Same but Different – Equinox to Equinox Posted on 3 October 20253 October 2025 by keeskoomenLeave a Comment on Same but Different – Equinox to Equinox On September 21 another performancefestival took place in Dordrecht under the above mentioned name. The location had changed to the square in front of the ancient city hall. Twenty two participants joined in the event on which everyone agreed was a successful edition of the festival. The new location also had some aspects that made it more suitable for this type of activities than De Hof which had been used untill now. I personally participated in a performance named Selfportrait in Shards, a collection of impressions of the day of the festival. Tearing the shards and painting them white. I write notes in the wet paint. Then I stick them to the wall of the city hall Selfportrait in Shards- 2025 For more on the festival, see chmkoome’s blog
Anonyme Zeichner*innen Posted on 25 July 202525 July 2025 by keeskoomenLeave a Comment on Anonyme Zeichner*innen My drawing is still for sale on the site of Anonyme Zeichner*innen. It is to be found in the Archive and can be bought on line for € 250,- Kees Koomen: Santorini – 2021 (From the Greek Diaries)
You’re so welcome! – Finissage Posted on 1 July 20251 July 2025 by keeskoomen2 Comments on You’re so welcome! – Finissage The exhibition in Galerie Sophie closed June 14. It was nice to gather reactions to my Malieveld Portraits ( Malieveld (@malieveldinvites) • Instagram-foto’s en -video’s ). The artist I invited for the show was Lucius Pax. He did extremely well by selling one of his paintings ànd he was offered an exhibition later this year. He and I are planning a duo-exhibition the coming year. It was a nice group of artists anyway and I hope galerie Sophie will continue and be successful ! Verslag You’re so Welcome!
You’re so welcome! Posted on 14 May 202514 May 2025 by keeskoomenLeave a Comment on You’re so welcome! Galerie Sophie in Den Haag will intensify its programme in the coming year. As a start it will open a group-exhibition under the name You’re so welcome! with artists the gallery worked with before. To broaden their programme they asked participating artists to invite one artist they liked to present work in the same exhibition. The opening will take place during Hoogtij, the two monthly open night of art-spaces in Den Haag. I was asked to participate after several shows I took part in. I will show two portraits of my Malieveld invites series in oilpaint on stone paper.
About Malieveld Invites Posted on 5 May 20255 May 2025 by keeskoomenLeave a Comment on About Malieveld Invites Today I added a Malieveld Invites page to the projects-menu of my site. I started a new series of portraits of people who stand out to me on the walks to the Malieveld, a large public space in Den Haag. I describe them in text on the Malieveld in an e-mail that I send myself. Later I make a painting of them in oilpaint on stone paper. I started the first portrait in 2023 and after apause I restarted the series recently. Malieveld January 27, 2024It Seems that They Are About to Dissolve
Anonyme Zeichner*innen 2025 Posted on 24 March 202524 March 2025 by keeskoomenLeave a Comment on Anonyme Zeichner*innen 2025 This exhibition changed venue to the Kunsthaus in Erfurt after a succesful edition in Berlin last fall. My Shard – , drawing is still in it untill March 28 and it is still for sale for € 250,- also on-line. After Erfurt the exhibition will move to Hamburg where it will be shown from May 16th untill June 5 in in Hypercultural Passengers. Installation view Erfurt Shard (The diaries: Greece diary – Santorini 1993) Anonyme Zeichner*innen
De Aanschouw benefit auction Posted on 3 March 202524 March 2025 by keeskoomenLeave a Comment on De Aanschouw benefit auction The yearly benefit auction for De Aanschouw, Rotterdams smallest art gallery, was held March 2 in studio building Het Wilde Weten in Rotterdam. I offered one of my shard-drawings to be sold, archeology of my past. A reasonable price was offered after a long rally in which the auctioneer, Rotterdam Artist Inge Aanstoot, did her very best to raise the biddings. The benefit was a succes: the art that was offered and sales were very satisfying. The bidding is on! Shard (The Diaries (San Francisco 2016) – 2021 You can find an account of the auction here!
Anonyme Zeichner*innen 2024 Posted on 20 November 202420 November 2024 by keeskoomen1 Comment on Anonyme Zeichner*innen 2024 November 15, 2024 – January 12, 2025 – Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin (D) Tijdens de tweejaarlijkse tentoonstelling Anonyme Zeichnungen 2024 hangt ook werk van mij tussen de duizend andere tekeningen. Het betreft een grote expositie met tekeningen van een beperkte grootte waarvoor een call uitging. In Kunstraum Kreuzberg hangen in een aantal zalen van verschillende kleur grote of kleinere groepen van tekeningen. Het geheel oogt wat overdonderend. Ik kon niet naar de opening, maar kreeg installatiefoto’s van de organisatie. Rara, waar ben ik? Shard (Greece diary 1993: Santorini)
on MÊKH-beach Posted on 16 November 202416 November 2024 by keeskoomen1 Comment on on MÊKH-beach From October 10 until 13 EX-MÊKH took part in Platforms Project 2024 in Athens (GR). We installed an improvised beach under the name on MÊKH-beach in our booth with firm carton. During the fair we put memories, recent observations and ideas in the waves and on the sand, as if they washed on the shore, ready to be taken back by the waves. We thought it might be a fitting image for the creative process as we perceive it. I will put some of my personal details here and a full report can be seen on the EX-MÊKH site later on. After the first day with on the top right my painting Les Râmes from the first exhibition with EX-MÊKH The installation at the end Decoration and title of the French biography La vie de Goya, about the biggest inspiration I had since art school The sun The sun in context The blue sky with diary notes and a citation from Mushallam da Piera (Girona 13th AC) Textworks and sundots with painted feet cut-outs Sundot with lemniscate and olive-eyes, walked over a couple of times Reversal of the Tide On the last day of Platforms Project 2024 we organised Reversal of the Tide: we offered the works we put into the beach-scene to the public at reasonable prices. Earlier Ellen Rodenburg asked people to cut out their foot in carton and to decorate that foot. Some of those were also on sale. A number of people amongst whom Artemis Potamianou, director of the fair, gallery-owners, volunteers of the fair and parents of the kids who decorated their feet bought small works and took it with them. A proud volunteer with one of Maarten’s Jellyfish Allessandra Falbo (Darling Pearls fom London) and Topp (or Dubio from the reknowned Topp and Dubio) also went for the jellyfish Maarten and one of the volunteers Ellen and one of the volunteers who takes one of Ellen’s ants A happy guide Guillaume Krick of Le Bureau d’Art et de Recherche from Roubaix (FR) goes for my peace sun ray
Tracing the Muse Posted on 6 October 20246 October 2024 by keeskoomenLeave a Comment on Tracing the Muse Performance Tracing the Muse during Equinox to Equinox performancefestival In Dordrecht More about this on the performance-page The whole festival on chmkoome’s blog