Juul van den Heuvel

JUUL VAN DEN HEUVEL: The Legacy / De nalatenschapExhibition 23.2 - 30.3 2019

What to do when your studio is overrun with mountains of boxes of your parents seemingly worthless memorabilia? THE LEGACY / De nalatanschap, an exhibition of recent work from JUUL VAN DEN HEUVEL, is her newest project, dealing with inheritance and loss by creating new art pieces using objects bound up with her parents’ history and her memories of them. From her mother: stacks of paintings, drawings, sketches she had made at the Rijksakademie, boxes with dresses she'd sewn, pots and pans and shoes. After her father’s death she reconstructed the dolls house he had made after she and her sisters had left home. As she worked, more and more boxes arrived, talismans of the past that provided material for the LEGACY. Like a detective looking for clues she combed through letters and news clippings, photos and recipes. Each item evokes a reaction as she collects and cuts out her mother’s aquarelles, unraveling and restoring textiles, or adding paint to her collages from the past. She collects reviews of her father’s theatre performances and mounts, on a miniature stage, her handmade paper figures of him in all of his Shakespearean roles, letting him “play on”. In describing her method and meaning Juul states: "I draw and tear and cut up; photograph, restore and pull apart. I write and, in between, I mourn. As I take a saw to my grandmother's portrait I shiver, but I may, from my sisters and my parents. We are united in creating these new works. The exhibition and the book are an ode to my parents and a gift to my sisters.” The Suzanne Biederberg Gallery is delighted to present Juul van den Heuvel's 4th solo exhibition with us. Time and family are recurring themes in her work. Charcoal drawings of hair in all shapes evolved into large format hair landscapes and finally into black holes on canvas and paper. Later, research on shape/void, black and white led her to rediscover color as the LEGACY project offered new inspiration for her recent paintings, sculptures, drawings and installations. The exhibition is accompanied by a richly illustrated, limited edition art book, The Legacy / De nalatenschap, available at the opening. For more information, images or press enquiries, please contact the gallery. *** Curriculum vitae Juul van den Heuvel Education 1979 - 1985 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam Solo Exhibitions 1988 * Galerie D’Eendt, Amsterdam (with Peter Keizer) 1989 * Amro Bank, Amsterdam 1990 * Galerie Daane, Amsterdam 1990 * Seasons Galleries, Den Haag 1991 * Galeria Ferran Cano, Palma de Mallorca 1991 * Galerie Brinkman, Amsterdam 1994 * De Verdieping, Amsterdam 1994 * Voorstraat 69, Noordwijk-Binnen 1996 * Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam 1996 * Bank Labouchere, Amsterdam 1999 * “Herinnering”, Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam (with Hans van der Pas) 2001 * Pulchri Studio, (with Andre van den Heuvel) Den Haag 2002 * “Een kijkje in de keuken”, De Branderij, Antwerpen (with Jurriaan van Hall) 2004 * Pulchri Studio, Den Haag 2006 * Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, “Let your hair hang down, Amsterdam 2011 * A Gallery - Amsterdam 2011 * Het Oude Raadhuis - Aalsmeer Group Exhibitions 1986 * Stipendium exhibition, Den Haag 1987 * Twaalf jonge kunstenaars, S.B.K., Amsterdam 1987 * Jong talent, Galerie D’Eendt, Amsterdam 1988 * Art 19, Basel (Galerie D’Eendt) 1989 * Galerie Daane, Amsterdam 1990 * Kunst RAI, Amsterdam (Galerie Daane) 1991 * Art 22’91 Basel (Galerie Daane) 1991 * De Boer, Warmerhuizen 1991 * De Boer, Amsterdam 1993 * Statengalerie, Den Haag 1996 * Expozee, N.H. Kapel, Noordwijk aan Zee 1998 * Kunst RAI, Amsterdam (Suzanne Biederberg Gallery} 1999 * De keuze van de kunstkritiek, Nieuwspoort, Den Haag 1999 * Foyers feminins France, Parijs (curator Suzanne Biederberg) 1999 * Barbie 1950-1999, De Bijenkorf, Amsterdam 2000 * Safra, Arte Contemporanea da Holanda, Evora, Portugal (curator Suzanne Biederberg) 2000 * Arte Holandesa Contemporanea, Centro Cultural de Cascais, Portugal (curator Suzanne Biederberg) 2001 * Kunst RAI, Amsterdam (Suzanne Biederberg Gallery) 2003 * Paradise Regained, de Oranjekerk, Amsterdam 2005 * Groen Licht, bouwput Noord/zuidlijn, Amsterdam 2006 * Melbourne Artfair, Suzanne Biederberg Gallery 2006 * De Compagnie, Dordrecht (with Jurriaan van Hall) 2007 * Klank en Kleurfestival, Amsterdam 2008 * Pulchri Studio, with Francoise Stoop, Den Haag 2009 * Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, “Draw together”, with Liesbeth Pallesen 2009 * Landgoed Klein Offem, Noordwijk (with Maja en Jurriaan van Hall) 2009 * Het Oude Raadhuis, Aalsmeer, Group exhibition (van Hall/ van den Heuvel) 2009 * Buro Weesperzijde, Amsterdam (with Jurriaan van Hall) 2011 * Pulchri Studio, Den Haag 2012 * Reuten Gallerie, Amsterdam 2013 * WG kunst, Amsterdam 2014 * Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam 2014 * WG kunst, Amsterdam 2014 * Het Kruithuis, Den Bosch 2015 * AMC, Brummelkamp Gallerie 2015 * Pulchri Studio, Den Haag Teaching positions Gerrit Rietveld Academie (vanaf 1989) Artemis (vanaf 2002) Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry - Tokyo 2011 Feed Europe Project 2014 Vicenza - Venice Biennale Ateliers 89 Aruba, 2014 Commissions Various illustrations and book covers Drawing and animation Murals Bibliographie 1990 * Kunstbeeld. Saskia Monshouer: “Meespelen with Juul van den Heuvel” 1990 * Haagse Courant. Cees van der Geer: “Van den Heuvel volgt haar hart” 1990 * Het Binnenhof. Hans Oerlemans: “Het levensspel opgetekend door Juul van den Heuvel” 1991 * NRC Handelsblad. Rene Steenbergen: “Van den Heuvel bij Brinkman” 1991 * El Peri—dico de Palma. Arte: “Los juegos de Juul van den Heuvel” 1994 * Alert. Hennie van der Louw: “Juul in “t diepe” 1999 * Kunstbeeld. Saskia Monshouwer: “Atelier signalen” 1999 * De Telegraaf. Paola van Velde : “Schilderes uitverkoren door kunstkritiek” 1999 * De keus van de kunstkritiek. Uitgave Internationaal Pers Centrum. Ed Wingen: “Schilderen with een toverstaf ” 2000 * Arte Contemporanea da Holanda, Safra Harvest, Evora Portugal. Curator Suzanne Biederberg 2001 *”Juul” (monografie). Uitgave Stichting HallArt Foundation, Noordwijk (ISBN 90 80 6282 1 2)