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Manuela Klerkx Kunstagentschap
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supported by Fondskwadraat
geke Lensink
After graduating from ArtEZ University of the Arts Geke Lensink (1963) soon established her name as an independent designer in Amsterdam. She has worked across a wide range of disciplines, and her clients include some prestigious brands spanning diverse sectors from exhibition design to industrial design To this day Geke has ongoing relationships with companies such as Cor Unum and Brothers and Sons. Her travels to non-western countries and cultures such as Kenya, Canada, Morocco, Turkey fueled her critical attitude towards arrogant western supremacy and inspired her to create objects that testify to a world in which different value systems and mutual recognition coexist and reinforce each other.
Although she still works on commission, twelve years ago Geke expanded her professional practice with a more personal and narrative approach blurring the line between art and design.
‘Each rug, each vase I make tells a story based on a personal memory or emotion, made tangible through a combination of my western background as a designer, my position as a human being and collaborative forms of design with people from different cultures.’
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geke lensink
based in Amsterdam
1982 - 1988 ArtEZ Institute of the Arts
exhibitions (selection)
2022
'A Chair and You' private collection of Thierry Barbier-Mueller in Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts (MUDAC) - Lausanne
Big Art - Zaandam / Amsterdam
'Vorm aan de Vecht' a special architectural heritage in a new perspective with contemporary art and design at Buitenplaats Doornburgh - Maarssen
2021
'Between No Longer and Not Yet' at Kazerne Gallery - Eindhoven
Big Art - Zaandam / Amsterdam
'An Irregular Future' at Adorno Gallery - London
Het Parcours 'In Need of an Observer' at Jurriaan Gallery and Stadssalon - Amsterdam
2020
Het Parcours 'Woven Identities' at Stadssalon - Amsterdam
Het Parcours 'Humble Design' at Binnenkant Gallery - Amsterdam
2019
'SOUVENIR /' Salone del Mobile - Milan