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Torrington Savings Bank Gallery: July 5 – August 10, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, July 5, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Artist Statement
While processing everything I encounter in this world and society, I study the things that move me most. Looking to find alternative perspectives and combine them in a different context to create a new meaningful moment set in an immersive environment that the observer is a visitor of.
My paintings don’t tell a definitive story, they are attempts to visualize an experience.
What is going on?
Biography
Jakob Fioole (1978) is a Dutch painter, currently living and working in Greater Boston, U.S. He grew up in Breda, The Netherlands.
After high school and spending a year at a technical engineering college, Fioole attended art school. The first years were mainly occupied by drawing, often challenging himself by using various kinds of (physical) restraints to help explore the depth of the medium. After switching art schools in 1999 he started using paint in his drawings and soon became fascinated by the resistance found in the complexity of oil paint. Moving to the U.S. in later life, the country’s cultural make-up and urban environments became influential to his work.
Current Resume
Awards & Residencies
2023 ‘Sally Bishop Biennial Prize’ winner ArtsWorcester, Worcester MA
2006 ‘Salonprijs’ winner NBKS art foundation, Breda NL
2006 ‘startstipendium’ scholarship BKVB art fund, Amsterdam NL
2003 ‘startstipendium’ scholarship BKVB art fund, Amsterdam NL
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Chassé Theater, Breda NL
2015 TAC, Eindhoven NL
2008 ‘The sky is falling’ – Noordbrabants Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch NL
2007 EL gallery, Welle B
2007 AYAC’s gallery, Amsterdam NL
2005 Verkade Fabriek theatre, ‘s-Hertogenbosch NL
2005 “Overschilderij” De Aanschouw gallery, Rotterdam NL
Group Exhibitions
2023 ‘The 87th Regional Exhibition’, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg MA
2023 ‘Art Blaster’ White Room, Worcester MA
2023 ‘20th Biennial’ ArtsWorcester, Worcester MA
2023 ‘Nor’Easterly 2’ KatzmanContemporary Projects, Dover NH
2023 ‘Members Juried 2’ ConcordArt, Concord MA
2023 ‘Impact’ ArtsWorcester, Worcester MA
2023 ‘All Together Now’ SeeSaw Gallery, Manchester NH
2023 ‘Members Juried 1’ ConcordArt, Concord MA
2022 ‘Go Big’ ArtsWorcester, Worcester MA
2022 ‘Emerging Artists 2022’ Limner Art Gallery, Hudson NY
2016 ‘This Art Fair’ Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam NL
2013 ‘Artist’s Choice Exhibition’ – Somerville Museum, Somerville MA
2012 ‘FLUX Offline’ – Voltage Coffee & Art – Boston MA
2012 ‘Chain Letter’ – Gallery Samson – Boston MA
2012 ‘SOS’ – Joy Street Artists – Somerville MA
2009 Kelderman en van Noort art foundation, Eindhoven NL
2008 AlbusLux Gallery, Roosendaal NL
2008 ‘Brabant nu’ – De Pont museum, Tilburg NL
2007 ‘Vet goeie schilders’ – Kunsthaus Rhenania art foundation, Cologne DE
2007 ‘Succes” – CBK art centre, ‘s-Hertogenbosch NL
2006 ‘FW’ – De Fabriek art foundation, Eindhoven NL
2006 ‘Salon IX’ – NBKS art foundation, Breda NL
2006 ‘Teekenings aan de wand’ – NBKS art foundation, Breda NL
2005 Consortium Gallery, Amsterdam NL
2004 Banning law firm, ‘s-Hertogenbosch NL
2002 Hüsstege Gallery, ‘s-Hertogenbosch NL
Publications
2023 Worcester Gazette/Worcester Magazine article
2015 ED newspaper article, TAC Eindhoven NL
2015 UnHidden blog – interview
2013 Studio Visit Magazine, Boston MA
Education
1997 – 1999 St.Joost art education Breda NL
1999 – 2002 art education ‘s-Hertogenbosch NL
