Trained architect who learned to blow glass in the glass factory "de Oude Horn", founded by his father in the industrial building of the water pumping station. In 1995, he took over from his father, Wilhelm. Today, he is one of the most influential Dutch glassblowers, creating playful objects with an element of exaggeration, irony and humor with his female assistants.
Biography
1976
začal studovat architekturu / start to study architecture
1977
jeho otec Willem Heesen založil sklářské studio de Oude Horn / his father Willem Heesen founded the glass studio de Oude Horn
1983
prvně zkouší foukat sklo / first attempt to blow glass
1985
první návštěva na IGS / first visit IGS
1986
první spolupráce s Petrem Novotným / first collaboration with Petr Novotny
1986
začíná jeho umělecká kariéra – šplhá na Etnu a zkouší foukat bubliny z horké lávy / started his career as ‘artist’ by climbing the Etna, trying to blow bubbles out of the hot lava
Od té doby se událo mnoho věcí, nyní tvoří v úzké spolupráci s Debby Eerens, Nienke Sikkema, Josja Schepman and Andrea Bakker / Lot of things happened since then, now working together in close cooperation with Debby Eerens, Nienke Sikkema, Josja Schepman and Andrea Bakker.
Solo exhibitions
2018
Bernard Heesen and the madness of the 19th century, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, Netherlands
2017
Bernard Heesen, Museum JAN, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Collective exhibitions (selection)
2023
Bernard Heesen, Nienke Sikkema and Josja Schepman: Glas uit de Oude Horn, Museum JAN, Amstelveen, Netherlands
2021
Sparkling Glass: 30 years Museum JAN, Amstelveen Netherlands
2016
Look! Glass, Kunstmuseum Den Haag ,The Hague, Netherlands
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