ARTIST STATEMENT
Bouke Groen

In my work I try to reveal something: a connection, a behaviour, an expectation or an orientation that underlies how we interact with our surroundings and with each other. I conduct artistic research into what happens between a person and their environment, focusing on our unconscious connection to our physical landscape and social space. I create situations where I aim for an experience that is tangible and visceral. One reason for this is that I strive to bring art into the world that contributes to personal and societal growth. An important part of my work is therefore to give voice to consideration, sensitivity, thoughtfulness, tolerance and wonder. In recent years this has focused on how we interact with, look and listen to our environment. My work includes installation, performance, sculpture and video art. But the most central part is sound art. It is presented within indoor and outdoor exhibitions and at permanent sites, where it becomes part of a city or landscape.

 


CURRICULUM VITAE

Education
2004 – 2008 Academie Minerva, Groningen, Visual Arts, Interdisciplinary

Grants
2023 Beringer Hazewinkel Fonds Grant for Project Overtone
2023 Stichting Strandlinks Grant for De Klok
2022 Provincie Gelderland Grant for Goudklank
2022 Fonds 21 Grant for Project Overtone
2019 Mondriaan Fonds Grant International Presentations for ‘the bell’ in Wales
2018 Stichting Stokroos Grant for ‘Sirene’

Awards
2022 Wroclaw Super Diamond Award, President of the city of Wroclaw,
“for artistic achievements and making our city famous”
2022 Jan Mikulicz – Radecki Award, Lower Silesian Medical Chamber,
“in gratitude for restoring the magic of the former District Railway Hospital in Wroclaw”
2021 Honourable Mention for Gerrit Benner Prize, Fries Museum
2019 Okre public award, Survival exhibition, Wroclaw, Poland
2013 Honourable Mention for Gerrit Benner Prize, Fries Museum
2008 Coba de Groot Young Talent Grant

Exhibitions (selection)
2024 Performance ‘Project Overtone’ Axel
2024 Area exploratory research Onlanden for Into Nature
2023 Performance ‘Project Overtone’ Groningen
2023 Installation ‘Band’, group exhibition, Wall House #2, Groningen
2023 Landscape and portrait series, Floating, Kolderveen
2023 Permanent installation ‘De Klok’, Leerdam
2023 Permanent installation ‘Goudklank’, Culemborg
2022 Installation ‘Passage’, Floriade Expo 2022, Almere
2022 Performance ‘Project Overtone’, Wroclaw, Poland
2022 Installation ‘The Bell’ at Oerol, Terschelling
2022 Performance ‘Project Overtone’, edition Leeuwarden
2022 Installation ‘The Bell’, HEAR HERE exhibition, STUK, Leuven, Belgium
2021 Performance ‘Project Overtone’, Wroclaw, Poland
2021 Installation ‘Level’, STUK, Leuven, Belgium
2020 Installation ‘Level’, Oortreders exhibition, Neerpelt, Belgium
2020 Solo exhibition, new work, Gallery Block C, Groningen
2019 Installation ‘Level’, Moving Landscapes exhibition, Föhr, Germany
2019 Performance ‘Project Overtone’, Survival 17, Wroclaw, Poland
2019 Installation ‘Level’, Oerol, Moving Landscapes exhibition, Terschelling
2019 Installation ‘The Bell’, Soundlands exhibition, Wales, United Kingdom
2019 Installation ‘Tune’ and ‘Sirene’, Clash exhibition, Groningen
2018 Installation ‘Tune’, VHDG, LF European Capital of Culture exhibition, Leeuwarden
2018 Installation ‘Sirene’, LÛD, sound art exhibition, Rijsterbos
2018 Installation ‘Plooing#2’, project space Melklokaal, Heerenveen

Artist in Residencies
2024 Axel
2023 Leerdam
2023 Culemborg
2022 Strandlab Almere
2021 Oerol
2019 Wroclaw, Poland
2019 Llanelli, Wales

Articles
2024 Mister Motley – Anna Lillioja, visit Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
2023 Dutch general Wikipedia article about geluidskunst (sound art)
2020 Katalin Herzog – Zoeken naar evenwicht, In search of balance

Advisor, curating, and artistic coaching positions
2024 Artistic advice and coaching, Margriet van Weenen, Noorderzon artwork, Groningen
2024 Artistic advice and coaching, Michiel Teeuw, ESNS artwork, Groningen
2023 Artistic advice and coaching, Faisel Saro, Noorderzon artwork, Groningen
2022 Artistic advice and coaching, Eirik Jansen, ESNS artwork, Groningen
2015 – 2021 Curator and artist coaching, Stichting VHDG, Leeuwarden
2016 – 2020 Advisor and curator, art program festival Welcome to the Village, Leeuwarden
2015 – 2019 Member, Advisory panel ‘Tafel van Acht’, Mienskipfonds, Leeuwarden Municipality
2015 – 2019 External advisor, final assessments, Academie voor Popcultuur, Leeuwarden
2018 Guest teacher, Minerva in Context, Academie Minerva, Groningen
2018 Project ‘Achtste Dag’, in collaboration with Marten Winters, at Academie Minerva, Groningen