Bea de Visser

donated by the artist

Some recent solo exhibitions
Kunstruimte Kampen, 2000, 'I am not'
Maastunnel Rotterdam, 1998, 'Tunnelvision'
Cinematheek Haags Filmhuis, The Hague 1998, 'I-love-you'

Some recent group exhibitions
Musée Jeu de Paume, Paris 2009, 'Rencontres Internationales'
Biennale di Venezia, Venice 2007, 'Pleinmuseum'
MUHKA, Antwerp 2006, 'Welcome back, Mister Paik'
Centraal Museum, Utrecht 2004, 'Vis Vitalis'
Woodstreet Galleries, Pittsburgh 2002, 'Moving Images (Portraits)'

Selected publications
Catrien Schreuder, Noud Heerkens, Pixels & Plaatsen, Rotterdam: NAi 2010
Jo Coenen, Margo Slomp, Art for government property 2000-2003, Rotterdam: Episode 2004
René Coelho (ed.), The Second: Time Based Art From the Netherlands, Amsterdam: Montevideo/TBA 1997

Selected public and corporate collections
Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst Montevideo/tba, Amsterdam, NL • Peter Stuyvesant collectie, NL • CBK Dordrecht, NL • Deutsches Tanz Archive, Cologne, DE • Videothèque de Canada, Montreal, CA • Eye Film Institute, Amsterdam, NL

Earlier in her oeuvre, Bea de Visser made soundworks, paintings and photographs in addition to video installations and short films. The portrait is a reappearing sign in her work, through which she embodies personal perceptions and/or physical experience. De Visser explored painting, electroacoustic music, live performances and dance before she began, in around 1995, to combine all of these different disciplines in film and video installations. The work that she has developed since then has been displayed not only in museums and exhibition spaces but also, and above all, in the cinema, the theatre and on the street. Her audiovisual work is extraordinarily tactile, and is strongly focused on body language as the expression of a state of mind; in her work, even small muscular movements or subtle facial expressions become significant, communicative gestures. De Visser has made short 35mm films that have been screened at film festivals in both the Netherlands and in other countries, winning various prizes. In past years she has collaborated with, among others, the choreographer Krisztina de Châtel (Waterlanders, 2001) and with the dancer and choreographer Jean-Guillaume Weis (Nijinski, 2005 and Catastrophes, 2006).

Bea de Visser was resident artist at the Rijksakademie in 1993-1994.

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