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
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
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, Museum More, 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
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
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