./ Simone Hooymans
Works
Other Artist

Vita

1974 Born in Nijmegen, NL

Member of:
BKH and NBK Norge, Norway
Hardingpuls, Norway
Pictoright, the Netherlands

2004 - 2005 Postgraduate st. Joost, Breda, Fine Art, the Netherlands

1998 - 2002 Art academy HKA Arnhem, Fine Art, the Netherlands

1992 - 1996 St. Lucas Boxtel, Graphic design, the Netherlands

Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014
Gallerie Hotel Neptun, Bergen, Norwegen
Haugesund Kunstforeining, Haugesund Norway.

2013
Galleri Puls, Norheimsund, Norway. Drawings and animations.

2012
“After Office Hours”, Foajé Kabuso, museum for modern art, Øystese, Norway

2011
Hardanger Kunstsenter, Norheimsund, Norway. Drawings and animations.

2008
Galery Judy Straten, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Exhibition of drawings
and animations.

2007/2008
Videowall#9 Theatre Utrecht, the Netherlands. 4-channel videoprojection
of charcoal/ink animation Planisphere.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015
Het Lentekabinet Festival, Amsterdam (www.hetkabinetfestival.nl), screening Broken Horizon.

Visions of Sensory Space, Gallery Voss, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Presentation of the new animation Sweet Mysterious, with performance VJ show, Kabuso,
museum for modern art, Øystese, Norway.

2014
Haugesund Kunstforeining, Haugesund Norway.
"Mission O14", Ostrale, Dresden

2013
Hardanger filmfestival Norway, screening After Office Hours. Holland in Hardanger, groupexhibition at the Hardanger folkemuseum Utne.
Jubileum utstilling Harding Puls, Norheimsund, Norway.
Portraits, groupexhibition at gallery Judy Straten, Horst, the Netherlands.

2012
Hardanger Open, open studio and performance ìskrelle poteter med bestemorî, at the Hardanger folkemuseum Utne
ORD-Kunstvandring Fykse, performance ìHeime er der Bestemor erî, Fykse Norway.
Europetour with CosyMoís solar cinema screening After Office Hours.
CaixaForum, Madrid, Spain, ViVa collection, screening Campsite Hortus.
Groupexhibition, drawings, Voss kunstlag, Voss Norway.

2011
Casco Film screening Broken Horizon, filmtheater Gigant, Apeldoorn, NL.
Big filmscreen Tilburg, the Netherlands, screening Broken Horizon.
Casco Re-destination exhibition Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
Screening Broken Horizon and book presentation of "Drawings and animations".
Oddstream festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands, screening Broken Horizon.
Expoesia festival, Spain, screening Campsite Hortus.

2010 Hardanger filmfestival, Norway, screening Broken Horizon.
Cartes Flux 2010, Festival of New Media Art, Helsinki Finland, screening
Broken Horizon.
Gastgastgeber festival Bochum, Germany, screening Broken Horizon
MOCA Seoul Korea filmfestival, screening Campsite Hortus.
Gallery ATH Ulvenhout, the Netherlands, drawings.
Animayo festival Gran canaria, screening Broken Horizon.
Europetour with CosyMoís solar cinema screening Broken Horizon.
FilmbankTV, the Netherlands, screening Broken Horizon.
Victoria Film festival, Canada. Screening Broken Horizon.
2009 NFF, Dutch filmfestival Utrecht, screening Broken Horizon.
CasZuidas urbanscreen festival Amsterdam, screening Broken Horizon.
Museum Gouda, expo NL 2, installation Worlds in itself, drawings,
Saljoetsilo
Ars elektronica, Human nature. Filmfestival Austria, screening Broken
Horizon.
P.art of your life, Zwolle, installation Worlds in itself, drawings, Saljoetsilo.
Future shorts Filmfestival, Amsterdam, screening Broken Horizon.

