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Margré Steensma

sculpture,Objects, installation, Education, D.I.Y, Conceptual, Abstract

When you enter a room, it can often give you a feeling. The feeling that a space can give, consciously and unconsciously, intrigues me, they have a strong influence on our moods.
As a visual artist I work around spaces in which we live, work and wait. My own ideas and feelings are always the starting point for creating new work. It is often from a desire and/or a certain incompleteness that I experience that I start a project with. This desire can arise from a space I often find myself in or it can be an abstract space in which my current state of mind can best develop/express.
I work on a space on a project basis for a long period of time. I have worked with spaces such as the kitchen, the bathroom, the studio and the waiting room. But I also work with an idea of ​​a space, a space that cannot be described in concrete terms but adapts to my needs.

The Healing Space - The Healing Space is a sculptural installation that is created by researching the question: How would you like to be supported? Together with others I've explored this question and searched for spaces, objects and rituals that can support us during difficult times. Inspired by the results of some workshop, the Healing Space emerged
'At home' - For the exhibition 'Home' at Villa Zebra, I built a home together with the visitors. Three tiny-tiny houses have been built and furnished that I designed and built together with the children of Villa Zebra.
Safe Spot #1 - For the installation of the project The Healing Space I've created different 'safe spots'. Safe Spot #1 is a modular sculpture that can be set up in different ways. The intention is to create different settings together to create your own spot to feel safe in
Dreams
Dreams - Working period at Villa Zebra in the theme Dreams. After the working period at 'Home' I was asked to also work on the exhibition at Villa Zebra 'Dreams'. The built houses became 'safe spaces' in which visitors could safely daydream and in which 'dreamscapes' became part of the design of the house
Some Supporters - Some supporters of the Non Space. Inspired by an extending space.
The Bare Rock - Obstacle of project 'The Non Space'
Something to hold on to - Artwork in public space, Vlissingen In 2020, I was invited by art organization KipVis to submit a proposal for the sculpture park Ik ben een god in het diepst van mijn denken in Vlissingen. Together with two other artists, I developed a concept based on their open call. My design, Something to Hold On To, is a sculptural work that symbolizes support and resilience. It consists of railings, functional objects that we use to literally hold on to, that have been redesigned and welded together in various curves. Each part has its own curvature, suggesting both vulnerability and connectedness. The work invites touch, interaction and reflection: where do we find support, and when? The final artwork was chosen by local residents, who were allowed to indicate their favorite design through a voting round. The fact that my work was chosen by the community in this way gave the project an extra layer of meaning for me: it became not only a gesture of support, but also something that was shaped by collective choice
Still untitled (2020) - Screen printing on color MDF. Part of installation/project The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room (2020) - Installation overview
Other Spaces & Other (2018-2024)
Other Spaces & Other (2018-2024) - The other space, where all things are still possible, A free from play where everything is imaginable, A shape play where there are no rules. Because when things seem complicated, you make no rules to make it easy. Create a portal to move on, to go further. There is a desire to achieve a state of mind where things somehow fit. It fits, because it is nothing more than a playground with free imagination and no boundaries. it is endless but at the same time it's now finished. It's just a fragment. For this, the toolbox is my metaphor where the shapes strive towards a harmony in my existence. Its a world on its own where there are unlimited changes. It's the Other Space Other Spaces & Other is exhibited at the Wild Summer of Art 2024 at Brutus. The basis was the installation of Other Spaces in which new forms from other projects were combined. Like the shape of one of my 'supporters' and the shapes of Shape With a Name

AIR Bridge Studio

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Location: Kyoto, Japan
In association with: Bridge Studio
https://www.brdg.to

Werkperiode Ceasuur met Yuk Kan

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Location: Middelburg
In association with: Ceasuur

Working period with the possibility of presentation/exhibition.
I will be collaborating here with Artist Yuk Kan, a Chinese artist I was paired with by Ceasuur Middelburg.
The collaboration will take shape through the questions we will ask each other. These are questions that can provide an answer to the curiosity about each other, about differences in culture, age, work, material etc.

https://www.caesuur.nu

Zachte Helderheid

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Location: Schreiershuisje Schiedam
In association with: Sculpturen beschilderd met marmerimitatie door Corinna Wildschit

For the Schreiershuisje, Steensma creates an installation with sculptures inspired by beanbags (solid comfort). Objects that normally symbolize comfort and softness, but here are made of a hard and durable material. The surfaces are painted with imitation marble, a traditional painting technique that evokes the illusion of solid stone. This play between form and material reinforces the contradiction of the objects: they look soft, but are solid

https://www.schreiershuisje.com

Agalab&Steim

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Location: Amsterdam
In association with: Mondriaan Fonds

At the aga lab I set up a texture study in which I was looking for endless textures to disappear into, look at and forget about time, so to speak. I also experimented with transferring textures to wood by means of screen printing in order to eventually process them in sculptural work. At Steim, I researched sounds associated with time. I made an interactive sound installation from this

https://agalab.nl/samenwerking-steim-en-aga-lab-in-da-house/

Independent Art Fair

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Location: Brussel
In association with: Plagia Rama

Duo presentation

https://plagiarama.com

Kaus Australis

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During the residency at Kaus Australis I worked on the project The Studio. I had just moved back to the Netherlands, to Rotterdam. The Studio project mainly responded to my desire to build my own studio, to build up my artistry shortly after graduating. For this project and the continuation of my practice, I received the Young Talent grant from the Mondriaan Fund. The 6m high scaffolding cabinet was part of the exhibition at Art Rotterdam

Graduate Residency

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Location: Schotland
In association with: Many Studio's, Mondriaan Fonds

Graduate residence in Glasgow.

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