Babs de Brabander
Basic information
Name: Babs de Brabander-Miltenburg, 1924- 2017
Place of birth: The Netherlands
Based in: Curaçao (since 1962)
Discipline: Painting; sculpture studies
EDUCATION
Curaçaosche Kunst Akademie, painting
Sculpture course with Dries Kreykamp
Painting courses in Amsterdam and Washington
Art Students League, New York, painting course
BIOGRAPHY
Born in the Netherlands and based in Curaçao since 1962, Babs de Brabander-Miltenburg is an artist whose principal discipline is painting. She began her artistic training at the Curaçaosche Kunst Akademie and later studied sculpture with Dries Kreykamp. Drawn increasingly to painting, she continued her training through courses in Amsterdam, Washington, and New York, including at the Art Students League. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Curaçao, Aruba, the Netherlands, Suriname, the United States, St. Martin, and the Dominican Republic.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 — Gallery Alma Blou, Curaçao
2006 — Gallery Alma Blou, Curaçao
2003 — Kas di Alma Blou, Curaçao
2003 — Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao
2001 — Kas di Alma Blou, Curaçao
2000 — Curaçao Museum, Curaçao
1998 — Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao
1997 — Fort Zeelandia Museum, Suriname
1996 — Gallery ’86, Curaçao
1994 — Gallery ’86, Curaçao
1992 — Biennial, Dominican Republic
1991 — Gallery ’86, Curaçao
1989 — Nanette Bearden Gallery, St. Martin
1988 — Gallery Da Costa, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1988 — Gallery ’86, Curaçao
1986 — Gallery ’86, Curaçao
1986 — The Atrium Gallery, Rochester, USA
1985 — Avila Hotel, Curaçao
1982 — Private exhibition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
1981 — Curaçao Museum, Curaçao
1980 — Kas di Cultura, Aruba
PUBLICATIONS
Kas di Alma Blou, Galeria di Artista 1, 2003