About

Tineke van Veen is a Dutch artist based in The Hague, whose work bridges the relation of post human landscape and humans, the environmental and cultural perspective. Her research and fieldwork on remote locations as radioactive sites is translated in film, photography, installations and objects. In addition to her artistic practice, she undertakes various curatorial activities, provides lectures at different academies and is founder of the Gueststudios in DCR, The Hague and co-founder of WondersonWork.

In her art-practice she visualises the concept of safety, safety related to vulnerable situations in a personal and in a broader intercultural context. It reveals the importance of understanding safety in a way that takes into account both vulnerability and resilience. 

'Vulnerability. For Tineke van Veen this is a keyword. Her work is always balanced on the boundary between harm and preservation, safety or disaster, aggression or consolation.' Els Fiers

Her latest work concerns the disturbed relationship between humans and the environment. The film- and photo-projects 'Aware' (Fukushima, Japan, 2014) and 'Unsettling Dust' (Fort de Vaujours, France, 2016-2021) wishes to focus on the intimate and the sense of alienation of the nuclear contaminated landscape. The projects wish to explore the lived, bodily experience of radiation and question what it means to live with the threat of invisible contagion today. By providing reflections on place and subjectivity, it point to larger phenomena that underlie visible landscapes as well as stimulate discussion on how to acknowledge and responsibly address the consequences of the nuclear age.

Upcoming:

In Transition, Jamlitz, DE, 2023, a photo-installation during Kunstausstellung Bestand und Fiction in the village of Jamlitz from 05/08/2023 - 03/09/2023.

Exposed Landscapes, Enschede, NL, 2023, a photo exhibition at gallery Concordia, Langestraat 56, 7511 HC Enschede | Postbus 437, 7500 AK Enschede, www.concordia.nl from 26/09/2023 - 09/11/2023. An exhibition during the 'Fotomanifestatie ’23 Enschede'. For more information click here www.fotomanifestatie-enschede.nl

Exhibitions and Filmfestivals

• 2023 | Exposed Landscapes, Fotomanifestatie '23 Enschede, Concordia, Enschede, NL
• 2023 | In Transition, Jamlitz, DE
• 2023 | Exposed Landscapes, Solo-exhibition, Tunnel19, Berlin, DE
• 2022 | International The Hague Film Festival, The Hague, NL
• 2022 | Wasteland Filmfestival, California, US
• 2022 | This is Short, official selection, ESFN AT, NL, DE, PL
• 2022 | Uranium Filmfestival, official selection, Rio de Janeiro, BR
• 2022 | Rotterdam Photo Festival, Rotterdam, NL
• 2022 | Stichting Ruimtevaart, The Hague, NL
• 2022 | Positions, Time Based, Kunstcentrum Stroom, The Hague, NL
• 2021 | Rotterdam Photo Festival, Rotterdam, NL (postponed)
• 2021 | 10th Uranium Film Festival, official selection, Rio de Janeiro, BR
• 2020 | research and filming Nuclear site Vaujours, FR
• 2017 | Asia Film Festival, Leiden, NL
• 2016 | Nutshuis, The Hague, NL
• 2016 | Film-festival, Berlin, DE
• 2015 | Japan Museum Sieboldhuis, Leiden, NL
• 2014 | Fukushima Biennale, Aizu, JP
• 2014 | Poezie in glas, Tubbergen, NL
• 2014 | Art Meeting, Tabito, JP
• 2013 | Convento, Mujeres XX, Cusco, Peru
• 2012 | ART(F)AIR, Hannover, DE
• 2012 | SummerNest, DCR, The Hague, NL
• 2012 | Unzen Museum, Shimabara, JP
• 2012 | Aso Museum, Aso, J
• 2011 | ART IG, K.I.K., Hannover, DE
• 2011 | Summernest, Nest, The Hague, NL
• 2011 | Glas…natuurlijk, matuurlijk…glas, Kasteel Cannenburg, Vaassen, Holland
• 2010 | Summernest, Nest, The Hague, NL
• 2010 | focus – reflect#1, Noorden, NL
• 2010 | protect – reflect#2, Slot Loevestein, Poederoijen, NL
• 2010 | protect - reflect#1, Kruitmagazijnen, Gorinchem, NL
• 2009 | Kamergeheim#5, The Hague, NL
• 2009 | Demedici Beeldende Kunst, Nunspeet, NL
• 2009 | Glas, Designhuis, Eindhoven, NL
• 2009 | Un salon de DCR, Winternest, The Hague, NL
• 2008 | Tubbergen, NL
• 2008 | Ground 3, DCR, The Hague, NL
• 2007 | Art Fair Dubai, Madinat Jumeirah Hotel Dubai Art Acquire, Dubai, UAE
• 2006 | Department of Justice, The Hague, NL
• 2006 | Partituur, Christus Triumfatorkerk, The Hague, NL
• 2006 | Museum Jan v d Togt, Amstelveen, NL
• 2006 | IN BETWEEN, St Hilaire, FR
• 2006 | Vaishwik Art Envirenment, Pune, IN
• 2005 | Fort Vuren, Symposion Gorinchem, NL
• 2005 | Demedici Beeldende Kunst, Nunspeet, NL
• 2004 | European art-project "Point Zero", Lavalette, FR
• 2004 | Hartman&Hartman, Gorkum, NL
• 2004 | Laat van Leeuwen, Artcentre Baztille, Zoetermeer, NL
• 2003 | BOUNDLESS, St. Petersburg, RU
• 2003 | Dans le Noir, Brassac les Mines, FR
• 2002 | Bergkerk, Deventer, NL
• 2002 | Çlef de voûte, Lamothe, FR
• 2002 | Beelden in de herfst, Delfgauw, NL
• 2002 | Hartman & Hartman Gallery, Gorinchem, NL
• 2002 | Kunstuitleen, Voorburg, NL
• 2001 | Transhumance, Lavalette, FR
• 2000 | Amsteltuin, Amstelveen, NL
• 1999 | Slot Sypesteyn, Nieuw Loosdrecht Amstelveen, NL
• 1998 | Tongerlo Huys, Roosendaal, NL
• 1998 | De jaarringen in beeld, Kasteel Groeneveld, Baarn, NL
• 1998 | Landgoed Schovenhorst, Putten, NL
• 1997 | Eutopia Mailart from the west, Gouvernement Maastricht, NL
• 1997 | Arti, The Hague, NL
• 1996 | De Zaaijer, Amsterdam, NL
• 1996 | In buurmans tuin, Geldrop, NL
• 1995 | Muzeum Komenskeho Prerov, CZ

