About

Tineke van Veen is a Dutch artist based in The Hague, whose work bridges the relation of post human landscape and humans, the environmental and cultural perspective. Her research and fieldwork on remote locations as radioactive sites is translated in film, photography, installations and objects. In addition to her artistic practice, she undertakes various curatorial activities, provides lectures at different academies and is founder of the Gueststudios in DCR, The Hague and co-founder of WondersonWork.

In her art-practice she visualises the concept of safety, safety related to vulnerable situations in a personal and in a broader intercultural context. It reveals the importance of understanding safety in a way that takes into account both vulnerability and resilience. 

'Vulnerability. For Tineke van Veen this is a keyword. Her work is always balanced on the boundary between harm and preservation, safety or disaster, aggression or consolation.' Els Fiers

Her latest work concerns the disturbed relationship between humans and the environment. The film- and photo-projects 'Aware' (Fukushima, Japan, 2014) and 'Unsettling Dust' (Fort de Vaujours, France, 2016-2021) wishes to focus on the intimate and the sense of alienation of the nuclear contaminated landscape. The projects wish to explore the lived, bodily experience of radiation and question what it means to live with the threat of invisible contagion today. By providing reflections on place and subjectivity, it point to larger phenomena that underlie visible landscapes as well as stimulate discussion on how to acknowledge and responsibly address the consequences of the nuclear age.

Upcoming:

Screening of Aware Part 1 & Part 2, Conference Nuclear natures, Linköping University, SE

During October 2024

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Exposed Territories, solo exhibition, Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer, NL
05.10.–03.11.2024, Opening 5th of October 16:00

The concept of 'exposure' is central to a new series of photographic works where alienation and intimacy converge. This series explores how the environment can be explored today and how it, in turn, can explore us, creating space for active engagement with the non-human. In her photos, created using innovative techniques and materials such as the laser cutter and light, new layers are added. These images, made with a homemade camera, form an interpretation of an alienated reality.

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Filmproject Unsettling Waste, started in 2023, in cooperation with Nie und Immer Studios, Berlin, DE

A repository for highly radioactive waste is intended to last for a period of one million years. This is longer than the entire history of humankind—a time span that is difficult for us as humans to comprehend. Through conversations with children, philosophers, scientists, artists, and engineers, the film explores what radioactive waste means for us and for future generations.

