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CECILIA VISSERS lives and works in Sint-Oedenrode, the Netherlands

Education
1988-1993 Academy for Art and Design, ’s Hertogenbosch (Nl)

Solo/Duo exhibitions (selection)
2010
Waterland Museum, Formal, with Jose Heerkens, Purmerend (NL)
ParisCONCRET en Forme, with Eric Cruikshank,, Paris (FR)
2009
-Element Gallery, Waalre (NL)
-Gallery Nine, Amsterdam (NL)
2008
-Een Wolk van Staal, De Verdieping, Veldhoven (NL)
-Priveekollektie Gallery, Heusden (NL)
2007
De Natris Gallery, Nijmegen (NL)
2006
In de Wandelgangen, NBKS (BKKC), Breda (NL)
2005
De Vennen Gallery (with Dorien Melis), Stiphout (NL)
2002
Jan van Hoof Gallery (with Rob de Graaf), ‘s Hertogenbosch (NL)

Group exhibitions (selection)
2011
Colour Matters, Art Space K09, Groningen (NL)
2010
-Constructief Nu, Delft (NL)
-Touch, curated by Brent Hallard (US), ParisCONCRET (FR)
participating artists: Patricia Zarate, Nancy White, Don Voisine, Cecilia Vissers,
Hadi Tabatabai, Jessica Snow, Karen Schifano, Mel Prest, Devin Powers,
Linn Meyers, Is Projects, Henriëtte van 't Hoog, Lynne Harlow, Brent Hallard,
Kasarian Dane, Shinsuke Aso, Clary Stolte.
- One blue moment, curated by Peter Foolen Editions (NL), Galllery Schuette (Germany)
participating artists: Roger Ackling, Dick Cassée, Alan Charlton, Thomas A Clark, Giovanni Dalessi, Paul van Dijk, Chris Drury, Chohreh Feyzdjou, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Lesley Foxcroft, Hamish Fulton, Callum Innes, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Gijs Pape, Nono Reinhold, Carol Robertson, Trevor Sutton, Cecilia Vissers, Ian Whittlesea.
- Art Amsterdam, international artfair, XX Multiple Gallery/ Luiscius Books (NL)
- black is beautiful, cityhall Gorinchem (NL)
- Art Rotterdam , international artfair, XX Multiple Gallery/ Luiscius Books (NL)
2009
-Drieluik Tempus Arti, international triennial, curated by Jan Hoet, Dirk Lambrechts, Tim Cleuren, Haspengouw (B)
-Contrasten, Jan Heesters Museum, Schijndel (NL)
2008
Gallery 15a, Lochem (NL)
2006 / 2007
Cuijk Sculpture Garden (NL)
2004
-Niet om te zitten, De Vierde Dimensie Gallery, Plasmolen (NL)
-Galerie De Vennen, Stiphout (NL)
-A Souvenir for Museum Van Loon, Museum van Loon, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam (NL)
2003
Paradijs op de Grens, Amstelglorie, Amsterdam (NL)
2002
De Hof van Heden, Krot&Co Foundation, Bergen op Zoom (NL)
2001
-4 constructivists (H. Vergouwen, I. v Dijk, G. Winkler), De Vierde Dimensie Gallery, Plasmolen
-Lindart (art in private gardens), Linden, North Brabant (NL)
-Beelden in het Leendersbos, Netherlands National Forestry Service, Leende (NL)
1998
-Buitenstebinnen, 4 Sculptors, De Pronkkamer Museum, Uden
-Jan van Hoof Galllery, 's Hertogenbosch (NL)
-de Taal van Staal, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem (NL)
1997
Natuur in beeld, landscape art at Loevestein Castle, Poederoijen (NL)
1996
Jan van Hoof Gallery, ‘s Hertogenbosch (NL)
1995
Salon II, Nieuwe Brabantse Kunst Stichting/New Brabant Art Foundation, Breda (NL)
1994
-Jan van Hoof Gallery (with Bert Hermens), 's Hertogenbosch (NL)
-Aktieradius in Dialogen, Dutch Sculptors Association, Daelenbroeck Castle, Limburg (NL)

Collections
private collections
Waterland Museum, Purmerend (NL)
Stokroos Foundation Utrecht (NL)
CBK de Krabbedans Eindhoven, (NL)
CBK Nieuwegein (NL)
Jan van Hoof Gallery, De Vennen Gallery, De Natris Gallery, Element Gallery, Gallery Nine (NL)

Commissions
public sculptures for schools Uden (NL)
city hall Druten, (NL)
finalist school grounds commission Leidschendam (NL)
BtB, Sint-Oedenrode (NL)
private commissions.

