Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk
Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk
De Blauwe Dodo collection by artist Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk
“When creating my artwork, I am often inspired by old stories, old books, historical objects and impressions I get from travelling. The dodo has long played a role in my work. In my experience, this extinct bird lives on as a time traveler. This is how I keep his memory alive.”
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Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk
Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk started his creative career at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Here he studied Graphic and Typographic Design. After his studies he started working as an illustrator, became a painter and now mainly makes ceramic sculptures in addition to his paintings. An art-historical background is recognizable in Pepijn's artworks. His preference for Delft blue pottery merges with history and elements from comics and the circus. The result is a world all its own, in which the dodo is still very much alive. Like a stray Delft blue shard of which we only see a small part and are allowed to fill in the rest with our imagination.