Astrid de Pauw
info@astriddepauw.nl - www.astriddepauw.nl - Studio: Borgerstraat 24, Rotterdam, Netherlands - KvK 59500204 - BTW NL002038487B76
Over mijn werk / About my work
In mijn tekeningen verbeeld ik de veelheid aan dagelijkse indrukken in relatie tot mijzelf en de ander. In dat verkennende proces beslaat mijn werk een groter gebied, waarbij ik ruimte geef aan tegengestelde krachten: droom versus realiteit, vasthouden versus loslaten, schoonheid versus horror. Zo, probeer ik door te tekenen grond te vinden in de complexe realiteit die mij omringt.
By drawing, I try to find ground in the ambiguous reality that surrounds me. I image the complexness of impressions that are close to me, with mono type- and drawings.
In drawing, a connection is made between images and emotions. In that process I explore a wider area, giving space to opposing forces that may coexist together: holding vs. releasing, beauty vs. horror, dream vs. reality. With my work I try to do justice to that complexity of life.
Education
Drawing Centre Diepenheim, masterclass Robbie Cornelissen, Diepenheim (2017)
Willem de Kooning Academy, Bachelor of Fine Arts, drawing (2009-2012)
InHolland, University of Applied Sciences, Communication&Design (1994-1998)
Lectures
Dordrechts Museum, Masterclasses mono type (2019)
Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam, (studio visit, 2018)
Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam, Fine Art (guest lecturer, 2014)
WTC Rotterdam Art Gallery
Gallery manager (since 2023)
https://www.wtcrotterdam.com/artgallery
Founder Y/OUR GALLERY
www.yourgallery.nl (2021 - 2023)
Curator Psynapse gallery
2019
Look at Me! (solo show: Wilma Kun)
Sacred Scenes (solo show: Marguerite de Geus)
Everything flows (solo show: Bima Engels)
Inside Out (group exhibition: Hans Andringa - Rogier Arents - Wilco Lamberts - Michalina Malolepsza - Niki Murphy - Astrid de Pauw - Esther Schoonhoven - Kitty van der Veer - Ilja van Vlaardingen - Martijn te Winkel)
Motives Matter (solo show: Inge van Haastert)
2018
Take Opposing Dreams Make Something Undiscovered (duo show: Peter Smink and Micheal van Kekem)
Silent Garden (solo show: Sebastian Haquin)
The Need for yellow (solo show: Nikki Murphy)
Drawings (solo show: Tamara Jungnickel)
Outlander (solo show: Marloes Aben)
Deeper than Skin (solo show: Jolanda Linssen)
2017
Disclosure (solo show: Esther Schoonhoven)
Is She Here? (solo show: Kate Nobbs)
Far from Close (solo show: Annelies van de Greef)
Black, Blue and Thunder (solo show: Coen Janssen)
The Room Within (solo show: Alonso Ayala)
Openstudios Borgerstraat Art week Rotterdam
Production and curating Project Underground #2 (2019)
Production and curating Project Underground #1 (2018)
Production (2017)