Date & place of Birth:                17 March 1952, Amsterdam, The Netherlands         

Nationality:                               Dutch

                       

Qualifications / Art education

1968-73           Rijksakademie voor beeldende kunst, Rijksacademy of the Creative Arts, Amsterdam.

                        Rietveld Academy, Glass department,  Supervised by S. Valkema, Amsterdam.

Work experience:  

1979-ongoing  Establish Atelier 70 bv as the director, co-ordinator & maker of a broad spectrum of activities carried out in the glass workshop. Monumental art glass projects in which various techniques were employed such as appliqué, slump & fused glass as well as

3D cast freestanding glass sculptured forms.

Design & manufacture of limited edition series of blown & cast crystal glass, commissions of architectural glass features, for co-operation, individuals as well as Dutch, Swedish, Polish, English end Czech artists, etc. 

Since 1993 an ongoing collaboration exists with glass workshops in Bohemia, Czech Republic. See website: www.atelier70.nl

1970-79           Atelier 70, Set up a glass studio together with Joop van den Broek. Monumental art

glass works carried out & situated in various locations throughout Holland & abroad. 

Teaching Experience

1998                    Visiting lecturer Tama Art University, Japan.

1997                Guest lecturer conducted a 5-day glass workshop at

Christiaans Huygenscollege Kampen.

1984/94          P/T lecturer at monumental glass department HKU Utrecht.

1981-95              Supervisor for HKU end exam students, Utrecht.

Supervisor for the end exam students at Christiaans Huygenscollege Kampen.

Commissions (Selected) :              

Numerous commissions have been undertaken both for companies and private individuals & international artists throughout the years. Some of which includes:

Technicon Rotterdam,Vola Insurance Amsterdam,

Public school Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Hengelo, Amersfoort,

Den Bosch, Groningen, Scholengemeenschap Leek Rooden

                        Pension funds Graphic Company, Rijnpoort Arnhem

                

Publication

1989               Glas in Lood in Nederland 1817-1968, published by SDU.

1985                    J. vd Broek, Monumentaal Glaskunstenaar, art history from the new times,

                  Doctorate thesis by Elly Niemeijer.

1982                De kunst om van de kunst te leven, published by Stichting Cosa

1981                De nieuwe vrijheid van de Ambachts Kunsten, published by

                        Uitgeverij van Spijk/Stichting Cosa

1981                Kunst Beeld magazine, article by Hans Redeker about glass sculpture

placed at the Gebouw Rijnpoort, Arnhem

1979                Kunst als bouwpartner, published by Gemeente Amstelveen.

1977                Kunstecho’s            article about Rijnpoort, Arnhem.         

1977                Bouw magazine, article ‘Glas object in Arnhem’, no 9 april issue.

1977               Focus magazine, article about ‘N. vd Broek a  Daquerriotypist

Article about the developing of photographs on silver plates &

creating the image out of the mercury vapour.

1996                Scheppend ambacht en architectuur, Benelux, Stichting Cosa.

Research/Travelling

1992-94           Development of a project together with Eric Hoglund in Sweden. (Orrefors& Kosta Boda).

1990-96              Exploring the possibilities of laminating photographic images on glass.

Application on this technique can be seen on projects located in Alkmaar & Roemond.

1884-90              Research & developing the techniques of transferring photographic images & etched them on glass.

1980-85              Research & the production/ developing of/on the old techniques of

Talbottype & Ambrotype.

1975-84           Research on Daguerreotype.