Caja Boogers’ work focuses on manipulating the underlying layer to intensify the texture of the subject matter, using techniques such as motifs and scratches that become visible through the painted image. This shift from the surface of the painting to the surface of the subject matter is a key element that intrigues the artist.
Painting conventions, such as capturing light, are central to the artist’s work. Boogers explores and questions these conventions through the repeated depiction of a subject. To inform each series of paintings, the artist builds a personal archive of images that includes elements from nature and affected surfaces, as well as images from 1970s films and martial arts culture. The artist analyzes this archive to gain new perspectives, keeping their practice dynamic.
In the current series of paintings, the artist aims to create an immersive element for the viewer by suggesting reflections through the use of paint. Additionally, a dividing line between the two canvases adds to the associations that viewers may have with the work.
Caja Boogers is fascinated by the process of using personal archive elements in their work, and how they are connected to the painted ones. Through their work, the artist seeks to challenge and explore the way in which viewers look at paintings.
CV Caja Boogers
Born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands, 2001
Lives and works in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands.
Education
2019 – 2023 BA Fine Art Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht
2022 Internship Pennie Key Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
Selected exhibitions
2024
Last Show, Collectie De Groen, Arnhem (NL) group
Daily encounters and how to catch them, Museum Helmond, Helmond (NL), group
ECHTER, Moving Gallery, Utrecht (NL), group
Best of Graduate Legacy, Art Rotterdam, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam (NL), group
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam (NL), group
2023
Closing Distance, Galerie Weisbard, Rotterdam (NL), solo
Maidentrip, Collectie De Groen, Arnhem (NL), solo
Best of Graduates, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam (NL), group
HKU Exposure, HKU Fine Art, Utrecht (NL) graduation show
PARTITIONS, Galerie Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam (NL) duo
TRAILER, AG, Utrecht (NL), group
A Touch of Light, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen (NL), group
2022
PEEK Pastoe, HKU Fine Art, Utrecht (NL), group
The NEXT: Kapsalon, Herman van Veen Arts Centre, Soest (NL), group
2021
CURRENT CURRENT CURRENT, OMSTAND, Arnhem (NL), group
Virtual Empathy, AG, Utrecht (NL), group
Residencies
2023 Artist-in-residence in Depot Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Collections
Museum Voorlinden
De Groen Fine Art Collection
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation
Lakeside Collection
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken
ING Collection
Verder Collectie
Prizes/nominations/grants
2023 Lakeside Collection Award 2023 (winner)
Publications
2023
‘De vliegende start van drie jonge kunstenaars’, Anna van Leeuwen, de Volkskrant 10 juli 2023
Metropolis M: Inkomen & Eindexamens 2023, Eli Witteman
Nu te Zien ‘A touch of light’, AVROTROS, 18 juni 2023
MuseumTV: Kunstbeloften: Caja Boogers, 30 november 2023