Biography
Born in Dokkum, the Netherlands 1974, Iris Kiewiet grew up in the youngest province, the polders dried in the 1960’s. Her parents originate from the island Ameland, with generations going back, of farmers and sailors. This resourceful entrepreneur family tree, formed the base for her artistic career; ‘My hands just know.’
Art studies and the first self employed years, Iris spent both in Rotterdam and Groningen, with additional traveling abroad. In 2004, a 5 month journey through Canada, guided the artist towards a new way of understanding the art of painting. With her fresh family, husband and 2 daughters, she now lives and works in Wakefield, Quebec, Canada, embraced by hills, forest and river. Her portfolio of editorial illustrations and paintings shown in galleries keeps building consistently.
Studies
2009 Brilliant Marketing! Course to create a marketing plan.
2006/07 The Journey Practitioners Program North America, accredited in 2008
2002 – 2005 Storytelling from the Heart Workshops Rotterdam Netherlands
2004 Interactive Storytelling with Korsakow Software, Mediamatic Amsterdam NL
2002 – 2003 Analog Film Workshops Rotterdam Netherlands
1999 Running a Small Business, Faktor Rotterdam Netherlands
1998 Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Course Rotterdam Netherlands
1995 Student Exchange with Edinburgh College of Arts Scotland
1992-1997 Bachelor in Illustration at Arts Academy Minerva Groningen NL
1991/92 Drawing & Teaching for Secondary Schools Netherlands
1986-1991 Secondary school Lelystad Netherlands
Exhibitions
2009 group exhibition “Summer Salon” Artscape Gibraltar Point Toronto Islands Canada
2009 open studio ‘Artist-in-environment-tour’ Chelsea Wakefield Quebec Canada
2009 group exhibition ‘Canadian Hommage’ Cube gallery Ottawa Canada
2007 group exhibition Cube Gallery Ottawa Canada
2005 group ‘Studio Pats’ ‘Pregnancy Series’ Groningen Netherlands
2005 group with Lizzy Nieuwenhuis and Catherine Boer; ‘Hello Goodbye Hello’ Rotterdam NL
2004 group ‘Panorama’ SPIN gallery Toronto Canada
2004 solo ‘Looking for Something’ BLIK Rotterdam Netherlands
2003 group Art collective ‘You are here’ Rotterdam Netherlands
2002 group ‘Small Works’ RAM gallery Rotterdam Netherlands
2002 solo ‘Eye Travel’ BLIK Rotterdam Netherlands
2002 group presentation ‘DiaLog’ Filmwerkplaats Rotterdam Netherlands
2001 group ‘Three in One’ V!PS Rotterdam Netherlands
Clients
Illustration for Waldorf Parenting Course in Wakefield QC Canada
Illustration for publicity Light Rail Coalition~ la Coalition Train Léger Outaouais QC Canada
Illustration for Harvest Festival map Wakefield QC Canada
Animation for Dutch newspaper online Volkskrant OOG Netherlands
Editorial illustrations for NRC newspaper Netherlands
MR magazine, Kluwer educational publishers Netherlands
ABP pensioen fonds sponsored magazine Netherlands
Women’s Gatherings for wellness Wakefield QC Canada
Spiritual growth workshops for children and adults QC Canada
Chelsea Arts Workshop Day Camp 2009, collage for 5-8 year olds
Lectures, workshops and class at the illustration department Arts Academy Minerva Groningen NL
Lectures, workshops at the illustration department Arts Academy ArtEz Zwolle Netherlands