Catharina de
Rijke, Artist -Painting, Sculpture, Textile, Installation, Video
*Rotterdam,
Netherlands, lives and works in Cologne, Leverkusen and Brussels
1975 - 1982
Studied Textile Design Delft - Art History Paris
1982 Diploma
1985 - 1987 Studied
Business and Cultural Studies (Centraal Instituut Vorming en Opleiding
Bestuursdienst-CIVOB) The Hague, NL
1987 Diploma
1986 Foundation
of the artist group "frisse kunst" Delft, NL
Member of
BBK-Cologne, IGBK, Gedok-Cologne, DNG Cologne, ARTWORKS.ART (Switzerland)
NABK (Netherlands). Study trips in Europe, USA and Africa.
Works in private and public ownership.
In 1986, the artist group "frisse kunst" was
founded in collaboration with architects
Art actions and performances
2000:
German AIDS Foundation:
Benefit art auction for the German AIDS Foundation
Senftöpfchentheater Cologne with Bettina Böttinger and Alexandra Kassen
2002:
Founding member of Skulpturenpark Köln-Stammheim
"Domblicke-Durchblicke", art event in co-operation
with the Landschaft Verband Rheinland (LVR),
Cologne Cathedral forecourt Cologne
Art on the building: Art Hotel Lindlar in co-operation with
Artgenossen. Group of artists including Carola Willbrand, Bettina Gruber, Georg
Gartz, Thomas Baumgärtel.
2005:
Lev.Art.Edition; Siebruckedition, limited edition
2007:
Kunstnacht Leverkusen, guests at Art Studio de Rijke:
Martine Berendsen (Photography) Amsterdam
and Lisa Laux (Das Hörspielstudio-Lauscher Lounge) Berlin
2008:
Kunstnacht
Leverkusen, guest at Art Studio de Rijke: Sabine Krasel (sculptor) Cologne
2009:
Kunstnacht
Leverkusen, guests at Art Studio de Rijke: Juliane Ledwoch (actress) Cologne
and the duo ReAL, Klezmer music Cologne, performance "Jaffa"
Catharina de Rijke
2017:
Art spaces of the Michael Horbach Foundation:
IDA Festival I,
project IDA founding member Cologne (with G. Pamme-Vogelsang and others)
Performance and exhibition "Nice to meet you"
2020:
Women's Museum Bonn:
IDA Festival II,
performance Cubus*** , with Meike Herzog (recorder player) and Bettina Wenzel
(vocal artist and composer)
2022:
Future of Life,
workshop with performance, Academy of Media Arts Cologne
"Requiem for
a forest" (with Frank Raddatz, Theatre of the Anthropocene)
Works in public
collections
Museum Zitadelle
Jülich, purchase of the Schirmer Collection
Art in public spaces
ArtHotel Lindlar, Sculpture Park Schlosspark
Cologne-Stammheim,
Art installation
on the cathedral forecourt in Cologne as part of the LVR Open Monument Day
Solo exhibitions
(selection):
Upcoming 2024/2025
Maternushaus
Gallery Archdiocese, Cologne; French-Japanese Cultural Association of TENRI,
Paris; Cologne House and Property Owners' Association Gallery, Cologne;
2023 Galerie Spektrum, Euskirchen
2023 Galerie am Klostersee, Kloster Lehnin (Potsdam)
2022 Flores do Gabo, Pé da Serra, Colares (Lisbon)
2022 Gallery Tenri, Cologne
2021 Art Matrix (online) Morocco, Het Getij
2021 Forum for Art and Culture (previous Herzogenrath Railway
Station) with Marianne Roetzel)
2020 Centre for
Art and Architecture, Rijksmonument Rietveldhuis, Utrecht, Netherlands
2020 Flores do
Cabo, Contemporary Art Gallery, Colares, Portugal
2019 Kunstverein
Leverkusen Schloss Morsbroich e.V.
