Airco Caravan (born May 24, 1965) is a painter and conceptual artist based in Amsterdam and New York City.
Airco Caravan | |
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 Airco Caravan, 2014 | |
| Born | Ine Reijnen May 24, 1965 Boven-Leeuwen, Netherlands |
| Education | Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht |
| Known for | Painter and Conceptual Artist |
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| Website | www |
Biography
editEarly life
editAirco was born as Ine Reijnen[1] in Boven-Leeuwen, Netherlands on May 24, 1965. She went to high-school at Pax Christi College in Druten, Netherlands and after this she studied art at the Utrecht School of the Arts, graduating in 1988.[2]
Early career
editAfter art school, Airco went to work as an art director and freelance designer for several years. In 2006 she attended a screen printing course at MK24 in Amsterdam. Slowly she started going back to her first love: painting. In 2011, she went to the Art Students League of New York, where she perfected her oil painting skills.[3] She still calls painting an eternal struggle.
Exhibitions and major projects
editAirco is a women's rights and human rights activist. In 2013, Airco asked 16 different Chinese artists to paint a different part of the face of the Dalai Lama. The artists made a painting of a nose, ear or a peace of skin, while they thought they were painting a mango, curtain or other object. It had to be done this way, because the image of the Dalai Lama is forbidden in China. They sent the pieces to the Netherlands where Airco assembled everything to a portrait. It was offered to the Dalai Lama by the International Campaign for Tibet on his birthday on July 6 2014.[4]
In 2017, she took part in several Nasty Women exhibitions and co-organized the one in Amsterdam at Josilda da Conceição Gallery. The money raised was donated to Women on Waves, COC Amsterdam and She Decides.[5][6][7]
On March 21, 2018, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Airco offered a sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. to Sylvana Simons at the Open Space Contemporary Art Museum in Amsterdam. With the art project Monument for Martin Luther King, Airco asked two sculptors to create 50 sculptures of King with the intention to connect past and present. John Lewis, Barack and Michelle Obama were among the 49 other recipients of a sculpture.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Selected solo exhibitions
edit- 2018 Front Gallery, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam[14]
- 2016 Arti Gallery, Rokin 114, Amsterdam [15]
- 2016 The Night of the Dictatorship, De Balie, Amsterdam
- 2016 Open Studios Port Morris, South Bronx, NYC
- 2015 Little Easter Solo show, LES, New York, NY
- 2015 This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam [16]
- 2014 Art of What, Gemak, The Hague [17]
- 2014 The Other Side of Light, Art in Redlight, Amsterdam [18][19]
- 2013 International Window, Arps & Co Gallery, Amsterdam [20]
- 2013 Art in Redlight Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam [21]
- 2013 Airco Caravan's Cycling Art Gallery, The Hague and Amsterdam [22]
Personal life
editAirco is married to BSNSSMN. They reside in Amsterdam and New York.[23][24]
References
edit- ^ "bron van de kunst". nrc.nl.
- ^ "Thema Pagina - opiumop4 - NPO Radio 4 - Airco Caravan". www.radio4.nl.
- ^ "Airco Caravan". www.galerienastyalice.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 7 April 2018.
- ^ "De ontstaansgeschiedenis van Made in China - de Dalai Lama in delen - Boeddhistisch Dagblad". Boeddhistisch Dagblad (in Dutch). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Abortusfonds Ploumen ontvangt 4800 euro van Amsterdamse expo" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Amsterdam krijgt expo Nasty Women tegen Trump - Stadsgids - PAROOL". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Meulenhoff". Meulenhoff (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Kunst uit Oisterwijk naar Barack Obama". Oisterwijk Nieuws. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Martin Luther King leeft voort in project Airco Caravan - Boeddhistisch Dagblad". Boeddhistisch Dagblad (in Dutch). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Beeldjes Martin Luther King voor Sylvana en Obama: 'De strijd moet voortgezet' - Kunst & Media - PAROOL". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Laatste nieuws - Multatuli Museum". www.multatuli-museum.nl. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "21maartcomite » Persbericht" (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Kunst als wapen in de geweldloze strijd". jpekker. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Monument for Martin Luther King | Arti et Amicitiae". www.arti.nl. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "VICE maakt gebruik van cookies". creators.vice.com.
- ^ "This Art Fair 2015". lost-painters.nl. 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Van foetus naar fetisj. Airco Caravan: Art of What, Gemak/Vrije Academie, Den Haag". wordpress.com. 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Art In Redlight 2014". lost-painters.nl. 24 December 2014.
- ^ "10E EDITIE KUNSTBEURS ART IN REDLIGHT". ifthenisnow.eu.
- ^ "kunst op school met subsidie". www.overdekunst.nl.
- ^ "Art in Redlight 2013 - This Art Fair 2017". thisartfair.com.
- ^ "Guerrilla actie voor de Dalai Lama: 'Made in China' - International Campaign for Tibet". www.savetibet.nl.
- ^ "The Jealous Curator /// curated contemporary art /// airco caravan". www.thejealouscurator.com.
- ^ "Diamonds are for me - Pluk de Nacht". plukdenacht.nl. 12 August 2013.