
COMING SOON
- Biography
- Statement
- CV
GLENDA HEYLIGER, 1957
Born in San Nicolaas, Aruba. Lives and works in Aruba and Saba.
I live in chaos and order
My chaos i put in order
Between chaos and order lies my feelings
Chaos deals with issues
Feelings deal with changes
Order deal with choices
EDUCATION
1992 – 1996 Theatre Design & Art Direction, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam NL
1991 – 1992 Atelier’s ‘89, Oranjestad, Aruba
1984 Detex Eindhoven, Foundation Vakopleiding Textile Retail, Eindhoven NL
1983 – 1987 Fashion Design, Royal Academy of Art and Design ’s-Hertogenbosch NL
1976 – 1981 Medical Microbiology analist HBO-A, University Eindhoven, Eindhoven NL
1973 – 1976 HAVO, Colegio Arubano, Oranjestad, Aruba
1969 – 1973 MAVO, John Wesley College, San Nicolas, Aruba
AWARDS/GRANTS
2010 Stipendium Award, Fonds BKVB, Kultura Regeling Amsterdam NL
2008 Siman di Expresion, Talento y Creatividad: Reconocimento di Privilegio, Instituto di Cultura Aruba/UNESCO, Oranjestad, Aruba
2005 Siman di Expresion, Talento y Creatividad: Reconocimento di Privilegio, Instituto di Cultura Aruba/UNESCO, Oranjestad, Aruba
2004 Culture Award, Prince Bernhard Cultural Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, Oranjestad, Aruba
2000 Reed Foundation Award, New York, USA
RESIDENCY PROGRAMMES
2000 Vermont Studio Center (residence-artist/Reed Foundation Award Prize), New York, USA
1999 International Artists Workshop ‘bR’, Grand Riviere, Trinidad 1997 International Artists Workshop Soroa, Soroa, Cuba
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999 Ancla, Cas di Partido AVP, Aruba
1996 Backyard, MOIRA, Utrecht NL
1993 Nude Models, The Cinderella Schoenenbeurs, Amsterdam, NL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2014 – 2016 Art-teacher for Preparatory Classes, Academy of Fine Arts and Design Aruba, Oranjestad.
2015 Art-teacher for 20 art-students of Curacao, Academy of Fine Arts and Design Aruba, Oranjestad.
2015 Arts inspired by Andre Kuipers, dutch astronaut, Colegio Laura Wernet-Paskel, Library Project,Oranjestad, Aruba
2013 200 years Kingdom Relations of The Netherlands, Zwolle NL
2013 HiT and RUN bar Design, San Nicolaas, Aruba
2013 ASSD, ARUBA StirSticks Design© established, San Nicolaas, Aruba
2013 INIVA London Conference-project, Open University, London, UK
2012 Encuentro Prome Bienal Aruba 2011-12, Aruba
2011 MICROCOSM, US premiere of the Royal Netherlands Embassy at the Residence of The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands, Washington D.C., USA
2011 MuheFrida/Santa Frida, Cas Di Cultura,Oranjestad, Aruba/ Teatro La Tentashon,Otrabanda, Curacao
2011 Verbonden, %100Controle100%, West Inn Aruba Art Gallery, Oranjestad, Aruba
2010 La Dessalinienne, AYITI, West Inn Aruba Art Gallery, Oranjestad, Aruba
2006 Information and Human Rights, ‘From Washboard to Motherboard’, Acuril XXXVI Expo, Cas di Cultura, Oranjestad, Aruba
2005 San Nicolaas Beer Bottle Orchestra/Orquestra Balashi, Cas di Cultura, Oranjestad, Aruba
2004 Sinfatural Night 1, SINFA Steelband Festival, SINFA, San Nicolaas, Aruba
2002 SINFA (Sint Nicolaas Foundation for the Arts) established, San Nicolaas, Aruba
2002 Saprofiet in honor of the Royal visit of Prince Willem Alexander and Princess Maxima Zorreguieta, Cas di Cultura, Oranjestad, Aruba
2001 – 2002 Arte ‘di nos e ta’, TENT, Rotterdam NL
2001 MARKS of the SOUL, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida USA
2001 The Dutch National Slavery Monument, City Hall, Amsterdam NL
2000 Watamula, The Breathing Holes, International Artists Workshop, Landhuis Knip, Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao
2000 Vermont Studio Center (residence-artist/Reed Foundation Award Prize), New York USA
1999 – 2000 San Sebastiaan, Instituto di Cultura, Oranjestad, Aruba / Classic Art Gallery, Willemstad, Curaçao / Centro de Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela
1999 5 years Art Primeur, Dordrecht, Holland 1999 International Artists Workshop ‘bR’, Grand Riviere, Trinidad Arte’99, Identidat…ayera awe mayan, Willemstad, Curaçao
1997 Art Primeur ’97, Dordrecht, Holland 1997 Sexta Bienal de la Habana ’97, Havana, Cuba 1997 International Artists Workshop Soroa, Soroa, Cuba
1997 Trade Routes, 2nd Johannesburg Bienale, Capetown, South Africa
1996 Autobiographical Self - portrait, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam NL
1995 Forceful Things, the Black Book of my Life, the Dutch Central Bank, Amsterdam NL
1995 PRAHA ’95, Quadriënale Prague ’95, Prague, Czechia