BIOGRAPHY
Machteld Aardse (Eersel 1972) is a multimedia artist based in Amsterdam. Drawing is the basis from which her work seeks out other media. She is intrigued by varying views of the world and the memory of the (urban) landscape. Most of her work is executed in the public space. After getting a Masters Degree in Art History at the University of Amsterdam, she completed a BFA in Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and an MFA in Public Art at the Dutch Art Institute. Aardse is part of De Beeldvormers , the Moving Academy for Performing Arts (MAPA) and Art Partner.
Among other, her work has been exhibited at the Nederlandsche Bank, the New York Islands Festival, the Women's Art Festival in Aleppo Syria, Museum het Rembrandthuis, the Hollandsche Schouwburg, the Amsterdam Museum and the Amsterdam Light Festival.
THE PERFORMATIVITY OF DRAWING
Photo: René ten Broeke
"Machteld Aardse’s work, in all its versatility, shows a recurring fascination for the performativity of drawing. To Aardse, a drawing is always more than a depiction of the world, a drawing is an intervention in the world. By sitting down with a sheet of paper and a bunch of pencils or crayons and asking someone to strike a pose, a small, intimate theatre comes into being: the person portrayed tries out different poses, a dialogue unfolds, time passes. By means of videos, installations and performances, Aardse then explores the implications of the 'drawing scene' and what is revealed after the portrait is completed. A finished portrait always shows more than just the person portrayed and the way she wants to present herself to the world. By hanging a portrait somewhere, or by simply giving it to the person who just has been drawn, a second scene emerges. We are now not just confronted with the fantasies, desires and fears of the individual who is being subjected to the artist’s gaze, we are also being confronted with how these feelings are embedded in a concrete social context. " Yasco Horsman
EDUCATION
2018
2013
2005 - 2007
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1992 - 1998
1996
The Moving Academy for Performing Arts (MAPA), Scenography & Light Workshop, Haarlem
Masterclass 3D lab Haarlem www.3d-lab.org
Dutch Art Institute (DAI), Public Art (MFA), Enschede
SAGA Writing Interactive Fiction, Academy for Film and Television, München
The Moving Academy for Performing Arts (MAPA), Masterclass projection techniques, Haarlem
Academia di Belle Arti della Brera Milan, with Luciano Fabro (Arte Povera), Milan (Italy)
Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, Fine Arts (BFA)
Art History & archeology, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Specialized period 1350-1850 (MA)
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, internship drawings & prints
EXHIBITIONS | PROJECTS
2023
Court of Rotterdam, exhibition with Tasniem Anwar
2022
Inholland & Art Partner, artistic research ‘Studeren met een ondersteuningsvraag’
LICHTPOST Licht tegen Eenzaamheid, light projections in 9 NS stations, 29 Sep-6 Oct
Planetary Health European Hub Convening Amsterdam, drawing with Kyra Sacks
Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt', (court)drawings and research with Tasniem Anwar
