ARNO KRAMER
MARISA RAPPARD
CAREN VAN HERWAARDEN
ARNO KRAMER
Arno Kramer drawings ranging from small-scale works to wall-sized pieces. He taught for many years at the AKI in Enschede. He is the founder and former curator of Drawing Diepenheim. Thanks to his role as curator of numerous exhibitions on drawing in the Netherlands and Ireland, he is uniquely knowledgeable about developments in the field.
For him, a drawing always teeters on the edge of a confession; he sees it as an exploration of the innermost depths of the artist’s soul, mind, and heart—a place where dreams take the place of knowledge. This intuitive approach to his work, combined with his extensive knowledge of drawing techniques and materials, is the expertise that Arno Kramer to DIA.
His work is included in museum, corporate, and private collections and has been exhibited both in the Netherlands and abroad in solo exhibitions, including at Museum De Pont, the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris, and museums in Ireland, where he regularly stays to work as both an artist and a curator.
MARISA RAPPARD
Marisa Rappard based on association and impulse. With intense focus, she follows whatever comes to mind, and through a constant dialogue with the drawing, she allows an image to emerge, which she develops to its fullest potential. Through her drawing, she explores what it means to be human in our fluid world, where connections are fleeting and we are bombarded with a vast amount of information every day. She translates this into an abundance of lines that she allows to flow even beyond the confines of the drawing, extending into the space around them in wall collages and three-dimensional, site-specific drawings.
Rappard a lecturer at the ArtEZ Academy in Zwolle and has been running a teaching practice for many years, guiding semi-professionals and colleagues through courses and counseling sessions. Within this context, in addition to technical aspects, she focuses primarily on the creative process: she aims to create the conditions necessary for the hand, heart, and mind to align as seamlessly as possible while working. As a member of the arts committee of the K.F. Hein Fund in Utrecht, she is also able to share her experience as a member of juries and selection committees.
CAREN VAN HERWAARDEN
Caren van Herwaarden works on and with paper. Pencil drawing is her foundation, often combined with other techniques, such as watercolor and ink. Her work is sensory, direct, and sensitive.
In recent years, her work has taken on a more spatial quality, and she has begun incorporating images of old sheets into her drawings. This lends her work a mesmerizing, sensory quality. This is of essential importance to Van Herwaarden, especially at a time when human interactions are increasingly taking place on a virtual, non-sensory level.
She wants the viewer to first experience and recognize her work with all its intensity before possibly understanding it. It has to be raw; you have to be able to “smell” it.
Caren van Herwaarden studied at the AKI in Enschede and at the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam. Her work is represented in a number of museum and corporate collections. She has extensive experience teaching both groups and individuals.
