Irene van de Mheen

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Artist’s Statement

The private space of a drawing

Drawings on, and without, paper.

In my work I explore both the possibilities and the limitations of drawing. I research the relationship between physical space and its translation onto a flat surface – the subtle frontier that separates illusion from reality.

All my work is strongly linked to …

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Curriculum Vitae

Latest Solo Exhibitions

2010 Nowhere in the nowhere, Galería Magda Bellotti, Madrid
2009 Sketch Matinee, Atelier Friederieke Mainka, Düsseldorf
2008 Drawing-Room II, Gallery Kester+Bles, London

Latest Group Shows

2011 Zwaan kleef aan, De nieuwe vide, Haarlem
2010 Superstrak, Kunsttraject-etalages Staatslieden en Zeeheldenbuurt, Amsterdam
JustMad, Madrid Galería Magda Belloti

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Reviews

Latest: Article in Artforum 03/2008

A Dutch artist whose work is rooted in Neo-Plasticism might be suspected of seeking facile identification with an artistic commonplace, a sort of visiting card for a foreign audience. Van de Mheen doesn’t fall into that trap. Her works convey the emotion that lies at their core, in pieces that play with the relationship between theory and feeling.

Written by Pablo Llorca, translation by Jane Brodie, © Artforum International

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