2019 Eulenbroich
Castle, Rösrath (Cologne)
2019 Gallery Goyert, Cologne
2018 Galleri de ARTE, Lagoa, Portugal
2018 Gallery Schloss Tiengen
2017 Gallery Freiraum Cologne
2016 Gallery Tenri, New York, 43 A West Street
2015 LesbroussArt Gallery, Brussels
2015 Gallery BBK, Oldenburg
2013 Gallery Tenri, Cologne
2012 Gallery Hexagone, Aachen
2012 LesbroussArt Gallery, Brussels
2012 Kunstverein, Bad Kreuznach
2012 Brauweiler Abbey, Prelature West
2011 Art-Atrium Gallery, Luxembourg
2011 Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne
2009 Gallery Künstlerbunker, Leverkusen
2008 Kurfürstliches Gärtnerhaus, Bonn
2007 Gallery Goyert, Cologne
2007 3rd
Leverkusen Art Night, Atelier de Rijke
2006 Petersberg, Bonn, gallery space Saxony
2006 Church Herz Jesu, Leverkusen
2006 Gallery Goyert, Cologne
2004 Gallery Goyert, Cologne
2003 Art in the hotel, commissioned work interior Design in
the Artgenossen art hotel, Lindlar
2002 "Domblicke-Durchblicke", art project on
behalf of. Landschaft Verband Rheinland,
Cathedral forecourt
2002 "Heaven on Earth", exhibition at the
Paffendorf Castle Gallery
2001 Nederland-Waterland, Gallery of the former church
"Heilige Drei Könige", Cologne
1999 Gallery Tuchfabrik, Trier
1998 Stadthausgalerie, Erftstadt
1997 City Museum, Kerpen
1996 "Triebe", Cologne, large-format grasses on
canvas
1995 "Farbfragmente II", Stolberg, large-format
landscapes on canvas and paper
1993 "Farbfragmente" Aachen, large-format nude
sketches on canvas
1989 "papier", Delft, medium-format collages
Group exhibitions (selection):
2024 Art Night Leverkusen 2024
2024 International Academy of Art Eifel, NRW– World Language
2022 Museum de Fundatie - Klimaatexpo 2022
2022 Tiengen Castle, Schwarzenberg Halls, Waldshut-Tiengen
2019 Altes Pfandhaus, Cologne
2019 Gallery Kunstquartier, Leonberg
2018 A&D Gallery, London
2018 TheRhineArt Gallery, Bonn
2018 7 Revierkunst, Herten
2017 Gallery TheRhineArt - Cologne List
2017 Galleri Gamla
Staden, Landskrona, Schweden
2017 Galleri X, Rungsted, Dänemark
2017 "Dialogues" Helligaandshuset,
Kobenhavn, Danmark
2016 Galerie Eyegenart, Köln
2016 Galerie
Goyert, Köln
2016 Galerie
Sassen, Köln
2016 Art
Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen
2015 Kunst in der
Villa, Waldshut-Tiengen
2015 Berliner
Liste, Fair for contemporary Art, Kraftwerk, Berlin
2015 Ludwig Forum
für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
2015 Berliner
Liste Berlin, Kunstmesse
2015 Art Pu:l, Kunstmesse
2014 3.
Internationale Ausstellung Kunstverein Kulmbach
2014
Kunstaustellung "Natur-Mensch", Sankt Andreasberg
2014 Artig Kunstpreis
2014, Galerie Kunstreich, Kempten
2014 Art Pu:l,
Kunstmesse
2011 Galerie
Goyert Köln
2011 Galerie
Hexagone Aachen
2011 Art Pu:l,
Kunstmesse
2011 Museum
Zitadelle, Jülich
2011 Galerie im
Wasserschloss zu Dornum
2010 Kunsthalle
Heimbach
2010 Galerie
Birkhofer, Gottenheim
2006
Gruppenausstellung TBG Bergisch-Gladbach
Catharina de Rijke
Art Studio Carl-Leverkus-Straße
60 51373 Leverkusen
(works in Brüssels and Berlin)
+49 (0)173 515 3416
post@catharina-de-rijke.de
www.catharina-de-rijke.de
