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(for me art is travelling the mind)

e-mail     toos@toosvanholstein.nl

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August 2023

Toos van Holstein working on her new UOV)-series in the atelier of Rampini Ceramiche d'Arte

in the well-known Italian ceramic city Gubbio

New: Toos van Holstein nominated for the election of the Dutch Artist of the Year 2024

For many years now an artpanel of about 100 well-known art professionals, like museum directors and art critics, nominates every year 90 artists for this prestigious election. Toos has been chosen as one of the nominees for 2024, indicating her position in the Dutch art world. This public round started at 1 July and lasts till 15 September. At the16th the group of 20 artisis with most votes will be published. They go up for another round in which the artpanel makes a choice for the last 8. Out of these 8 remaining artist the public may make a choice for the Artist of the Year.

New: The new series of UOVO's by Toos van Holstein

Toos van Holstein just came back from a four weeks 'artist-in-residency in the Italian medieval town Gubbio, known for its ceramics. In the atelier of Rampini Ceramics d'Arte she created a new series of by hand painted UOVO's, big egg shaped forms. Three of these UOVO's are now part of the collection of the Museo delle Brocche d'Autore in Gubbio. The other ones will be shown for the first time on Sunday July 2 during the Art&Culture Route (1-5 pm) in her hometown Middelburg in the Netherlands. Take your chance and visit her atelier in her beautiful 18th century warehouse at the Korendijk 56.

About this UOVO-Project a video can be watched on Toos her YouTube-channel. Have a look here.

New: Toos van Holstein in the Jardin de Sculptures in Fayence (France)

Till November sculptures and mixed media works on alu-dibond by Toos van Holstein are part of the new 2023 exhibition in the beautiful sculpture garden Jardin de Sculptures just outside of the centre of medieval town Fayence in the Var-region (part of the Provence). More about this exhibition can be found here.

The creation of her newest stone lithograph

Recently Toos van Holstein created a new stone lithograph in collaboration with the Belgian lithographer Hans Van Dijck in his atelier in Antwerp. It was the first time the two of them worked together on a stone lithograph but the result can be judged as excellent. The edition of this new work is only 25 and the litho is sold for €225. An excellent chance to acquire a beatiful artwork for an excellent price. On the YouTube-channel of the artist the creation of 'City life' can be watched in the video 'City life- the coming alive of a stone lithograph' https://youtu.be/XczDEwQo-lk

Interested? Just send an e-mail to toosvanholstein@xs4all.nl

Toos van Holstein elected in the Top-25 of the Dutch Artist of the Year 2023

For many years now an artpanel of about 100 well-known art professionals, like museum directors and art critics, nominates every year 90 artists for this prestigious election. Toos was one of the nominees for 2023, indicating her position in the Dutch art world. After the nominations were published, it was up to the public to reduce this group of 90 nominees to the 25 most popular ones. And Toos van Holstein is amongst them! To be in the Top-25 of all those thousands and thousands of visual artists in the country is really a great success.

The new book 'TOOS VAN HOLSTEIN II for me art is travelling the mind' is released now

More than 200 pages with her art, her own stories and those of others about that art. A marvelous artbook of nearly 1,5 kilogram that can be bought for € 35. Interested? A mail to toosvanholstein@xs4all.nl is enough. 

 

- See also the video's of Toos van Holstein on her own channel on YouTube

On this YouTube channel Toos shows several video's about her exhibitions, her digital art and a lot more. See here also TOOS-the movie. Click on TOOSvanholstein .