ISABELLE SMEETS

Born in Cuijk and St Agatha The Netherlands 1960

Graduated at The Academy for Art and Industry A K I Enschede The Netherlands

Studied with ReneCoelho, Marlene Dumas and Sandro Chia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009	A WATCH-TOWER OF NOTHINGNESS A research project for Het Raam.
2007	ALBERTINA STAIRCASE Design Work over 9 walls in Albertina Museum Staircase,Vienna, Austria.
2007	ARTESLES 2007 www.artesles.com Esles / Cantabria, Spain.
2006	DJERASSI RESIDENT ARTIST PROGRAM www.djerassi.org Presentation, California, USA.
2006	ARTESLES 2006 www.artesles.com Esles / Cantabria, Spain. 25.000 visitors came this year to see ARTESLES 2006 in the little village of Esles.
2003	THE WINDOW WALK Final event of Het Raam: 20 artists made a site specific artwork for 20 different widows in the centre of Tegelen,TheNetherlands.My windows have a total lenght of 76 m.and height of 0.60 m.
2000-2001	THE ARCHITECTURAL PUBLIC SPACE PRICE, OAP 2000 Travelling exhibition in The Netherlands and Belgium. Our square in Gennep was honourably mentioned in the jury report.
2001	INGEKOMEN STUKKEN / 333 Exhibition about art in public space in Stroom, The Hague, The Nether-lands.
2001	ARTE DE HONDARRIBIA 2000 Hondarribia / Baskcountry, Spain.
1998	PRESENTATION OF THE V TALLER DE PINTURA Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain.
1998	ARTE DE MOJACAR 1996 Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
1998	LOS TALLERES DE ARTE ACTUAL 1996/97 Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
1996	MASKS, MIRRORS OF CULTURE Gallery House of Asia,MANIFESTA 1, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
1996	TOUR DE PAYS-BAS Travelling exhibition with the bicycle as the main subject, organized by the artists: Toyoko Shimada and Marc Haverkort.
1991	PROGETTO CIVITELLA D’AGLIANO Subject Tempi / Zeiten / Times, with i.a. Bart Domburg, J.C.J. van der Heyden and Paul Groot in Civitella d’Agliano, Italy.
1990	PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN II Gallery Marijke Raaijmakers, Grubbenvorst, The Netherlands.
1990	TEFAF The European Fine art Fair, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008	DEL SOL ST ART GALLERY Insatllation LO QUE ES REAL Santander, Spain.
2002	HET RAAM Tegelen, The Netherlands.
1999	W.G. EXPOZAAL Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1996	OCé-NEDERLAND BV Venlo, The Netherlands.
1994	6 NEW WORKS Studio presentation of 6 monumental artworks, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACE
2007	MOSAIC TOMB MONUMENT Situated on the cemetery of Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
2007	Commissioned with the design of an artwork for nine walls in a staircase in the Albertina Museum in Vienna www.albertina.at
2006	MOSAIC TOMB MONUMENT The mosaics are of the next of kin and are situated on the cemetery De Daalseweg, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
20010	MOSAIC WALL Designed and realized by Frans Smeets and Isabelle Smeets in a renowned private garden www.lucenz-bender.de in Bedburg-Hau, Germany.
2005	FLOOR IN SCHOOL WITH MOSAIC Designed and realized by Isabelle Smeets. The mosaics are made in co-operation with the people of the school, Bathmen, The Netherlands.
2005	DESIGN FOR COMMUNUAL SQUARE AND SCHOOLYARD WITH MOSAIC (2600m2) The surroun-ded buildings are designed by Alberts and Van Huut Architects www.albertsenvanhuut.nl, Bathmen, The Netherlands.
2001-2003	MOSAIC FLOOR (70 m2) Designed and realized by Frans Smeets and Isabelle Smeets. The floor is situated in a building designed by the famous Dutch architect Ton Alberts, from Alberts and Van Huut Architects. The mosaics were made in co-operation with local volunteers and youngster from The Netherlands and all of this is situated in The Peace Parc www.peaceflame.nl/ in Tuzla, Bosnïe.
2001-2003	PUBLIC SCHOOLYARD (1600 m2)This project consisted of the design of the pavement , placing the square, a windmill and wall text The wind blows and only he knows where it goes as well as mosaics made in co-operation with the local people who use the square, located in Krimpen
1999-2000	SQUARE WITH MOSAIC (600 m2) Designed and realized by Frans Smeets and Isabelle Smeets. The mosaics are made in co-operation with 280 volunteers from Gennep, The Netherlands.
ART RELATED ACTIVITIES
2004-now	ARTCOLLECTION Restored and made accessible works from the estate from the artists Jan and Thea Gregoor who were part of the Cuykse Groep in the 1950/60ths in The Netherlands.
1996	EXPERIMENT 4 month experimentation on the newest copy machine of Océ in Venlo, The Netherlands.
1992-1993	VIDEO PROJECTS Advised and realized various video projects for artists :
