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フェムケ・ヒエムストラ / Femke Hiemstra

https://www.femtasia.nl/

Biography

Born 1974 in Zaandam, Netherlands

1994   School of Graphic Arts / Amsterdam

1997   Art Academy / Utrecht

Exhibitions

2020
LA Art Show with Copro Gallery, group exhibition / LA, USA
shared solo exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
solo exhibition at Jaski Gallery / Amsterdam, NL

2019
Blab!, group exhibition at Copro Gallery / Santa Monica, CA, USA
Extremophiles, solo exhibition at Megumi Ogita Gallery / Tokyo, JPN

2018
Blab!, group exhibition at Copro Gallery / Santa Monica, CA, USA
Fernweh, shared solo exhibition at Outré Gallery / Melbourne, AUS
Vestiges to Voyages, WOW x WOW online group exhibition

2017
Lightning Bolts & Little Sparks, WOW x WOW online group exhibition
Sonntag Spaßtag, solo exhibition at Jaski Gallery / Amsterdam, NL

2016
The Sand Castle Battle & Other Tales, shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Oblige Me, shared solo exhibition at Outré Gallery / Melbourne, AUS
Don’t Wake Daddy, group exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE

2015
20 Years Under the Influence of Juxtapoz, group exhibition at the LAMAG / LA, CA, USA
Atomica Gallery group exhibition at Affordable Art Fair /  London, UK
Uchronia, group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle / WA, USA
Blab!, group exhibition at Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Charismatic Megafauna group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Don’t Wake Daddy’ group exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE

2014
Littletopia, group exhibition Roq la Rue Gallery at the LA Art Show / LA, CA, USA
Infusion, group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Warten am Waldrand, shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Don’t Wake Daddy, group exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE

2013
The Timid Cabbage 2, mini exhibition and The Timid Cabbage book release at Roq la Rue Gallery’ / Seattle, WA, USA
Don’t wake Daddy #8, group exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
lecture at the Grafill, Visueltdagene / Oslo, NO
Fiebertraum, shared solo exhibition at Merry Karnowsky Gallery / LA, CA, USA

2012
lecture at the Pictoplasma Festival / Berlin, DE
Death & the Maiden, group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, USA
Let the Devil Wear Black, shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA

2011
Suggestivism, exhibition at GCAC, Santa Ana / CA, USA
Hi Fructose group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Prints & the Revolution group exhibition / Amsterdam, NL
Een week, group collaboration/exhibition at Go Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
Zürich Garage Sale, exhibition at Walcheturm Art Space, Zürich, CH
Verhalen in Verf, poster exhibition at K2G / Amstelveen, NL
Big Thousands of Golden Flowers, shared solo exhibition at the MK Gallery / LA, CA, USA
The Timid Cabbage, shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Lush Life, group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA

2010
Neo Fabulists, shared solo exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
BLAB!, group exhibition at Copro Gallery / Santa Monica, CA, USA
The Bone Shaped Bone, shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA

2009
Beasts! #2, group exhibition at Giant Robot Gallery / San Francisco, CA, USA
The Herring’s Hairdo, shared solo exhibition at Copro Nason / Santa
Monica, CA, USA

Prints & The Revolution group exhibition / Amsterdam, NL
Lush Life, group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Scribble 08, group exhibition, Wonderhaus / San Diego, CA, USA
BLAB Apocalypse show, group exhibition at Copro Nason / Santa Monica, CA, USA
Don’t Wake Daddy #4, group exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
Bonjour, Dachshund!, shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA

2008
A cabinet of natural curiosities, group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Garage Sale, #4 group exhibition at Chiellerie Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
10 years Roq la Rue, group exhibition at the Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Four Faces of Foofaraw, shared solo exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
Group exhibition at Copro Nason Gallery / Santa Monica, CA, USA

2007
Shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Garage Sale #3, group exhibition at the Chiellerie Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
Shared exhibition at MF Gallery / NYC, NY, USA
Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam with Koch Bos Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
La Fenêtre Secrète, solo exhibition at Koch Bos Gallery / Amsterdam, NL

2006
Girls, Girls, Girls, group exhibition at MF Gallery / NY, NYC
Garage Sale, #2 group exhibition at Chiellerie Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
Halloween, group exhibition at MF Gallery / NY, NYC

2005
Art Trek, #2, group exhibition at Mekanik / Antwerpen, BE

2004
Garage Sale, #1, group exhibition at Chiellerie Gallery / Amsterdam, NL

Publications

The Timid Cabbage, with artwork by Femke Hiemstra. Sympathetic Press / Olympia, WA, USA, 2013. ISBN 978-0-578-12457-5.

Rock Candy, the artwork of Femke Hiemstra. Fantagraphics Books / Seattle, WA, USA, 2009. ISBN 978-1-60699-149-7.

Other publications

The Graphic Art of the Underground, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8578-5818-4
BLAB!, 2011, ISBN 978-0-86719-850-8
Suggestivism, 2011. ISBN 978-1-58423-447-0
La Cruda #5, 2011. ISBN 2013-1178-2
Los Colores del Underground, 2009. ISBN 978-84-92769-27-8
The Upset, Young Contemporary Art, 2008. ISBN 978-3-89955-221-8
Beasts! #2, 2008, ISBN 978-1-56097-949-4

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