Nan MULDER
Nan MULDER
Born 1948, Leiden, the Netherlands
Lives and works in Edam, the Netherlands
“In her works Nan Mulder seeks to reveal a hidden history, an inner journey towards the unknown. The result is often figurative, though it is more a reference to, then an explanation of that story. In her many travels she often found, in elusive foreign imagery, a visual language that hints at that inner mystery. Her recent mezzotints of the thick foliage and subtropical plants in New Zealand are for her a route towards that metaphorical interior. Birds join her on the way.”
Biography
1967-1972 National Diploma of Art, Drawing and Painting, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1972-1973 Scholarship in Printmaking, Academia Sztuk Pięknych, Krakow, Poland
1981 Lecturer in Printmaking, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
1984-1987 Lecturer in Printmaking, Dun Laogaire School of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland
1985-1988 Artist in Residence, Tyrone Gutherie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
1992-1996 MA (Hons0, English Literature, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2015, 2012 Invited Artist, 10th, 8th International Print Symposium, Castle Mojmírovce, Slovakia
2015 Jury Member, 3rd IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2016 ZairaZaka International Print Residency, Islamabad, Pakistan
Member Society of Scottish Artists; Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland
Awards/selected
2017 Internation Mezzotint Ambassador,, title awarded at 4th IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2011 Nomination, Prize for Originality and Breaking Classical Boundaries, 1st IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2007 Intaglio Printmakers’ Prize, International Mini Print Exhibition, Leicester, UK
1981 1st Prize, Biennial Art Competition, Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Stirling, UK
1980 Scottish Art Council Award, Scotland
Solo and group exhibitions in Europe, New Zealand, Nepal, Russia, Pakistan, Canada, USA etc.
Distant Kinship, Dutch and New Zealand Printmaker, Aratoi Wairarapa Museum, Masterton and Whangarei Art Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand /2020/; Museum Kranenburgh/Schlessart, Bergen N.H., the Netherlands /2019/; 1st-5th IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia /2011-2019/; 20th, 19th International Print Biennial, City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria /2019, 2017/; Invitational Mezzotint Exhibition, Davidson Gallery, Seattle, USA; Mezzot’India, Bihar Museum, Parna, India; Holland Museum Print Duo Exhibition, SIEAC Gallery, Tianjin, China; Our Friends of the Netherlands, Epreuve d’Artiste, Antwerp, Belgium /2018/; Mezzotint/ Maniere Noire, Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA, USA; Borders and Beyond, Ejaz Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan /2017/; 6th-7th BIMPE, Edmonton, Canada /2016, 2014, 2012/; 60×60 The Wondering Mind, International Exhibition /2015-2019/; New Bridges 11:11. Scotland/Slovakia, Trenčín, Bratislava, Piešťany, Slovakia /2014, 2015/; International Mini Print Triennial, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan /2015/; The Secret of Mezzotint, Epreuve d’Artiste, Antwerp, Belgium /2014/; Double Vision, Satrang Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan; International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt /2013/; Bridges IX, Piešťany, Slovakia /2011/; Triennale Mondiale de la Gravure et de l’Estampe Originale, Chamalières, France /2010/; Sidharta Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal /2008/; Velvet, Mezzotints Edinburgh Printmakers, Scotland.
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