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Bobbi Essers

B.2000 Based in Groningen, Netherlands

Introduction

Bobbi Essers’ paintings serve as an intimate portal into the lives of a close-knit friendship group in their early twenties. In her work, Essers challenges conventional perceptions of gender and sexuality, emphasising that these traits transcend specific appearances and roles. She meticulously details textures, such as skin and textiles, preserving the memories that resonate within them.

 

 

Education

2024 Master of Fine Art, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen, Netherlands
2022 BA, Fine Art (Hons), Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Netherlands
2018 Fine Art Preparatory Course, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Netherlands
2017 HAVO, Het Stedelijk Lyceum Kottenpark, Enschede, Netherlands

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024
The World at Our Command, Unit, London, UK

2023
Rumour has it (online), Unit, London, UK
Living in a daydream, Never Gallery, Oostende, Belgium
I’ll meet you at nightfall, Allard Wildenberg Projects, Naarden, Netherlands

2022
Beat around the bush, Sanquin, Galerie Joghem, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

 

Group Exhibitions

2024
In Focus, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
Licked by the Waves, MuseumMORE, Netherlands

2023
The Preuss Collection, Better Go South Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Group Show, Marian Cramer Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Ready, set, go!, Gallery Larik, Utrecht, Netherlands
Art Rotterdam, Gallery StigtervanDoesburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duoshow, Gallery StigtervanDoesburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Firestarter, The Curator’s Room, Barcelona, Spain

2022
Wintersalon 2022, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Buning Brongers Prize show, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Collection presentation, MuseumMORE, Gorssel, Netherlands
SBK Sprouts young talent, SBK KNSM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arty Party, Melkweg expo, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Best of Graduates, Gallery Ron Mandos, Amsterdam Netherlands
Exposure, HKU graduation show, HKU, Utrecht, Netherlands
Scratched, duoshow with Krijn Kroes, Oude rechtbank Amsterdam Zuid, Netherlands

2020
Skidmark, HKU groupshow, de Vegtvliet, Breukelen, Netherlands

 

 

Selected Press

2024
September ‘Bobbi Essers Puts Friendship First in ‘The World at Our Command”, Hypebeast

2023
October ‘Rauwe Tederheid’, Tableau, Floor Wiegernick
October ‘Kunstenares Bobbi Essers: “Mijn werken zijn een ode aan mijn vrienden”’, Twentelife
August ’10 Emerging Painters Born in the 2000s to Watch Now’, Artsy Editorial
February ‘Bobbi Essers: eigengereid realist’, Muze magazine
January ‘Tussen provocatie en suggestie: de invloed van het medium op de perceptie van het naakt’, Mister Motley
‘De schilderijen van Bobbi Essers doen denken aan de Instagramfeed van een gen Z’er’, Het Parool

2022
December ‘Bobbi uit Enschede scoort met bijzondere kunst: van maandverband tot bloot, maar zonder hoofd’, Tubantia
October ‘Een eerbetoon aan vriendschap – in gesprek met Bobbi Essers’, Mister Motley
‘Bobbi Essers, Eindexamens 2022’, Metropolis M

August ‘Image of the day’, ELEPHANT.art
June ‘De Prijswinnaars 2022’, Buning Brongers ‘Eindexamenwerk 2022’, BK-Informatie

 

Awards & Nominations

2023
Royal Award for Modern Painting, Netherlands, 2023
Financial Newspaper (Financieel Dagblad) Talent of 2023, Rotterdam, Netherlands 

2022
SBK-Otto Hetterscheid Stimulerings prize Nominee, Amsterdam, Netherlands SBK Sprouts Young Talents Award Nominee, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ron Mandos Public Choice Award Winner, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Buning Brongers Prize Winner, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dooyewaard Stipendium Nominee, Blaricum, Netherlands