Caroline KOENDERS

Born 1961, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Lives and works partly in the Netherlands and Greece

“The halftones made by Koenders create the atmosphere of a mysterious world. A world that is hidden behind the abstract images. Her work may seem simple, but in all purity it creates a silent world one wants to live in. Behind the gloomy black and white is hidden, behind darkness there is light.”

Biography

1982-1986       ArtEZ, University of the Arts, Printmaking, Arnhem, the Netherlands

1989-1990       Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

1995                Invited Artist, Symposium 50 years after, Mulheim, Germany

2015                Curatorship, “blueprint”, Dutch Printmakers Association VOG, The Hague, the Netherlands

2018                Curatorship, Dutch Printmakers, 2^nd Novosibirsk Printmaking Biennial, Russia

2019                Curatorship, Printmaking against all odds, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Member          International Mezzotint Society

Awards /selected/

2019, 2011      Nomination, Grand prix, 5^th, 1^st IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia

2017                Honorable Mention, 4^th IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia

2015                Winner, Ilse Boon Prize, the Netherlands; Jury Price, BAS Printmaking Price, the Netherlands

Exhibitions/selected/

2^nd International Triennial of Graphic Art, Livno, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Raumverdichting, with R. Bauman, Kalkar, Germany / 2020/; 5^th, 3^rd, 2^nd, 1^st IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia /2019-2011/; Visiting Guest Artist, Venice, Italy; tribuna Graphic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 7^th Gualan International Print Biennial, China /2019/; International Print Triennial, Patna, India /2018/; Salon der Künstler, Kleve, Germany; La Mezzotinta, un lenguaje unico, Aguascalintes, Mexico; Imprint 3, Curated Exhibition of Intaglio, Malta; Solo Exhibition, 4^th IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia /2017/; 8^th – 6^th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal /2016-2012/; 1^st International Printmaking Biennial, Łódź, Poland; 6 Dutch and German Printmakers, Kleve, Germany /2016/; Europe in the Sign, Cremona, Italy /2015/; Miniprint, Hyvinkään ,Finland; Summer Exhibition, The Hague, the Netherlands; Pulchri Studio Graphics Biennial, The Hague, the Netherlands /2014/; Where is Printmaking?, Opole, Poland; SMTG Krakow, Poland; Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden /2013/; 8^th Trienniale Mondiale de l’Estampe, Chamalières, France /2010/; Industry Award por Printmaking, Neerpelst, Belgium /2008/; 1^st, 2^nd Frisian Miniprint Biennial, Drachten, the Netherlands /2007, 2010/; international Miniprint Biennial, Cluj-Napoca, Romania /2006/; 8^th, 9^th, 12^th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Bruges, Belgium /2000, 2002, 2009/; Gelderland Graphic Biennial, Nijmegen, the Netherlands /1999/; 8^th International Graphic Biennial, Biella, Italy /1996/; Biennial Small Graphic, Susekullen, Sweden /1995/; Dutch Graphic Biennial, Maastricht, the Netherlands /1993/; Interprint, 92^nd International Graphic Biennial, Lviv, Ukraine  /1992/; Intergrafica, International Graphic Biennial, Katowice, Poland /1991/; 5^th Quadrennial, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia; International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria /1989/.

Fellowship      Printmaking Studio Venice, Italy /2019/; Guanlan, China /2016/; O Ilios, Neapolis, Greece /1997/; Printmaking Symposium, Matra Almas, Hungary /1987/.

Artist in Residence    Artoll, Bedburg, Germany /1998/; Printmaking Studio Engramme, Québec, Canada /1994/.

www.carolinekoenders.nl