Artwork by Sonja van Kerkhoff

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Nga Paepae Hou | New Vessels, 2008, installation
Galerie TamTam, 2008, curated an exhibition in 19 shop windows in Leiden
La Pensée Sauvage, unfinished, music + soundscape
Kitchen Pythagoras, 2008, video + music
Leiden Reflection, 2008, drawings and photos on transparency

Town Dog, 2007, music + soundscape by Sen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff
Cross Pollination, 2007, made with Sen McGlinn, sculpture and sound piece
Through Other Eyes, 2007, made with Joris Slob, responsive web streamed imaging
Tomorrow Will Never Be The Same, 2007, made with Jiang Yiwei, net art

The Gardeners, 2006, interactive projection made with Loren Roosendaal
Voorbereiding op de inburgeringstoets
Preparation for the citizenship exam
, 2006, colouring page by Sen + Sonja
Choice, 2005-6, interactive game made with Ralph Kok
In the Lands of Knowledge, 2006, video
The experience of change, 2006, made with Jiang Yiwei, net art
Fruit, 2006, installation
Living Sound, 2006, interactive gadget made with Nick
Talk Back Pool, 2006, interactive sound work

Vignettes and Interstices, 2005, drawings, text and photographs inside boxes
Photographs, 2005, taken in Venice Biennale
Breathing In - E hau ana i roto, 2005-~, interactive flash *unfinished*   stills and text
Conversations, 2005, frieze of drawings in response to two poems in a Leiden music shop
Photographs, 2005, taken in China, Macau and Hong Kong
Photographs, 2005, taken in Sarajevo
Neighbours, 2005, performance during the Saravego Winter Festival
Photographs, 2005, taken in Saravego

The Gossamer Prison, 2004, cloth hanging.
Oceania, 2004, solo show - installations.
Terra Australis, 2004, text covered paperboats, stuffed toy and chair
Fain Would They, 2004, text from the Koran, small object
Nga Hau e Wha, 2004, sculpture.
Observation, 2004, acrylic on canvas.
At the Edge, 2004, 3 minute video.
Photographs, 2004, taken in South Korea
The Wedding, 2004, installation / sculpture.
Generating Plant, 2004, object / sculpture made with Sen McGlinn.
Day of the Daffodils, 2004, performance.
Fading Roses, 2004, flash animation to a song by Kath Tait.

Fruits of the Earth, 2003, performance / installation.
An inland soul, 2003, hanging objects with soundscape.
Domestic Self-Surveillance, 2003, hanging object.

Colonising Oxford, 2002, performances / work on the street.
Foundations, 2002, photographic image.
A rite of Passage, 2002, performance.
With fire we text the gold, and with gold we test Our servants, 2002, wood sculpture.
Movement for Mother and Child, 2002, performance with Tamatea and Sen McGlinn.
Parking Spaces for Important Visitors, 2002, performance/installation with Sen + Jacqueline.

Inspiration, 2001-2, shaped canvas and cotton forms.
Children of Tane, 2001, print on inner lining of children's singlets.
Huia's Kete, my Baggage, 2001, relief object including photos.
Land, 2001, drawing, collage / computer print.
Something about New Zealand, 2001, performance/installation/video in Quartair, The Hague.
Juste pour les oiseaux (Strictly for the birds), 2001, performance / installation in Taller, France.
Onder vier ogen (Between you and me), 2001, ceramic mask-forms
The Gesture, 2001, nine computer prints on the theme of the cross.
Te Wa... ( The Space, Place, Time...), 2001, computer print.

Dans le jardin des beaux arts, 2000-2001, performances, installations in 3 countries in 2000 and 2001.
(a collaboration between Jacqueline, Sen and myself). You Can Never Stand..., 2000, Bird-form bearing text.
Five pointed star divided, 2000, Texts on five pieces of transluscent cloth.

Grains of Salt, 1999/2000, small wall objects.

The continuously expanding space..., 1999,
video and slide projections, texts, hung objects, printed images and mirrors
(a collaboration between Jacqueline Wassen, Gaudi Hoedaya, Sen and myself). The Anatomy Lesson, 1999, painted cloth shirt.
The Living Creature, 1999, curated + performances for 7 artists and a 6 year old, in Southwark Park, London, as part of the InterAction Performance Festival.
Seeds of Hope, 1999 / 2002, small objects
Tabula Rasa, 1999, as part of InterAction, Southwark Park, London.
The Living Creature, 1999, curation - various media with 6 other artists in a gallery in London, U.K.
Grains of Salt, 1999, six minute video.
Small Ones, 1999, computer prints.
Martyrdom, from the Essences and Particularities series, 1999, computer manipulated drawing.

Drawings, 1998-2000, various media.
Making Salt, 1998, as part of the ISEA (InterSociety for Electronic Arts) symposium, Manchester, U.K.
Making Salt, 1998, website featuring photos and texts.
Memorials, 1996-8, ceramic tiles and printed text.

