Mobirise

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Ellis Veth (10-01-1993, The Netherlands)

Currently living and working in Rotterdam

Mobirise

The thing I find very strange and in a way exhilarating is that humans are the only lifeforms that are obsessed with time. For a lot of people this means that there is pressure to achieve certain goals. This is a rather weird phenomenon because this appears to be a problem only humans experiences. An animal does not feel this pressure to succeed in life before it dies, it simply exists unaware of the passing of time. It might be aware of the fact that the sun rises and sets every day, but it does not give it the same meaning as humans do.

At some point life, and with that our allotted amount of time, is going to end, mortality is inevitable. My art and the concepts behind my art are at times viewed as morbid, yet it is also a theme a lot of people can relate to because regardless of how individualistic our society is we are all bound together by the simple fact that we are inevitability mortal. Knowing we are all mortal and that our time is limited connects us to one another in a unique way. In conclusion, the most important message I am attempting to convey through my art is that both reality and our perception are inextricably linked to the inevitability of life.

Education

2012 - 2016 Bachelor Fine Art, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
2010 - 2012 Art & Design, mediacommunicatie MHBO niveau 4
2012 Propedeuse Bachelor Fine Art, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht

2010 Rietveld orientation year

Artist activities

2020 - Present  Upscale Galerie, organizing exhibitions
2023 Mentor for de Belofte 19, Project van Kunstliefde, Utrecht
2022 Assistent for Anne Wenzel
2015 Assistent Margriet van Breevoort

Exhibitions

2023 Counterbodies

2019 Nasty Women #teamfemke, De Balie, Amsterdam
2019 Present, Kunstliefde, Utrecht
2019 Nexus 2, Kunstliefde, Utrecht

2018 Alles komt goed, Atelier 014, Utrecht
2017 Present, Kunstliefde, Utrecht
2017 UtrechtDownUnder, werfkelder 232, Kunstliefde, Utrecht
2017 23:49, De Belofte, Kunstliefde, Utrecht

2016 Nieuwsgierigheid, Utrechtse Aarde, Oude Hortus, Utrecht
2016 First Blood, gallery KuuB & gallery Rob Rademaker
2016 June/July - Graduation Show HKU, Utrecht
2016 Daar editie 2016 april, Kapitaal, Utrecht

2015 OneLightStand - Centraal Museum Utrecht, Hoog Catherijne
2015 Groep expositie Grijs Gebied, Utrecht

2014 IMPAKT festival, Soft Machine, academie galerie, Utrecht
2014 Luchtkastelen op Sypesteyn, Loosdrecht

Publications

2024 Upscale Galerie 1st Volume
2016 Workbook Volume 1