Commisson/collections

2014 / Art collection of Billedgalleri Haugesund, Norway.
2013 / Privat art collection
2012 / Privat art collection
2011 / Art collection of Kvam Herad, Norway.
2008 / Commission from Dziga, for Broken Horizon animation
2007 / Commission from Lazy Marie Utrecht of a large 4- channel videoprojection for the videowall#9.
2006 / Young Designers&Industry, Amsterdam, concept for art in public space, Amsterdam.
2006 / Installation in the Noorderpark in Amsterdam, tablecircuit.
2006 / Youththeatre Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Videoinstallation in the youth theatre, an assignment of, Dziga Nijmegen.
2005 / Short film, with music of composer Arjan Eldering. 'Royale Flush of the Slobberhoeve' an assignment of Dziga, Nijmegen.
2003 / Short film, with poem ‘Transformer’ Tjitse Hofman, an assignment of Dziga.

Publications/reviews (selection)

2014 / Klassenkampen, photo of solo exhibition at Haugesund Billedgalleri.
2013 / Hordaland folkeblad, review solo exhibition at Galleri Puls.
2012 / Gelderlander, The Netherlands. Article about the performance Skrelle poteter med bestemor.
2012 / Gelderlander, The Netherlands. Spreadsheet article about performance Bestemor.
2012 / Hordaland folkeblad, Norway. Frontpage article about Fykse kunstvandring with
my performance Bestemor.
2011/ Hordaland folkeblad, Norway. Article about the solo exhibition in
Hardanger Kunstsenter Norheimsund.
2010/ Hordaland folkeblad, Norway. Article about winning the golden apple during the
Hardanger Filmfestival.
2009/ Catalogue NFF Utrecht with “Broken Horizon”.
2008/ Catalogue Holland animation festival with “Broken Horizon”.
2007/ 8weekly.nl review “Planisphere”.
2007/ Sapsite.nl review “Planisphere”.
2007/ AD newspaper, Artikel Videowall “Planisphere”.
2007/ Utrechts newspaper, Artikel Videowall “Planisphere”.
2007/ NRC, newspaper Videowall “Planisphere” Utrecht.
2006/ Publication Young designers&Industry, Amsterdam.
2006/ Publication Kunstenaars&co Amsterdam.

Grants / nominations

2012 / shortlisted for dutch animations DVD 2012, Amsterdam, with the animation After Office Hours.
2010 / Audience prize for Broken Horizon, during the Hardanger filmfestival, Norway.
2009 / Nomination for Broken Horizon from the CASZUIDAS Urbanscreen festival prize, Amsterdam.
2009 / Selected for Ars elektronica, Filmfestival Austria, screening Broken Horizon.
2009 / Selected for NFF, Dutch Filmfestival Utrecht, screening Broken Horizon.
2011 / Utstillingstipend by Norsk kulturråd for the exhibition After Office Hours in Kabuso Øystese, Norway.
2009 / Stipendium, Kvam Herad, Norway.
2009 / Individual grant by the New Brabantse Art Foundation. Province of North-Brabant, the Netherlands.
2007 / Projectgrant by Thuiskopiefonds, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.
2007 / Individual grant by the New Brabantse Art Foundation. Province of North-Brabant, the Netherlands.
2005 / Individual grant by the New Brabantse Art Foundation. Province of North-Brabant, the Netherlands.
2003 / Projectgrant by the Province of Gelderland, the Netherlands, the Netherlands.

Current exhibition

Visions Of Sensory Space ( by Weightless Artists Association - SPARTNIC )
May 15, 2015 - Jul 04, 2015

Literature

Hooymans works with the tension and contrast between nature and human technology. The astronaut is the connection between three worlds, the technical, the emotional and the natural world.
Drawing has always been an important process for Hooymans, it explores the bridge and boundaries between perception, memory and fantasy. She has found that within the limits of charcoal, ink and paper an inexhaustible variety of thinking and expression is possible.
Her animations, dreamscapes, where the camera travels slowly through everlasting landscapes, are an extension of her drawings. They are going where her drawings cannot go, into a 3 dimensional world where everything can happen, within the theme of distruction and connecting with nature. The question is: Is nature a memory we once had and do we dream about it, or are we the ones that are dreamed?