born 1968 in the Netherlands, studied BA fine arts at the Academy of Fine Art and Design Minerva, Groningen, the Netherlands (1997-2001). Before, she was a trainer for teachers on drawing, painting and art history in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. She lives and works in the Netherlands as an artist as well as an curator for the artist inititative id 11 (www.id11.nl).
In her works Rolina concentrates on women and the female, though not in a feminist manner, but more derived from her own womanhood, with a core focus on more universal, existential questions. Her motifs arise through perceiving and interacting in different cultures, surroundings or every day life. During her own travels she incorporates other customs and social atmospheres like a cultural nomad. Rolina Nell’s painting is in keeping with traditions of realism and formal painting. A distinguishing feature is that both the depiction and the gesture of painting generate meaning.
Education
2010
Curatorial masterclasses • Kunstenaars & Co • Amsterdam (NL)
1997-01
BA fine arts, Academy of Fine Art and Design Minerva • Groningen (NL)
1988-92
BA training of teachers; drawing, painting, art history
Exhibitions (selection)
2015
Kondensat • ArToll malerlabor • Bedburg-Hau (DE)
Voor Uit Zicht • gallery Hommes • Rotterdam (NL)
2014
Temporary Threads • Ekserserhuset • Kristiansand, (NO)
2013
RAW China Expo • Rotterdam (NL), curator Piet de Jonge
2012
Rolina Nell and Lie van der Werff • gallery Hommes • Rotterdam (NL)
Wintergasten • TETEM • Enschede (NL)
2011
Uit Zicht • Salon #17 PEK/TAC • Eindhoven (NL), with Anouk Bax
2010
DE SPEELTUIN • 38CC • Delft, (NL) TERUGBLIK (op_LOCATIE id11) • former shop • Delft (NL), with Desiree de Baar
1 van 11 • Galerie Weesperzijde • Amsterdam (NL) op het tweede gezicht • gallery castle of Rhoon • Rotterdam (NL), solo
2009
kruithuis BEZET • Het Kruithuis • Den Bosch NL), curator Lisette Huijsmans Nomaden • CBK • Rotterdam (NL)
BuroDijkstra Three Years! • BuroDijkstra ArtGallery • Rotterdam (NL)
2008
been everywhere, seen everything • Academy of Fine Art and Design Minerva • Groningen (NL), solo
been everywhere, seen everything • LittleBird gallery • Los Angeles (USA), solo
hier&daar • 38CC • Delft (NL) Thrill & Suspense • Walls gallery • Amsterdam (NL)
2007
Exclude I • Andrejsala • Riga (LV), solo Indian Times • Kanoria Centre for Arts • Ahmedabad (IN), solo
Appearance • installation in shops at the Pirozi Street neighborhood • Tehran, (IR), solo
Sareckhi • Art Villa Garikula • Garikula (GE), solo
2006
‘t wasgoed • artist initiative De Verschijning • Tilburg (NL), solo Distance • Shenghua Art Center • Nanjing (CN), curator JaiaChen
2005
de Schone Schijn • Magazijn Vomberg • Rotterdam (NL), solo
2004
From dusk till dawn • de Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek • Helmond (NL), with Berenice Staiger
2003
Ladenkast project • gallery Phoebus • Rotterdam (NL)
2002
Simmersalon • gallery Bas 10 • Sneek (NL)
2001
Versie 1.0 • final exam • Academy of Fine Art and Design Minerva • Groningen (NL)
2000
Insignific • gallery Sign • Groningen (NL)Groningen-Zwolle • gallery het Langhuis • Zwolle (NL)
Artist Residencies | Working periods in the Netherlands and abroad
2015-2016
LIA • Leipzig, Germany
2015
ArToll Kunstlabor • Bedburg-Hau, Germany
2014
CreArt AiR • Kristiansand, Norway
2009 – 2012
Duende • Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2009
De Overslag project space • Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2008
Artist residency • Los Angeles, USA
Kaus Australis • Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2007
Singalong • Riga, Latvia
Red Gate • Beijing, China
Kanoria Centre for Arts • Ahmedabad, India
Paradise International Art Centre • Tehran, Iran
Art Villa Garikula • Garikula, Georgia
Union of Bulgarian Artists • Sofia, Bulgaria; and others more.
Contact
www.rolinanell.nl
