Herman van Bergen, (1953, Nijmegen, the Netherlands – residing in Curaçao) The sense of senselessness. The perfection in imperfection. The beauty of the fleeting. That is the essence of the work and the life of artist Herman van Bergen. Where society shuns confrontation, difficulty and…
Carl Ariza, (1973, Curaçao) Carl Ariza grows up in Curaçao during the Seventies and Eighties. The movie ‘Beat Street’ (1984), graffiti artist Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) and Hip Hop music groups like “Public Enemy” have a tremendous impact on him as a young teenager. He…
Johannes Franciscus Anemaet (1911, St. Martin – † 2004) J.F. Anemaet was born in Philipsburg (St. Martin). His father, who served with the police, was from the Netherlands; his mother was from the Windward Islands. He spent his earliest childhood on St. Martin. In 1948…
Philippe Zanolino (1960, Perigeux, France – residing in Curaçao) Philippe Zanolino came to Curaçao in 1986 and has been part of the visual art scene ever since. Actively exhibiting on Curaçao every two years, he has also managed to represent the island abroad on various…
Ria Houwen (1947, Horst, the Netherlands – residing in Curaçao) Ria Houwen is an artist fascinated by Curaçao. Her work touches the drama of the private soul and let it coincide with the drama of the island. Her work searches along the roads of the…
Wonderful tropical flowers, cottages, cactuses, banana and palm trees all served as living models for her paintings. The beauty and sunlight she sees everyday have become her source of inspiration and have marked her love for the bright colors that are the base of a…
Ailsa Anastatia, (1978, Curaçao) Ailsa Anastatia was born in Curacao in 1978. She is an abstract/figurative painter. She works with one specific theme: space. Space in the broadest sense of the word. Universal, spiritual, architectural, exterior, interior spaces and landscapes. She wants her paintings to be…
Asyla ten Holt (1953 – Curaçao) Aysla ten Holt was born on the island of Curaçao. With her Antillean and Dutch ancestry forming an interesting pathway to her career in the arts, she began her academic studies at a university in Holland. After completing her…
Antonia Guzmán (1954, Buenos Aires (AR) – residing in Argentina) Antonia Guzman was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1954. She graduated from the National School of Fine Arts “Prilidiano Pueyrredon” in 1978 and currently lives and works in Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first impact of…
Anton Vrede was born on December 6, 1953 in Curacao and currently lives in the Netherlands. Vrede composes figurative but flat performances in his work, in which animals refer to exotic stories and are given human characteristics. In his sketchy elaborate artworks animal figures dance or play against an…
Jean Girigori (1948 – residing in the Dominican Republic) Jean Girigori was born on a ship between the Dominican Republic and Curaçao. She is the child of a Dominican mother and an Antillean father. Many of her paintings illustrate the poor life in Haiti and…
Wilson Garcia (1938, Curaçao – residing in the Netherlands) Wilson Garcia was born in Curaçao and currently lives and works in the Netherlands. His career was formed in Curaçao where he worked at the Fine Arts Academy and at the Teacher Training school (Akademia Pedagogiko).…