De Ateliers (formerly Ateliers '63) is an independent art school in located in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
. It was founded in
Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the Provinces of the Nether ...
in 1963, among others by
Ger Lataster,
Mari Andriessen,
Nic Jonk,
Theo Mulder and
Wessel Couzijn. This "group of established artists... agreed that the formative process of fine artists should be more individually directed than the learning of a trade or the studying of a science."
De Ateliers offers a postgraduate program, where young artists can work in their own workshops with accompanied by renowned artists and critics. Students are called 'participants'. They are regularly visited in their studios by the tutors and guests from The Netherlands and abroad for individual feedbacks.
After many years located in Haarlem, the institute moved to Amsterdam to the former building of the
Rijksakademie
The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school supports ...
at the
Stadhouderskade in the Amsterdam city center.
Among the accompanying have been:
Armando Armando may refer to:
* Armando (given name)
* Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd
* Armando (producer)
Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...
,
Stanley Brouwn,
Constant Nieuwenhuys
Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys (21 July 1920 – 1 August 2005), better known as Constant, was a Dutch painter, sculptor, graphic artist, author and musician.
Early period
Constant was born in Amsterdam on 21 July 1920 as the first son of Pieter N ...
,
Jan Dibbets
Jan Dibbets (born 9 May 1941, in Weert) is an Amsterdam-based Dutch conceptual artist. His work is influenced by mathematics and works mainly with photography.
Life and career
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he started as an art teacher at ...
,
Didier Vermeiren,
Edgar Fernhout,
Carel Visser
Carel Nicolaas Visser (3 May 1928 – 1 March 2015) was a Dutch sculptor. He is considered an important representative of Dutch abstract-minimalist constructivism in sculpture.
Life and work
Visser was born on 3 May 1928 in Papendrecht. From 19 ...
,
Ger van Elk and
Willem de Rooij Willem de Rooij (born 1969 in Beverwijk, Netherlands) is an artist and educator working in a variety of media, including film and installation. He investigates the production, contextualization and interpretation of images. Appropriations and collab ...
.
Among the participants of De Ateliers have been:
Philip Akkerman,
Jaap Berghuis,
Keren Cytter
Keren Cytter (; born 22 August 1977) is an Israeli visual artist and writer.
Biography
Cytter, born 22 August 1977, spent her childhood in Israel and went on to study visual arts at the Avni Institute of Art and Design, Tel Aviv. After finding ...
,
Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas (born 3 August 1953) is a South African artist and painter based in the Netherlands.
Early life and education
Dumas was born in 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa and grew up in Kuils River in the Western Cape, where her father ha ...
,
Thomas Houseago, Rob Johannesma, Andrew Kerton.
Axel en Helena van der Kraan,
[Toef Jaeger. "Fotograaf Helena van der Kraan observeerde met een betrokken blik," ''NRC Handelsblad,'' 15 juni 2020.] Joep van Lieshout, and Marc Ruygrok.
The supervisors in 2020-'21 are:
*
*Rob Birza
*
Dominic van den Boogerd
*
Varda Caivano
*
Nina Canell
*
Pauline Curnier Jardin
*
Chris Evans
*Martijn Hendriks
*David Jablonowski
*Marina Pinsky
References
External links
Official website
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1963 establishments in the Netherlands
Art schools in the Netherlands
Educational institutions established in 1963