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![The new You]( "The new You")
infoembroidery based on a dreamimage
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![Groom (to be)]( "Groom (to be)")
infodreamimage in ceramic
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![Once Time will end]( "Once Time will end")
infoembroidered text and image on vintage handkerchief
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![in short]( "in short")
infopoem written for the Floating Steel installation 'Condition Humaine'.
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![Waiting for FathersDay]( "Waiting for FathersDay")
infoImage made after a dreamresidue: porcelain portrait on 2 felt pods
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![I am dreaming]( "I am dreaming")
infoCycle of dreams collected in a compact installation
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![Dr.Omen]( "Dr.Omen")
infothe gift of dreams.
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![Forest lady]( "Forest lady")
infoThe forest as a welcoming host
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![Blue Winged Horse]( "Blue Winged Horse")
infoFantasy horse with wings and human limbs
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![Wake Up]( "Wake Up")
infoThe feeling of waking up with birds on your head and feet
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![On Becoming]( "On Becoming")
infomy monthly experience documented for the project Heartsofglass.net
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![Blue Deer Incorporated]( "Blue Deer Incorporated")
infomy monthly contribution for the international project heartsofglass.net for the month May
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![Meeting]( "Meeting")
infoThe Wolf and Swallow have this summer been added to the project heartsofglass.net
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![It's not explainable]( "It's not explainable")
infoContribbution for 'Drijvend Staal 25'. Spring 2021: All we see is not always explainable.
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![Forest Walk]( "Forest Walk")
infoDuring a Forest walk we can feel overwhelmed ánd inspired.
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![Grounded (detail)]( "Grounded (detail)")
infoplanes made of clay whom are grounded due to either accidents or to the lockdown. The emroidery is of an entity that watches over them
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![the scent of homesickness]( "the scent of homesickness")
infoThe scent of Homesickness is part of the installation Grounded, made for the exhibition 'The Juror does not Weed' and gives the images of the planes fallen in the Indian Ocean.
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![landing strip (detail)]( "landing strip (detail)")
infoin a rotan suitcase are the landing strip and two stranded airplanes
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![What colour to wear]( "What colour to wear")
info2 bodysuits and an aliensuit to chose from on the question how to present ourself in the changing society
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![the Native]( "the Native")
infoThe Native is part of the installation Grounded in the exhibition 'The Juror Does not Weed'
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![the Giant]( "the Giant")
infois part of the installation Grounded
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![The Journey of Don Donkey]( "The Journey of Don Donkey")
infoMy contribution for 'Drijvend Staal 24'. The journey in the world presented through framed pages of the National Geographic
Websites
personal website
www.sonjavanderburg.nlwebsite of the artist union ArtiShock in Rijswijk, Zuid Holland.
www.arti-shock-rijswijk.nlwebsite of professional artists, Delft.
www.kadmium.nlwebsite of The Haagse Kunstkring, an artists' association for visual artists, architects, writers and moviemakers union
www.haagsekunstkring.nlSocial media
Member of Artists’ Initiative/Collective/Incubator
ZeeVonk (Den Haag), Drijvend Staal (Leiden)
Member of a professional association/artists’ association
Haagse Kunstkring
Arti-Shock te Rijswijk
Kadmium-Delft
Curriculum vitae
Education
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2020 - --ceramic Beeldhouwwinkel
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1979 - 1985lithography, silkscreen De Vrije Academie, Den Haag
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1973 - 1974Graphic design Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten
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1968 - 1973N XI: drawing, design, textiles Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma
exhibitions
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2023
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2023The class of 69 Haagse Kunstkring The Hague reunion exhibition 40 years after our exams at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague www,haagsekunstkring.nl Group
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2023Nightbook II Haagse Kunstkring The Hague, Netherlands The second presentation of our works of arts with our dreams as the basis www.haagsekunstkring.nl Group
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2023Flight! Kadmium Delft, Netherlands impression of 7 artists on the proces of refigees www.kadmium.nl Group
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2023The Pimp up studio The pimp up Studio The Hague Het Zicht, Netherlands Location with workshops and possibillities to pimp your own clothings www.cultuurvlinder.nl Group
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2023Stopping place the shaky wifi Galerie Arti-Shock Rijswijk, ZH, Netherlands The results of 3 years of collaboration with Claire Delperdange 2019/2023. www.arti-shock-rijswijk.nl Duo
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2023Floating Steel Galerie Arti-Shock Rijswijk ZH, Netherlands Presentation of work of the artistgroup Floating Steel. www.arti-shock-rijswijk.nl Group
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2023Spring Salon Kadmium Delft, Netherlands members of the artist union Kadmium present their latest creations www.kadmium.nl Group
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2022The Covid Chronicle Sunbury Garden Gallery a.t. Surey, United Kingdom Wendy Bliss, artist and founder of The Covid Chronicle invited textile artists to create works on the theme of Covid foran exhibition that will travel through the UK from Februari untill November 2022 (based on the Tapis de Bayeux) Instagram: the_covid_chronicle Group
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2022The Present Haagse Kunstkring The Hague, Netherlands 7 artists, gatered under the name ZeeVonk present the works they created these last two years. Years that were restricted by lockdowns because of the covid pandemic. www.haagsekunstkring.nl Group
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2021The Roaring Twenties Pulchri The Hague, Netherlands what are the similarities and differences in the Twenties of the last century and current time once we will be freed of the covid limitations www.pulchri.nl Group
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2020Connection De Waag / KZOD Haarlem, Netherlands Four classmates exhibit together for the first time since their graduation www.kzod.nl Group
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2020The Juros Does Not Weed Galerie Arti-Shock Rijswijk, ZH, Netherlands For this project I have invited 14 artist to work together in this 'House of the Artist' presentation. www.arti-shock-rijswijk.nl Group
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2019Virtual Journey/Guatemala Galerie Arti-Shock Rijswijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands A virtual journey to Guatemala, an unknown land to the both of us, in an attempt to get to know eachother, www.art-shock-rijswijk.nl Duo
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2018Mooi Marginaal 6 University of Asterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands the most beautiful Dutch and Flemish books in non-profit and hand-made produced between 2012-2017. Will travel thru 2019-2020 in Dutch and Flemish musea and graphic centres www.mooimarginaal.org Group
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2018More then Textile Voorschotense Kunstkring Voorschoten, Netherlands Three memebers of the artist union present their 'Textile' artworks www,voorschotensekunstkring.nl Group
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2018Textile De Kapberg Egmond aan den Hoef, Netherlands 33 textile artists present their recent work. www.galeriedekapberg.nl Group
Projects
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2022
that which grows in the dark Delft, Netherlands www.kadmium.nl As curator I organized this exhibition for which I invited the artists Annabelle Schatteman (sculptures) and Judith Schepers (drawings). The total image is that of a mystical journey through a dark forest.
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2021
Hearts of Glass Hamburg, Germany heartsofglass.net initiated by Simone Fezer and Ele Runge artist from all over the world were invited to make a heart of glass and steel their own and share the proces in text and photo's.
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2019
(S)HE The Spectator Kunstautomaten Potsdam, Germany www.kunstautomaten.com small artwork in the shpe of a mini book, like the pages of a life
International exchanges/Residencies
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2004Kolin Ryyanänen Koli, Finland In 2004 I stayed for four month in the nature park of Koli. Here I met local artisit, visited the Academy, received visitors amongst whom the former president of Finland, joined in an outside theatre play and presented two exhibitions www.transartists.org/air/kolin-ryyanänen-residence-artists
Commissions
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2019Kaluha couple & Spring Privé collectie Harderwijk, Netherlands two paper and textile collages added with embroidery finished
Sales/Works in collections
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2023Prospect private Mulhouse, Frankrijk oilpainting
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2023Two in the jungle by night private The Hague, Nederland collage
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2023She turns the wheel A. Schatteman The Hague, Nederland embroidered figure on a handkerchief
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2023sawa's in South E. Drewes The Hague, Nederland embroidered handkerchief
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2023Dragon in the garden K. Blankwaardt The Hague, Nederland embroidered handkerchiefchief
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2022You are here private Amsterdam, Nederland ceramic textcloud glaced in grey and lightblue
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2022Blue winged horse private The Hague, Nederland ceramic wallfigure of a winged horse glaced in blue and white
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2021Waking Up Private The Hague, Nederland Embroidered figure with birds on head and feet.
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2020Old New Pathways of Dreams private The Hague, Nederland How to understand eachother when not speaking eachothers language. Two embroidered figures with images.
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2020Vainamoinen private Nootdorp, Nederland painting presenting Vainamoinen, figure from the Kalevala
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2020Las Floras private Haarlem, Nederland embroidery on card with floral motives
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2019Floating (1 of the 22) private Nootdorp, Nederland embroidered collage floating in a boat of birch wood
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2019White blossomleaves private Hamburg, Duitsland vintage handkerchief embroidered with spring-poem and image
Publications
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2022a Whirlpool of dreamadventures VSD Maarten van Rootselaar Oosterbeek, Netherlands www.droomvereniging.nl report of the exhibition Nightbook at Galerie Arti-Shock, Rijswijk
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2021over textielkunst Flox den Hartog & Sonja van der Burg De Bilt / The Hague, Netherlands overtextielkunst.nl/2021/10/06/sonja-van-der-burg/ interview
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2018Mooi Marginaal 2012-2017 Catalog Stichting Laurens Janszoon Coster, Haarlem Haarlem, Netherlands www.mooimarginaal.org The best and most most beautiful Dutch and Flemish bibliophile and marginal editions
reviews
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2023'The fashion class of 69'still learned how to draw Newspaper Margreet Hofland the Hague, Netherlands www.denhaagcentraal.nl review on the exhibiton 'The class of 69' in the Haagse Kunstkring.
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2019Boekdrukkunst: het mooiste uit de marge Newspaper Michaja Langelaan The Hague, Netherlands review concerning the exhibition of Mooi Marginaal 6 in Museum Meermanno, The Hague, may 2019
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2018Opening exhibition 'Meer dan Textiel' in the Bajuwhouse. Newspaper redactie Voorschoten, Netherlands issuu.com>grootvoorschoten review concerning the opening of the exhibition 'More then Textile', VKK.
Awards and grants
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2018Mooi Marginaal 6 Mooi Marginaal, Leiden Leiden, Netherlands The best and most most beautiful Dutch and Flemish bibliophile and marginal editions
Representation
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Secondary art-related activities
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2022 - --Program board Kadmium Delft On-going
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2020 - --Program board Kadmium Delft On-going