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a quick sweep thru Fenderesky Exhibition Belfast Jan-Feb 2013
Sonja Landweer (born 1933) is a Dutch artist and ceramist, who lives and works in Ireland, known for her bronze castings, unique patinations and subtle forms.
Contents
- a quick sweep thru Fenderesky Exhibition Belfast Jan Feb 2013
- Life and work
- Work in public collections
- References
Life and work
Born in Amsterdam, Landweer studied Fine Art Painting at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in the early 1950s, and started her own art studio in 1954.
In 1962 Landweer took part of an exhibition of six young ceramists from Amsterdam in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, together with Hans de Jong, Jan de Rooden, Johan van Loon, Jan van der Vaart and Johnny Rolf, which signified the rebirth of artisan ceramics in the Netherlands. In 1965 she moved to Ireland, where she was artist in residence at the Kilkenny Design Workshops and teacher. There she came into contact with Lance Clark of C. & J. Clark, and inspired him to develop his Desert Trek shoe design. In 1981 she jointed Aosdána and kept drawing, painting, print-making, making jewellery and pottery.
Landweer has awarded the Verzetsprijs in Holland in 1964; the prix artistique at the Biennale Internationale de Ceramique d’Art, Vallauris, France in 1974 and the 1992 honorary award from NCAD.
Work in public collections
The work of Landweer is held in several public collections worldwide, a selection: