Curriculum Vitae
Born: 1957, Hattem, The Netherlands
Has been living and working in Curaçao since 1980 (1985-1986 USA)
www.ellenspijkstra.com
EDUCATION:
1989-1991 New York Institute of Photography (correspondence course)
1985-1986 School for American Craftsman of the Rochester Institute
of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA
1974-1979 Academy of Fine Arts Minerva, Groningen, The Netherlands
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Hyatt Regency Hotel (ceramics & photographs) Curaçao
Avila Beach Hotel (ceramics & photographs) Curaçao
Central Bank (photographs) Curaçao
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana (ceramics) Cuba
Resen Ceramics Museum, Resen (ceramics) Macedonia
Centrum Beeldende Kunsten Rotterdam (photographs) The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (photographs) The Netherlands
Artoteek Den Haag (photographs) The Netherlands
Het Curaçaosch Museum (ceramics) Curaçao
Maritiem Museum (photographs) Curaçao
World Trade Center (ceramics) Curaçao
EXHIBITIONS (selection 1988- 2008):
2008 Landhuis Bloemhof (solo) Curaçao
2008 The French Embassy Gallery, Santo Domingo (solo) Dominican Republic
2008 Kleurgamma Downtown, Amsterdam (solo) The Netherlands
2006 ASNA Clay Triennal, Karachi, Pakistan
2006 The Caribbean in the Age of Modernity, National
Library, Port of Spain Trinidad
2005 Kas di Alma Blou (solo) Curaçao
2004 Cocktail di Arte, Heerlickheijd van Ermelo The Netherlands
2004 Dutch Maritime Museum, Amsterdam (solo) The Netherlands
2003 Laman 2003, The Rif Fort Curaçao
2003 Vision +, V Caribbean and Centro American
Biennial, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
2003 Resusita, The Rif Fort Curaçao
2002 Arte, di nos e ta, Central Bank Curaçao
2001 Arte, di nos e ta, TENT- CBK, Rotterdam The Netherlands
2000 Seventh Biennial of Havana, Centro Wifredo Lam Cuba
2000 Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards Exhibition Taiwan
2000 Maritiem Museum Curaçao (solo) Curaçao
1999 Auto Retrato Nobo, Instituto di Cultura Aruba
1999 La Vida Urbana en la región del Caribe, Centro
Cariforo Dominican Republic
1999 Arte ’99, Magazina di Arte Curaçao
1999 The Curaçao Connection, S.B.K. Kunstcentrum Haarlem The Netherlands
1995 Artoteek Den Haag The Netherlands
1992 Un Abraso ku Koló, Heemstede The Netherlands
1991 Gala di Arte, World Trade Center Curaçao
1989 Taller Escuela Arte Fuego, Caracas (solo) Venezuela
1988 Bida i Koló, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam The Netherlands
1988 Het Curaçaosch Museum (solo) Curaçao
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS:
-Ceramic mural for new head quarters of the Maduro & Curiëls Bank, Curaçao, 2011
-Calendar 2011, commissioned by Van Eps Kunneman van Doorne, Curaçao
-Portrait series of Tania Kross, 2005
-Design of a weekend house at Cas Abou, commissioned by Elmer and Margreet Joubert, 2004
-Photographs for the annual report of Curaçao Ports Authority 1999/’01/’02
-Ceramic mural for the 50th anniversary of the Prinses Wilhelmina Fonds Curaçao,
unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix, November 15, 1999
-Design of an open public building ‘Mirador Caracasbaai’ (in cooperation with Len Gillen),
commissioned by Refineria di Korsou n.v., 1998
-Calendar 1994, commissioned by Stichting Monumentenzorg Curaçao
-Ceramic murals for private homes and companies among others Rabo Bank,
internet provider ICU, World Trade Center Curaçao, Delta Gen
-Photographs for book covers such as 'Geniale Anarchie' by Boeli van Leeuwen, 'De Droevige
Kampioen' and 'Zeedrift' by Jan Brokken, 'Barsten in het glazen plafond' by Paula Kibbelaar,
'Entrada' and 'The Election Dance' by Joseph Hart, 'Kueru Marká' by Gibi Bacilio
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN WHICH WORK HAS APPEARED:
-Kristel Slagter en Eef Ouwehand, Enjoy the secret, the unmarked, the beloved & stylish, Diva's-
publishing, 2010, page 240-247
-Scott Meyer, 'Ellen Spijkstra's quiet search', Ceramic Arts & Perception, International,
no 76, 2009, page 28-30
-Marjan Unger, Marianne de Tolentino a.o., Global Local, Ellen Spijkstra, ceramics & photography,
Uitgeverij d’jonge Hond, 2008, 134 pages ISBN 978-90-89100-73-3
-Jimmy Clark, 'Caribbean ceramics', New Ceramics, International, no 5, 2008
-Nicole Henriquez, Lusette (Pòpi) Verboom en Renske van der Zee, Het Gouverneurshuis
van de Nederlandse Antillen, een rondgang langs Antilliaanse en Nederlandse kunst,
2008, page 128,129
-Jennifer Smit, Inspired by the Snoa, MMVIII Synagogue Mikvé Israel-Emanuel, Curaçao,
2008
-Sinaya Wolfert, Curaçao Artists, 2007, page 156 - 167
-The Third ASNA Clay Triennial 2006, Karachi, Pakistan, page 16
-The Caribbean in the Age of Modernity, NALIS, Trinidad, 2006, page 30, 31
-Hans Fonk, Dutch Caribbean Architecture & Style, 2004, Curaçao Style Foundation, page
164, 165, 212 , 213
-Henry Parisius, Geraffineerde Kunst / Refined Art, 2004, KIT Publishers Amsterdam, page
26-28, photo 22-43
-Adi Martis & Jennifer Smit, Arte, Dutch Caribbean Art, 2002, Ian Randle publishers,
Jamaica / KIT publishers, The Netherlands, page 98, 99
-The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards, Yingko Ceramics Museum, 2000, Wushing
Books Publication Ltd., page 74
-Séptima Bienal de La Habana, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, 2000, Art for
the World, page 337
-La Vida Urbana en la región del Caribe, Centro Cultural Cariforo de la República
Dominicana, 1999, page 49
-Nelly Barbieri, El Movimiento Cerámico en Venezuela, 1998, Consejo nacional de la
Cultura, Venezuela, page 117
-Nicole Henriquez and Jennifer Smit, Ellen Spijkstra Ceramics & Photography, 1994, The
Curaçao Museum Foundation, page 1-30