‘My paintings are abstract. They challenge you to touch them, at least with your eyes. Material is the vehicle for my thoughts. My inspiration lies in the violence of the elements, such as wind and water, as well as in the small things I encounter, or the thoughts that amaze me; making me realise that vulnerability gives life to things.’
‘My paintings are abstract. They challenge you to touch them, at least with your eyes. Material is the vehicle for my thoughts. My inspiration lies in the violence of the elements, such as wind and water, as well as in the small things I encounter, or the thoughts that amaze me; making me realise that vulnerability gives life to things.’
Beppe Kessler is a visual artist, contemporary jewellery maker and painter. She graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 1979, with a degree in textile art and industrial textile design. Whether working in wood, stone, paint, or linen, Kessler stretches her material to their limits, constantly breaking and re-making to create something new, while also inventing her own techniques. Her paintings are subtle but they possess a silent power. For Kessler, the carrier of the paint – the canvas – is equally as important as the paint itself. All her work, paintings, objects and jewellery, is inextricably linked and informs each other.
Beppe Kessler’s work is included in the collections of international museums such as the Schmuck Museum in Pforzheim, Germany; Röhsska Museet, Göteborg; Cooper-Hewitt, New York and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Nationally, her work has been collected by and presented in various renowned Dutch museums such as the Rijksmuseum and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; CODA Museum, Apeldoorn; the Textielmuseum, Tilburg and Museum Arnhem. Kessler has twice received the prestigious Herbert Hofmann Prize for her work in jewellery, in 1997 and 2009.
Beppe Kessler lives and works in Amsterdam.
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