THE DODO REVIVES AS A TIME TRAVELER

THE DODO REVIVES AS A TIME TRAVELER

Upcoming solo exhibition in Gallery Untitled, Rotterdam The extinct Dodo is revived in the work of the Hague artist Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk. His new exhibition, ‘The Time Traveler’, opens in September 2022 in Gallery Untitled in Rotterdam. It turns out that the legendary bird did not become extinct in the 17th century, but has […]

Jingdezhen 2018

Jingdezhen 2018

From December 8 until December 29, 2018 I was in China. Most of the time in the porcelain capital Jingdezhen, and only a few days in Shanghai. In Jingdezhen I painted two large scale blue and white vases in a small and cold but rather awesome factory pretty far from Downtown Jingdezhen. Fantastic time and […]

The kiln Gods have decided

The kiln Gods have decided

She opened the kiln and it was good. Two new ceramic sculptures. I was expecting the Majolica in a somewhat blue-gray color. I previously did a test on a different glaze and temperature. (And did not have time for new tests). But on this specific glaze (and higher temperature) it was still just brilliant blue, […]

Pepijn at work

The talented filmmaker Jaco Kruidenier of MaasMedia Rotterdam recently made a short film about Pepijn’s work. The film has a wonderful atmosphere, and is filmed entirely on location at Struktuur86 in The Hague where Pepijn regularly works on his ceramic sculptures. Thanks you Jaco! Now the film is still in Dutch, hopefully there will soon […]

An incredible honour: working with Jan Snoeck (5 March 1927 – 31 March 2018)

An incredible honour: working with Jan Snoeck (5 March 1927 – 31 March 2018)

Jan Cornelis Snoeck (5 March 1927 – 31 March 2018) was a Dutch sculptor and ceramist Such an incredible honour that I have been asked to paint a large sculpture by Dutch sculptor Jan Snoeck. Flowers in blue and white. When I was chatting with Jan a few years ago at Struktuur 68 studio in […]

Heavy machinery

Heavy machinery

Heavy machinery at Zuliani, the art and terrazzo makers who are renovating the sculpture ‘Ode aan Marten Toonder’ (Ode to Marten Toonder). Pepijn made this sculpture with his art collective De Artoonisten (Hans van Bentem, Luuk Bode and DJ Chantelle aka Boris van Berkum and himself) in 2002. Because of rigorous adjustments to the square, […]

And the winner is…..

And the winner is…..

On 25th of October the awards ceremony for the Piket Kunstprijzen took place at Theater Diligentia in The Hague. Before this event Pepijn spent busy months sculpting, glazing and making wooden boxes for the ceramic awards. On the photo below you see the winner in the category painting, Lennart Lahuis. More information about the Piket […]