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.
Caja Boogers (Vlaardingen, 2001)
Caja Boogers graduated at the HKU earlier this year. His talent was already noticed by Colin Huizing and Nanda Jansen, who asked him to participate in the group exhibition ‘Touch Of Light’ in Museum Kranenburgh. Boogers uses various elements of painting such as trompe l’oeil, refined tactile surfaces and dreamy colours to influence the viewer’s experience.
Exhibitions
2023
Closing Distance, Galerie Weisbard, Rotterdam, solo-show
Maidentrip, Collectie de Groen, Arnhem, solo-show
Best of Graduates, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, groupshow
HKU Exposure, HKU Fine Art, Utrecht, graduation show
PARTITIONS, Galerie Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, duoshow
TRAILER, AG, Utrecht, groupshow
A Touch of Light, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, groupshow
2022
PEEK Pastoe, HKU Fine Art, Utrecht, groupshow
The NEXT: KapSalon, Herman van Veen Arts Center, Soest, groupshow
2021
CURRENT CURRENT CURRENT, OMSTAND, Arnhem, groupshow
Virtual Empathy, AG, Utrecht, groupshow
Education
2019-2023
BA Fine Art Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
2022
Internship Pennie Key Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
Residencies
Lakeside Collection Award 2023
Artist-in-residence in Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Publications
‘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
Extra
Works have been acquired by collections such as:
Museum Voorlinden
Lakeside Collection
ING Collection
Verder Collectie
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation.
Partition, 2023, oil on linnen, 200 x 120 cm
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Partitons #2, 2023, oil on linnen, 200 x 120 cm
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Partition (#4), 2023, oil on linnen, 200 x 120 cm
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Untitled (partition #5), 2023, oil on linen, 200 x 120 cm
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Untitled, 2023, oil on linnen, 200 x 120 cm
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Untitled (Partition #4), 200x120cm
Oil and paste on linen
2023
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Untitled (Partition #3) , 200x120cm
Oil and paste on linen
2023
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