Petra van der Steen
*1963 The Netherlands lebt in Amsterdam (NL)
1987-1891 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
seit 1991 Gruppen- und Einzelausstellungen u.a. 1993 De Vaalserberg, Rotterdam (NL), 1995, KunstRAI, Amsterdam(NL),1996 Arti et Amecitae, Amsterdam (NL), 1998, Nieuwe Vide,Haarlem (NL), 2001, W139, Amsterdam (NL), 2003, Loerakker Gallery, Amsterdam (NL), 2005 De Schone Kunsten, Haarlem (NL), 2006, Artkitchen Gallery, Amsterdam (NL), De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
Van der Steen is interested in everyday worries. Embroider constitutes for her a way to sublimate. She embroiders her ambigues texts and images on used textile. Human shortcomings are being combated by humor. Her contemporary embroideries offer consolation and space for contemplation.
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