	Foundation STILL Sitting room project organized by the artists Q.S. Serafijn, Maria Roosen, Francy Finken, A.E. Kliest and Marry Overtoom.
	Q.S. Serafijn Project with the angora rabbit, bought by the museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
	Jeanne van Heeswijk Sitting room,food and discussion project with Chris Dercon, previous director of the museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam, J.C.J. van der Heyden, visual artist, and others.
AWARDS, GRANTS AND ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCIES
2007	In recognition of her 2006 artist residency at Djerassi, Isabelle Smeets has been awarded :The Dale Djerassi Fellowship.
2006	DJERASSI Resident Artists Program www.djerassi.org, 12 Sept.- 12 Oct., California, USA.
2004	FUNDACION VALPARAISO One month artist in residence, Mojácar / Andalucia, Spain.I was awarded the 1e PRICE of MAY 2004.
2000	CURSOS DE ARTE HONDARRIBIA 2000 One and a half months artist in residence, exhibition and catalog, Hondarribia / Bask Country, Spain.
1998	V TALLER DE PINTURA Given by MANOLO QUEJIDO, Spanish painter, at the Marcelino Botín Foundation, Santander, Spain.
1998	WORKSHOP DARIO VILLALBA Organised by the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain. Dario Villalba is a spanish artist whose work is included in The Guggenheim Museum in New York.
1997	WORKSHOP PEDRO CANO Organised by the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
1996	CURSOS DE ARTE MOJACAR 1996 One and a half months artist in residence and exhibition in Mojácar / Andalucia, Spain. The jury who selected the 10 artists were i.a Lucio Munoz, Alfonco Albacette, Xanti Eraso en Juan-Manuel Bonnet (previous director of the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid).
	THE INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ACADEMY FOR FINE ART, Salzbourg, Austria:
1990	WORKSHOP SANDRA CHIA Italian painter who lives and works in New York.
1987	WORKSHOP JOHANNES GRÜZKE This painter from Berlin gave the SCHULE DES SEHENS , the School of Seeing, created by Oscar Kokoshka, Austrian painter, as well as this International Summer Academie for Fine Art.
1981	WORKSHOP WITH GRANT FROM THE AUSTRIAN STATE With Prof. Schneider-Siemssen:STAGE DESIGN. Prof. Schneider-Siemssen worked regularly with Herbert von Karajan as his stage designer and he was permanently commited to the Vienna State Opera.
1980	WORKSHOP STAGE DESIGN Given by Prof. Schneider-Siemssen. Carl Orff came to visit us and judged the stage designs we made on his music.
ARTWORKS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS selection
2000	Art Collection of Hondarribia Hondarribia / Baskcountry, Spain.
1996	Museum of Mojácar Mojácar / Andalucia, Spain.
1996	Océ Collection Venlo, The Netherlands.
1990	Gallery Marijke Raaijmakers Grubbenvorst, The Netherland.
	Private collections Bought in The Netherlands 2004, The Netherlands 2000, The Netherlands 1999,Belgium 1999, Spain 1998, Spain 1996, The Netherlands 1991 and The Netherlands 1990.
REVIEWS, CATALOGS AND PUBLICATIONS
2008	Publication in El Diario Mont Anes of the Insatllation LO QUE ES REAL in Del Sol St Art Gallery Santander, Spain
2008	Publication in ABC of the Insatllation LO QUE ES REAL in Del Sol St Art Gallery Santander, Spain
2004	THE WINDOW WALK Publication in De Buun, a cultural-historical yearbook for the city Venlo, Blerick and Tegelen, The Netherlands.
2004	THE ARCHITECTURAL PUBLIC SPACE PRICE, OAP 2004 Publication of the jury report with i.a. the schoolyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands.
2003	MOSAIC FLOOR Booklet about The Peace Flame House with the mosaic floor in Tuzla, Bosnïe.
2003	THE WINDOW WALK Review in the daily newspaper De Limburger about The Window Walk.
2002	SCHOOLYARD Article in the daily newspaper Rotterdams Dagblad about my art work in the schoolyard in Krimpen aan den Ijssel, The Netherlands.
2001	MOSAIC FLOOR Article in the daily newspaper Jutarnje about the mosaic floor in The Peace Flame House in Tuzla,Bosnïe.
2000	CURSOS DE ARTE HONDARRIBIA 2000 Catalogue.
2000	THE ARCHITECTURAL PUBLIC SPACE PRICE, OAP 2000 Publication of the jury report with i.a. the square with mosaic in Gennep, The Netherlands.
2000	SQUARE WITH MOSAIC Booklet about The Ellen Hoffmannplein in Gennep, The Netherlands.
1999	KLAUS URBONS Review written by Klaus Urbons i.a. about my work. He founded The Museum for Photocopy in Mülheim, Germany.
1996	MASKS, MIRRORS OF CULTURE Review in the daily newspaper Rotterdams Dagblad about the exhibition Masks, Mirrors of Culture.
1996	MASKS, MIRRORS OF CULTURE Catalogue.
1991	PROGETTO CIVITELLA D'AGLIANOCatalogue.
1981	CARL ORFFPersonal written letter of Carl Orff in which he praises my stage designs for his Carmina Burana, Catuli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite.