Janneke Viegers - Biography

IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS & SALES

1982 Chairs, Institute Collection of the Netherlands
1983 The Pearl Evaluator, the Milkmaid, (among others) Nijmegen
1985 Accessory, Gemeente Museum Arnhem
1986 Accessory, Doornroosje, Nijmegen
1987 Extress, VPRO, Het Lab, Hilversum
1988 Gavel & Megle, Provinciale Staten Gelderland
1989 multiple works, Gemeente Almere
1991 Viola da Gamba, Van Rekum Museum, Apeldoorn
1992 Portrait R. O’Brien and Jan van Wijk, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1993 Landscape, Blauwhoed, Rotterdam
1994 Lucina, Shell Int. Petroleum Corporation
1995 Gallant monuments, Letterkundig Museum, The Hague
1996 Gallant monuments, Royal Library, The Hague
         Gallant monuments, University Library, Amsterdam
1997 Schiphol, Amsterdam Historic Museum
         4 portraits of Queen Beatrix, Lower Chamber, The Hague
1998 multiple works (26), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
         Hofvijver The Hague, Upper Chamber, The Hague
         Binnenhof, Zaanse Schans, Anne Frank, Rembrandt, European Parliament
1999 multiple new works (55), S.B.K., Amsterdam
2001 Amsterdam, Amsterdam Historic Museum
         Arena Arnhem, R. Mackenbach gallery, Anhem
2003 Portrait Mayor Amy Koopmanschap, StadhuisZoeterwoude
         Portrait Professor A. Blaauw, Academic Portrait Gallery, University Groningen
2004 Portrait Professor W.C. Nieuwpoort, Academic Portrait gallery, University Groningen
         Portrait Theo Sontrop, Literary Museum, The Hague
         Portrait Harry Mulisch, Literary Museum, The Hague
         Ten New ‘Aerial Cities’ S.B.K. Amsterdam
2005 40 portraits Artists of the Rivieren neighborhood, StadsdeelZuider Amstel, Amsterdam
         Amsterdam, K.& K. Holdrinet, Amsterdam
         The Auction, The Flower Auction Flora Holland, Rijnsburg
2006 Portrait Nanna Peters, Main Headquarters Mortgage Brokers Association, Rotterdam
         Hobbemakade, H. Hofland, Amsterdam
         Louis Lehmann dances El Tango Cancio: Film for The Older Stars. VPRO, Hilversum
         Complex Heyendaal I & II, Radboud Auditorium, University Nijmegen
2007 Amsterdam, Sociale Verzekerings Bank, Amsterdam.
2008 Quadranten (4), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam

PUBLICATIONS/TV

1979 Sliepenbeek, P.; Janneke Viegers, Nijmeegs Dagblad, mei
1981 Tuitjer, K.; Experiment De Gelderlander, februari
         Tuitjer, K.; Erfelijke Belast, De Gelderlander, december
         Sliepenbeek, P.; Jann eke Viegers, Nijmeegs Dagblad, december
1982 Cat. tent. Werken op/met papier in Nijmegen en omgeving,
         Commanderie van St. Jan, Nijmegen
         Cat. tent., presentatie kunst ’82, Stichting voor Kunst en Recreatie, Bergharen
         Viegers, Janneke; Samen-stellingen-axioma’s in: GBK-blad, De Gele Rijder, Arnhem
         Nieland, J.; Louterend licht na inwendige storm, De Nieuwe Courant, 27 december
         Krieken, J. van; Expositie Janneke Viegers in De Gele Rijder toont lichamelijk fel
         handschrift en grote kleurpracht, Arnhemse Courant, 27 december
1983 Beeldende kunstenaars in Gelderland, Provincie Gelderland, Arnhem
1984 Wijk, J. van; Janneke Viegers op het hemelrijken in: Krabbedanskrant, nr. 5, mei
         Burgt, A. van der; Opmerkelijke exposities van Janneke Viegers, Eindhovens Dagblad,
         12 mei
         Tuitjer K.; Video, De Gelderlander, 2 november
         Cat. tent. Schilderen in Nijmegen en omgeving, Commanderie St. Jan, Nijmegen
         Krieken, J. van; Videotape in Besiendershuys in: Nijmegens Dagblad, 27 oktober
1985 Cat. tent. Xie Videocatalogus Doornroosje, Nijmegen
         Burgt, A. van der; Twee Nijmeegse vrouwen in Krabbedans. Wild Impressionisme en
         tekeningen vol energie, Eindhovens Dagblad, 17 april
1986 Beks, M.; Janneke Viegers: Een storm die ‘stilte’ roept in: Kunstbeeld, februari
         Wingen, E., Barok talent De Telegraaf, 20 februari
         Tuitjer, K.; Eigen weg, De Gelderlander, 21 november
         N.N.; Kunst hoort bij theater De Gelderlander 31 oktober
         N.N.; Theaterstukken overgedragen, De Gelderlander, 4 november
1987 Viegers, Janneke; Extress, videoanimatie uitgezonden in: Het Lab (VPRO)
         Beks, M.; Janneke Viegers: Een storm die ‘stilte’ roept in: Het handwerk van de zuivere
         rede, Ravenberg pers, Oosterbeek
         Cat. tent. Galerie 87 Bettini, Gooijer, De Vreeze, Amsterdam
         N.N.; Janneke Viegers in: Avant Garde Magazine, april
         Tuitjer, K.; Utersten, De Gelderlander, 25 april
1988 De Kinderboom in: jaarverslag openbare en kleinschalige opdrachten,
         Gemeente A’dam, Amsterdam
         Berkum, A. van; Janneke Viegers: van verder af in: Infoblad Provincie Gelderland,
         Arnhem
1989 History II in: Jaarverslag openbare en kleinschalige opdrachten,
         Gemeente A’dam ,Amsterdam
         Beks, M.; uit Een storm die stilte roept, Anima G catalogus, Gelderland
         Viegers, Janneke; Schilderen met vef is schilderen met licht in: Kunstuitgave manifestatie
         Techniek en Kunst, Techniek en Kunst, Zwolle
         Beek, W. van der; Kunst en techniek krijgen verkering, Zwollsche Courant, 18 oktober
         Gosselink, W.; Janneke Viegers: Chimaere in: Van Gelre tot Gelderland 12 provinciale
         kunstopdrachten, Provincie Gelderland, Nijmegen
         N.N.; Viegers videosculpturen in: Avant Garde Magazine, mei/juni
         N.N.; Mercurius eroffnet mit einer Ausstellung von Janneke Viegers,
         Kleefer Tageszeitung, december
1990 Kilian, J. en Pantus, W.J.; Drie moderne kunstenaars in: Tussen Appollo en Bachus,
         Vereniging van vrienden van concertgebouw ‘De Vereeniging’, Nijmegen
         History III in: Jaarverslag openbare en kleinschalige opdrachten, Gemeente A’dam
         Collection d’ Arti, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
         Blotkamp, H. e.a. ; De illusoire ruimte Ruim Besloten, 17 visies op ruimte in: Arti i,
         Jaargang 2, nr.5
         Opdrachten, aankopen, subsidies Provincie Gelderland, Arnhem
         Cat. tent. Rode Kruis Gala-avond 1990, Rode Kruis, Amsterdam
         Visie op vliegen, Rijksluchtvaartdienst 60 jaar, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag
1991 Ouwendijk, M.; A mystery tour door Nederland in: Kunst en Bedrijf Kwartaalblad, nr 2
         Collection d’ Arti II, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
         Meijerink, G. ; Rook aan de horizon in : Art i, september
         100 jonge schilders I, Living Art, Amsterdam
1992 Quadranten in: Jaarverslag openbare en kleinschalige opdrachten, Gemeente A’dam
         Viegers, Janneke; Still uit de videofilm Accessory in: Ruimte kunstpagina, nr. 3/4
         Gelderse Kunstkalender GBK, Arnhem
         Peeters, M.; Kniestukken in: cat. tent. Janneke Viegers Librije hedendaagse kunst, Zwolle
         100 jonge schilders II, Living Art, Amsterdam
1993 N.N.; Honderd jonge schilders, NRC, 12 november
         N.N.; Kniestukken voorkeur galeries, Volkskrant, juli
         Beek, W. van der; Ritmische meubels en vurige kniestukken, Zwolsche Courant,
         november
         Steenhuizen, P.; Klaar terwijl u wacht, NRC, 4 december
         Leenheer, I.; Portret van een kind, Elle junior, augustus
         Visser, G.; Moderne meesters. Portretschilders nieuwe stijl, Elle, november
         Janneke Viegers; Kniestukken in: cat. tent. Een Stemming, 75 jaar vrouwenkiesrecht,
         Hedendaagsekunst van vrouwelijke kunstenaars, Min.v. Binn. Zaken, Den Haag
         Succesvolle Nederlandse portretten in: Elle, jubileumnummer, oktober
         Oostveen, M.; Een portret zegt meer dan 100 foto’s, NRC Weekagenda, 1 december
         Gogh, T. van; Galante Momenten, Een prettig gesprek, AT5
1995 Gessel, M. van; Het bezielde evenbeeld, Residence, december/januari
         Groot, P.; Ontzichtbare collecties, SBK Jubileum catalogus
         Hazelzet, V.; Dat ben ik, Cosmopolitan, oktober
         Beks, M.; De bevrijding tentoongesteld, Kunstbeeld, mei
1996 Beks, M.; De wereld herzien, schilderen is reddingswerk, Kunstbeeld, september
         Pieterse, M.; De verf is heilig bij Janneke Viegers, De Gelderlander, augustus
         Journalist, Monumenten van de Veluwezoom, Veluwe post, augustus
         Kunstredactie, Monumentale monumenten, Gelders Dagblad, augustus
1997 Dolby, 60 sec., Kunstkanaal, Amsterdam
         Accessory, 5 min., PINK TV, Amsterdam
1998 Adelaar, D.; Metropolen in vogelvlucht, persbericht
         Lehman, L.; Aero pittura, openingswoord, Utrecht
         Wiggers, H.; Acquisition Airport Schiphol, Jaarverslag Amsterdams Historisch Museum
         Bolton, M.; Het Binnenhof, De Kamerstem, juni
         N.N.; Cadeau, Algemeen Dagblad, oktober
2000 N.N.; Reddingwerken, Vliezier, april
         N.N.; Als je smart zou kunnen vliegen, Smartcatalogus, Europa
         Nijenhuis, P.; Op droom hoogte, folder galerie Mackenbach, oktober
         Pieterse, M.; Als ploegen trekken drie, vier vingers over het doek,
         De Gelderlander, 20 oktober
         N.N.; Stadsgezichten bij Mackenbach, De Arnhemmer, 24 oktober
         Krieken, J. van; Viegers, Arnhemse Courant, 25 oktober
         N.N.; Boze kunstenares haalt haar werken uit Arnhemse galerie,
         Arnhemse Courant, 20 november
         N.N.; Janneke Viegers schildert kinderen in het Frans Hals Museum,
         NOS Journaal, 23 oktober
         N.N.; Janneke Viegers schildert kinderen in het Frans Hals Museum,
         Wereldomroep, 24 oktober
         Mekking, W.; Bij elk portret heb ik weer plankenkoorts, Haarlems Dagblad, 25 oktober
2001 N.N.; Elk jaar stalt de SBK haar schatten uit in het Atrium, Kunstblad, oktober
         Rosenberg, H.; Hofvijver inspiratiebron, Haagse Courant, 23 maart
         Hollander, B. de; Kunstenaars uit wijk exposeren bij Glerum, Amsterdams Stadsblad,
         11 juli
         Hammink, R.; Ons huis in Jakarta, Residence, november
2002 Put, R. van; Abidjan, Ivoorkust, cat. Meer dan rood, wit en blauw,
         Ministerie van Buitenlandse zaken, Den Haag
         Schaapman, H.; Bungy Jumping, cat. Hofvijver in poezie en beeld
         Put, R. van; De vier van Laurens, Haagse Courant, maart
         Veelenturf, A.; Hedendaags glas in lood voor de Sint Laurenskerk,
         Rotterdams Dagblad, 6 april
         Elsbeth Vernout; De Deelnemer, Origine Kunstblad, februari
2004 Sandrine van Noort, In Vogelvlucht, Jubileumuitgave SBK 50 jaar, Amsterdam
         Robert van Gijsel, Portrettengalerij met 400 schrijvers, Volkskrant, 4 december
         Jan-Hendrik Bakker, Eregalerij van de letteren, De Gelderlander, 9december
         Journaliste RTV-NH Atelier-route, R.T.V. Noord Holland, september
         F.A.Schoen, Toespraak tentoonstelling Oranjerie, Amstelpark Amsterdam
         K. Michel, Ook de vissen, Kleur der schaduwen
2005 Wietse Schmidt, Kijkje achter de Schermen, De Echo, 14 september
         P.van Brakel, Van Wurf tot Boulevard, Catalogus Museum Katwijk
         Rob Onderwater, Een groot stil beest op het witte doek, Leidsch Dagblad, November
         A. Groeneveld, En Plein Air op Marine Vliegkamp Valkenburg, Katwijkse Post,
         1 december
         Martijn Engelbregt, De Vogelvluchten, gobelins. 1 bn’ers, Dienstcatalogus 2de Kamer
2006 Chris Maas, Niet alledaagse kijk op het milieu, Catalogus Abstracta Urbana, RIVM
         H. Hofland, Goed schilderen is onthouden worden, Openingswoord, RIVM, 2 april
         Kunstcommissie RIVM, Expositie Janneke Viegers bij RIVM, Int.Post RIVM, 10 februari
         H. van de Louw, Stad in, stad uit, Pulchri-blad, jaargang 34,nr 2
         N.N.; Abstracta Urbana; expositie van Janneke Viegers bij RIVM, www.rivm.nl, mrt-april
         N.N.; Tentoonstelling Janneke Viegers, De Vierklank, 8 maart
         N.N.; Stad in vogelvlucht, Bilthovense Courant,22 februari
         N.N.; Niet voor mensen met hoogtevrees… AD Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 27februari
         VPRO, De Rijpe Sterren: Een ode aan Louis Lehmann ;Louis danst El Tango Cancio,
         film van Janneke Viegers in haar atelier, Blowpipe Video, Haarlem
         Ditmar, Ik ben nooit zo bezig met kunst, Catalogus Miniatuurmuseum, Amsterdam.
2007 Leo Ewals, De Pianostemmer, Acta,Stedelijk Gymnasium, Nijmegen.
2008 Oscar Schrover, Innerlijke Spiegels, Wederzzijds-kunst in context, Den Bosch.
2009 N.N., Kunstenaars 2009, Kunstgids, Francastic
         I.van der Woude, Kunst moet, Catalogus Stadsdeel Zuideramstel, Amsterdam.
         N.N.; Voorstudie Schuttersstuk Corps Amsterdam, IPA Amsterdam Amstelland
         Daan van Speybroeck, Heyendael I&II, Radbode, UMC St.Radboud, Nijmegen.
         Janneke Viegers, Van driewieler tot societeit, Blad Arti et Amecitiae, Amsterdam
         Franck Gribling, Tussen traditie en vernieuwing, Blad Arti et Amecitiae, Amsterdam.
         Jolanda Oosterheert, In Vol Ornaat, 4 eeuwen Groningse senaatsgalerij, Portretcatalogus
         Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Universiteitsmuseum, Groningen.
         Brian Dudley Barrett, Andre Groeneveld, Volendam artists village, the heritage of hotel          Spaander, Zuiderzeemuseum catalogues, Enkhuizen.
         Harry de Winter, De Betere Wereld. Deelname Forum TV zender Het Gesprek,
         Amsterdam.
2010 drs. Harriet Stoop-de Meester, drs. Cathinka Huizing, Portretten van Portrettisten,
         uitgeverij Waanders, Zwolle.

PUBLICATION 1

Janneke Viegers
born: Nijmegen 1952

Dutch painter, lives and works in Amsterdam.
Studied at the Academy for Visual Arts in Arnhem (Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Arnhem), where she also taught for 5 years. She makes large oil paintings; both aerial perspectives of cities, as well as portraits. Also she makes short films.
She has been exhibiting since 1980 and has had many solo exhibitions.
Her work can be found in many public and private collections, including the First and Second Chambers of the Dutch Government; the Euro-Parliament, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; the Amsterdam Historical Museum and the Museum for Modern Art in Arnhem.
The Nijmegen municipality has recently purchased two of her works.

From the catalog of the exhibition: The Hofvijver in Poetry and Image.
Arts Arcade, Federal Monument, The Hague 2002.
Initiative: Hermance Schaepman.
Installation: Wim Crouwel.
Exhibition of work by 172 Dutch en Belgian artists.

PUBLICATION 2, see the website Exteriors

‘Schiphol’, oil on canvas, 200x200cm

One of Janneke Viegers specialties is the cityscape. Presenting them from an aerial perspective, or a ‘bird’s-eye-view’, over the last decade she has painted many of the world’s great cities, including New York, Moscow and Paris. She was originally inspired by aerial photography from a series made in 1986 by ‘KLM Aerocarto’. Wearing latex gloves, Viegers applies the paint to the canvas with her fingers. Jokingly she says: “I’ve got ten paintbrushes instead of just one.” She continues- “I knead the colors together on the canvas. When I made ‘Schiphol’ I applied the undercoat using lots of turpentine. That gives a good ground. You get a shiny undercoat that has a watercolor like feel to it. Most appropriate, because it’s pretty wet at Schiphol, as you see.” And why does she paint aerial perspectives of cities? “They give you a sense of context. You are in control of the situation and yet weightless, floating above.”

From: The Annual Report 1997 (Summary)
Amsterdam Historical Museum

PUBLICATION 3, see website Exteriors

The Royal Palace on Dam Square, oil on canvas, 200x200cm.

The painting ‘The Royal Palace on Dam Square’ by Janneke Viegers (1952) is from the series ‘City Views’. Viegers has painted comparable views of other cities, including New York, Paris, Moscow, Amsterdam and London. She has been painting ‘from above’ –a term she uses herself- since 1980. Viegers is fascinated by fleetingness of each moment, the swiftness with which we observe and the way our own imagination colors what we see. Her bird’s-eye views capture a glimpse of a city, a vista we would otherwise only see from an airplane. She records the hustle and bustle of a metropolis, but without the crowds and cars rushing by. She focuses on architectural structures, static and motionless, and through them captures the clamor and chaos of the city.

Catalogue of the exhibition, ‘More then red, yellow and blue’ (2001)
Works of art purchased by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Properties Department, The Hague, the Netherlands.

PUBLICATION 4, see website Exteriors

Amsterdam School

Paintings of buildings in the “Amsterdam School” style (Dutch ‘brick’ Art Deco) as ‘fractals’, ‘strings’, wires, threads of oil paint, polished membranes oscillate, vibrating.
As in nature there are no straight lines. The space is bent, rounded, and the material made of all those bits, not nearly as hard and solid as was thought. Fluctuations in our perception.

