KATREIN BREUKERS (Tilburg, 1991)
I live and work in Rotterdam where I have my studio at Kunst & Complex. I graduated from the FHK in Tilburg and did a master's degree in Fine Arts at the AKV St. Joost in 's-Hertogenbosch. Project-based work characterizes my practice, in which I make room for collaboration and improvisation, and in which I use a personal approach. In my installations, I implement various techniques and materials, especially ceramics and textiles. To revalue practices of decorative craftsmanship that have not historically been considered higher art forms. An example of this aspiration is the use of the quilt in my recent works.
Within my work I am always looking for a connection with the community, and I collaborated with art institutions with a committed program. For example I made an educational exhibition for children at TENT (2021) and Villa Zebra (2023) in Rotterdam and in 2024 was a jury member and curator of the Limburg Biennale 2024, where I curated an exhibition at Marres (Maastricht) with work by art enthusiasts, amateurs and artists.
I have received various grants and in 2017 I won the AG Art Prize, and at the moment I received the Artist Basic funding from the Mondrian Fund from 2023 to 2026.
Picture by Liza Wolters
