The 8th International Biennale of Non Objective Arts will open on September 13, 2025, at Pont de Claix Grenoble. As part of a global network, EST will present a satellite exhibition in Leiden, which will also be on display during the Kunstroute Leiden.
Informal opening in Leiden
Saturday, September 20, 3 pm
Hours
Sunday, September 21, 1–5 pm
Saturday, September 27, 11 am – 5 pm
Sunday, September 28, 11 am – 5 pm
Address
Leiden Art Hub
Papegaaisbolwerk 20
2312 LW Leiden
Rhythm Section im Köşk
Exhibition | Workshop | Performances | Artist Talk
Köşk, Schillerstraße 38
80336 Munich, Germany
Exhibition curated by Ezgi Bakçay (Istanbul) and Katrin Savvulidi (Munich)
July 3–13, 2025
Opening: Thursday, July 3, 6 pm
Design for Equilibrium V, 2025, 240×120 cm
Program
Thursday, July 3
– 6 pm: Opening
Friday, July 4
– 7 pm: The Beautiful Formula Collective: live painting performance by Daniel Geiger, Oleksiy Koval, Thomas Rieger, Veronika Wenger and Michael Wright
Saturday, July 5
– 12 am: Artist talk with the curators and the artists
– 2 pm: The Beautiful Formula Workshop: ‘Rhythmus in der digitalen Malerei’, a workshop for children and youngsters
– 6 pm: Performance / presentation of the works made in the workshop
Focus: The Netherlands
geometric abstraction
nonsofia
36 Dondukov Boulevard, floor 2
1000 Sofia
Bulgaria
November 21, 2024 – January 19, 2025
Opening: November 21, 2024, 6:30 pm
Opening hours: during announced events, workshops and after appointment
Participating artists: Linda Arts (Goirle), Bob Bonies (The Hague), Iemke van Dijk (Leiden), Henriëtte van ’t Hoog (Amsterdam), Ditty Ketting (Rotterdam), Anneke Klein Kranenbarg †, Tonneke Sengers (Haarlem), Piet Tuytel (Haarlem), Jan Maarten Voskuil (Rotterdam) and Guido Winkler (Leiden)
Contour VII, 2011, 25x24x14 cm, acrylic paint on zinc
Half a year later, nonsofia shows work of Dutch artists in the exhibition Focus: The Netherlands. The selected artists are closely related to the history of EST and nonsofia. Although EST follows the common denominator of concrete art, all artists employ their own set of rules in their work. The exhibition is supported by the National Culture Fund of Bulgaria.
2 x 2 Red, 2023, 35x62x16 cm, acrylverf op mdf
RCE + EST: when concrete, minimal and media art come together
EST art foundation
Papegaaisbolwerk 20
2312 LW Leiden
Netherlands
August 26 – October 15, 2023
Hours: Fri–Sun, 1–5 pm and by appointment
Opening: August 26, 3–5 pm, by Sylvia van Schaik (RCE)
RCE + EST is the result of a collaboration between the Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE) and EST art foundation. Two collections are merged within this exhibition and engage in dialogue with each other. Three art movements are being observed through the same lens: art for art’s sake. All artworks only refer to themselves. No complex themes or narratives, what you see is what you get.
The artworks from the RCE and EST collections are spread through the exhibition space and illustrate how fluid the three central art movements are. Even though the artworks are the result of different processes, they share a similar non-referential message.
The exhibition includes works from the following artists from the RCE collection: Arie Berkulin, Bob Bonies,
EST is represented by: Iemke van Dijk, Jasper van der Graaf, José Heerkens, Henriëtte van ’t Hoog,
1 5 2 3 8
Rhythm Section
Kunstverein Augsburg
Holbeinhaus
Vorderer Lech 20
Augsburg
Germany
June 4 – July 30, 2023
Hours: Tue–Sunday, 11 am – 5 pm
Guided tours: Tuesday, June 6, 4:30 pm,
and Tuesday, July 11, 4:30 pm
Opening: Saturday, June 3, 2023, 6 pm
Curator Sophie-Charlotte Bombeck will talk with participating artists about their work as a collective, rhythmic structures and art as a universal language.
