Contact Frances Alleblas
Education
- Currently living and working in Singapore
- 1994-1998 Willem de Kooning Art Academy, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- 1997-1998 Institut Teknologi Bandung,Java, Indonesia
- 2004 Pacific Art, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, USA
Nature of the work
- Images of desire
- My artwork consists of charcoal, pencil, pastel drawings and (mono-) prints of different sizes. The drawings have a figurative atmosphere and show a world in which often-unexpected relations between different elements confront the viewer with unclear feelings and certain confusion. The protagonists, whether human or animal, are enigmatic, elusive and seem absorbed in their own world. The drawings cannot be reduced to one literal meaning. No matter how well the different elements in each drawing can be described, the drawing as a whole cannot be captured in this way. Although the work has a definite clarity, the viewer remains uncertain and does not seem to get a clear answer. This is mainly because of the often-unexpected combinations of used images in one piece of work. In a subtle way, the rational order of things is destabilized. Different cultures bring different aesthetics. By using these differences together in one piece of work, and thus putting them in a different context, I create a feeling of estrangement. The drawings try to document the memory of a continuous longing.
exhibition Wessex Open House
exhibitions
- 2009 Wessex Open Studio, in collaboration with the Singapore Art Show 2009
- 2009 Amazing Rare Treasures, The Hague
- 2009 Give Art, Singapore
- 2009 An Arts Affair @ Wessex, Wessex Estate, Singapore
- 2008 Pameran Poskad, HOUSE @ Dempsey road, Singapore
- 2008 Wederzijds-kunst in context, Het Kruithuis, Den Bosch
- 2008 Smudge Gallery, Rotterdam
- 2008 Wessex Open House, Singapore
- 2008 Opening Village Square & mural project “Moontide” by JTC Singapore
- 2007 Wessex Open House; ‘Creative 24’ in collaboration with the National Museum Singapore
- 2006 Wessex Open House, Singapore
- 2006 De Wereld van Witte de Wit, galerie Koopkunst, Rotterdam
- 2006 “Week of the sea”, Torpedoloods, Hook of Holland
- 2006 Amazing Rare Treasures, Singapore
- 2006 ‘Wessex Open House’, Singapore
- 2005 “Week of the sea”, Torpedoloods, Hook of Holland
- 2004 Solo exhibition, Clarart, Rotterdam
- 2004 “As it Is”, Utterly Art, Singapore
- 2003 “Travel-Travail”, TENT, Rotterdam
- 2003 “Sand”,Hook of Holland
- 2003 “Myanmar”, the Art Loft, Singapore
- 2002 ‘Week of the Sea’, Torpedoloods, Hook of Holland
- 2001 Membership Kunstgebouw, Art & Culture, Rijswijk
- 2001 Solo Exhibition, Torpedoloods, Hook of Holland
- 2001 ‘Artist & his Atelier’, Arti et Industriae, the Hague
- 2001 ‘Small 2’, Pranoto’s Art Gallery, Ubud, Bali
- 2001 Solo Exhibition, !WOW! World of Wonders, Ubud, Bali
- 2000 Solo Exhibition, Cinerama Art House, Rotterdam
- 2000 ‘Small’, Pranoto’s Art Gallery, Ubud, Bali
- 2000 ‘Duo Exhibition’, Krobok Art, Kerobokan, Bali
- 2000 ‘Girls,Girls,Girls’, Sika Contemporary Art Gallery, Ubud, Bali
- 2000 ‘New Acquisitions’ Centre of Modern Art, Rotterdam
- 2000 ‘Individual & Space’, Arti et Industriae, the Hague
- 2000 ‘100 women and their art’, Galerie Cieremans & Cie, Rotterdam
- 1999 ‘Master-Student’, Centre for Modern Art, Rotterdam
- 1999 ‘115 years Arti’, Arti et Industriae, the Hague
- 1999 ‘Personal File’, Art & Culture Festival 2000 Beats, Rotterdam
- 1999 ‘De Salon’, De Kunsthal, Rotterdam
- 1999 ‘Young artists from R’dam’, Public Library, the Hague
- 1999 ‘Department 5’, Meier van Eysinga, the Hague
- 1999 ‘New Members’, Arti et Industriae, the Hague
- 1999 ‘Wearable’, travelling exhibition Indonesia
- 1998 Membership Arti et Industriae, the Hague
- 1997 Institut Teknologi Bandung, Java