Grants and Awards

• 2022 | Runner Up Award, Intenational The Hague Film Festival, The Hague, NL
• 2022 | Runner Up Award, Wasteland Filmfestival, California, US
• 2016, 2020 | Stroom Pro Grant
• 2021, 2020, 2015 | Stroom Spot Grant
• 2017, 2016 | Stichting Niemeijer Fonds
• 2016 | Special Recognition for the film ‘aware/哀れ’, Uranium Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin

Curatorial activities

• 2023 | Changing Perspective, Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer, NL
• 2006 | In Between, Foundation Lavalette, St Hilaire, FR
• 2004 | Point Zero, Foundation Lavalette, Lavalette, FR
• 2003 | Dans le Noir, Foundation Lavalette, Brassac des Mines, FR
• 2002 | Cléf de Voute, Foundation Lavalette, Lamothe, FR
• 2001 | Transhumance, Foundation Lavalette, Lavalette, FR
• 1998 | Slot Sijpesteyn, Nieuw Loosdrecht, NL
• 1991 | ‘Hedendaagse visies op dood’, Foundation Collage, Kortenhoef, NL
• 1990 | ‘Beelden rond Groeneveld’, Baarn, NL

Lecturer

• 2022 | Lecture TU Delft Studium Generale: Nuclear Energy: No time to waste? Delft, NL
• 2002–present | Art Academy Avans Hogeschool s'Hertogenbosch and Breda, NL
• 2002–2022 | University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, NL

Guest lecturer

• 2013 | Academy of Fine Arts, Cusco, PE
• 2009 | JJ School of Arts, Mumbai, IN

Other activities

• 2009–2012 | Founder Gueststudio’s DCR for artists in residence, The Hague, NL www.gueststudio.com
• 2014–present | Founder WondersOnWork: artistic breaks for international companies as AMLIN Insurrances, Heineken NL
• 2006–2009 | committee-member Art-Council Stroom, The Hague, NL
• 2011–2018 | committee-member Art-Council, The Hague, NL