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My name is Barbara Pijnappel and I am born on the 6th of October 1959. I started making sculptures in 1987 and 1½ year later I started painting. For some years I followed painting lessons, given by the painter Don Nederhand and lessons in modelling with wax and clay given by the sculptor Joop te Riele in Apeldoorn.
During the same time I started to work part-time at a foundery to get experience with the working in bronze. I did that for 7 years. For also getting experience with sculpturing in stone I followed several sculpturing courses with the sculptors Peter Schuijren in Limburg (1994), in the Auvergne in France by Bleu et Vert in ’95 and ’97 with Gerard van Rooy from Den Bosch and Marianne Neve from Leiden. After that came sculptures in several kinds of stone, such as French limestone, alabaster, soap-stone, marble, dolomite, serpentine and springstone. In between I have drawn models for a year, together with a group of artists in my town. In the summer of ’96, still followed by a short course in aquarelling in Heelsum (Gld.) The last two years I followed sculpturing courses by marblespecialist Caroline Teesing and Guus Jooss in Utrecht, at Artibus in Utrecht and at Campo Altissimo in Azzano, Italy.


In ’99 and ’00 I worked 2 years together with an international sculpture group, at galleries and sculpture parks ‘Tem Veyne’ in Eerbeek (Gld.) and ‘Kunst in de Polder’ in Lisserbroek (NH).
In december 2001, I have, on the invitation of the Spanish foundation ‘Fundaçion Valparaiso’ worked for a month, in the studios of their artist residency in Mojacar, Andalucia.
In the course of time I created in bronze a series of nudes, torsos, dancers, some fairy-tale figures, animals, some magic-realistic sculptures and a series of religious figures (in assignment). In stone I followed a more abstract and free shaping.
In between, from ’98-2003 I did, some voluntary activities in Cultural Centre Gigant in Apeldoorn. Also I assisted in summer with the Cuba Festival for them. In 2002 I was member of the sponsorcommittee for the Artists Studios in Zutphen. An assignment in 2002 came from the Union of Master-Cooks from Belgium to bring two sculptures for their annual prize in the Cityhall of Brussels, for the two best culinary journalists in Belgium. In 2003 I got their assignment to make a new sculpture for their annual prize for the best Belgian Master-Cook.

From 1993 until now I’ve made around 100 exhibitions in Holland, Germany and Belgium in very good restaurants (such as Michelin and Alliance) in galleries, in companies, shops and institutions.

Inspiration to create a sculpture comes for me from various directions, by a photo or something I read in a paper or magazine, by a poem or a book, by something in nature of by a dream. Therefore the subjects can be very different. My aim is to make good sculptures in a broad range en keep on searching for improving myself and my sculptures. It’s an endless challenging road to create after all the ultimate sculpture. In my sculptures I want things as harmony, movement, tension, volume, game of space- and non space, composition. They’ve to come up, but stand firm in the same time. It’s fun to work with contrast in idea and material, for instance the drop that falls as water, but in the same time stands as a bronze sculpture. Or the light cloud, that I made in pink portugese marble.

Survey of exhibitions, assignments, etc (* = restaurant with Michelin stars):

2010
continuing   Workshops carving in soapstone + modelling
jan.            Alliance restaurant Niven, Rijswijk*
jan.            Workshop creative thinking for exhibition The nature of the beast, CODA museum, Apeldoorn
7 aug.        Beemte/Wenum-Wiesel studio + bikingroute
all year       portfolio in museum CODA, Apeldoorn

2009
jan./mrt.      restaurant Le Marron, Malden*
jan ./mrt.     restaurant De Vlindertuin, Zuidlaren*
april            workshop carving in soapstone, buurthuis Ons Honk-Wisselwerk, Apeldoorn
mei/aug.      restaurant Posthoorn, Monnickendam*
mei/aug.      restaurant Jagershuis, Ouderkerk a/d Amstel
mei/sept.     Sculpturegarden open + exhibiting artists Don Nederhand +
                   Ranko Skenderija, Wenum Wiesel

mei/dec.       Workshops carving in soapstone + modelling
aug./jan. '10 Alliance restaurant Niven, Rijswijk*
19 okt.         interview Radio Apeldoorn
14 nov          Workshop creative thinking for exhibition The nature of the beast in CODA
                   museum, Apeldoorn
all year        portfolio in museum CODA, Apeldoorn

2008
jan.              restaurant Avant Garde/Philips Stadion, Eindhoven*
jan./aug.       restaurant 't Nonnetje, Harderwijk*
mar./sept.    restaurant De Heeren van Harinxma Bilderberg Landgoed Lauswolt, Beetsterzwaag
mar/june      restaurant L' Atelier, Gulpen
from may     Training Creative Thinking
may/aug      Workshops working in soapstone, Wenum Wiesel
may/aug      Sculpturegarden open on appointment, Wenum Wiesel
j un/sept      Participation in Gardenbikeroute Triennale, Apeldoorn
2 aug.         Participation in Studioroute Beemte/Wenum
sept/dec.     restaurant Le Marron, Malden
all year        portfolio in Museum Coda, Apeldoorn

2007
jan./mar.        restaurant Brienen a/d Maas, Well*
apr. /aug.       restaurant Cheval Blanc, Heemstede*

may/sept.      Sculpturegarden open on appointment, Wenum Wiesel
may/aug.       restaurant De Kromme Watergang, Hoofdplaat, Zeeland*
jun/sept.        restaurant Wolfslaar, Breda*
jun/sept.        Workshops working on soapstone, Wenum Wiesel.
july                Assignment fam. Stapper, Apeldoorn
4 aug.           Participation on bike- and studioroute Beemte
aug./nov.       restaurant Kasteel Heemstede, Houten*
aug./dec.       restaurant Avant Garde/Philips Stadion, Eindhoven*    
sept./dec.      Paul Fagel Arsenaal restaurant, Naarden

2006
febr/apr         alliance restaurant De Roggebot, Ermelo*
jan./apr          hotel Grand Winston/restaurant Imko Binnerts, Rijswijk*
apr/sept.       Sculpturegarden open in weekends, Wenum Wiesel
may/sept.       Workshops working on soapstone, Wenum Wiesel
may/aug.        alliance restaurant De Karpendonkse Hoeve, Eindhoven*
may/aug.        restaurant De Gieser Wildeman, Noordeloos*
may/aug.        restaurant 't Veerhuis, Wolphaartsdijk*
may/aug.        restaurant L'Oasis de la Dique, Hoorn
5 aug.           Participation on studiotour Beemte
sept/dec.       restaurant Brienen a/d Maas, Well*

2005
jan./june.      alliance restaurant Het Koetshuis, Bennekom*
jan/mar.        restaurant Mill De Jonge Dikkert, Amstelveen
½ apr/½ oct. sculptureparkgarden Foundation Land en Beeld, Beelden aan de Lingedijk, Asperen
apr./sept.      restaurant ’t Nonnetje, Harderwijk*
apr./june       restaurant De Lindenhof, Nuenen*
may             participation at Artfair in Modelgardens, Foundation Hoogeland, Beekbergen
june/sept.     opening of my own sculpturegarden-gallery-studio, Wenum-Wiesel
july/dec.       restaurant In D’en Dillegaard, Nuth*
july/oct.        restaurant De Kromme Watergang, Hoofdplaat*
6 nov./dec.    gallery Walls, Amsterdam

2004
jan./mar.       restaurant De Leest, Vaassen*
jan./mar.       restaurant Avant Garde Van Groeninge in PSV stadion, Eindhoven*
½jan./½apr.  restaurant Mangerie De Kersentuin/Bilderberg hotel, Amsterdam
jan./mar.       restaurant Het Lisser Spijshuis, Lisse
jan/apr          restaurant Manor Wolfslaar, Breda
apr./june       restaurant De Keuken van Waarde, Wassenaar
apr/june        restaurant De Boterbloem, Heerlen*
½apr./sept.   restaurant Castle Heemstede, Houten*
may/july       restaurant Concordia, Remscheid, Germany*
july/sept.      alliance restaurant Wollerich, St. Oedenrode*
july/sept.      Arsenaal restaurant, Naarden-Vesting
aug./oct.       restaurant La Bécasse, Aachen, Germany*
oct/jan.         alliance restaurant De Hoefslag, Bosch en Duin*
oct./dec.       restaurant Mario Uva, Neck*
oct./dec.       restaurant Mill De Jonge Dikkert, Amstelveen
nov.              international gallery Marziart, Hamburg, Germany
nov./dec.      cityhall Maas & Waal, Beneden-Leeuwen

