Douwe Halbertsma (1980) is an artist living and working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He works with sculpture and art projects in public space.
Douwe Halbertsma is an artist living and working in Rotterdam.
He works with sculpture and art projects in public space.
Douwe’s sculptures are formed simply and with clarity. Although they may appear to depict everyday motifs, behind their simple appearance complex decisions have been made. Standing in front of a window, a huge pink sculpture visually connects itself with the broken up street behind it, forming jointly an odd mountain landscape. Two loose skins, or a few shapes stacked on top and in front of each other, form a person. And a hole in the ground, at a second glance, actually marks the impress of a giant face.
As a sculptor, Douwe takes a fresh look at tradition, but also enjoys making references to comics and cartoons. His fascination with the possibilities and limits of sculpture as a medium goes hand in hand with a form of humour, which widens perspectives of and lends lightness to his works.
Douwe Halbertsma was born in Delft in 1980. He studied fine arts at the Hogeschool v.d. Kunsten Arnhem, where he graduated in 2003.
Since then he has exhibited throughout the Netherlands, in such places as Stroom (Den Haag), Reinier van Ewijk projects (Amsterdam) and Ram Foundation (Rotterdam).
He has done both private and public commissioned art projects.
On this website a selection of works is presented. For a full documentation contact Douwe through the contact page of the website.
Douwe’s sculptures are formed simply and with clarity. Although they may appear to depict everyday motifs, behind their simple appearance complex decisions have been made. Standing in front of a window, a huge pink sculpture visually connects itself with the broken up street behind it, forming jointly an odd mountain landscape. Two loose skins, or a few shapes stacked on top and in front of each other, form a person. And a hole in the ground, at a second glance, actually marks the impress of a giant face.
As a sculptor, Douwe takes a fresh look at tradition, but also enjoys making references to comics and cartoons. His fascination with the possibilities and limits of sculpture as a medium goes hand in hand with a form of humour, which widens perspectives of and lends lightness to his works.
Douwe Halbertsma was born in Delft in 1980. He studied fine arts at the Hogeschool v.d. Kunsten Arnhem, where he graduated in 2003.
Since then he has exhibited throughout the Netherlands, in such places as Stroom (Den Haag), Reinier van Ewijk projects (Amsterdam) and Ram Foundation (Rotterdam).
He has done both private and public commissioned art projects.
On this website a selection of works is presented. For a full documentation contact Douwe through the contact page of the website.