MAPA PANIS ANGELICUS, Groenmarktkerk Haarlem, site specific moving theatre & light projections
Beflugelt, light projection Flensburg / Symposium 'Open Space' presentation
2021
DREAMS Kolding Light Festival, Albabo, 2 & 3 Dec, light projections with Femke Kempkes
MAPA MORPHOSIS 2/ Panis Angelicus, Groenmarktkerk, Haarlem, 2 & 3 Dec, moving theatre & light projections
MAPA MORPHOSIS 2/ Prelude, V&D Haarlem, moving theatre & light projections
'De Laatste Rit' [The Last Ride], Werkplaats Diepenheim, location theatre & lightprojections with Jeroen Kriek
MAPA light projection lab, former V&D/HB building Haarlem, site specific
Muntmeesters, Stadsmuseum Harderwijk, animation with hanimatie
Geleidelichten, sketch design, Dijkkwartier Nijmegen (Thijs Asselbergs / Joeri van Ommeren) with Femke Kempkes
2020
MAPA Morphosis, V&D/HB building Haarlem, site specific performances
Im Ausnahmezustand, Kuendaproductions.com, video, with Elke Mark
Lichtpost, Amsterdam Museum, Corona in de Stad
Echo of Resistance, guerilla lichtprojection Amsterdam, Machteld Aardse, Femke Kempkes in coll. with Levison D. Gijsbertha, Remco Keepers, Bart van Bokhoven (Pronorm BV)
Lichtpost, light projection, with Femke Kempkes & IMC Weekendschool
2019
75 jaar vrijheid, PANI light projection, Stadsschouwburg Nijmegen, 7 Dec-21 Dec
De Burcht, ANDB, PANI light projection, 29 Nov-29 Dec
Outer Space / Data set, Stadskunstkamer Haarlem, www.haarlemsbeeld.nl/stadskunstkamer
Da Vinciplein, community art project, lightprojections with Frans van Heiningen, Schalkwijk
Halen & Brengen [Give & Take], Light projection / Light route with Femke Kempkes, Den Helder
Outer Space, duo-exhibition with Lyske Gais, 37PK, Haarlem
De Zee / Baobab, Cacaofabriek Helmond, group exhibition, animation & drawings
Wervianen, large-scale lightprojection with Femke Kempkes, Den Helder
Joyce Festival, Oosterkerk, Amsterdam, NL, 18 Oct 2018
2018
2017
Missing Pieces, Pomes Penyeach Project, het Weefhuis, Zaandijk, groupexhibiton, light/drawing installation
Sense of Belonging, short film with drawings, VU / Van Doorne / Art Partner
De Oorsprong Curator series, by Raoul van der Weide , Dokzaal Amsterdam, with Josep-Maria Balanyà piano, Tom Jackson clarinet, Yung-Tuan Ku percussion, Makiko Ito dance, Doortje Peters tapdance, Machteld Aardse overhead projection
Uninvited & Disenchanted come to town: a modern-day fable Nat Muller, drawings with Kyra Sacks, Stedelijk Museum A'dam / De Appel
You and the London Sky, book about love and mourning, 'de Huiskamer' Kalkmarkt 8, Amsterdam, 31/3-25/5
2016
O Vaarwel! Vergeet mij niet, light projection, with Femke Kempkes, Den Helder
Briefrelief, Bellamykabinet, light projection, with Femke Kempkes & Frans van Heiningen, Amsterdam
Het Eiland / The Island, film, Lab 111, W8 Art Architects, Amsterdam
Zaandam, Nacht van de Industriecultuur / Phenix, light projection & animation
AMACI - Associazione Musei d'Arte Contemporanea Italiani, In-Contemporanea Chiesa Santa Maria Nova Vimodrone, The Sea, animation / projection, Milan (IT) 15/10
You and the London Sky, poetry book with drawings
The Sea, lightprojection, Dropstuff, the Public Space, Amersfoort, Hilversum, Eindhoven.
