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    Introduction

    “Art is not the reflection of reality, it is the reality of reflection” (Godard)

     

    International Contemporary Artist

    Dutch artist Carry van Delft is known for her paintings that capture the fleeting effects of light, color, and changing moods in nature.

    Grown up in an artistic and musical family with love for nature formed the basis for her later work as an artist.

    With a foundation in painting, photography, art history and classical music, she creates a refined interplay of emotion and visual narrative, resulting in a richly varied and versatile oeuvre.

    In her work, she explores the tension between tranquility and abundance. Nature serves as a mirror and source of memory, capturing tranquility and optimism and symbolizing the power of nature. Her design of the imperishable is an expression of her own search for a new experience of reality.

    While her early work was purely abstract, she now chooses an interplay between abstraction and figuration. This shift is a conscious step to increase the layering of her work.

    She works alternately in the Netherlands and in the heart of France (Limousin). This romantic region, with its rolling hills, sunflower fields, and lakes, inspires enthusiasm and was once a significant source of inspiration for artists, composers, and writers (s.a. Monet, Guillaumin, Chopin, G. Sand).

    (International) Exhibitions

    Since 2003, her work has been presented at a wide range of locations at home and abroad in various galleries, regional museums, outdoor art events and at well-known international art fairs in countries such as  the Netherlands, Belgium, France, the U.S.A., Hungary, Germany, and Italy. Her works are held by companies and art enthusiasts both within and outside Europe. 

    Artistic Statement
    Nature and the sense of wonder it evokes in me are almost a philosophical source of inspiration for me. I’m interested in visual experience, in which color, light, and atmosphere play a significant role. That overwhelming feeling when you see something impressive or powerful in nature. It allows me to translate these experiences into concrete, abstract images. Artists from the Romantic and Impressionist move and inspire me…..”

     

     

    Prof. artist since 2003. Registration :
    BOK (Prof. Dutch Artist Union)
    Dutch Institute for Art History ( R.K.D.)
    Chamber of Commerce

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    Press – Media

    • De Cultuurhoek Driebergen 2024
    • Exhibition Hernen Castle – Nijmegen News.’24
    • La Montagne, Aug. 2022. Boussac Gallery, FR.
    • Vlaardingen Newspaper May 2019
    • Newspaper ViaGennep september 2018 exhibition Musée het Petershuis
    • Musee het Petershuis Gennep 
    • Newspaper De Limburger September 2018
    •  Petershuis Museum exhibition – september 2018
    • Review Lida Bonnema – art critic – june 2018
    • Art Paper (Peperart) for galleries, museums and art institutions in the Netherlands.
    • PeperArt Art Expo.Work on Billboards Antwerp.’18
    • Magazine ‘Maison en France‘2017
    • Atelier (en route) Magazine exhibitions  Sept. 2017 (PeperArt)
    • Velvenoir 2017 Salzburg – Serious Pursuits History reimagined -Curated by A.Collins
    • Passion never Retires – interview (dutch) January 2017.
    • Velvenoir Art Magazine Salzburg Oostenrijk dec. ’16
    • “The Bugle” August 2016 ( english newspaper) Exhibition “Floribunda” Galerie Boussac, France
    • La Montagne, newspaper mid-France, August 2016, exhibition Floribunda
    • Newspaper “Echo du Berry” France, Exhibition ‘Floribunda” la Galerie Boussac August 2016
    • Weekly newspaper Vlaardingen – January 2016, general interview/ Art Square Amsterdam
    • Magazine “Maison en France”, edition March 2015, exhib. Coeur de France, Ainay le Vieil
    • Newspaper Algemeen Dagblad title  “A born artist ” (exhibition “Berliner Liste”). Sept. 2014.
    • Website Carry van Delft archived by the Royal Dutch Library as ‘digital heritage’ 2013
    • BBK Journal (Professional Association journal)- Art Award Nomination 2012
    • Review “Il Giornale della Fiera”, Italian newspaper in the Netherlands
    • Catalogue Biënnale Internationale dell’Arte di Firenze, book 600 worldwide artists.
    • Art Magazine “Het Palet “- 4 pages ”  Poetry in Colour” published 1 Dec. 2011
    • Vlaardingen Newspaper- nov. 23, 2011–Art in Italy.
    • Algemeen Dagblad 22 nov.2011, Art in Italy.
    • Registrated for “Bob Verbiest Cultr Award 2011
    • Province (district of)Zuid Holland- activity calender May 2011
    • Vlaardingen newspaper – National Millday Vlaardingen May 14th 2011
    • Vlaardingen newspaper  8 dec. 2010- Publication in Artists Yearbook 2011
    • Newpaper A.D. Nov. 23, 2010–Art in Italy.
    • Yearbook of Dutch Artists 2011 page publication.
    • Noord Hollands Dagblad 20 Sept.2010 – by Lida Bonnema, art critic.
    • AD Newspaper August 19th, 2010  “Nomination National Art Day A’dam”
    • AD Newspaper July 14th, 2010,Vlaardingen Aeolus Mill Project
    • AD Newspaper, Article ‘Even Vragen Aan’, May 11th, 2010
    • Kunstweek -Book “Art in the Netherlands”, 50 artists showing their work, May 2010
    • Opera Gallery Budapest: book “Contemporary Art Exhibition by
      Selected Dutch Artists 2009″”
    • AD Newspaper 2008 interview
    • Vlaardingen Art and Culture Guide

    Website Carry van Delft archived by the Royal Dutch Library as ‘digital heritage’.

    The Dutch Royal Library of the Netherlands (De Koninklijke Bibliotheek) The Hague has preserved the website www.carryvandelft.nl as ‘digital heritage”. This means that the website will be archived on a monthly basis and be kept for long term purposes. As a result people will still have access to this site over 100 years. This means a recognition on the quality and contents of this website. The Charter of Preservation of Digital Heritage 2003 draws the attention to the risk of loss which digital heritage is exposed to due to the rapid obsolence of hard and software. For this reason they archive websites that are representative for the dutch culture, history and society.

     

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