Basic information

Name: Godelieve Smulders, 1959
Place of birth: The Netherlands
Based in: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Discipline: Visual artist; sculpture, painting, drawing, public art and internet projects

BIOGRAPHY
Godelieve Smulders is a visual artist and activist based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Trained as a sculptor, she also works in painting and drawing. Her practice ranges from large-scale public art and internet projects to studio works, and is guided by a search for lightness, dynamism and vitality. Using mixed two- and three-dimensional techniques, she works with pigment, wood, stone, clay, bronze, epoxy and natural materials to create works that are both fragile and powerful. Time, craftsmanship and repetition play a central role in her process. Her work can be found in museums, public spaces and private collections. She also teaches in the arts and has served on the board of the Nederlandse Kring van Beeldhouwers.

EDUCATION
University of Michigan–Flint, United States
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo exhibition
2023 Gallery Alma Blou, Willemstad, Curaçao

Group exhibition
2023  Coral Estate Centre, Curaçao
Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague — I Draw the Line, drawings
Landhuis Bloemhof and Kathedraal van Doornen, Willemstad, Curaçao
Galerie Hazart, Soest
Beeldentuin Blue Bay, Curaçao
Artist residency, Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia
2022 Landhuis Bloemhof and Kathedraal van Doornen, Willemstad, Curaçao
Galerie Hazart, Soest
Museum Veere, Veere
GO Gallery, Amsterdam
Galerie Tha Banque, Bergen
2021 Landhuis Bloemhof, Willemstad, Curaçao
Galerie Pulchri, The Hague
GO Gallery, Amsterdam
Hortus Arcadie, Nijmegen
Galerie Tha Banque, Bergen
2020 Galerie Pulchri, The Hague
Galerie Koel310, Alkmaar
Galerie Tha Banque, Bergen
Laughterbridge, internet project; presentation at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, including talks on Laughterbridge and NoRape

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Pintura Pretu q Blanku — drawings