Quitte le Pouvoir, documentary, screening Cannes Short film festival
The Baobab, lightprojection, Dropstuff, the Public Space of: Eindhoven, Amersfoort, Hilversum
2015
Zaandam Light projection (PANI & digital mapping), Stichting Zaanse Industriecultuur 20 June
'Het grid ontgroeid' in 37PK Haarlem, Masterclass & exhibition 3D lab Haarlem www.3d-lab.org
Quitte le Pouvoir, documentary, screening Cinema Louxor Paris
The Sea, lightprojection, Beamlab Open Air, Art'Otel, Amsterdam
2014
Quitte le Pouvoir, Premiere World Cinema Festival Amsterdam
Joods Historisch Museum, Open Joodse Huizen, presentation Vaarwel / Last Words, 4 May
H401 Amsterdam, Quitte le Pouvoir (documentary animation film), preview & exhibtion drawings
Webtser University Leiden, Women of Waalo, presentation documentary-animation film
Conservatorium Amsterdam, Purcell, Dido & Aeneas, director Eduardo Rojas, conductor Richard Egard, light projections
Gemeente Almere, ArtPartner, artist interventions & presentations (with art book)
2013
Vaarwel / Last Words, large-scale light projections, Hollandsche Schouwburg, Jewish cultural quarter & Amsterdam Light Festival with Femke Kempkes
Amsterdam Light Festival, My house your house, lightprojections with Femke Kempkes
Crowdfunding Quitte le Pouvoir, documentary animation film with Aida Grovestins
Leusden, Octopus, film with paintings on swimmingpool 'Octopus'
2012
Quitte le Pouvoir, documentary-animation film with Aida Grovestins
NBF Baobab award, bronze sculpture for Sonja Barend, Dutch Association of Film and TV professionals
Amsterdam, MAPA, Balkan Snapshot Festival, large scale projection technique workshop, with UvA, Kriterion, Crea, Balkan Buro
2011
Het Museum Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, large scale slide projections & workshop, 4 Nov
Research travel July: Senegal, Nder, Women of Waalo, documentary-artfilm with Aida Grovestins, drawings
Zeemanshuis Amsterdam, groupexhibition: between heaven and high water, projections, 15-23 April
The Island, filmviewings at: Club Karlsson Amsterdam (15 Feb); Symposium for International Women's Day Leiden (2 March); Stichting Tijd Heerenveen (19 March)
2010
Enschede, Vrijhof Cultuurcentrum, Het Eiland / The Island, exhibition & première 15/11-5/12
Amsterdam, Open Sollicitatie / Unsolicited Application, with Lyske Gais, a research in process
2009
Amsterdam, De Nederlandsche Bank, Art Partner Invited, groupexhibition, GOUD, What do the Fish... , installation of light & painting
New York New Island Festival / Terschelling Oerol Festival, SLeM, Windnomaden
Wilhelminahuiskamer festival, slides & projections with children
Amsterdam, De Balie, Iran Filmfestival The Best Of, Iran en Route, video
2008
Amsterdam, Paradiso, Visions of Paradise, Adam & Eva, large scale slide projection
Köln, Gallery race fast safe car e.V.c.o. Babette Schlappal, der Karateschule , Aardse & Mark , drawings & paintings
Salinas Valley, San Francisco (USA) , Everything Connected , paintings & video
Amsterdam, Achter de Ramen, Borneo Eiland
Rijswijk, MN-Services & Art Partner, Lichtbeeld / Lightsculpture
Enschede, Stichting Medialab, Hello Roombeek , video & projection
Aleppo (Syrië), Women's Art Festival, Samar , video installation
Allerzielen Alom, lichtprojections with Frans van Heiningen
Heemstede, Ateliers 195-19, Meer & Berg , performance & slide projections, with Frans van Heiningen
Enschede, Villa de Bank , Here as the Centre of the World, exhibition & transnational artistic research program by the Dutch Art Institute with James Beckett, Tony Chakar, Erkan Ózgen
Amsterdam, W139/basement, Post Cs Gebouw, Art Partner - Exploring new identities, Portrait(net)work 24/7
Dyarbakir (Turkey) & Enschede, Here as the Center of the World, Stones & dreams, exhibition & transnational artistic research program by the Dutch Art Institute, with Libia Pérez de Siles de Castro & Ólafur Árni Ólafsson, Erkan Ózgen, Rik Fernhout
Amsterdam, Waag Society, Killer TV, Samar : videopresentation
2007
Amsterdam, Waag Society / De Balie / Salto/ Killer TV, Online performance
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Brains Unlimited. Helma , videoportrait
Amsterdam, Stadschouwburg, AUB Uitburo: 25 jaar jong, Bemint u , projections
Oberhausen, Gasometer, Klank Lang Welle, Dutch Art Institute & Resonance FM (London), The Hero , sound installation
USA, Foundling Cape Cod Academy, Osterville (MA) / Nasarian Center of the Arts, Sapinsley Hall Providence (RI), Ino , a cantate of Teleman, projections with Marjo Meijer
Beirut (Lebanon), Here as the Center of the World, This time I won't be posing for the camera , performance with Ali Cherri & Tsui-Lun Li
Amsterdam, Kunstvlaai, Motherland, Bouwhazen , videostill, www.Inhalexhale.org
Enschede, Universiteit Twente, Gat in 't Brein, medical symposium, Portrait of Helma Dirks , video, with Carlijn Mens & Kristiina Koskentola
Den Haag, Atrium, Unicef sponsorgala, light projections, with Frans van Heiningen
Amsterdam, 11 Post C.S., Iran en Route , videoprojection with Anne Verhoijsen
2006
Haarlem, What is that Doggy in the window?, curator Aert van der Kuijl, Volg!, with Frans van Heiningen
Amsterdam, Galerie W139, Body mapping & Big Mouth Radio , Dutch Art Institute & Resonance FM (London), soundperformance & video installation
Amsterdam, Loods 6 , Art-for-Sail with house-of-initiatives | Art Partner, Captains Project , performance, drawing & projection
Haarlem, Toneelschuur, Maggy & & Steve, theater & projection
Amsterdam, De Balie, Paradiso, portraitperformance with Paul Tames van den Berg
Amsterdam, Beurs van Berlage, Rietveld naar de Beurs, Sports Hold
Heartbeat Iran, Gerrit Rietveld Academie & Dutch Art Institute, research & book
Amsterdam, Paradiso Ziel & Zaligheid , Système Mobile , boxperformance
2005
2004
Amsterdam, PAKT/////, PLUG-IN, Système Mobile , boxperformance , with Sarah van Lamsweerde, Paul Dalen, Bonni Moedig & Boksteam Albert Cuyp
Rotterdam Katendrecht Deliplein, Stichting ZET, Exit Dirty Diana???, Getekend Katendrecht , summer-drawing-action with children Marjo Meijer, groupexhibition
Amsterdam, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, EXIT 2004, videoinstallation: The Hare
Amsterdam, Kunstvlaai, KI-OSK, object: Sports Hold
Photo: Jolanthe Lalkens
PUBLICATIONS
Photo: Andrea Roell
Art Partner, InHolland, publication (collaborative work)
Tasniem Anwar, 'Finance of Terrorism, Beyond the Sahdow of a Doubt', drawings
Lina Issa & Wayne Modest, On caring: Lina Issa at the National Museum of World Cultures, drawings
Paul Dirks, Gumboek, de Zee
James Joyce, Pomes Penyeah Project, Erik Bindervoet, Robbert-Jan Kenkes (Night Piece)
You and the London Sky, about love and mourning, Sonia de Cristofaro (poems) Machteld Aardse (drawings)
David Duindam, Signs of the Shoah, The Hollandsche Schouwburg as a Site of Memory, UVA
NRC / NRC Next, Elsje Jorritsma, 'Die cel is beter zonder drugs', de Beeldvormers drawings (16/10/15)
Trouw, Marijek de Vries, 'Malcolms leven stond stil in de cel' de Beeldvormers drawings (11/11/15)
Noordhollands Dagblad 20 June, Cover
De Grote Amsterdam Kunstkalender
Pepitha Hesselbergh, Cinematic Chronotopes, Here, Now, Me, New York, 1.2 p.21 ill.
Herdenkingsboek (Commemoration book) 4 May, Cover photo
W.A. Wagenaar, A. Duller, M.Wagenaar-Fischer, Dutch Perspective, 350 years of visual entertainment based on the research of Willem Albert Wagenaar, The Magic Lantern Society, 2014, p.77 ill.5.4
Book of Light, Amsterdam Light Festival
www.oneworld.nl/lezen/5-vragen-aan/vrouw-mengt-zich-presidentsstrijd-senegal
Volkskrant, Museumnacht, 3 Nov 2011
fd. financieel dagblad, Kunst op werkvloer brengt reuring met zich mee, 15 Aug 2011 cover & p.12
UTNieuws, Film in Vrijhof , by Paul Kuyper, 25 Nov 2010, cover & p.13
Radio documentary ( funemplyment ), RVU/Holland Doc 20min, interview
Iran Boek (Heart Beat Iran), Gerrit Rietveld Academie, contribution: photo's
NRC, Iran gezien door toeristen, 24.4.2010, photo
Cat. SOLO, G O U D , pub. Kwak & Van Daalen & Ronday, Amsterdam
Cat. Aardse & Mark, Cologne
Cat. Here as the Center of the World, DAI
Annual report MN-Services, Lightsculpture, May
Haarlems Dagblad, Cultuur en Media: Landgoed Meer & Berg uitgelicht , 7 Sep
Thesis(DAI): Shadow Techniques; The Adventures of Prince Achmed by Lotte Reiniger
Samar the Lady , (DAI) Enschede / Arnhem, June
Art Partner, Exploring New Identities , Art Initiatives Amsterdam, June
De Twentsche Courant Turbantia, De wereld is groter dan mijn atelier , 26 June
De Telegraaf, Kunst, Art-for-Sail: Kapitein als kunstobject , 19 Aug 2005, p.17
Parool, PS van de week, cover illustration, 13 Aug, p.21
Residence, 18th ed. nr 7/8 July / Aug, p.129
Thesis (GRA): De Haas (The Hare)
Parool, PS, Sports Hold , 8th March
2004: Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Cat. Fine Arts
Runnersworld, In de Markt, Sports Hold
De Draadtnagel, Het Haas(je)-Zijn: Macht en Onmacht
Horeca Journal, De Macht in de Keuken , July nr.6
De Draadtnagel, Bouwvakkerszoo , May 3rd ed. nr.1
Thesis (UvA): Het Occo Hofje, zijn regentenkamer en de schilderijen als collectie
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WORK EXPERIENCE | SELECTION
2016 Bellamy Kabinet, board member
De Bonjo, drawings for the paper for (ex-)prisoners
Product information and workshops for Ampersand
2013 FOAM / Amsterdam Light Festival, jury member photography
2011 TEDxAmsterdam / TEDx Women, reporter
2011 - MAPA ScholarshIpfund, treasurer - support for central eastern european theatermakers,
artists and educators in setting up their own company in their own country
2010 - Webster University, Leiden, teacher media aesthetics & creative strategies
2006 - MAPA, The Moving Academy for Performing Arts, teacher image directing, presentation &
communication, in the project Procession of Icons, Amsterdam, Kiev/Berdichev Ukraïne,
Belgrade Serbia, Ochrid Macedonia
2007 - Lascaux colours & restauro, workshopleader & productinformationpecialist
2008 - Stichting Kunstbende Amsterdam, jury member film & expo
2006 - 2008 Van Doorne N.V. Amsterdam, Art partner,Totems (2008), Portret(netwerk 24/7 (2007)
2008 - Artist at Art Partner
2004 - 2008 Stichting Art Initiatives, committee
1994 - 2004 Muziekcentrum De IJsbreker, Amsterdam, allround worker / CEM Centrum for
Electronische Muziek, Amsterdam, leader of soundgarden for children
1997 - 2000 Art dealer Charles Roelofsz (old master paintings), assistant
1993 - 1995 Sotheby's Amsterdam, assistant at auctions
1994 - 2007 Archeological excavations, Bet Shean (Israël)
1993 - Portrait Court drawing, Amsterdam
1990 - 2000 Royal talens B.V. Apeldoorn, workshopleader & productinformationspecialist
LANGUAGES
Dutch: Mothertongue
English: Excellent, spoken and written
Italian: Good, spoken and average written
French: Good, spoken and written
German: Average, spoken and written