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Frederik Takkenberg: Artist Statement

Painting answers in the face of an icon, especially the Madonna, lays me bare to fall short of my goal. The tiniest variation in line can influence the final effect the portrait of this archetype can have on the viewer. Roman, Islamic and Christian tradition in Spain, have shaped the message the Virgin Mary projects in all spheres of life. It is a manifestation of the feminine, the mother goddess, mother earth, mother sky, vessel of truth, guarantor of purity, peace and transparency. Sister, daughter, one face and all faces.

A challenging and timeless subject.

Fredderik Takkenberg: C.V.

19 September 1963 Bogota, Colombia - Nationality Dutch

Education: BA (Hons) Saint Martins School of Art, London 1985 (today, Central-Saint Martins School of Art)

2011
-Design of the retrospective exhibition and catalogue of the of the Spanish Renaissance artist Juan Correa de Vivar for the Museo de Santa Cruz in Toledo and the Prado, Madrid

- Artistic director of Click-on World and http://www.click-onmusic.com

- Editor of Tesoros Artisticos de Toledo Vol. I&II Published by The Arts Company and the Editorial Entinema, Madrid

2007-11
-Director of "Magnificent Strangers" for the label Magik Sound Productions

2005
- Exhibition Entre el Cielo y la Tierra "Between Heaven and Earth" in the Museum of the convent of Santa Isabel de los Reyes, Toledo, Spain

2004
- Establishes the “Gastronomic Tavern” - Restaurante "El Botero" Toledo, Spain

2003
- January; Exhibition Galeria Angeles Baños, Badajoz, Spain

2002
- Exhibition "Hijos del Viento" Palacio de Peñaflor, Écija, Spain

2001 - Group show of ceramic pieces "3T" Toledo, Museo Ruiz de Luna, Talavera, Spain and Macmaster University, Toronto, Canada

- Group Show "Bienal del Tajo" XIII Semana de la Juventud, Centro Cultural San Marcos, Toledo, Spain

- Group Show "La figura de Cristo en el arte actual" The Figure of Christ in Art Today, Galería El Cantil, Santander, Spain

2000
- Award and acquisition of the work by the Junta de Comunidades in the II Certamen de Pintura de Castilla La Mancha, Toledo, Spain

1999
- Group Show, Galeria El Cantil, Santander, Spain

- Ilidio Pinho Foundation Comission for the painting of the ceiling of the reception hall of the foundation headquarters in Oporto, Portugal

 - Colaboration in the 1999 collection for David Hicks & Cristian Badin, Paris.

1998
- January - August - Colaboration with Jacques Grange, Paris. Important comission of a suite of 6 tables for the interiors of Al-Rahwad Palace, Bahrain

- August - December- Design and execution of 8 important pieces of furniture for Schooneeten Castle in the Netherlands.

1997
- July- group exhibition "Temporadas" Posada de la Hermandad, Toledo, Spain

- April- Exhibition of the "Swan Suite" Paintings, sculpture and furniture, Gallerie Patrick Fourtin, Paris

- Hermés; Design of vitrine props, Paris, Monte-Carlo and Lyon.

1996 - Collaborates with Pierre Passebon, Gallerie du Passage, Paris

- Founds the workshop studio La Main d'Argent in Paris.

1995
- Group show "Salon des Bataves" Institute of the Netherlands, Paris.

- Collaboration with Christophe Decarpentrie, Brussels

1994 - Exhibition "Chefs d'oeuvres de la Royale et autres Marines" Masterpieces of the Royal and other navies, Maritime Museum, Trocadero, Paris

- Group exhibition: "Salon Victor Choquet" Ministry of Economy and Finance, Paris

1993
- Exhibition: "Les Maquettes" series of still lives, Maritime Museum, Trocadero, Paris

1992 -1989
- Cord Meyer Development Company, Charles Meyer Architect AIA, New York

1989
- Group exhibition of Collage, with Jean Arp, Kurt Schwitters, Man Ray, Arman and Thomas Freund.