Janneke Viegers

PUBLICATION 5, see website Portraits

Portrait of a child

Janneke Viegers (41)
painted: Maria (3)

For a portrait she doesn’t need more then two hours. Sitting still is not necessary; and that makes it all the easier because especially children have the tendency to ‘sabotage’ Janneke’s directives. A child like Maria is allowed to go her own way, Janneke follows her through the room, painting an ear or such when the moment and ideal angle presents itself. As portrait painter you’re actually a voyeur she feels. As she greets her subject, babbles about the weather, lays out her paint tubes and pours the coffee she is secretly already watching and studying. “I’m not so concerned with exact proportions, I try to represent the essence of my subject on the canvas. The way they move and talk is what I try to capture in color and composition. That’s why my portraits after twenty years still strongly resemble the subject” Her portraits are expressive and full of movement. In reality a nose might look different but the subject is touchingly represented. “Psychological insight: I feel how someone is put together. It is my insight in to their personality. To represent someone's character in painting is the most beautiful thing there is.” While she paints children of all ages, she prefers children of eight and above. “Then they are really obstinate and have a definite image of themselves. Meddling with the painting. “No, not that color!” they proclaim! A boy I was painting once saw me using green to represent shadow in his face. Indignant he insisted that he did not have a green face!”

Ilonka Leenheer
Elle junior, August 1993

PUBLICATION 6, see website Portraits

Janneke Viegers paints men, women, children and animals. She paints a portrait in one afternoon. ‘”My artistic temperament works best with one sitting only. That’s how it has to be, if I continue the next day it becomes a different painting altogether.”

Modern Masters
Elle, November 1993
G-E Visser

PUBLICATION 7, see website Portraits

The Inspired Likeness

The portrait that Janneke Viegers made of the small Maria in 1993 is typical of the quick and to the point manner with which this artist captures someone. Her main purpose is to represent the character of the sitter. She paints children from birth onwards; sitting still is not necessary. Specifically it’s the way the subject moves and talks that inspire her; these say more about someone's character. A portrait in oil is more than just a moment in time, while a moment in time is all a photo can ever be. That’s why a portrait painted by Janneke will still resemble the sitter twenty years later.

Résidence, December 1995/January 1996
The Inspired Likeness (Het Bezielde Evenbeeld)
Marieke van Gessel

PUBLICATION 8, see website Portraits

That’s ME

A designer found the following the most remarkable about the portrait Janneke Viegers painted of her: “She saw exactly the things that I see in myself. For example she wanted to emphasize my legs, which I feel are very long. The result was very surprising, very much me!”
“In the beginning I felt shy, but quickly we were discussing our lives and loves. And Janneke just kept on painting - she captures you through color. And the colors fit me exactly. She has captured me in movement, voice, stature and impression. I also like it as a painting, separate from the fact that it’s a portrait of me. It’s quite different from a photograph. My portrait doesn't just show me, it’s her interpretation of me. You see the painting in it’s totality; those odd green spots on your cheek you would never accept in a photograph.”

That’s ME
Cosmopolitan, 1995.

PUBLICATION 9, see website Films

Accessory

Art video with over lapping images, flowing into each other, influenced by the art of painting. Simultaneously apotheosis and poetry.

Sleeping Beauty
Cultural Center of Nijmegen

PUBLICATION 10, see website Films

Accessory

“The first video presentation is by Janneke Viegers.
In her continuing career she has tended to stray from the worn path many times.
With the addition of this new medium: video, this visual artist has added the concept of time to her work, as well as movement and sound.
You especially notice the video because of the splendid image transitions. Visually Janneke Viegers has remained true to her own way of painting. The lively provocative impressionistic key in the paintings also dominates in this video.”

The Gelderlander, 1984 (newspaper for east Holland)

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

1986 Video festival Xie, Doornroosje, Nijmegen
         Video presentation Virtu, I.B.K., Nijmegen
1987 ‘Exstress’, 20 sec. broadcast in ‘Het Lab’ (The Lab), VPRO network
1989 Video Art and Films, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam
1996 ‘Messerschmidt’, drawings from animation film, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam
1997 ‘Dolby’, 60 sec. broadcast on Het Kunst Kanaal (the Art Chanel), Amsterdam
         ‘Accessory’, 5 min., broadcast on PINK T.V., Amsterdam
         ‘Kring’, 6 min., Presentation of 80 bird flights (vogelvluchten), Pecha Kucha, Amsterdam
2009 Short List, Arti Short Film Evening, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam

VIDEO FILMS

1984 Accessory, 9 min. (drawing/photo/painting animation)
1987 Negativland, 2 x 7,5 min. (3-D animation)
         Extress 20 sec. (drawing animation)
1988 Waiting, 24 min. (registration)
         Zwarte Zomer (Black Summer), 3 min. (3-D animation)
         Saludos, 6 min. (3-D animation)
1989 History I, 1 min. (3-D animation)
         History II, 1 min. (3-D animation)
         Astronaut, 1 min (3-D animation)
1992 Altar, 2,5 min. (photo/drawing/painting animation)
         Messerschmidt, 1 min. (photo animation)
1997 Dolby, 10 min. (3-D animation)
2003 Web, (live registration)
2006 Scepsis (Skepticism), 5 min. (drawing/photo/painting animation)

