Fleur Kotten, born in 2000, Hoorn The Netherlands.
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Since childhood I have used art as a way of processing. When great events in my life unraveled, I escaped into a drawing, a pencil line or an idea. I have therefore always seen art as a way to explain the inexplicable, to process and place stimuli.
When my environment, my thoughts, feelings and the world around me become a starting point, possibilities become endless. The world is constantly changing and with it my art continues to develop.
I am always looking for an image that radiates harmony in a certain way, in form, color or rhythm. I am also fascinated by the tension between objective and non-objective images. These images come together in painting, illustration, lasercuts, installations and sculptures. I describe making art as "puzzling", I puzzle intuitively with separate images until I arrive at a composition that reflects my fascination!
Featured
2023
Vrijpaleis Open Exhibition
Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2023
2022
Museum Jan Boon exhibition with Fleur Kotten & Ingrid Kruyssen
De Rijp, Netherlands, November 2022
Thesis Publication Mister Motley
Online, 2022
Een zoektocht naar het sublieme in de stad
Hoe kunnen we in de gecultiveerde omgeving van het Antropoceen door middel van het sublieme onze nietigheid in relatie tot natuur hervinden?
link: https://www.mistermotley.nl/een-zoektocht-naar-het-sublieme-in-de-stad/
Milieu Events: MOVEMENT MAKING MOVEMENT
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2022
I created an interactive live installation and exhibited Fragments of: The Cocoon, as a process of creation for the artist.
Vrijpaleis Art Market Februari editie
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2022
I exhibited a collection of different works, prints and pins.
2021
Writers Unlimited: Winternachten.
Den Haag, Netherlands, 2021
I created an illustration for the book Erfstukken, to go with the text Lieve Zwamvlok written by Eva Meijer.
Young Art Festival
Beverwijk, Netherlands, 2021
Exhibited artwork: Het nieuwe normaal, 2020
2020
Tussenruimte
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2020
Exhibited artwork: Vakantiefoto’s van, 2020
2019
Fringe festival
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2019
Exhibited artwork: Bedproces, 2019 - Untitled, 2019
De Meervaart, Kunstbende
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2019
Exhibited artwork: Bedproces, 2019
won 3rd place Noord-Holland
2018
Framer Framed, Kunst Bende
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2018
Exhibited artwork: 112, 2018
won 2nd place Noord-Holland