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Y GRÅ´P CYMREIG THE WELSH GROUP
Jacqueline Alkema
 Jacqueline Alkema |
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 The artistOil on panel, 51 x 66cm |
 Portrait of a girl with flowerOil on panel, 38.5 x 33cm |
 Ophelia 1Jimson weed Oil on panel, 46 x 33cm |
 OpheliaBella Donna Oil on panel, 46 x 33cm |
 Ophelia 3Rosebay 46 x 33cm, Oil on panel |
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See some of Jacqueline Alkema's work in public collections on the Art UK website.
Born Jacqueline Louise Maria Alkema in 1948 in The Netherlands. Though Dutch by birth, Jacqueline has been living and working in Cardiff and the Welsh Valleys since 1979.
Her familiarity with Flemish and Dutch painting is clear in much of her work. The work is often dark and intimate, whether the figures are staring straight at you, or lost in their own dance, they are demanding a one to one relationship with you. They want to communicate across the gap that keeps us all isolated, unknown. The female figure with at times awkward poses is a predominant feature in her work. Her paintings develop through experimentation and intuition but with an awareness and control of the media used. Themes of sexuality and domesticity, childhood memories and emotional experiences are recurring themes in her work.
Born: Kropswolde, The Netherlands.
Lives: Cardiff, Wales.
Education:
B.A Hons. Fine Art, Cardiff College of Art & Design.
Trustee W.A.A (Women's Arts Association Wales).
Member of The Welsh Group and Contemporary Art Society of Wales.
Recent exhibitions (For full C.V. see website):
Solo exhibitions:
2014: Proverbs and Portraits, Ffin y parc Llanwrst.
2011: My Mother's Sewing Box, ArcadeArt Cardiff.
2010: Recent Paintings, St David's Hall Cardiff.
2008: Women with a Past, National Waterfront Museum Swansea.
Group shows:
2025: Wales Contemporary, Chelsea Barracks, Milford Haven
2025: W.A.A.W IWD exhibition, Llanover Hall Cardiff
2025: W.A.A.W IWD exhibition, Art Central, Barry
Women and the Valleys, Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare
2024: The Miners Strike, W.A.A.W, Llanover Hall, Cardiff
2024: Artist in Dialogue, Craft in the Bay, Makers Guild, Cardiff
Artist in Dialogue, Futures Gallery, Cardiff Bay
2024: Turner House, The art of living, Penarth
2024: The Welsh Group Where are we now?, Oriel Canfas Cardiff
2023: The Welsh Group in Focus, Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery
2023: The Welsh Group, Mid Wales Arts Centre
2023: W.A.A.W IWD, LLANOVER Hall/Art Central, Barry
2022: Mad Shadows, Mute Ghosts, Q Gallery, Narberth
2022: Friends of R.W.A exhibition, Bristol
2022: W.A.A.W IWD exhibitions, Art Central Barry and Llanover Hall, Cardiff
2021: Welsh Group Show, Attic Gallery, Cardiff
2021: Figurative Art now, Mall Galleries, London, online exhibition
2020: R.W.A Bristol open exhibition (winner of an Academy award)
2020: Women and The Valleys, Cynon Valley Museum and Art Gallery
2020: Concentric, TB-lounge, Capitol Centre, Cardiff