Cindy
de Graaff

I’m Cindy de Graaff. An artist from the Netherlands.  When I graduated as an illustrator I soon realised that I’d rather would do fine arts. I started painting and developing my own style. In the next years I applied for residencies and was lucky enough to get selected. In Virginia (USA) and Newfoundland (Canada). I had several exhibitions in the Netherlands and Spain but not enough sales to earn a living.

I started teaching art and I met my husband. Family life came before arts at that time and we had three children. Our youngest has Down syndrome so her physical and mental health took some years before we arrived in calmer waters. I still teach art to children and adults.

Because I missed my art and creative expression so much I started to create again. But painting wasn’t fitting anymore. I turned to collage, old fashion cutting and pasting and I loved it. I sent some works in for an open call and started to exhibit my collages in the Netherlands and got invited to a gallery in Berlin (Germany). Currently working on establishing a name in the european artworld.