Location: Belgium
3 April 1952 Born in Sint-Lievens-Houtem, Belgium
Ommegangstraat 3, 9690 Kluisbergen Kwaremont Belgium
Education
1980-83 Institute for Textile, Henry Story, Gent, Belgium
1983-84 Ecole Nationale d’Art Décoratif, Aubusson, France
1984-88 Royal Academy des Beaux Arts,, Kortrijk, Belgium
Professional occupation
Since 1985 Independent textile artist - designer
Since 1992 Opening ‘Galerij Theaxus’ https://www.galerij-theaxus.com
Selected exhibitions
The 13th International Textile Art Biennial “Scythia”, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine.
We are pleased to inform you that your artwork “Blue Landscape II” was selected by jury to be exhibited at the 13th International Textile Art Biennial “Scythia”.
The biennial will take place in Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine, 6-18 August, 2020.
Juror Nick DeFord selected your tapestry “Tornado In The Field II”, for ATB 13.
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, CA, USA - October 11, 2020-January 10, 2021
Highfield Hall & Gardens, MA, USA – February 9, 2021 – April 4, 2021
SELECTION FOR UNESCO VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
My artwork has been selected for the virtual Exhibition of UNESCO & MEADOWS artists against COVID-19.
Many Thanks to Lena Kelekian Sulahian and Francesca Maurizi
Friday 29 2020 #unesco #covid19 #meadows
https://en.unesco.org/news/mask-art-creativity-under-lockdown-unesco-beirut-meadows-artists-against-covid-19
Discover Benelux april -mei 2020 | Link: https://www.discoverbenelux.com/galerij-theaxus-weaving-images-into-tapestries/
Discover Benelux August 2019 | Link: https://www.discoverbenelux.com/galerij-theaxus/
Solo Exhibition : Dorothea Van De Winkel – Contemporary Tapestries, April 7-22 2018, Mou Museum of Oudenaarde and Flemish Ardennes, Town house de Oudenaarde, Belgium.
7th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art: DIVERSITY. In the SUBTE Exposition center. Montevideo, Uruguay 2017. The World Textile Art. Expo 5 Oct.-11 Nov. 2017. Web: www.wta-online.org Web: http://uruguay2017.wta-online.org
Domaine de la Lice, Tapestry Contemporary, Centre wallon d’Art contemporain, La Châtaigneraie, March 18 to April 20 2017, Flémalle, Belgium.
Trames Tapisseries Contemporaines, March 4-24 2017, Vanderborght Building, Brussels.
2016 From Lausanne to Beijing, 9th International Fiber Art Biennale & International Fiber Art Symposium, Exhibition, September 10-26 2016, Guan Shan Yue Art Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Web http://www.chinafiberart.com/swl-9th.html
I lived in the centre of the town of Oudenaarde (Flanders Belgium), an historic city renowned for its ancient hand woven tapestries. I was very impressed by the skills needed and the fine art behind this craft. From this background I started searching and collecting any information I could find on materials (wool, silk,…), the tools, the colours and the patterns. I wanted to know everything about it, from design to realisation.
After a solid education in this art-form locally at the … and later abroad at the Ecole Nationale d’Art Décoratif, Aubusson France, I since create my own designs and weaving cartoons in a modern style according to my feelings and emotions of the moment. Starting from a pencil sketch, in various shades of grey, but often coloured, the pencil lines are maintained in the realisation of the tapestry. They give a personal touch and familiar feeling to the whole. There are restrictions - when it comes to weaving a tapestry, however, I manage to realise my drawings as close as possible to the initial design, making use of meticulously mastered skills. https://www.galerij-theaxus.com
The designs of Dorothea Van De Winkel are abstract. She realises wall and floor tapestries, which can be wholly integrated in a house (colours, form and size). The realisations can be seen as living, standing-on-their-own art objects, or as the centre point, elementary piece or material for interior design. Furthermore, tapestry can be used in modern buildings for muting sound transmission and it adds a feeling of warmth. Dorothea is an independent textile artist – designer since1985. She manages her own gallery “Galerij Theaxus” from September 1992 with exhibition rooms and the possibility to visit the studio, where the hand woven tapestries are designed and made.
Title of the work: In The Open Field I
Year of creation: 2014
Dimensions (cm): Length 185 x Width 240 cm
Material: wool-cotton
Technique: handwoven tapestry - basse-lice
Photo: © Technifoto Van Wambeke
Statement about this tapestry :
I was inspired by the current world problems, conflicts, contrarieties, realizing there is always a place for a new beginning.
Different perspectives represented by colors, united into an art creation.
In that spirit I created 'Tornado ‘In The Field II’: An open mind for the positive, take the opportunity for a new start.
Dorothea Van De Winkel
“Tornado In The Field II, 2016”
Title of the work: Tornado In The Field II - Year of creation: 2016
Dimensions (cm): Length 185 x Width 240 cm - Material: wool-cotton
Technique: handwoven tapestry - basse-lice Loom - Photo: © Technifoto Van Wambeke
Statement about this tapestry :
I was inspired by the current world problems, conflicts, contrarieties, realizing there is always a place for a new beginning.
Different perspectives represented by colors, united into an art creation. In that spirit I created 'Tornado ‘In The Field II’: An open mind for the positive, take the opportunity for a new start.
Dorothea Van De Winkel
Title of the work: Blue Landscape I - Year of creation: 2018
Dimensions (cm): 100 x 120 cm - Material: wool-cotton
Technique: handwoven tapestry - basse-lice - Photo: © Technifoto Van Wambeke
Statement about this tapestry ‘
Evening Landscape, I Made The design by night Falls, I saw changing The colours in grey and blue it became very dark, but suddenly The sun brought sunbeams and The design came a live, I bring that on my tapestries. Comparable to The current world problems there is hope The sunbeams will bring The solution.
Dorothea Van De Winkel
Title of the work: Blue Landscape II - Year of creation: 2018
Dimensions (cm): 100 x 120 cm - Material: wool-cotton
Technique: handwoven tapestry - basse-lice - Photo: © Technifoto Van Wambeke
Statement about this tapestry ‘
Evening Landscape, I Made The design by night Falls, I saw changing The colours in grey and blue it became very dark, but suddenly The sun brought sunbeams and The design came a live, I bring that on my tapestries. Comparable to The current world problems there is hope The sunbeams will bring The solution.
Dorothea Van De Winkel
“In The Open Field I, 2014”
“Blue Landscape I ”
“Blue Landscape II ”
