Yvonne Oerlemans (31 December 1945 - 14 September 2012) was a Dutch sculptor and video artist who has been active in the field of
video art
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installations and objects since 1982. Oerlemans created a diverse oeuvre that has been exhibited worldwide. She studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts
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in Hague (1974–79) and at the video workshop of the
Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht (1983). In 1985 she was awarded a prize for her artistic career at the Aarhus International Video Festival & Competition.
Oerlemans' early artworks deal with the human condition in a metaphorical and philosophical way. Her videos are characterized by a paradoxical sense of humor. The works are usually short, compact and mostly shot in a studio with a static camera.
Video artworks and Performances
* 1980 Najaar '80
* 1981 Territorium
* 1982 Visions
* 1982 Inside - Outside
* 1983 Corsetscyclus
* 1983 Tempora mutantur et nos cum illis
* 1983 The turning point
* 1983 Administration
* 1984 Pa-Ma-Triachaat
* 1985 Changing landscape
* 1987 The Titanic
* 1987 Postcards
* 1988 De appeleters
* 1990 Brains
* 1992 Metamorphosis nature
* 1992 TV Chair (installation)
* 1993 Selevaren op de Zaan
* 1996 Crossing the Red Sea
Exhibition
In 1991 she presented her solo exhibition at Artoteek Noord gallery, Amsterdam and in 2004 she participated in a group show "Farm" at
Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem - MMKA. Her works were mainly shown at international festivals, galleries, and museums in Europe and North America like the Audiovisual Experimental Festival(AVE),
European Media Art Festival
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Berlin International Film Festival
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Imapkt Festival,
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
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Centre Pompidou
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Her video artworks were also screened on TV programs in Europe, USA, and Canada.
Distribution of video artworks
LIMA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* 235 Media GmbH, Cologne, Germany
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EMAF, Osnabrück, Germany
* Vidéographe, Montréal, Canada
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* Art Com TV, San Francisco, USA
Prize
* 1985 The first prize, International Video Festival & Competition, Aarhus, Denmark
* 1991 Festival Prize, International Film and Video Art Festival, Award of the town of Györ, Hungary
Teaching
* 1987 Gast lecturer,
Minerva Art Academy, Groningen, The Netherlands
* 1988 Lecture, San Francisco Art Institute, USA
* 1991-1992 Studio visit, St. JAM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* 1994 Lecture, Musée d'Art Contemporain Montréal, Canada
References
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1945 births
2012 deaths
20th-century Dutch women artists
21st-century Dutch women artists
Dutch women sculptors
Dutch video artists
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni