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{{Short description|Dutch ceramist (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Wietske van Leeuwen
| image = Wietske van Leeuwen.jpg
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| caption = Wietske van Leeuwen in Paris,
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| birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands
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| awards = Nominee NPS Cultuurprijs 1996<ref name="NRC ST1996"/>
| website = {{URL|wietskevanleeuwen.nl}}
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'''Wietske van Leeuwen''' (born
== Biography ==
Born in Rotterdam to Sjoerd and Marianne van Leeuwen, Van Leeuwen grew up in [[Mijnsheerenland]]. Her father ran a timber trading company in [[Overschie]], and her uncle is the photographer [[Piet van Leeuwen]] (born 1942).<ref>[https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/48993 Piet van Leeuwen (1942-)] at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.</ref> She studied handicrafts and textile art at the teacher training college in Delft from 1984 to 1989, and ceramic design at the [[Gerrit Rietveld Academy]] in Amsterdam from 1989 to 1993 under [[Jan van der Vaart (ceramist)|Jan van der Vaart]], and [[Henk Trumpie]].<ref>[http://wietskevanleeuwen.nl/wietske_van_leeuwen/curr._vitae.html Curriculum Vitae] at wietskevanleeuwen.nl. Accessed 22.05.2015.</ref>
After graduation she settled in Amsterdam as an independent artist and started her own studio. In 1996, Van Leeuwen was nominated by [[Thimo te Duits]] for the NPS Cultuurprijs 1996, a
1996</ref><ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/marceldouwedekker/7081542847/ Fragments of NPS-cultuurprijs, 1996] at flickr.com (in Dutch). Accessed 22.04.2017.</ref><ref name="NRC ST1996">"Selectie Televisie," ''NRC Handelsblad,'' 2 September 1996. Online at [http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Nieuws/1996/09/02/Rtv/seltv.html retro.nrc.nl], 10.2019</ref>
Van Leeuwen received a number of grants from the Mondriaan Fonds, the Dutch fund for visual art and cultural heritage. Since 1997, she
== Work ==
Since her early work in the 1990s, Van Leeuwen has been fascinated by 17th century [[still life]]s and [[cabinet of curiosities]], which she translated into her work.<ref name="LD 1994"/><ref name="Trouw 1995"/> Her pots, vases, and [[wiktionary:Candle holder|candle holder]]s are constructed with shapes of [[seashell]]s, [[Nut (fruit)|nut]]s or [[lemon]]s consequently composes. Some of the pots held a kitchy image on the bottom.<ref name="JS 1995"/> Those earlier
=== Photo Gallery ===
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Van Leeuwen's work is included in the collection of the [[Gemeentemuseum Den Haag]],<ref>Marjan Boot. "Aanwinsten eigentijdse vormgeving," in: ''Haags Gemeente Museumkrant,'' 1993.</ref> the [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]] in Rotterdam,<ref>"In the rough : images of nature through the ages in the collection of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum; January 13 through April 1, 2001." Fundação de Serralves, 2001</ref> and the [[Princessehof Ceramics Museum]].<ref name="WL 2018"/>
=== Exhibitions, a selection ===
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* 1994. ''Wietske van Leeuwen and Heike Suhre,'' gallery Sio2 in [[Maastricht]].<ref name="LD 1994">"[http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010637962:mpeg21:p002 Exposities Tikkeltje exotisch]," ''Limburgsch dagblad,'' Heerlen, 1994/02/02.</ref>
* 1994-95. ''Marian Beek, Edzard Krol en Dirk Beintema: olieverf en Wietske van Leeuwen: keramiek'', Galerie de Vis, [[Harlingen, Netherlands|Harlingen]].<ref name="JS 1995">J.S. "[http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010623413:mpeg21:p013 Sprankelende schilders bij Galerie De Vis]". ''Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland,'' Leeuwarden, 1994/12/10.</ref>
* 1995. Gallery Inart, Prinsengracht 510, Amsterdam.<ref name="Trouw 1995">Cees Straus, "[http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010822037:mpeg21:p023 Kunst Louter glas en keramiek Moeder van het vaderlandse glas opent eigen galerie]," ''Trouw,'' Meppel, 1995/04/08.</ref>
* 1996. ''10 jaar galerie Terra,'' [[Gallery Terra Delft|Gallery Terra]], Delft.<ref>Kitty Kilian, "[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1996/05/23/10-jaar-galerie-terra-keramisch-gezicht-op-delft-7310973-a912879 10 jaar galerie Terra; Keramisch gezicht op Delft]." ''NRC Handelsblad,'' 23 May 1996.</ref>
* 1997. Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York City, USA<ref name="WL 2018">[https://wietskevanleeuwen.nl/curriculum-vitae/ Exhibitions] at ''wietskevanleeuwen.nl,'' last updated 2024. Accessed 10.10.2019.</ref>
* 2010. ''KLEIKUNST, STEENGOED! Keramiek uit Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,'' [[Kunsthal]], Rotterdam.<ref name="KH 2010"/>
* 2014. Biennale internationale de céramique d'art, in Vallauris, France.<ref name="WL 2018"/>
* 2015. [[KunstRAI]], Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam.<ref name="WL 2018"/>
* 2015. ''Clay! A Century of Ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie,'' [[Kunstmuseum Den Haag|Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag]], 2015.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150321211214/http://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/clay A century of ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie] at ''gemeentemuseum.nl'', 2015.</ref>
In the 2010 exhibit in the [[Kunsthal]], a selection of the modern ceramic art collection of [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]] was shown with works of multiple generations of Dutch ceramists. Works were shown from the beginning of the 20th century with [[Chris Lanooij]] (1881-1948) and [[Hein Andrée]] (1882-1961) and from more contemporary artists as [[Johan van Loon]] (1934), [[Jan van der Vaart (ceramist)|Jan van der Vaart]] (1931-2000), [[Barbara Nanning]] (1957), [[Geert Lap]], and [[Olaf Stevens]]. The works of [[Esther Stasse]] and Wietske van Leeuwen were their representation of the last generation.<ref name="KH 2010">"KLEIKUNST, STEENGOED! Keramiek uit Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen 24 april t/m 15 augustus 2010," webtext at ''kunsthal.nl,'' 2010.</ref>
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