Judy Hooymeyer

Curriculum vitae Judy Hooymeyer

Dr. Judy Hooymeyer
Socioloog, Filosofisch consulent en beeldend kunstenaar
Stelberg 2
4724DJ
Wouw


Artist statement
My work for the past 20 years has used revealing aspects of history, indigenous cultures and human behaviour, which have a profound impact on our contemporary culture today. In the current climate where many believe history has no relevance, I find myself continually returning to those aspects that are often hidden or misrepresented in the “official” recordings for posterity. In my varied and diverse approaches to making art; installations, social art and objects, the context of the work has an impact on the work’s relationship to the viewer.
Fibres, paper
The slow process of fibre threads, waste paper tissues as starting point. Its method eliminates time and communicate through their materiality. These treads we all recognize but it takes years to master. While we look back in history, we work towards yet undiscovered possibilities.
I started using fibres from the sheep. The slow process of felting and dyeing makes the product how it is. Each piece is different. Then I start using strings of wool and found threads. I look for fibres everywhere. The tissues left from cleaning my face. The teabags coloured with natural pigments. The paper wrapping presents our books to be read. Paper protects everything we use but is also messages in time. Newspapers and publicity advertisement stunts make us aware of the present. I am a sustainable artist and try to keep my footprint low. I only use found fibres in nature or used paper, remembrance of their function of yesterday and neglected for the future. Making new objects and place it in a new habitat I want to reflect my thoughts of creativity as tool to share.
Art remains as a strong contender of how we share our thoughts and ideas. Throughout history, art has survived the tidal wave of information, and remains an unpredictable source of imagination. It has the possibilities of changing one’s thoughts, opening new ideas, and borrowing through received ideas so common to our educational system. I have no grand illusions that art will create a revolution in the traditional sense, but have witnessed the powerful changes it can make in an individual. Just one new idea can change a person’s perception. The world may not change in an instant by art, but it’s slow and insipid spread into the active part of our brains lives to tell the tale. The use of materials in my work is calculated. I am often looking for avenues of the unexpected. Using materials found directly from my habitat, the object or installation gives an ironic twist to images or things you might expect. Or their combinations. Provoking a participant to new and perhaps unexplored territories. Social projects using drama, roleplay are the ingredients of social architecture. Using the body to engage architects and artists to pinpoint the needs for sustainable and green living.
Her work explores our tenuous relationship with the continuous growth and decay of the natural world and humanity’s place within those cycles using felted wool, wax, fibres, paper, fabrics and objects both found and recycled. Our collective fascination and repulsion towards natural processes, from blooming flowers to blooming molds, pushes her to sculpt moments of grotesque beauty, investigating this duality through the meditative and hands-on practices of wet felting, weaving, sculpting and stitching. Her social projects engages the relationship with the cultural history and finds their path in action and creativity.

Bio
Judy has studied art at the St.Joost Art academy in Breda The Netherlands, BA Psychology Utrecht University, Doctorate in the Sociology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam the Netherlands, Post Doctorate Philosophy, Erasmus University. She has exhibited within galleries and museums of the Netherlands (de Fundatie, Zwolle 2020), Belgium, Poland (International Tapestry Triennale, Lodz 2020) and Canada (World of Threads 2017). She received the International Pegasus award and Top artists for her merits and continuing art. She won several prizes such as International Michelangelo Prize 2023 and for her textile work at the Florence Biennale International 2023 (4th prize Textile & Fibre Art). She has won the International Project Ambassador of the Art for The Netherlands 2024.

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Judy Hooymeyer

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praktijk: JUNOZ
Filosofisch Praktijk voor Levenskunst en Creatieve Ontwikkeling



Werkervaring:
Creatief Therapeut, psychotherapeut, intervisor, counsellor & coach
Docent methodiek, drama, textiele werkvormen. Universitair docent Sociologie, Cross cultural management, Indigenous Studies. Onderzoeker.
Gallery eigenaar: The Dutch Gallery, Canada 2010 – 2014
JUNOZ Filosofisch Praktijk voor Levenskunst en Creatieve Ontwikkeling

publicaties
2016 PZC en de Bevelander 'Geïnspireerd door Zeeland en Natuur
2016 World wide colours of Felt. red. Ellen Bakker
2016 Filz Fun

Tentoonstellingen
2019

01-12- 03-01-2020 Lamp&Kap licht op Zeeuws licht, cbk Zeeland
03-12- 02-01-2020 Goes in de Gouden Eeuw/Rembrandtjaar Gemeente Goes archief
05-10-15-03-2020 Triënnale International Triennal of Tapestry, Lodz Polen
24-08 - 15-09 Follies. De bunderkunst, 's Heer Arendskerke
25-05 - 01-09 ZomerExpo. Kasteel Nijenhuis, Wijhe de Fundatie
11-05 - 12-05 ME in Woord en beeld Gentbrugge, België
19-04 - 20-04 Nieuwe Kerk, Zierikzee

2018
03-11 - 30-12 Kleintje kunst ontmoet pakje kunst. Terneuzen
19-05 - 28- 06 De vier elementen. CBK kunstuitleen Goes
29-09-20-10 Kunst ontmoet kunst. Galerie lokaal 54 Terneuzen
2017
01-12-03-01-2018 Tussen Hemel en Aarde. Kerkje Ellisdiek
01-09-30-10 Transition. Galerie High Five Baarle Nassau

2016
05-11 - 07-01 Stoom Middelburg
29-10 - 27-11 World of Threads Contemporary Oakville Canada
12-10 - 05-11 Zeeuwse Passie t Kunstuus Heinkenszand
05-08 - 29-10 'kunstaansicht' Polderhuis Westkapelle
02-06 - 28-09 Galerij Anita Ammerlaan Roosendaal
04-06 - 05-06 Dutch Felt Academy Baard
26-05 - 28-05 KEC Vrouwenpolder
29-02 - 29-03 Stadskantoor Goes

2015
04-11 - 16-12 ADRZ Goes
09-06 - 12-06 Kunst & Crea Wolphaartsdijk
12-06 - 21-06 Kunstschouw, Renesse
30-08 - 3-08 Kunstfestival Oelejbroele Fort Ellewoutsdijk
23-05 Uitvaartbeurs, Nieuwe Kerk Middelburg
03-01-30-02 Vilt objecten Zeeuws Bibliotheek Middelburg

2010 – 2014 Dutch Gallery, (multi media) Bobcaygeon Canada