Martijn Hesseling was born in Ede, Holland in 1971.
From 1991 to 1997 hes studied at tha Acadamy of Art in Enschede and graduated at the Dutch Art Institute. His work goes back to the tradition of painting.
More precisely it has a similar visual result by using a different medium: varnish treated newspaper or book sheets which he applies on transparent plexiglass plates. Thanks to the treatment with varnish, the paper sheets become translucent and generate, when laied one on another, the impression of dept even on a bidimensional surface, just as several superposed layers of paint do.
The result of this creative process are collages – actually almost reliefs – in which images are constructed by mean of the overlapping and the juxtaposition of thousands of newspaper scraps.
Exhibitions
2023
Art Rotterdam, art fair, Rotterdam, NL
Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen, DK
PAN, art fair, Amsterdam, NL
2022
PAN, art fair, Amsterdam, NL
2021
Volta, art fair, Basel, CH
PAN, art fair, Amsterdam, NL
2020
Paper Works, Group show, Rademakers Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2019
Negative Space, Martijn Hesseling and Yoo Hyun, Blank Space Gallery, New York, US
CODA Paper Art, CODA museum, Apeldoorn, NL
2018
PAN Amsterdam, Jaski Art Gallery, NL
NYT & Tabloids, Solo Expo, Jaski Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2017
PAN Amsterdam, Jaski Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
#30 Tabloids, Solo Expo, Absolute Art Gallery, Knokke, BE
2016
Art Miami, Jaski Art Gallery, US
PAN Amsterdam, Jaski Art Gallery, NL
YIA Art Fair, Absolute Art Gallery, Paris, FR
KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Jaski Art Gallery, NL
2015
PAN Amsterdam, NL
KunstRai Amsterdam, NL
2014
Galerie Jaski, Amsterdam, NL
PAN Amsterdam, NL
Art Up, Grand Palais, Lille, FR
2013
PAN Amsterdam, NL
Scope Basel 2013, Basel, CH
Off Art Fair, Tour & Taxis, Brussel, BE
Lille Art Fair, Lille, FR
RAW Art Fair, Rotterdam, NL
2012
Art Gent, BE
2011
Lineart Art Fair, Gent, BE
Absolute Art Gallery, Knokke, BE
Art Paris, Grand Palais, Foire d’art internationale au Grand Palais
2010
Lineart International Art Fair, Flanders Expo, Gent, BE
2009
Any kind of cruelty, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
2008
Art Forum Berlin, DE
Nada, Miami, USA
2007
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2006
Fiac, Paris
Nada, Miami, USA
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
Today, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
Things we have seen in Holland, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Kunstrai / Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
Shredder, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
2004
Made in Holland, Künstlerhaus Metternich, Koblenz, DE
2003
Gallery Van Dedem en Tielkemeijer, Olst, NL
Art Cologne, Köln, DE
1999
Uitgelicht, De Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, NL
1998
Gezond vlees, Exposorium VU, Amsterdam, NL
1997
De Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, NL
1996
Gallery De Villa, Enschede, NL
1996
Selection final exams 1996, het Hooghuis, Arnhem, NL
Het neusje van de zalm, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