Big Ones, 1998, photo-transparencies.
The consequences (het noodzakelijk gevolg), 1998, computer print
Naked, computer print, 1998.
Apocalypse with four worlds, 1998, computer manipulated ink drawing. Edition of 20.
Ink drawings & computer prints, 1997-8.

My soul, myself, 1997, ink drawing.
Tulips from Istanbul, 1997, hanging cast resin tulip forms.
A tangled tale, 1997, batiked cloth bearing texts in three languages, metal frame.
Reciclar Recolocar (Recycle Relocate), 1997 performance / installation during the DRAP art recycling marathon, Barcelona, Spain.
Capturing the Light (camera obscura), 1997, photocopy
Ablutions, 1995 / 7, video projection onto a suspended cloth.

Change is a law of nature, 1996, commission by Hull Time-based Arts, Hull, U.K.
Concerning the Excess, 1996,
Nine minute video, voice in English + performers.
Crossing, 1996, video
Letters of the Living, 1996, lithograph (101kb image).
Letters of the Living, 1996, 19 flags over one kilometre of sand dunes.
Te Koru Iwa, 1996, fire drawing.

Mycelium, 1995, interactive computer installation.
Give and Take, 1995, postcard
Crossing, 1995, acrylic on cloth.
Pointer, 1995, painting on cotton
Sleeper, 1995, painting on cotton
Flagbearer, 1995, painting on cotton

Parable of the Rich Fool, 1994, text from the New Testament, cast resin objects
Dress It Up, 2004, engraved, gold painted, wooden object
Jonah´s Whale, 1994, silkscreen on cloth.
Athena, 1994, 2 minute video, performer: Cajla de Bruijn, music: Evren Celimli.
The Essences and Particularities Series, 1994-9, various media.
Essences and Particularities, 1994, 6 minute video, music: Evren Celimli.
Wrapping for a marginal citizen, 1994, 13 minute video, voice in English, music + performers.
Wrapping for a marginal citizen, 1994, 24 images of a baby with various texts silkscreened on cloth.
Wrapping for a marginal citizen, 1994, 24 images of a baby with various texts silkscreened on cloth.
Mutability, 1994, transluscent silkscreen print on transparent perspex.
Savour the Experience, 1994, 6 minute video, voice + performer.

Savour the Experience, 1993, during the European Arts Biennale, various locations around Maastricht.
He toa takitini taku toa, ehara i te toa takitahi, 1993, silkscreen print on paper.
Certain Measures, 1993, five engraved wooden rods, table.
Virtue of the rose, 1992-3,
computer manipulated image inside a deep painted and engraved wooden frame.

First Lessons in Relativity, 1992, hanging silkscreened cardboard dolls.
Learnt Steps, 1992, 2 minute video, performers: Natasha Rodenburg & Fiona de Bell.
The Subject Encounters, 1992, shoe-sized sculpture with silkscreened text.
I tend to see the world as one, 1992, silkscreened cardboard larger than life-size playing card form.
Replaced Text, 1992, text on film on a metal tray.
What sort of idea, 1992, photocopy, glass, vase, frame.

Lessons in Relativity, 1991, 2 minute video
Redesigning the Apple, 1991, ink, acrylic and ribbon on paper, text engraved frame.
Found Objects, 1991, photocopied drawings, deep wooden frame.

Found Objects, 1990, acrylic on canvas.
First Step, 1990, acrylic on canvas.
Coming Out, 1990, pastel and acrylic on paper.
On The Face of the Waters, 1990, acrylic on canvas.

Coming Out, 1989, ink on paper.
Self portrait as a bottled peach, 1989, acrylic on canvas.
He maatua, 1989, acrylic on canvas and paper.
Superwoman takes a rest, 1989, acrylic on paper.
Terms of Reference, 1989, acrylic on paper.
Ae, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata, 1989, acrylic on paper.
In the woods, 1989, acrylic on paper.
Ko toku matua whero, 1989, acrylic on paper.
Wahini nui te po, 1989, acrylic on paper.

Ko tenei ahau, 1989, acrylic on paper.
Wahine etahi, 1989, acrylic on canvas.
Ko toku aroha, 1989, etching.
He mahi wahine, 1989, silkscreen print.
He Kuia, 1989, ink on paper.
Greetings Mother, 1989, acrylic on paper.

He matua, 1988, acrylic on canvas.
The Hearts Series, 1986 - 1989, drawings, prints + paintings.
Walking Home alone, 1989, acrylic on paper.
Being Loved, 1988, pastel drawing.

Walking Home Alone, 1987-89, paintings, drawings + prints.
The New Vessels Series overview, 1987 onwards: book, drawings, paintings, prints...
Some images from New Vessels Series, 1987-90, drawings, prints + paintings.
The New Vessels Series - How the mortals learn to pray, 1987, pastel drawing.
New Vessels, 1987, 16 illustrations for a book of poetry

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