Fien Brakkee   
 1999,  Rotterdam,  Netherlands 
The evidence of time passing in the ever changing light of the sky above us, the grand expansion of our physical and inner worlds, the lingering atmosphere between spaces and places, have ephemeral and ungraspable elements that have been fascinating me for years. 
Through drawing, printing, collage, poetry, performance. light- and sound installations I am always in search for the abstract within the familiar and the familiar within the abstract. Guided by ideas and concepts, I see my artistic practice as a way to carve out space for the sometimes unexplainable or untouchable bits of our human existence.
to contact me: 

fienbrakkee99@gmail.com
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CV

Education:

   2017 - 2022     Propedeuse and Bachelor Fine Art   -   HKU, Utrecht, Netherlands


Shows: 

2024     What is home?   -   the Social Hub with the Mesh Print Club, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2023     Rondom het Fort   -   Fort Maarsseveen, Maarssen, Netherlands
2023     Do We Care?   -   Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands
2022     Beholding   -   EXbunker, Utrecht, Netherlands  (solo show)
2022     Ecotone, Studio Total  -  Nijverheid, Utrecht, Netherlands  
2022     Exposure: HKU Graduation Show  -  Pastoe Fabriek, Utrecht, Netherlands
 2020     Carol Sante Fe  -  Centraal Station, Utrecht, Netherlands
 2020     The Other Place  -  Pictura, Dordrecht, Netherlands


Residencies:
2024     Aviário Studio   -   Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal
2023     Montemero Art Residency   -   San Juan de Los Terreros, Pulpí, Spain 
2023     LekArt Air   -   Werk aan het Spoel, Culemborg, Netherlands 
2022     Experimentele Projectweken   -   Pictura, Dordrecht, Netherlands


Awards: 
2022     The HKU Travis Geertruida Research Prize  ( won together with Siem de Boer )

Other:
2024     Participation LekArt Kunstmarkt
2023      Designed publication flyer for exhibition 'Rondom Het Fort'