Statement
‘In an increasingly urbanized world, the need to find a balance between architecture and nature is more urgent than ever. My artworks depict a new paradise in which a dreamed symbiosis between modernist architecture and nature arises. Since my childhood I have always lived in newly built houses, an empty white cube around which nature still had to grow. My need to create new nature and to be completely surrounded by it, next to mid-century buildings with its clean order has laid the foundation for my paintings. I create a paradise in each painting, with modernist architecture and its utopian ideas and sublime, lush nature. Together, architecture and nature become a new oasis, they merge and are reflected in each other. The open architecture gives space to nature and plants and trees invite contemplation and inspire the viewer. The works evoke a mysterious, serene atmosphere; because of the physical absence of people, the works become quiet places that offer space to muse.’
Bonnie Severien graduated with a BFA at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Netherlands. Former Queen Beatrix and the reigning King Willem-Alexander have selected her five times as a finalist for the prestigious Dutch Royal Award of Modern Painting. Her works have been exhibited at the Royal Palace Amsterdam, Art Museum in The Hague and several international art fairs, such as Volta/Art Basel (CH) and AAF Hamburg (DE). She was honoured with Grants from the Dutch Mondriaan Fund, and her work has been acquired by private collections, museums and corporate collections around the world.
Statement
‘In an increasingly urbanized world, the need to find a balance between architecture and nature is more urgent than ever. My artworks depict a new paradise in which a dreamed symbiosis between modernist architecture and nature arises. Since my childhood I have always lived in newly built houses, an empty white cube around which nature still had to grow. My need to create new nature and to be completely surrounded by it, next to mid-century buildings with its clean order has laid the foundation for my paintings. I create a paradise in each painting, with modernist architecture and its utopian ideas and sublime, lush nature. Together, architecture and nature become a new oasis, they merge and are reflected in each other. The open architecture gives space to nature and plants and trees invite contemplation and inspire the viewer. The works evoke a mysterious, serene atmosphere; because of the physical absence of people, the works become quiet places that offer space to muse.’
Bonnie Severien graduated with a BFA at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Netherlands. Former Queen Beatrix and the reigning King Willem-Alexander have selected her five times as a finalist for the prestigious Dutch Royal Award of Modern Painting. Her works have been exhibited at the Royal Palace Amsterdam, Art Museum in The Hague and several international art fairs, such as Volta/Art Basel (CH) and AAF Hamburg (DE). She was honoured with Grants from the Dutch Mondriaan Fund, and her work has been acquired by private collections, museums and corporate collections around the world.