Exhibitions and Filmfestivals

• 2024 | Screening of Aware Part 1 & Part 2, Conference Nuclear natures, Linköping University, SE
• 2024 | Exposed Territories, solo, Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer, NL
• 2024 | Once upon a now, Kunstlerhaus Betanien, Berlijn, DE
• 2024 | West naar Oost, Buitenplaats Oost, Harfsen, NL
• 2024 | Once upon a now, Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer, NL
• 2023-2024 | in development: Unsettling Waste, film
• 2023 | Exposed Landscapes, Fotomanifestatie '23 Enschede, Concordia, Enschede, NL
• 2023 | In Transition, Jamlitz, DE
• 2023 | Exposed Landscapes, Solo-exhibition, Tunnel19, Berlin, DE
• 2022 | International The Hague Film Festival, The Hague, NL
• 2022 | Wasteland Filmfestival, California, US
• 2022 | This is Short, official selection, ESFN AT, NL, DE, PL
• 2022 | Uranium Filmfestival, official selection, Rio de Janeiro, BR
• 2022 | Rotterdam Photo Festival, Rotterdam, NL
• 2022 | Stichting Ruimtevaart, The Hague, NL
• 2022 | Positions, Time Based, Kunstcentrum Stroom, The Hague, NL
• 2021 | Rotterdam Photo Festival, Rotterdam, NL (postponed)
• 2021 | 10th Uranium Film Festival, official selection, Rio de Janeiro, BR
• 2020 | research and filming Nuclear site Vaujours, FR
• 2017 | Asia Film Festival, Leiden, NL
• 2016 | Nutshuis, The Hague, NL
• 2016 | Film-festival, Berlin, DE
• 2015 | Japan Museum Sieboldhuis, Leiden, NL
• 2014 | Fukushima Biennale, Aizu, JP
• 2014 | Poezie in glas, Tubbergen, NL
• 2014 | Art Meeting, Tabito, JP
• 2013 | Convento, Mujeres XX, Cusco, Peru
• 2012 | ART(F)AIR, Hannover, DE
• 2012 | SummerNest, DCR, The Hague, NL
• 2012 | Unzen Museum, Shimabara, JP
• 2012 | Aso Museum, Aso, J
• 2011 | ART IG, K.I.K., Hannover, DE
• 2011 | Summernest, Nest, The Hague, NL
• 2011 | Glas…natuurlijk, matuurlijk…glas, Kasteel Cannenburg, Vaassen, Holland
• 2010 | Summernest, Nest, The Hague, NL
• 2010 | focus – reflect#1, Noorden, NL
• 2010 | protect – reflect#2, Slot Loevestein, Poederoijen, NL
• 2010 | protect - reflect#1, Kruitmagazijnen, Gorinchem, NL
• 2009 | Kamergeheim#5, The Hague, NL
• 2009 | Demedici Beeldende Kunst, Nunspeet, NL
• 2009 | Glas, Designhuis, Eindhoven, NL
• 2009 | Un salon de DCR, Winternest, The Hague, NL
• 2008 | Tubbergen, NL
• 2008 | Ground 3, DCR, The Hague, NL
• 2007 | Art Fair Dubai, Madinat Jumeirah Hotel Dubai Art Acquire, Dubai, UAE
• 2006 | Department of Justice, The Hague, NL
• 2006 | Partituur, Christus Triumfatorkerk, The Hague, NL
• 2006 | Museum Jan v d Togt, Amstelveen, NL
• 2006 | IN BETWEEN, St Hilaire, FR
• 2006 | Vaishwik Art Envirenment, Pune, IN
• 2005 | Fort Vuren, Symposion Gorinchem, NL
• 2005 | Demedici Beeldende Kunst, Nunspeet, NL
• 2004 | European art-project "Point Zero", Lavalette, FR
• 2004 | Hartman&Hartman, Gorkum, NL
• 2004 | Laat van Leeuwen, Artcentre Baztille, Zoetermeer, NL
• 2003 | BOUNDLESS, St. Petersburg, RU
• 2003 | Dans le Noir, Brassac les Mines, FR
• 2002 | Bergkerk, Deventer, NL
• 2002 | Çlef de voûte, Lamothe, FR
• 2002 | Beelden in de herfst, Delfgauw, NL
• 2002 | Hartman & Hartman Gallery, Gorinchem, NL
• 2002 | Kunstuitleen, Voorburg, NL
• 2001 | Transhumance, Lavalette, FR
• 2000 | Amsteltuin, Amstelveen, NL
• 1999 | Slot Sypesteyn, Nieuw Loosdrecht Amstelveen, NL
• 1998 | Tongerlo Huys, Roosendaal, NL
• 1998 | De jaarringen in beeld, Kasteel Groeneveld, Baarn, NL
• 1998 | Landgoed Schovenhorst, Putten, NL
• 1997 | Eutopia Mailart from the west, Gouvernement Maastricht, NL
• 1997 | Arti, The Hague, NL
• 1996 | De Zaaijer, Amsterdam, NL
• 1996 | In buurmans tuin, Geldrop, NL
• 1995 | Muzeum Komenskeho Prerov, CZ

Grants and Awards

• 2022 | Runner Up Award, Intenational The Hague Film Festival, The Hague, NL
• 2022 | Runner Up Award, Wasteland Filmfestival, California, US
• 2016, 2020 | Stroom Pro Grant
• 2021, 2020, 2015 | Stroom Spot Grant
• 2017, 2016 | Stichting Niemeijer Fonds
• 2016 | Special Recognition for the film ‘aware/哀れ’, Uranium Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin

Curatorial activities

• 2023 | Changing Perspective, Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer, NL
• 2006 | In Between, Foundation Lavalette, St Hilaire, FR
• 2004 | Point Zero, Foundation Lavalette, Lavalette, FR
• 2003 | Dans le Noir, Foundation Lavalette, Brassac des Mines, FR
• 2002 | Cléf de Voute, Foundation Lavalette, Lamothe, FR
• 2001 | Transhumance, Foundation Lavalette, Lavalette, FR
• 1998 | Slot Sijpesteyn, Nieuw Loosdrecht, NL
• 1991 | ‘Hedendaagse visies op dood’, Foundation Collage, Kortenhoef, NL
• 1990 | ‘Beelden rond Groeneveld’, Baarn, NL

Lecturer

• 2022 | Lecture TU Delft Studium Generale: Nuclear Energy: No time to waste? Delft, NL
• 2002–present | Art Academy Avans Hogeschool s'Hertogenbosch and Breda, NL
• 2002–2022 | University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, NL

Guest lecturer

• 2013 | Academy of Fine Arts, Cusco, PE
• 2009 | JJ School of Arts, Mumbai, IN

Other activities

• 2009–2012 | Founder Gueststudio’s DCR for artists in residence, The Hague, NL www.gueststudio.com
• 2014–present | Founder WondersOnWork: artistic breaks for international companies as AMLIN Insurrances, Heineken NL
• 2006–2009 | committee-member Art-Council Stroom, The Hague, NL
• 2011–2018 | committee-member Art-Council, The Hague, NL