An artistic research on the archive of the self, relationships, intimacy and memories
Currently living and working in Amsterdam
HOME(SWEET)HOME: Actually not that sweet, duo w Vita Buivid, 2024, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Opening pictures below; credits Laura Fortuin
Special thanks to:
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, het Cultuurfonds, Mondriaan Fonds
Unseen: Singular Art Gallery, booth 26, 2024, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam
Videostill with Cornets box, 2022-2024, print on forex, Cornets box, 27 x 21.3 x 17.7 cm
For Unseen article in Dutch by Flor Linckens: click here
New work made for Unseen: Photo of Paul sleeping, Friday 24 June, 6:54 PM, 2020, Jan Lievensstraat (De Liefjes), Amsterdam and Photo of Victim 32, died during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, casted in plaster on 16th March 1957, photo taken on 6 May, 9:14 AM, 2024, outside Porta Nocera, Pompeï, 2024, giclée print on Hahnemühle paper, 40 x 50 cm
More info/ catalogue: click here
Art Rotterdam: Prospects 2024, Van Nellefabriek Rotterdam
Credits: Beeldsmits
Homeward Bound, 2023
Sally’s Fault, Amsterdam w Singular Art Gallery
A duo show with Niko Lee Gail Démoed, Credits: JW Kaldenbach
Groupshow, 2023
Springboard Art Fair, Werkspoorkathedraal Utrecht
Curated by Nina Folkersma, showing together with Diana Gheorghiu, Zuza Banasińska, Ischa Kempka and Tia Yoon
Groupshow, 2022
De Cacaofabriek, Helmond
Screening De Eetkamertafel (The Dining Table)
Thanks to Zuiver, Manus Groenen, Biek van Bree en Julienne Tullemans
Credits: Suzan van der Loo, Paul Bogaers
Family Works, 2022, solo show
De Fabriek Eindhoven
The green wallpainting shows an enlarged version of the fairtytale that Eleye wrote herself at the age of seven the very same month her parents divorced. Find the English translation on white paper in the slideshow. notes for the translation //
Suzan van der Loo, Eleye’s ouder, hielp mee aan het maken van de muurschildering waarop een sprookje is uitvergroot dat Eleye schreef als 7-jarige in dezelfde maand als de scheiding van haar ouders.
Grandpa Pieter playing the clarinet and grandma Nellie the flute// Opa Pieter
op klarinet en oma Nellie op blokfluit
op klarinet en oma Nellie op blokfluit
The works in the exhibition investigate family, the loss of childhood and changing family relationships. Visitors were able to meet family members in real life in the exhibition. They normally only show up as subjects in the works.
--> Curator Fabienne Chiang wrote the exhibition text:
Click here for English version //
--> Curator Fabienne Chiang schreef de tentoonstellingstekst:
Klik hier voor de Nederlandse Vertaling
Thanks to Paultje, Dieke Venema, Koen Dijkman (De Fabriek), Fabienne Chiang (writer/ curator), Suzan van der Loo, Twan Goevaerts, Pieter en Nellie van der Loo, Rietje Koppens, Harrie Boerenkamps, Loriën Boerenkamps, Vera Meulendijks, Jo en Riek Boerenkamps (family), Ferdinand Kokou Makouvia, Mart van Bree, Paul Bogaers (friends)
Past: 5 - 12 August 2022
Supported by the Mondrian Fund, Cultuur Eindhoven and Kunstloc //
Deze tentoonstelling is mede mogelijk gemaakt door het Mondriaan Fonds, Cultuur Eindhoven en Kunstloc.
Credits: Peter Cox, Paul Bogaers and Niek Tijsse Klasen
2022, Ass-Works, solo
BRUTUS Rotterdam
The exhibition was accompanied by a text written and recorded by philosopher Simon(e) van Saarloos
What if the foamboard was stone
Text design: Dongyoung Lee
People in the pictures: Dieke Venema and Dewi Baggerman
What if the foamboard was stone
Text design: Dongyoung Lee
People in the pictures: Dieke Venema and Dewi Baggerman
The Ass-Works debuted at BRUTUS, Rotterdam.
Click here for info on the Brutus website
Past: 16 June - 17 July 2022
Credits: Beeldsmits, Suzan van der Loo
We no longer live at number 8, 2021, solo, Daily Practice Rotterdam
In this exhibition works were shown relating to the house and family Eleye grew up in. // In deze tentoonstelling worden werken getoond die gaan over het huis en de gezinsleden waarmee Eleye opgroeide.
