EXHIBITIONS
Studio Kura | Itoshima, Japan – Art Residency & exhibition 2024
Caroline experienced a quintessential residency programme at Studio Kura in Itoshima, near Fukuoka, Japan. Her work Come Forward in Dense Waves was shown at Studio Kura, October 2024.
Her stay at Studio Kura allowed Caroline to expand her connection to Japanese daily life and deepen her touch to essential family history. It resulted in the creation of Come Forward in Dense Waves.
Please click Come Forward in Dense Waves for the historical background of the work, video and photos.
NDSM FUSE | Amsterdam – April 5th to October 6th, 2024
In the wonderful NDSM exhibition space Caroline showed her work Fly to Me, my Enemy. The work resulted from research into the impact of major historical events on next generations, if the persons who have experienced that history aren’t there anymore.
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On NDSM Fuse
Experiencing and viewing art and culture increases empathy with other cultures and people. NDSM FUSE focuses on this connecting power by bringing different disciplines together. NDSM FUSE combines exhibitions by artists from the NDSM hangar with theatre performances, events and initiatives by artists from outside. With its diverse programme, NDSM FUSE invites visitors to dive into the inspiring world of fine arts.
Al-Tiba9 art gallery | Barcelona – 2023 / 2024
After 10 years of its Al-Tiba9 online magazine with sculpture, architecture, fashion and more, in the fall of 2023, the Al-Tiba9 contemporary art gallery saw the light in Barcelona. In an exhibition curated by Mohamed Benhadj, Caroline’s A Day in the Woods is amongst the first works shown in the gallery at Calle Comerç 11, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
Art Dubai | Dubai – 2021
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Art Dubai ran March 29 to April 3rd, 2021. Art Dubai hosts 50 world-reknown galleries with a wealth of international artists. Works of Caroline were represented by the Museum of the Americas under auspices of dr Raul Manuel Oyuela.
Frauenmuseum | Bonn – 2018
At the exhibition Freundinnen (female friends) at the Frauenmuseum Bonn, Germany, Caroline Kampfraath exhibited her work Under My Skin amidst 40 female artists. The sculptor connects contemporary cultural phenomena and friendships between women with their social position.
Emma Evelein and Jori Meijer performed the opening of Under my Skin.
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Under my Skin – Parchment, sand – 4 x 7 x 3 m
On the Frauenmuseum Bonn
The Frauenmuseum Bonn, Germany was founded in 1981. It is the first women’s museum in the world. Since its founding it hosted over 500 exhibitions and accompanying events. The museum promotes international women artists through a changing program of exhibitions and examines their work in the context of art history. Female artists and academics work together on the large thematic exhibitions. The museum’s academy organises meetings, seminars, workshops and advice services on topics of interest to female artists.
The Trees Weep upon Us, We’ll be Fossils by Then | Biennale | Venice, Italy – 2017
The Trees Weep upon Us, We’ll be Fossils by Then was specifically created for the Venice Biennale and shown in Palazzo Mora during the Biennale 2017 exhibition Personal Structures. The artwork refers to self-destruction by arrogant disregard of our natural environment.
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The Seamstress | Amsterdam, The Netherlands – 2017
The Seamstress is a commission by inhabitants of the centre of Amsterdam and comemmorates the radical transition of an Amsterdam city centre street.
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Contemporary Art Ruhr | Essen, Germany 2016
Caroline Kampfraath participated at the Contemporary Art Ruhr for the Marziart International Art Gallery Hamburg.
Exhibition “The Female Orgasm” | Miet Air | Beers, The Netherlands – 2016
For “Female Orgasm” Caroline Kampfraath created a specific work, shown at Miet Air, Artists in Residence, Beers, The Netherlands.
Hysteria refers to the way female orgasm was viewed in the past. Supreme rapture of women was only accepted as ultimate devotion to the divine, as depicted by Bernini. Later, it became a medical ailment for which women had to be treated. In any case, female orgasm had to be remedied, denied or avoided.
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HYSTERIA | 173 x 60 x 110 cm | Unbaked clay, synthetic resin, examination table
Dutch Society of Sculptors | The Hague 2015
Caroline showed Soldiers and Lovers, about the questions we have on our origin.
SOLDIERS AND LOVERS | 160 x 100 x 50 cm | Cast stone
Contemporary Art Ruhr | Essen 2014
Caroline Kampfraath participated at the Contemporary Art Ruhr for the Marziart International Art Gallery Hamburg.
For the 2014 CAR exhibition, Caroline developed Nature II with a novel technique with artificial resin.
NATURE II | 55 x 35 x 30 cm | Polyesther, colourant
Galerie Artlantis | Frankfurt 2013
INESCAPABLE | 700 x 350 x 155 cm | Porcelain plaster, flax