EXHIBITIONS, GROUP

1980 (…), Museum De Commanderie van St. Jan, Nijmegen
1982 (…), Gemeente Museum, Weert
         Works on paper in Nijmegen and surrounding area, Museum
         De Commanderie van St. Jan, Nijmegen
1983 Nat Aorta, Amsterdam
1984 (Diptych) Gallery Siau
         Painting in Nijmegen and surrounding area, Museum De Commanderie van
         St. Jan, Nijmegen
         80 Studios, Museum De Commanderie van St. Jan, Nijmegen
1985 From Above, Gallery Krikhaar, Amsterdam
1987 (…) Koopmansbeurs, Gallery Rechtdoor, Amsterdam
1988 Seen from Above, Gallery Krikhaar, Amsterdam
1989 (…) KunstRai, Gallery Rechtdoor, Amsterdam
         Anima, G. Aula K.U., Nijmegen
         Art and Technique, HTS, Zwolle
         Acquisitions of the last 5 years, Gemeente Museum, Arnhem
         Video Art and films, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
1990 Ruim besloten, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
         Collection d’ Arti I, Arti et Amicitiae
         Red Cross Sonesta, Amsterdam
         Vision on airplanes, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag
1991 Going Dutch, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
         Collection d’ Arti II, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
         Smoke on the Horizon, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
         Choice from the Collection, Aleph Contemporary Art, Almere
         Self-portrait, SVBK, Amsterdam
         Living Art, Van Spaendock, Rotterdam
1992 Amnesty International, Gele Rijder, Arnhem
         Oradia, charity exhibition for Romania, Studio, Janos Bittenbinder, Nijmegen
         100 young artists under 1 roof, Villa Sonsbeek, Arnhem
1993 A propos Portrait, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
1994 Een Stemming, (75 jaar vrouwenkiesrecht), Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
         The Hague, Arnhem, Maastricht, Zwolle, Amsterdam
         Memberships Exhibition GBK, Villa Sonsbeek, Arnhem
1995 Back to Katwijk, Museum, Katwijk
         Invisible Collections, S.B.K. 40 years Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
1996 Self-portraits by 56 artists, Gallery Hoogenbosch, Gorredijk
         More than a frozen moment, Kunstkader, Bergen op Zoom
         Kyas Art Planet, Internet
1997 City Views, Gallery Zona Art Fair, Den Haag
         The Naked menu, night gallery Supperclub, The Hague
         Recent works, Gallery Suzanne Biederberg, Amsterdam
1998 Rivers, Studio Route, Amsterdam
         Self-portrait, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
1999 The Choice of the House, Federatie kunstuitlenen Nederland, The Hague
         Dot room, Hotel Winston, Amsterdam
         New Acquisitions, Amsterdam Historic Museum, Amsterdam
2000 Sea Views, Prins Hendrik Stichting, Egmond aan Zee
         1815 to Today, Amsterdam Historic Museum, Amsterdam
         Dejima 2000, Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan
         Sofa’s Salon, furniture designs for now, Grote Kerk, The Hague
2001 Gala for a house for 76 Vietnamese orphans, Red Cross, Nijmegen
         The 3d Floor, 3 locations, Amsterdam
         Man and his Surroundings, Auction House Glerum, Amsterdam
         City Views, Amsterdam Immortalized 1901-2001, Amsterdam Historic Museum,
         Amsterdam
2002 More than red white and blue, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Haags Gemeente Museum
         Hofvijver in poetry and Image, Kunstpasage in Rijksmonument, The Hague
         The four van Laurens, Gallery Van Kranendonk, Den Haag
         You Ask, we spin?!?, Artoteek, Amsterdam Z.O.
         Sightings, Gallery Windkracht 13, Den Helder
2003 Artists from Schoorl, De Goede Verwachting, Schoorl
         4 Dutch Artists, Gallery /Kunsthandel Veldpape, Winschoten
2004 The World Virtue, Ritsaert ten Cate, De Appel, Amsterdam
         National Writers Portrait Gallery, Literary Museum, Den Haag
2005 From Wurf to Boulevard, Museum Katwijk, Katwijk
         The Salon, (met De Kamer), Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
         45 Portraits of Artists in the Rivierenbuurt by J. Viegers, Rivierstate, Amsterdam
2006 En plein air, Valkenburg, Rijnsburg, Katwijk Museum Katwijk, Katwijk
         Charles Baudelaire, Lekstraat 23 II & III, Amsterdam.
         (the form of a city changes faster, unfortunately than the heart of a mortal);
         Grafiekfestijn, Gallery De Zevende Hemel,Velp (gld),
         Miniature Museum, Dr. Sarphatiehuis, Amsterdam.
2007 Time, Rilke Stundenbuch, Lekstraat 23 II & III Amsterdam
         (Da neigt sich die Stunde und ruhrt mich an)
2008 Reciprocal - Art in context, Het Kruithuis, ’s-Hertogenbosch.
2009 Exposition, Gallery Sous-terre, Aalsmeer.
         Volendam, artists’ village, Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen.
2010 Portrait Artists Now, Museum De Fundatie, Kasteel Het Nijenhuis, Heino/ Wijhe