Awards / Grants
2006, 2007, 2008 , 2009
Nieuwe Brabantse Kunst Stichting / New Brabant Art Foundation (BKKC),
2008
Stokroos Foundation, Utrecht (NL)
2008, 2009
Brabants Institute for School & Art (BISK) Tilburg (NL)

Residencies
2011 Shetland Islands (Scotland)
2009 Heinrich Böll Foundation, Achill (IRL)
2008 Virginie Janssens Foundation, Mas de Charrou (FR)
2007 Canna (Scotland)

Catalogues (selected)
2010 Formal 2010, publication by Waterland Museum, Purmerend (NL)
2009 Drieluik, catalogue published by Tempus Arti, international triennial, Landen(B)
2009 Canna, monologue published by Timmer Art Books, Oosterhout (NL)
2008 ‘Triptich Card’, Cecilia Vissers
2004 Souvenir voor Museum Van Loon, Gallery Ra, Amsterdam (NL)
2002 -De Hof van Heden, art calendar, Krot &Co, Bergen op Zoom (NL)
-Cecilia Vissers, monologue published by Plaatsmaken Foundation, Arnhem (NL)
2000 Beelden in het Leendersbos, exhibition catalogue, National Forestry Service, Leende (NL)
1998 Buitenstebinnen, folder published by Museum de Pronkkamer, Uden (NL)
1998 De taal van staal, exhibition catalogue Gorcums Museum
1994 Aktieradius in Dialogen, exhibition catalogue, Dutch Sculptors Association, Daelenbroeck Castle, (NL)

publications - interviews - blogs (selected)
2010
-Interview by Cees de Boer, Waterland Museum, Purmerend (NL)
-‘The wind makes the waves’, Visual Discrepancies, interview by Brent Hallard, , Tokyo Japan, may 25
-‘Kunst van de dag’, Yvonne van den Herik, www.galeries.nl, may 28
2009
-‘Unified Field‘, interview by Kate Beck, Art notes, Maine USA, dec.
-‘Kraay en Balder’, live radio-interview by Maria Kapteijns, Eindhoven, oct.18
-‘Canna’, A. Tanis, Beelden Magazine, 3#
-‘Minder is soms echt veel meer’, Eindhovens Dagblad, sept. 24
- www.minusspace.com, reductive art, Brooklyn, New York, 4-2009, 8-2009, 9-2009, 6-2010.
2008
- Pictura Magazine, Dordrecht (NL), dec.
- www.ceciliavissers.nl, text by Piet Augustijn, curator Gorcums Museum (NL), april
- ‘Van Genot en Passie’, radio interview by Peter Pim Windhorst, june 28
2006
- ‘De perfecte plek om van staal te genieten’, Dorine Steenbergen, De Gelderlander, dec 22
- ‘Kunst van de dag’, www.galeries.nl, 8-12-2006
2005
-‘Lijnvoering telt in De Vennen’, Irma van Bommel, Eindhovens Dagblad, may 27
2004
-‘Autonome aandenkens’, magazine Museumvisie 04/2, Amsterdam, feb.
2003
- ‘Glaskunstwerk Oranjerie in Druten: ook voor bruiloften’, Hai Voeten, De Gelderlander, june 7
1998
-‘Speelse beelden en strenge planten’, Mary Winters, Brabants Dagblad, jan 27
1996
-‘Muizen bewaken ingang basisscholen’, Brabants Dagblad, june 12
1994
-‘Monumentaliteit op twee niveaus’ Ferd Op de Coul , Brabants Dagblad, april 2

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