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Jacqueline Alkema

Jacqueline Alkema

Jacqueline Alkema

The artist

The artist

Oil on panel, 51 x 66cm

Portrait of a girl with flower

Portrait of a girl with flower

Oil on panel, 38.5 x 33cm

Ophelia  1

Ophelia 1

Jimson weed Oil on panel, 46 x 33cm

Ophelia

Ophelia

Bella Donna Oil on panel, 46 x 33cm

Ophelia 3

Ophelia 3

Rosebay 46 x 33cm, Oil on panel

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 

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