Maeve van Klaveren (1977), Utrecht
My work is figurative. What you see is taken from daily life. Something intrigues me and this I process into my drawings. The subject often arises from something small - an image or thought. The idea behind a work should not impose. How one ultimately reads the image is what it should be, its about giving your own interpretation.
It does not tell one-on-one a story of sadness, happiness, love, life or death…. But this is often a reason from which a work arises. these are thoughts I have at that moment that I put into the drawing.
It is my personal story of how I look at feelings, relationships ... ... desires, connection ... ... hope and despair, life and death. I try, as it were, to convey timeless all-rounder common emotion. The figures in my drawings express moods. Being human and nature are important sources of inspiration. I focus on the materiality of the drawing. These elements I work out with the use of drawing material that can portray this in the best way, with a preference for watercolor or pastel.
Maeve
EXHIBITIONS PAST
GROUPEXHIBITION
2024 - Clovermill Artist Residency - online exhibition - curated by Jennifer Smith - Sliedrecht - NL
2024 - LUXE BENEN - Marian Cramer Projects - curated by Ralf Kokke - Amsterdam - NL
2024 - PAPER VOL.2 - Delphian Gallery - Helsinki - FI
2023 - BOUNDLESS WHISPERS - online exhibition on Eve Leibe Gallery and Artsy, curated by Artsin Square
2023 - DE GETEKENDE MENS - Moving Gallery - Utrecht - NL
2023 - WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW – Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery – Schloss Goerne – Berlin - DE
2023 - ONLINE ROOM (summer edition) – Tinimini Room - Dordrecht - NL
2023 - WIJ ZIJN HIER - Moving Gallery and De Toonkamer - Utrecht - NL
2023 - ART ON PAPER AMSTERDAM - Moving Gallery - Amsterdam - NL
2023 - #2 - Artsin Square - Online exhibition
2022 - EVENWICHT - Moving Gallery - Utrecht - NL
2022 - CHARACTER - Mothflower - online exhibition
2022 - FAIR SHARE ART FAIR - Moving Gallery - Amsterdam - NL
2022 - WORKS ON PAPER 4 – Blue Shop Cottage – online exhibition – London - UK
2022 - OEOE - Tinimini - online exhibition - Dordrecht - NL
2022 - PAPER - BEERSLondon - London - UK
2021 - PANCAKE AND APPLE PIE?! - Kunstuitleen Utrecht - Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd - Bunnik - NL
2021 - THE DELPHIAN OPEN CALL 2021 WINNERS - Delphian Gallery and Unit 1 Gallery - London - UK
2021 - WORKS ON PAPER 3 – Blue Shop Cottage – online exhibition – London - UK
2020 - RAAKVLAKKEN (interfaces) - Moving Gallery - Utrecht - NL
2020 - ARTIST IN THE WORLD/ Utrecht Edition - Galerie Larik - Utrecht - NL
2020 - PIET HEIN EEK GALERIE - 'GENEROUS' - curated by Marc Mulders - Eindhoven - NL
2020 - OPEN WEEKEND ART UTRECHT - with MOVING GALLERY - Utrecht - NL
2020 - HOT PAPER (GIFC) - online exhibition - Oslo/ Los Angeles
2020 - SHOWHOUSE JAY JAY - online exhibition - Antwerp - BE
2019 - WGKUNST - art sale - Amsterdam - NL
2019 - MUSEUM DE FUNDATIE 'THE EUROPA ZOMEREXPO' - Zwolle - NL
2019 - DE AANSCHOUW and DXIX - expo Co/Lab 4 - Torrence Art Museum (TAM) - Los Angeles -USA
2018 - REMEMBRANCE DAY FOR LOST SPIECIES - Muiderberg/ het Gooi - NL
2018 - THE FOUNDATION DUTCH PORTRAIT PRICE - Weekend of the Portrait - Amsterdam - NL
2018 - HOOGTIJ - foremost cultural tours in The Hague - The Haque - NL
2017 - GIFC - Got It For Cheap - watercolor drawings - Athena > Copenhagen > NYC > Oslo > Stockholm > Los Angeles
2015 - ELLEN BENDERS Concept Store – portrait drawing of man and animal - Amsterdam - NL
2014 - Participated in the exhibition RONSE DRAWING PRIZE 2014 - Ronse - BE
SOLO
2022 - CAFE DE STAD - Utrect - NL
2020 - WERKSPOORKADE - Utrecht - NL
2018 - GALLERY SOPHIE - solo show 'Are You Presence?' - The Haque - NL
2016 - DE AANSCHOUW - Rotterdam - NL
2016 - HAREN MAJESTEIT - solo exposition 'outside in' - Amersfoort - NL
COLLECTIONS
Private collections in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Canada, USA and Helsinki
DELA
UMC UTRECHT
ELBURG/SMIT
PUBLICATIONS
2021 - BOOOOOOOM - https://www.booooooom.com/2021/11/23/artist-spotlight-maeve-van-klaveren/
2021 - Interview - Dans les yeux d'Elsa - https://danslesyeuxdelsa.myportfolio.com/maeve-van-klaveren
2020 - TV interview - RTV Utrecht - https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/2119694/nog-heel-even-te-zien-de-tentoonstelling-raakvlakken.html
2020 - Interview - DUIC magazine - https://www.duic.nl/cultuur/utrechtse-kunstenaars-maeve-van-klaveren-portretten-die-je-raken/
NOMINATIONS & PRIZES
2014 - RONSE DRAWING PRIZE 2014 - selected for the competition - Ronse - BE