EXHIBITIONS, SOLO

1979 Chameshie, Kunst in het Kerkje (Art in the Church), Velp
         Aquarellen (Watercolors), Gallery Matser, Wageningen
1980 Portretten (Portraits), Gallery Anthonis Poort, Nijmegen
1983 Clusters, Gele Rijder, Arnhem
1984 Olieverven (Oil Paintings), Gallery Willy Schoots, Eindhoven
         Stoelendans (Musical Chairs), De Krabbendans, Eindhoven
         Accessory, Besiendershuys, Nijmegen
1986 Viegers, Gallery G.F.A., Amsterdam
         Olieverven(Oil paintings), Gallery Sauveur, Ulestraten
1987 4 Schilderijen (4 Paintings), Dutch Railway Offices, Nijmegen
         Viegers verbeeldt Vermeer (Viegers paints Vermeer), Gallery Rechtdoor, Amsterdam
1988 Negativland, Gallery Apunto, Amsterdam
         Van verder af (From a Distance), Provinciehuis Gelderland, Arnhem
1989 Vermeer verbeeld (Images of Vermeer), Gallery Nanky de Vreeze, Amsterdam
         De Brief (The Letter), Mercurius Arts and Antiques Gallery, Nijmegen
1992 Kniestukken (Knee-plays), Museum Librije Hedendaagse Kunst (Museum of          Contemporary Art Librije), Zwolle
1993 Kniestukken (Knee-plays), Gallery ’t Everdhuyse, Antwerpen
         Knee-plays, Gallery Total Art, Amsterdam
         Knee-plays, G.F.A. International, Doesburg
         Birth of Venus: Shell central office Int. Petroleum Mij., The Hague
1994 Galante Momenten (Gallant Moments), presentation graphic cassette for Theo Sontrop,
         Gallery Total Art, Amsterdam
1995 Amsterdam Special, Sociëteit Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
1996 De wereld herzien (The World Revised), Het Dijkstoelhuis, Wageningen
1998 Utrecht, kunsthandel Meyer (Art Dealer Meyer), Utrecht
1999 Interiors, exteriors, portraits, Atelier Lekstraat, Amsterdam
2000 Fractals, Van Haeften, Vreeland
         Reddingswerken (Rescue works), 3 locations, Vlieland
         Belgische steden en tekeningen (Belgian Cities and Drawings), De Branderij, Antwerpen
         Op Droomhoogte (At Dream Level), Gallery Mackenbach, Arnhem
         Kinderen op hun mooist, 80 kinderportretten (Children at their Best, 80 portraits), Frans          Hals
         Museum, Haarlem
2003 Vogelvluchten (Bird Flights), Landgoed De Horst, Driebergen
2004 Stadsgezichten (City Views), Staalbankiers, div. Steden (multiple cities)
         De Grote Stad (The Big City), Oranjerie en Het Glazen Huis, Amstelpark, Amsterdam
2005 In Vogelvlucht (Birds-Eye-View), SBK Oosterhout
2006 Abstracta Urbana, Central Hall RIVM, Bilthoven.
         Boven de Stad (Above the City), Boven’s Gallery, Amsterdam
2007 Steden (Cities), Sociale Verzekerings Bank, Amsterdam
2009 Di-vers-ci-ties, Vijzelstraatmuseum, Amsterdam
         De Kunstenaar en zijn collectie V (The Artist and his Collection 5), Arti et Amicitiae,
         Amsterdam
2010 Uitwaaien, Kostverlorenkade, Amsterdam

PAINTINGS

1984-1993 Interiors (± 100)
1994-present Exteriors (± 100)
1980-present Portraits (± 500)

PUBLICATIONS 11, see website Exteriors

About the work of Janneke Viegers

Janneke Viegers (1952) considers herself an exact thinking, restless, person. “I’m always busy constructing, working. Only when I see my paintings from a distance, for example via the mirror in the hallway, then I realize: hey, it represents something as well!” With her (latex glove covered) hands she moulds her large, usually square, paintings. Her subject mater is the cityscape, interiors, and portraits. “But” emphasizes Viegers, “actually my work isn’t about the subject physically, rather more about it emotionally.” Her travels abroad after her studies brought her closer to the core of the Dutch painting traditions and cultural heritage. “Van Gogh and Rembrandt used color, emotion, perspective and the paint itself, there is still much to learn from them. The ‘contemporary realism’ painters and photography so popular with the Americans is nothing for me. Since the arrival of photography precision painting is no longer necessary.” Stronger still, proclaims Viegers, she paints against the tyranny of photography.

“Each time when I try to paint a city truthfully, I realize afterwards that I made again my personal portrait.” Also with human portraits her trademark textures are unmistakable. “Mid-ninety’s I did a portrait series about women, from young to old, to show that beauty isn’t limited to the young - a misconception created by photography. My so-called ‘Knie-plays’. I painted them life size, not just head and shoulders, but hands and knees included. Actually it was more about my outlook, my vision on women.

