Martijn Sandberg
The work of Amsterdam based visual artist Martijn Sandberg (1967) constantly explores border areas, such as the tension between text and image, illegible into legible, the private and the public domain. ”I make Image Messages, image is message is image.” In the cut paintings, such as ‘Sorry No Image Yet’ and ‘Im Westen Nichts Neues’, there is a subtle play between the language of the image and the significance of the image, and this gives rise to questions. Here, the lack of image seems to be elevated to an image by the artist.
The direct relationship between the image, the material bearing the image and the environment is also expressed in his site-specific works in public space and architecture. As in the brick relief ‘One More Wall Well Done’ that is integrated with the South facade of the First building in Rotterdam, and the artwork ‘I Will Survive‘ located at the border of a burial ground in Hardenberg, The Netherlands.
Website: www.msandberg.nl
Instagram: www.instagram.com/martijnsandberg
Martijn Sandberg, 1967 NL, visual artist, creates Image Messages, lives and works in Amsterdam.
- 1986-1991 HKU Academy of Arts, dpt. Fine Art, Utrecht
- 1990-1991 Rijks Academy of Fine Arts, dpt. Fine Art, Amsterdam
- Exhibitions and projects since 1992 throughout Europe
Selected site-specific artworks in public spaces and architecture
- ‘We’re Only In It For The Money‘, SVB Bank, Zaandam (2000)
- ‘Power To The People‘, Hoofddorpplein, Amsterdam (2000)
- ‘No Image No Message‘, Pizzart Cafe, Fribourg (2003)
- ‘Forever Young‘, OSG Singelland College, Drachten (2005)
- ‘Hallo, Is Daar Iemand?‘, Floriande, Hoofddorp (2007)
- ‘Ben Even Weg‘, Floriande, Hoofddorp (2007)
- ‘If These Walls Could Speak‘, Central Library, Amsterdam (2007)
- ‘Pas op! Kunst!‘, Dropstuff.nl, De Paviljoens, Almere (2008)
- ‘I Will Survive‘, LOC, Kerkhof Nijenstede, Hardenberg (2008)
- ‘Forever in Stone‘, Olympisch Kwartier, Amsterdam (2008)
- ‘Fragile, Glass, Handle With Care‘, Stadshoven, Weidevenne (2009)
- ‘Karel Appel Was Hier‘, Karel Appel House, Amsterdam (2010)
- ‘De Sleutel Ligt Onder de Deurmat‘, Colijnstraat, Amsterdam (2012)
- ‘U Heeft Tien Bewaarde Berichten‘, Synagogue LJG, Amsterdam (13)
- ‘Melodie‘, Couperus, Ypenburg, Den Haag (2013)
- ‘Het Wapen van Lochem‘, Town Hall Lochem (2013)
- ‘Morgen Komt Alles Goed‘, Kraaipanplein, Amsterdam (2013)
- ‘Van Hier Naar Daar‘, Oosterpolder, Hoorn (2016)
- ‘One More Wall Well Done‘, First, Weena 762, Rotterdam (2016)
- ‘Silence Please Science Please‘, Faculty FWN, Leiden (2017)
- ‘U Bevindt Zich Hier‘, Oranje Vrijstaatkade, Amsterdam (2019)
- ‘Make Love Not War‘, Tapijn Barracks, Maastricht (2020)
- ‘Spaarndammerhart‘, Amsterdam (2021)
Selected other projects
- ‘Wenn Alle Künste Untergehen‘ (‘If All Arts Are Lost’), kitchen towel, multiple edition, Textiellab, Tilburg (2015)
- ‘Vivat Musica Pereat Mundus‘, music project, Soundcloud, www.soundcloud.com/msandbergmusic (2015-2019)
- ‘My Last Penny‘, Jaarpenning 2010, VPK (2010)
- Stamp design ‘Zakelijke Postzegels 2005‘, TPG Post BV (2005)
- ‘We’re Only In It For The Money‘, coin, KNM, Utrecht (2000)
Teaching and advisory
- Teacher at dpt Beeld & Taal, Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 2009
- Committee member: advisor visual art, Commissie voor Welstand en Monumenten, Amsterdam, period 2010-2012
- Member advisory board: Klankbordgroep Onderzoek Monumentale Wandkunst (Research Post-War Monumental Art) in Amsterdam, Bureau Monumenten en Archeologie, Amsterdam, 2017-2018
Awards
- ‘Zuiderkerkprijs 2013’, project Kraaipan, Amsterdam, 2013