
Aris de Bakker’s work consists mainly of ephemeral projects and sculptures. The ephemeral projects are about the transience of life. Experience and forget, build and disappear. Depicting the process of change or disappearance is an important part of the artwork.
Since 2014 Aris cooperates with Karola Pezarro under the name AKUNZO on site specific art-nature projects. www.akunzo.com
Atelier : Westeinde 58, 2512 HE Den Haag
E-mail : aris@arisdebakker.nl
Education :
Goldsmithing, Schoonhoven, 1973 Sculpture, Vrije Academie, Den Haag, 1984.
Projects and exhibtions :
2022 De Waterdraagster - Akunzo - Woest & Bijster - Veluwe, Nederland PRECIOUS - Akunzo - Aselart - Mazcuerras, Spain In Transit - Akunzo - Etangs d'Art, La Gacilly, Bretagne, France Diverse beelden - Sculptour - Beukenhof Galeries - België 2021 Reservoir - Akunzo - Art & Gavarres, Girona, Spain En Route - Akunzo - Lez'Arts en Adret, Hautecour, France Der Schutzpatron - Akunzo - Twingi Landart, Binntal, Zwitserland. In Transit - Akunzo - Etangs d'Art, Bretagne, France. Challenge for Balance, sculpture for Voorhout Monumentaal, The Hague, Netherlands
2020
2018 Take a moment – AKUNZO -Horizons – Arts-Nature en Sancy, France.
2017 Installatie Zouttuin, Kunsthal 45, Den Helder Intersection, AKUNZO, Art Trails of the great Outdoors, Gesves, Belgium. Intersezione Ponte de Lima, AKUNZO, garden of the four elements, for Festival Internacional de Jardins, Ponte de Lima, Portugal.
2016 Intersezione della Vita, AKUNZO, Snijpunt, Ameland Creature of the woods looking where to go, AKUNZO, L’Art est dans les Bois , Pleslin-Trigavou, France Installatie Wasvormen, Kunsthal 45, Den Helder
2015 Ou se trouve le petit Chaperon Rouge?- AKUNZO -Des Artistes en Campagne, Savins, France Ode to the draft horse – AKUNZO – La Fete de Mai 2015 | Sentiers d’art dans la nature, Belgium Ice-project – Kunsthal 45, Den Helder
2014 AT HOME – AKUNZO – Open Sites | Art Terre 2014, Ploegsteert, Belgium Haags Talent- Villa Maarheeze, Wassenaar Sculptour- Galerie Beukenhof, Kluisbergen, België
2013 Prospers, birdhouses, Interart, Heeswijk-Dinther Bee, sculpture, The Hague
2012 Language and Signs, Saltdrawings, Oldeberkoop – Salt drawing, Ginnum, Friesland
2011 Lust for the eye, installation wax forms, Schiedam Concert with Ice forms, The Hague
2010 Installation of wax forms, Heden, Dennenweg, The Hague Tower of plastics, community art project on schools in Venlo
2009 So Salt, saltdrawings and saltgarden, Gasunie, Groningen Dirt makes Art, community art project on schools in Assen
2008 Small Animal Festival, installation with wax forms, Julianapark, Schiedam
2007 Party of Light, several installations of wax forms, Leyweg, The Hague East, west, Home best, 13 sculptures on a roudabout, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
2006 FantasyHouse, Installation wax forms, Vestia, Hoogvliet, Rotterdam Three Ice-forms, ice and fire, Slokdarmfestival, Veghel
2005 Allerzielen Allicht, installations for 4 graves, cemetry De Nieuwe Ooster, Amsterdam Tower of tables, installation Polderlicht, Amsterdam
2004 Three gothic Forms, ice and light-project, Atrium, The Hague Pelgrimage, installation of wax forms, 10 locations from The Hague to Santiago de Compostela
2003 Water, Ice and Fire, Salt-drawings, Plus Min, Zeeland Pelgrimsgarden, shells, plastics and sugar, Jardin d’Amis, De Zonnehof, Amersfoort
2002 Alkmaar – Venetië of the North, paraffine-project, Alkmaar 2001 Kaleidoscopes, City Jam, Stichting Hooghuis, Arnhem
2000 Rosetmachine and Mirrorkaleidoscope, Artcentre Zaanstad 1999 Kaleidoscope, steel and acrylic, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
1998 Dom, installation ice an fire, Water-museum Utrecht
1997 Bride of Reason, installation of paraffin, Tourd’Art, The Hague
1996 Jardin des fous, garden of shells, coal and flowers, Rosenburg, (executed with Psychiatric patients) Garden made of shells and fruitjuices, Beeldenroute Marquette, Heemskerk
1995 Burning Ice, ice and fire, three installations for University of Amsterdam, Delft and Rotterdam
1994 Icegarden, ice and candles, executed with students of the Nova Scotia College of ,Halifax, Canada
1993 Marabout-project, 3 Ice-forms with gaslamps, Tamegroute, Sahara, Marokko
1991 Ora et Labora, 4 Ice-forms with lamps, Stedelijk Museum Delft
1990 Crystal Palace, ice and light, Asahikawa, Japan
1988 Iceprism 2, ice and light, Rijksmuseum Twente
Television
2012 Salt – Saltdrawings of Aris de Bakker, 10 x better, Harm Edens, NTR, (10-01-2012, Nederland 2 ) 2009 13 sculptures on a roundabout, Of the street, AVRO Kunstuur (2009, Nederland 2 )
Publications
- Onnavolgbaar Zout – Sandra Spijkerman, 2011
- Gasunie lezing, Agnes Baas , 2009
- Het Ondergewone, 55 kunstenaars uit Den Haag, Veronika Hekking, 2005
- Pelgrimsreis, Sandra Spijkerman, 2005
- De Tuin, Een Ongekende Schittering, Jan van Westen, 1997
- Kunstenaar geïnspireerd door islamitische koepelvorm, Rob Bouber, 1993
- Het wonderschone ijsprisma van kunstenaar Aris, John Heijmons, 1988