Chiefs & Spirits
Prinsestraat 49
2513CB
The Hague
Netherlands
Phone: +31 6 47768 556
Mobile Ph: +31 6 477 68 556
Email : info@chiefsandspirits.nl
URL : www.chiefsandspirits.nl
Ebenezer Loye (Director)
About
Apart from regular shows organized in the gallery, Chiefs & Spirits participates in national and international art fairs.
About the Artist
Growing up in a creative family, Mathijs Siemens (Amsterdam, 1982) always had a thing with creating visual surrealistic worlds. In his teenage years he made many drawings, developing in style, from street-art to more figurative and surrealistic drawings in his twenties.
After the art academy he became more interested in architectonical perspectives and the function of color, depth, and layers in art. In that period Mathijs Siemens began to work with different materials, such as resin,
wood and foam board, and started adding 3-dimensional elements to his artworks. His style had already transformed to a more surrealistic style, so eventually the next logical thing for him was to free himself from all realistic boundaries in art and make the step towards abstract art.
"The space between 2 and 3-dimensional is an exciting element to work with. It can trick the human mind and vision and compositions come to life for the eye of the beholder".
The idea behind the collection is to explore new found techniques using thread as main material. My aim is to create an abstract world, in each peace, which can influence the human perception in a unique way. The artworks are a playful combination between different elements. Lines and color come to life when put in different perspectives. Layers of thread on top of each other, combined with color and depth, form a hypnotising and unique play for the eye.
It’s not only about what you see on the surface. It's more about what it does to the senses.
Toyin Loye
Toyin Loye studied Fine Art at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Nigeria, Senegal, Argentina, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Germany, Spain, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands. Toyin was commissioned by FIFA along with Andreas Gursky, Luo Brothers, Markus Lupetz and others to create the official Art Poster for the Germany 2006 World Cup. He lives and works in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Exhibitions
OLIVER CZARNETTA
1966
Born in Birkesdorf, Düren, Germany
1992
Apprentinceship certification exam as stone sculptor, since then work as a freelancer
1993 - 2004
Studied history of art / philosophy, promotion
2007 - 2009
Artistic employee of the Insitut für Kunstwissenschaft at the university in Koblenz, Germany
since 2012
Lives and works in Aachen, Germany, and Leipzig, Germany
After an education as a stonemason Oliver Czarnetta (b.1966 in Dueren/Germany) studied history of art and philosophy. The work of about a hundred sculptures, created in the seven years from 2001-2008, consists mainly of human heads shown from the outside. Ultimatly the perspective was not enough for Czarnetta, so since 2006 starting with his series SPEKTRUM he has been trying to look inside the heads as if they were inhabited houses.
81-90 apprentice, practitioner, master in stained glass manufacture
91-96 art academy Saarbruecken, Germany
sinds 97 living and working in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Exhibiting Artists
Other Represented Artists