence and tranquility are the words that typify my work.

Exhibitions:

2012 Zondereigen (Belgium), two artists exhibition

2015 Nuenen (Netherlands), group-exhibition

         Oud-Turnhout (Netherlands), group-exhibition

2016 Heeswijk Dinther (Netherlands), group-exhibition

         Waalwijk (Netherlands), solo-exhibition

2017 Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands) ), group-exhibition

         Geldrop (Netherlands), group-exhibition

2019 Warsaw (Poland) ), group-exhibition

         Treviso (Italy), group-exhibition

          Den Bosch (Netherlands) ), group-exhibition

2020 Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands), solo-exhibition

         Warsaw (Poland), group-exhibition

2021 Perpignan (France), group-exhibtion

2022 Sète (France), group-exhibition

2022 Klenik (Slovenia), group-exhibition

2023 Gaete (Italy), group-exhibition

         Warsaw (Poland), group-exhibition

Publications:

2019 Magazine Powidoki (Poland) 2019/2. Named in an article written by Anna Klos (with image).

2021 'Judith: Woman Making Visual Poetry' a book edited by Amanda Earl. Publisher:         Timglaset, Malmṏ, Sweden.

2021 Magazine 'ToCall no. 14 (Germany). Edited and designed by Petra Schulze Wollgast.

2021 Magazine Pocket Lint (Canada) c/o Warren Dean Fulton.