The Residency ends

It has been a weird couple of months, with my first solo show in the Netherlands and the Artist in Residence at the glass program in Edinburgh coming to an end. I have been going about quite a bit and that makes it all feel a little surreal. Not being able to find (or get) a job that I would really want here in Edinburgh made me decide it might be time to move on to the next adventure. Failing to persuade my wife to move to Japan (still not giving up on that though ;) ), we have decided to move to Brighton. This because it is just a much better location for going to the Netherlands (from Edinburgh you either have to fly or spend 18 hours on a boat if I want to bring some of my work along). It is also a city with an interest in art as there are many gallery's and it is very close to London. So who knows I might actually have more to blog about!

Before I am leaving though I want to show a little bit more about the stuff I am working on at the moment. It is kind of a strange closing as it feels that I am leaving with what started it all. You might remember the many efforts I made trying to make a mold of the USA cutout and how difficult it was to get it the way I wanted. Well I didn't give up and this week I was able to take the first of 2 out of the kiln. It is so strange when you spend so long trying to get every detail to show up in the mold starting over and over until you get it right. Well it amazed me that when I took the piece out of the mold and I didn't even care that all that detail failed to show up in the glass. I got back to what I enjoy most in my work, that little uncontrollable element that makes it come out just a little different than you anticipated.

well here is a little preview of the first piece, it's time to think about how to move on from here.

I want to thank all the people that I came to know and got close to me during my time here in Edinburgh, I will miss you!

New Event

Before my show will end in August there will be one more event held at the gallery.
This time it will be a night event with enough to do! There will be a little tour (led by myself), and some poetry by Shinta Lempers. The night will also reveal more of the projections that have been shown together with my work. So if you are interested, haven't been yet or just want to enjoy another great night, please feel free to come along! After this the show will be open until the 4th of August.

I did a quick translation of the invite so please forgive me for any mistakes. I will put up the original version (in Dutch) on my website soon.

Radio

During the first week of my show I have been interviewed for by the local radio station (L1). It was an exciting day and Despite being quite nervous I think the interview came out quite well. Thanks to Emil en de Kunst and also to Laura post who I think did better than me!


Click on the linkto hear the interview!

http://www.l1.nl/audio/emil-en-kunst-sander-schoonbeek-29-jun-2013

Opening

I'm once more sorry to keep all of you waiting for another update. Things have been busy again but in a good way. I have had an amazing opening thanks to Laura Post and Gallery Post + Garcia. I never had a show this big and it was amazing to see all my work together in one room. I was also pleased to see so many people at my opening and would like to thank everyone who managed to come out and see the show.

Stickers

I have been over in Maastricht to bring the first load of screenprints and the space looked amazing (and even bigger then I remembered).
Today I received yet another pleasant e-mail showing that the stickers for the show have been fitted on the windows.

Galerie Post + García

I was pleasantly surprised earlier this evening, when I went to the website of Galerie Post + García (http://www.postgarcia.nl/home). Not only did I find some of my pictures on their main page but I also found they put my on their artist page. It is a bit strange still I have to admit having a picture of my work next to that of one of my childhood examples (Alexander Vogels). One of my early memories as a child was going to one of his openings with my parents where I even got to sit next to him during dinner. 

For those who haven't seen the complete invite for my show (which will already open next week) here is the complete info:

Again a big thank you is in order to both Galerie Post + García and Laura Post who Curated the whole show.

Poster

Just a quick update before heading out.
I just received a very nice e-mail from the gallery where I am going to exhibit in the Netherlands.
They made a poster for my exhibition and wanted to share it with me.
I am very excited and can't wait to go over there on the 28th.
A special thank you goes out to Peter and his daughter Laura Post.