Viegers’ paintings are usually square. “That way the composition is still undetermined when I start applying the paint, I’m still free.” This freedom is important for Viegers. Starting with her interior paintings from her early period she has taken an aerial perspective, looking down from above. Her cityscapes she also paints from this same perspective, “to get some distance, to get away from the human tumult, the rushing about.”

She works in large formats. “I approach my work at a scale of one to one. That means that with an aerial vista of a city you need a substantial format. Viegers constructs her own reality. With short staccato movements she paints her subjects, applying the paint with her fingers, a very hands-on approach. “This attitude comes through not only in my paintings, but also, for example, in my video collages. I like to use different media: paintings, video-collages, drawings, and video-animation. But painting always comes first, continuously. “Every canvas is a comment on the previous one. The choice of each new subject is intuitive, but I’m always amazed at the exactitude of the results.”

OTHER ACTIVITIES

1977 Mannequin Model, Tokyo
1980 Illustration, Vasalis: Summer in Holland, NRC Handelsblad (newspaper)
         Illustration, Michiel Hengeveld: Ontspan uzelf (Relax Yourself), Elle (magazine)
1985 Timpaan ‘Engelen’ (Angels), De Parade
1989 Color Advice for Architects: Zandstraat 5, Amsterdam:
         2 buildings in the Kromboomsloot, Amsterdam
1990 Calligraphy for the Malewitsj Exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1998 Portrait of John de Mol, Cover The Accountant (magazine)
2000 Portrait of a boy, Cover, Ido Weyers: Schuld en schaamte,
         Jeugdstrafrecht (Guilt and Shame, Youth Criminal Law Book)
         Illustration, Cover, Trainings: Horizon Training Groep
2004 Portrait, Cover, Prof. A. Blaauw, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, RuG
2006 Portrait Poetin, Opinie & Debat, 22 april, NRC Handelsblad (newspaper)
         Portrait Hirsi Ali, Opinie & Debat, 20 mei, NRC Handelsblad (newspaper)
         Portrait Madeleine Albright, Opinie & Debat, 10 juni NRC Handelsblad (newspaper)
2007 Portrait Jan Peter Balkenende, Opinie en Debat, 26 nov. NRC Handelsblad (newspaper)
         Portrait Tony Blair, Opinie en Debat, 10 juni, NRC Handelsblad (newspaper)
         Illustration; Onwards to the Creative Production Society, 27 jan. Opinie en Debat, NRC
2008 Portrait Imaginary City, City Air Makes Freedom!? 30 mrt. Filosofie & Debat, NRC
         Photo sequence L.Th.Lehmann dancing, Cover, Laden Ledigen, De Bezige Bij.
         Project Hot Dogs, Dog picknick Merwedeplein Amsterdam.
         Illustration Silo’s Zeeburg, Cover, The Office4-Victorialofts, VET.cursief.
2009..TV-zender Het Gesprek, deelname Forum De Betere Wereld.

ADVISORY BOARDS

1990 Purchase Commission Kunstuitleen, Almere
1997 Selection Commission S.B.K. Gelderland
2006 Selection Commission ‘De Mooiste straat van Amsterdam’

SCOLORSHIPS (INDEPENDENT)

1994-2003 3 Basisstipendia, Fund for the Arts Amsterdam

PRIZES

1973 Marieke van Nimwegen Prize: photography

PROFESSORSHIPS

1978 –1979 Stedelijke Scholengemeenschap Nijmegen: drawing and art-history,
1978 –1979 32 hours per week
1981 –1986 Academy for Visual Arts, Arnhem: illustration, 2 days per week
1990&1999 Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam: painting and anatomy, 1 day per week

MEMBERSHIPS

1989-2002 G.B.K.-Arnhem, Nijmegen (Community of Visual Artists)
1985-present Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
1998-present De Kring, Amsterdam

STUDY TRIPS

1977-1979 Asia and Japan
1983-1984 U.S.A. (Berkley, New York)

EDUCATION

1965-1971 H.B.S.- B; (High School with academic emphasis)
1972-1976 Academy for Visual Arts, Arnhem,
1972-1976 Docentship (1st level) in drawing and art history

PROFESSION

1980-present Visual Artist (expressive): paintings, drawings, 3D objects, and films

PERSONAL DETAILS

Adriana Engelina Maria Viegers
Born in Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Janneke Viegers
Lekstraat 23-II
1079 EL Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bank number:       54 77 684
Telephone / Fax:   +31 (0)20 – 646 33 32
Mobile:   +31 (0)6 - 53 93 22 22
E-mail: janneke@viegers.nl
Web:
www.viegers.nl     :Exteriors
www.viegers.eu    :Interiors
www.viegers.org   :Portraits
www.viegers.net   :Drawings
www.viegers.mobi :Films
www.viegers.biz    :3Dimensional
www.viegers.info :Biography

	JANNEKE A. E. M. VIEGERS Lekstraat 23 - ll 1079 EL Amsterdam The Netherlands T/F.+31 (0)20-6463332 M.+31 (0)6-53932222 E.janneke@viegers.nl W.www.viegers.info
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