Find exhibition text here, written by Suzanne Weenink, translated by Moosje M. Goosen
Many thanks to Suzanne Weenink
Click here for info on the Daily Practice website
Credits: Beeldsmits
Offspring 2020/Zigzag, 2020
De Ateliers Amsterdam
curated by Fabian Schöneich
This exhibition concluded two years of working at post-academic institute De Ateliers in Amsterdam. Various works show the different media, materials and people that take part in Eleye’s practice. For example the nightstand piece, a collected object from the family home, a short experimental film portraits her relationship with her mother in a conflict about the family table. The swearwords often used by her father and a monumental picture of the father’s torso with relationship tattoo, he and her mother still wear after their divorce, stands in the middle of the space.
Deze tentoonstelling rondde de tweejarige werkperiode af waarin Eleye werkte bij de post-academische instelling De Ateliers in Amsterdam. In deze tentoonstelling zijn werken gekozen die de verschillende materialen, technieken en personen laten zien die een rol spelen in Eleye’s werk. Een voorbeeld is het nachtkastje waar haar broertje naast is geboren en De Eetkamertafel (2020), waarin de relatie tussen haarzelf en haar moeder zichtbaar wordt in een conflict over de familietafel. Verder toonde ze de scheldwoorden van haar vader en een monumentale foto met zijn torso met een relatie tattoo van haar gescheiden ouders, staat in het midden van de ruimte.
︎ de-ateliers.nl (post-academic institute Amsterdam)
︎ Fabian Schöneich (curator)
Credits: G.J. van Rooij
2025
De Kelder/ The Basement show continued @ Stokker Jaeger
Lomanstraat 112, Amsterdam-Zuid
UP NEXT:
Research project Aan zee in Middelburg en Zoutelande
Mei-juni 2025
Past
> BUY OR BURN: Relics of the Future
Hosted by ODISSI and Brutus during Rotterdam Art Week 2025
Location: Brutus Garden, Keileweg 18
> Home (Sweet) Home, duo show with Vita Buivid, Arti et Amicitae
Rokin 112, Amsterdam
30 August - 29 September
Tuesday - Sunday, 12.00 - 18.00
Opening 30 August 19.00
> Unseen Photography Fair, Westergas, Amsterdam
Represented by Singular Art Gallery
Together with Niko Lee Gail Démoed & Esmée Bruins
19 - 22 September
www.unseenamsterdam.com
Supermarket Art Fair 2024, Stockholm
25 - 28 april, Represented by De Fabriek, Eindhoven
Prospects 2024, Art Rotterdam
1 - 4 february, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam
TEXTS: click on the text below
2024 Prospects Art Rotterdam, about Standards of Living, text: Esther Darley, translation: Marie Louise Schoondergang EN
2024 Prospects Art Rotterdam, over Standards of Living, tekst: Esther Darley, NL
2022 Ass-Works, BRUTUS Rotterdam What if the foamboard was stone,
text by Simon(e) van Saarloos, design: Dongyoung Lee
2022 Family Works, De Fabriek Eindhoven Text by Fabienne Chiang (EN)
translated version by Sam Fisser (NL)/ Vertaalde versie door Sam Fisser
2022 Press: Eindhovens Dagblad article ‘Eleye Boerenkamps hangt vuile was buiten in De Fabriek’
2021 We no longer live at number 8, Daily Practice Rotterdam
+ Documentation solo We no longer live at number 8 at Daily Practice, Rotterdam written by Suzanne Weenink, English translation by Moosje M Goosen, images by Beeldsmits and Suzanne Weenink
2020 Interview Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee radio With my mother and me about The Dining Table film, by Vita Soul Wilmering *Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee radio, a conversation with my mother and me about The Dining Table hosted by Vita Soul Wilmering and PHILTH HAUS. See: 54.32 – 1:09:50 (EN)
2018 - 2020 Offspring, De Ateliers Amsterdam *Catalogue text by Fabian Schöneich (EN) for Offspring 2020/ Zigzag catalogue De Ateliers
2017 Finding the Object in Me, Gastatelier LEO XIII Tilburg *Publication for solo exhibition Finding the Object in Me 2017 (EN) 6 months residency @ Gastatelier LEO XIII, Tilburg text by: Suzanne Weenink, 2017 (EN)
Links
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Standards of living: instead of holding you I’m holding this, 2023
183 x 21. 6 x 18 cm
wood, cable ties, print on forex, screw
- This image plus text comes from a moment when I was missing my partner only five minutes after leaving the house.
Standards of living: white wood with cut-out, 2023
wood, photo, magnet
157.8 x 24.5 x 9 cm
- This image shows the marks from the bedsheets on my skin
Standards of living: Paul middlefinger, 2023
print on forex, wood, aluminium, tube clip
164.3 x 21.5 x 11 cm
Standards of living: Dad taught me (…), 2021,
122.3 x 9.3 x 5.3 cm
various pieces of wood, pen on forex and white thumbtack
- The little note on the wooden sculpture says: Dad taught me how to hurry.