2003
jan./jun.       restaurant De Leest, Vaassen*
jan./mar.      restaurant D’Hoogh, Mechelen, Belgium*
jan./mar.      restaurant Koriander, Drachten*
apr./aug.      restaurant Vossius, Amsterdam*
apr./juni       restaurant Zin, Oud-Loosdrecht
apr./july       restaurant Barbizon, Jezus-Eik/Brussel, Belgium*
jun./dec.      restaurant Marc Smeets in Golden Tulip Hotel Corona, Den Haag
jul./sept.      alliance restaurant Nolet/Het Reymerswale, Yerseke*
jul.              assisting with Cuba Festival for Cultural Centre Gigant, Apeldoorn
jul.              assignment from Union of Master Cooks of Belgium to make a sculpture for the                    best Belgian Cook (annual prize)
jul./oct.        alliance restaurant Hermitage/Het Wapen van Rijsoord, Rijsoord*
oct./dec.      restaurant Biggo in Castle from Rhoon, Rhoon
oct./dec.      alliance restaurant Imko’s, IJmuiden*
oct./dec.      restaurant Avant-Garde Van Groeninge in PSV-Stadion, Eindhoven*

2002
jan./mar.      alliance restaurant De Karpendonkse Hoeve, Eindhoven*
jan./mar.      alliance restaurant Oud Sluis, Sluis**
mar.            purchase bronze foal, Hr. Frencken, Lieshout
apr./jun.       restaurant Picasso, Westouter, Belgium*
apr./sept.     restaurant Van Groeninge, Hilvarenbeek/Eindhoven*
may            assignment of the Union of Master Cooks of Belgium tob ring 2 sculptures for the                    2 best culinairy journalists of Belgium (annual prize)
may/oct.      gallery and sculpturepark Artihove, Bergschenhoek (groupexhib.)
jun.             assistence Cuba Festival for Cultural Centre Gigant, Apeldoorn
jun./jul.        restaurant Koriander, Drachten*
jul./sept.      alliance restaurant Imko’s, IJmuiden*
oct./dec.      restaurant Avant Garde van Groeninge, in PSV stadion, Eindhoven*
oct./dec.      alliance restaurant De Roggebot, Kampen*
oct./dec.      restaurant Aloyse Kloos, Brussel-Hoeilaart, Belgium*


2001
jan./febr.      hotel/restaurant Residence, Essen-Kettwig, Germany**
jan./febr.      restaurant Onder de Boompjes, Overloon (Br.)*
febr./apr.      alliance restaurant Wollerich, St. Oedenrode*
febr.            purchase bronze foal, Hr. Adriaanssens, Merselo
apr./juni       Ron Blaauw restaurant, Ouderkerk a/d Amstel
apr./may      alliance restaurant De Kromme Dissel, Heelsum*
may/jun.      restaurant De Stenen Tafel, Borculo*
jun./jul.        alliance restaurant Hermitage, Rijsoord*
jul./sept.      Maison Vandamme, Zeebrugge, Belgium*
aug./sept.    alliance restaurant Het Koetshuis Schuttersveld, Enschede*
sept./mar.    restaurant De Stenen Tafel, Borculo*
sept./dec.    restaurant ’t Ganzenest, Rijswijk*
oct./nov.      restaurant ’t Laurierblad, Berlare, Belgium*
december    working and stay in Spain, on invitation of Fundaçion Valparaiso, Mojacar,                   Andalucia.

2000
jan./mar        restaurant De Snip, Waasmunster, Belgium*
febr./apr.       alliance restaurant Wollerich, St. Oedenrode*
apr./may       alliance restaurant De Kromme Dissel, Heelsum*
may./jun.      restaurant De Lindenhof, Giethoorn*
jul.               purchase bronze foal, private stud-farm Paul, Barendrecht
july/aug.       court of justice, Zutphen. Purchase by Foundation Blikopener.
aug./sept.     alliance restaurant Het Koetshuis Schuttersveld, Enschede*
sept./oct.      restaurant Orangerie in Castle Augustusburg, Brühl, Germany*
sept./oct.      restaurant La Table, Dortmund, Germany*
nov./dec.       restaurant De Vergulde Wagen, Heemskerk*
nov./dec.       gallery and Sculpturegarden ‘Kunst in de Polder, Lisserbroek (groupexhib.)

1999
jan./mar.       alliance restaurant Rsb. Lai Sin, Driebergen*
apr./may       alliance restaurant De Librije, Zwolle**
may/sept.     gallery and sculpturegarden De Watervogel, Nederhemert
jul./aug.        alliance restaurant Nolet/Het Reymerswale, Yerseke*
sept./nov.      alliance restaurant hotel Castle Wittem, Wittem
october         gallery and sculpturegardenTem Veyne (WAF), groupexhibition, Eerbeek
dec./jan.       alliance restaurant De Eiken, Oostmalle, België*

1998
febr./mar.      2-pages article with photographs in national magazine Alliance
mar./apr.       alliance restaurant De Bokkepruik, Hardenberg*
apr./ july       gallery De Loolaan, Apeldoorn
april              purchase sculptures by Municipality of Apeldoorn
may              alliance restaurant Manoir Inter Scaldes, Kruiningen**
jul./sept.       alliance restaurant Oud Sluis, Sluis**
oct./dec.       alliance restaurant De Hoefslag, Helmond

1997
march           gallery Westzijde, Utrecht (groupexhib.)
may/sept.     gallery and sculpture park Groeneveld groupexhibition on Bird Island, Deventer.                     Purchase sculpture by Foundation Bird Island.
jun./aug.       alliance restaurant Der Bloasbalg, Wahlwiller*
jul./sept.       gallery TNO, Delft
sept./oct.      alliance restaurant Puccini/Hotel De Arendshoeve, Bergambacht
nov./dec.       alliance restaurant De Karpendonkse Hoeve, Eindhoven*
dec./febr.       alliance restaurant Het Koetshuis Schuttersveld, Enschede*
2 Exhibitions in institutions in Apeldoorn.

1996
jan.                assignment sculpture fam. Vink, Vaassen
jan./dec.         5 assignments for religious sculptures, mr. Wijs, Zutphen
jan./mar.        alliance restaurant De Librije, Zwolle**
apr./aug.        alliance restaurant/hotel Castle Wittem, Wittem
july                assignment gallery and sculpture park Groeneveld, Almelo
sept.              gallery Bart Rietman, Deventer
sept./oct.        alliance restaurant Hostellerie Van Gaalen, Heeze*
oct./nov.         gallery GAK, Apeldoorn
dec./jun.97     gallery and sculpture park Groeneveld, Almelo
december       gallery En Suite, Apeldoorn
6 Exhibitions in companies, institutions and restaurant in Apeldoorn.

1995
march            assignment Talens-coloured cards, Apeldoorn
march/apr.      gallery Anousjka, Kockengen
apr./aug.        alliance restaurant Puccini/hotel De Arendshoeve, Bergambacht
sept./nov.       alliance restaurant De Hoefslag, Helmond
dec.               gallery TNO, Apeldoorn (groupexhib.)
2 exhibitions in a company + a restaurant in Apeldoorn.

1994.
jan./febr.         alliance restaurant De Wilgenplas, Maarssen*
febr.               assignment for Talens coloured cards, Apeldoorn
march/june     exhibitions in 2 restaurants and a cultural/congrescentre in South Germany
august
          assignment for sculpture, fam. Schoenmaker, Apeldoorn
nov./febr.        alliance restaurant hotel Castle Carelshaven, Delden

1993
5 Exhibitions in restaurants, company and an institution in Apeldoorn.

1992
nov.               assignment for sculpture with socle for St. Elisabeth caringhome, Zutphen.

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