Sculpture by Sonja van Kerkhoff

I feel as if I've fallen into sculpture because my objects are usually small and intimate, but sometimes a story demands a more physical presence in relation to the viewer. "Certain Measures" (1993) needed the custom made large table, although in later years I've used other types of table for these 'tools for the spirit.' "Nga Hau e wha" (2004) is three dimensional drawing which changes your view as you walk around it. These days most of my sculpture and installations are created from recycling materials.

Cornerstones, 2016, 9 seat outdoor sculpture made with Sen McGlinn at the Whangarei Sculpture Symposium, Aotearoa | New Zealand

The Feast of Tabernacles, 2013, wooden structure made with Carmen + Sen McGlinn
A Multi-vision Mediation, 2013, video installation made with Carmen McGlinn
Under the Trees: a suite of sculptural and performative..., 2013, "Land Art Maastricht" Maastricht, The Netherlands
THIS - Tahora High-country International Sculpture, 2013, curated by Sonja van Kerkhoff, Aotearoa | New Zealand
Grove, 2013, land art, earth and tree trunks, Aotearoa | New Zealand
Oratory at Tahora, 2013, land art, earth and tree trunks, Aotearoa | New Zealand
Third Nature: the threshold, 2012, outdoor sculpture proposal.
House of Worship - de Pieter, 2012, nine part outdoor sculpture made with Sen McGlinn
Room of Memories, 2012, outdoor sculpture for sleeping inside, made with Sen McGlinn
Into the line of time, 2012, made with Sen McGlinn, for SPLORE arts festival, Aotearoa | New Zealand

Kāinga a roto | Home Within, 2011, 5 video installation made with Toroa Pohatu and Sen McGlinn for ISEA Istanbul, Turkey
Kāinga a roto | Home Within | Innerlijk thuis, 2010, 5 video installation made with Sen McGlinn
Tablets | Tafelen, 2008, cast resin + text
Cross Pollination, 2007, made with Sen McGlinn, outdoor sculpture and sound piece

Fruit, 2006, six hanging cast resin objects.

Nga Hau e Wha, 2004, welded iron.
The Gossamer Prison, 2004, cloth hanging.
The Wedding, 2004, installation / sculpture.
Generating Plant, 2004, object / sculpture made with Sen McGlinn.

An inland soul, 2003, hanging objects with soundscape.
Domestic Self-Surveillance, 2003, hanging object.

With fire we text the gold, and with gold we test Our servants, 2002, wood sculpture.

Inspiration, 2001-2, shaped canvas and cotton forms.

Parking Spaces for Important Visitors, 2002, installation / sculpture / performance.

Grains of Salt, 1999, small wall objects.

Memorials, 1996-8, ceramic tiles and printed text.

Tulips from Istanbul, 1997, hanging cast resin tulip forms.
A tangled tale, 1997, batiked cloth bearing texts in three languages, metal frame.

Letters of the Living, 1996, 19 flags over one kilometre of sand dunes.

Dress it up, 1994, gold painted and engraved wooden oval form.
Mutability, 1994, transluscent photo on transparent perspex.

Certain Measures, 1993, five engraved wooden rods, table.
Parable of the Rich Fool, 1993, text from the New Testament, cast resin objects
First Lessons in Relativity, 1992, hanging silkscreened cardboard dolls.
The subject, 1992, shoe, mirror, silkscreened text, cast perspex.
Bijzetafel, 1992, silkscreen under glass as part of a custom-made table.
A Wild Animal Feeds her young, 1992, lithograph inside a perpex form.

Eva was hier (Eve was here), 1991, acrylic on softboard and rope.
That extreme egoism, 1991, canvas, wood, metal, papier-mache, and tar.
Found Objects, 1991, photocopied drawings, deep wooden frame.
Cast Aluminium Sculpture, 1981