Participating artists: Anneke Bosma (NL), Karina Bugayova (DE), Albert Coers (DE), Iemke van Dijk (NL), Daniel Geiger (DE), Lon Godin (NL), Henriëtte van ’t Hoog (NL), Gonghong Huang (CN/DE), Michaelis Karaiskos (GR/GB), Liu Ke (CN), Oleksiy Koval (DE), Guido Nieuwendijk (NL), Artemis Potamianou (GR), Thomas Rieger (DE), Marije Vermeulen (NL), Veronika Wenger (DE), Michael Wright (GB/IE), Tang Xiao (CN).
Rhythm Section consists of artists from various disciplines who explicitly and consciously deal with the theme of rhythm in their work. The core that unites the group is the commitment to a hyper-reflexivity in dealing with rhythm, not as a constraint but as an original constant. The exchange and dynamics that arise from the different approaches and media provide new approaches to art and its practice.
The exhibition 1 5 2 3 8 provides for the first time a retrospective overview of the various activities of the group, which has been working together since 2010. In addition to the exhibition, there will be a side programme of workshops, performances and artist talks. In cooperation with Villa Waldberta (Feldafing), members of the group from China are invited to an artist residency.
Blue, Silver, Gold II, 2020, 60×45 cm
Hydrography VIII
abstract experimenteel waterverf
Visserhallen
Duinstraat 4
1975 CD IJmuiden
May 20 – June 11, 2013
Hours: Sat–Sun, 11 am – 5 pm
Opening:
Saturday, May 20, 2023, 12 am, by Iemke van Dijk
Finissage and book presentation:
Sunday, June 11, 3 pm, by Alex de Vries
Organized by Artvark:
Willemijn Faber and Cilia Tel
Participating artists: Richard van der Aa (FR/NZ), Annemie Bogaerts (BE), René van den Bos (GR/NL), Karina Bugayova (DE/UA), Ine Dammers NL), Iemke van Dijk (NL), Daniël Geiger (DE), Lon Godin (NL), Ilona Hakvoort (NL), Henriëtte van ’t Hoog (NL), Sipke Huismans (NL), Oleksiy Koval (DE/UA), Irene van de Mheen (NL), Riki Mijling (NL), Kleopatra Moursela (GR), Eric de Nie (NL), Erik Oldenhof (NL), Marena Seeling (NL), Clary Stolte (NL), Aimée Terburg (NL), Veronika Wenger (DE), Mark de Weijer (NL), Werner Windisch (DE), Friede Witzenhausen (NL), Michael Wright (GB/IE).
Airstrips II, 2019, 440x27x7 cm. Photo: Lon Godin.
Eagle Dragon Rhythm
A group exhibition by Rhythm Section
This exhibition encourages the cross-disciplinary exchange and engagement
REUTENGALERIE
Prinsengracht 510
1017 KH Amsterdam
November 16 – December 21, 2019
Hours: Wed–Sat, 1–6 pm, and by appointment
Opening: Saturday, November 16, 4–6 pm
Participating artists: Richard van der Aa (FR), Liang Chen (CN), Yunfeng Cui (CN), Iemke van Dijk (NL), Henriëtte van ’t Hoog (NL), Oleksiy Koval (DE), Peng Li (CN), Ke Liu (CN), Shuqing Ma (CN), Xiao Tang (CN), Veronika Wenger (DE), Michael Wright (GB)
Turquoise, orange, purple, silver, gold, 2018, 70×50 cm
Nieuwstad 20
7251 AH Vorden
The Netherlands
April 7 – May 12, 2019
Opening: Sunday, April 7, 3 pm,
by Henriëtte van ’t Hoog
If you intend to come, please, send an email to the gallery.
Hours: Fri–Mon 11 am – 5 pm, and by appointment
Participating artists: Ine Dammers, Iemke van Dijk,
Sinds 2013 maakt een groep kunstenaars in wisselende samenstellingen exposities met de naam Hydrography. Zij laten daarin abstract werk zien dat uitgevoerd is in waterverf. Vaak is het werk van aquarellisten figuratief en tamelijk conventioneel. De kunstenaars van Hydrography maken echter abstract werk. Zij voelen zich uitgedaagd door het ’traditionele’ imago van waterverf en de mogelijkheden die dit materiaal ook biedt voor een abstract-experimentele hantering. Daarbij zoeken zij naar nieuwe wegen om het publiek te verrassen met een ongewone visie op de mooiste verf die er volgens hen is. Aquarelverf is pure kleur waaraan de gebruiker water toevoegt. Maar omdat elk pigment een eigen soortelijk gewicht heeft, gedraagt elke kleur zich net even anders. Uiteindelijk is de verf dan ook de baas.