Giny Vos
Regina Engelina Maria (Giny) Vos (born 30 October 1959) is a Dutch visual and conceptual artist. She makes monumental works of art for public spaces.
Also recorded as Regina Engelina Maria Vos
Giny Vos
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- Birth Name
- Regina Engelina Maria Vos
- Born
- 30 October 1959
- Birthplace
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- artist · sculptor
- Fields
- public art · light art
- Movements
- new media art
- Education
- Gerrit Rietveld Academie · Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
- Honours
- Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award
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Biography
Biography
Giny Vos studied at Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are public art and light art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Work by Giny Vos is recorded in the collections of Museum Arnhem, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, LIMA and Collection Vedute. Distinctions recorded are Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award.
Key facts
Key facts
• Style — Light art, Installation art • Website — ginyvos.nl • Birth Name — Regina Engelina Maria Vos • Born — 30 October 1959 • Birthplace — Rotterdam, Netherlands
Documentary record
Giny Vos, an artist and installation artist, was born in 1959 in Rotterdam. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Life
Life
Vos graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam in 1988 and studied sculpture at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten from 1988 to 1990. In one of the earliest presentations of Dutch video art, Vos was represented in a 1990 exhibition entitled "Imago, fin de siècle" alongside artists Jeffrey Shaw, Lydia Schouten, Boris Gerrets, and Madelon Hooykaas among others. In 2004, she received the Witteveen+Bos Prize for Art+Technology for her oeuvre.
Selected works
Selected works
• Illustration — "Feniks," Poort van het Vechtdal, Zwolle, 2024. • Illustration — "Portal to Safety," Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, 2024. • Illustration — "Endless Horizon," Genk, Belgium, 2024. • Illustration — "Light Phenomena," Unna, Germany, 2022. • Illustration — "Songlines of Daily Life," Stockholm, Sweden, 2021. • Illustration — "Sjamaan," DordtYart, Dordrecht, 2016. • Illustration — "Passage de la Baleine," Oude Lombardsteeg, Leeuwarden, 2015. • Illustration — “Light Gig,“ Lantaren Venster Theater, Rotterdam, 2013. • Illustration — "White Noise," Zuidas, Amsterdam, 2009. • Illustration — "Reizend Zand," Apeldoorn, 2008 • Illustration — "Lust for Life," Naturalis Natural History Museum, Leiden, 1999. • Illustration — "Monument for Jan Zwartendijk," Kaunas, Lithuania, 2018.
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- 1.Boomgaard, Jeroen. Giny Vos : singing in the dark. Valiz. 2010. 978-90-78088-33-2.
- 2.Ontdek beeldhouwer, conceptueel kunstenaar, installatiekunstenaar Giny Vos. rkd.nl.
- 3.Jacobs, P.M.J. Beeldend Benelux : biografisch handboek. Stichting Studiecentrum voor Beeldende Kunst Tilburg. 246. 2000. 90-805707-1-0.
- 4.Ruyters, Domeniek. Dialogue sur l'herbe : werk van tien kunstenaars : een keuze van Luc Deleu en Alexander Vos. Stichting Beeldentuin. 1991. 90-71706-06-0.
- 5.Binsbergen, Sarah Van. Kunstwerk van de week: lichtpuntjes langs de Amsterdamse ringweg. de Volkskrant. 2021-01-21.
- 6.Coelho, René. Imago: Fin-de-Siècle Dutch Contemporary Art : a Travelling Exhibition. MonteVideo Intermediart. 11. 1989.
- 7.2004: Giny Vos - Witteveen+Bos-Prijs voor Kunst+Techniek. www.kunsttechniekprijs.nl.
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