Frans Beelen (Netherlands)
FRANS BEELEN
Biography:
1995: Oud Rekum (Belgium) Galerie de kleine Heerlijkheid
1996: Amsterdam Gallery Jaja until 2009
1997: Arnhem Galerie Vlasblom until 2009
2000: Wageningen: Museum De Casteelse Poort.
2006 and 2007 and 2008: Eusebiuskerk, participation in the Gelre Galerie Beurs.
2007: Hasselt Belgium. (Solo exhibition in the Fashion Museum Hasselt
2008: Leiden: Galerie Zône, member and permanent exhibitor
2008 and 2011 and 2014: Nijmegen: participation of Stevenskerk in the summer exhibition
Leeuwarden Artemisia in Kunstzaken until 2018
2009: Eindhoven: Masterly - Design and Crafts (Dutch Design Week), with Galerie Zône.
2010: Uppsala (Sweden): "Den röda tråden" (in collaboration with Kaleido Konsthantverk).
Amsterdam: The Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam with the Artemisia gallery.
2010 and 2015: Leiden: participation in the International Textile Festival.
2011: The Hague: Gemeentemuseum: selected anonymously, summer exhibition
2012: Zundert: Artist in Residence in the Vincent Van Goghhuis Museum.
2012 and 2014 and 2016: Gees: Images in Gees, summer exhibition
2013: Maassluis: Artist-in-Residence at the customs office.
2013 - present: Enschede: 'Textile in the Jewelery', Gallery Image & Anvil.
2014: Munich and Idar Oberstein: (Germany): MineralART 2014, Staatliche Antikensammlungen.
2015: Amherst (Massachusetts, USA): FOLCWALD Gallery for Sculptural Art.
2015: Ballum: Galerie Bo Lumen (Art Month Ameland).
2016: Kherson (Ukraine) and Leiden (Netherlands): Scythia 11, International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art.
2017: Haacht (Belgium): International Biennial for Textile Art
Seville (Spain): La Galeller Gallery.
Diepenheim: Alafran Gallery, "Jewels in sight". and: "Diepenheim art moment"
Neuchâtel: (Switzerland) Galerie Caractére.
2018: Madrid (Spain): Galería Lalabeyou./Sant Cugat, Barcelona (Spain): galeria context.
2019: Terneuzen: Local Gallery 54: Mathilde Willink expo "Diva"
2020: Arnhem: Artfair “Art Arnhem”
Finsterwolde : Gallerie Bo Lumen
Collection Concept:
Frans Beelen creates jewelry as ‘comfortably wearable’ ornaments made of fabrics, beads, minerals (polished and unpolished) shells and other found materials,
Every piece is unique.
With her jewelry she wants to strengthen the self-awareness of the person who wears them. The fabric and a good fit give the wearer a sense of a comfortable garment. The jewel seeks connection with the person who wears it: the skin, eyes, stature and manner of dressing. This creates an interplay in which jewelry and person reinforce each other.
Art and functionality belong together in her work. Because even independently - apart from the body - Frans Beelens jewelry are complete works of art in which your gaze can wander.
Brooch, fabrics, baryta, snail shells, copper, glass beads
Necklace, fabrics, koral, fresh water pearls, glass beads
Brooch, fabric, horn, howlite, glass beads
Necklace, Fabrics, shell, flashlights, glass beads