Sen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff

 

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Born and raised in New Zealand (Aotearoa) they were based in the Netherlands from 1989 to 2015 / 2017.
Now they are based in the Far North of Aotearoa | New Zealand and The Hague, The Netherlands
Much of their work relates to the human condition as an interweaving of the spiritual, social and material.

Often their videos, installations, sculpture, prints or drawings relate to a type of telling that plays with meanings or associations. A lyrical sensibility dominates over the biographical, making these works more about ideas, but in ways that stimulate self-investigation. Viewers often need to take action as part of the experience of the work.

Sometimes they work individually and other times with others in various media.

C.V. for Sen + Sonja
Tomato Soup, 2024, performance/installation
Green, 2015-2020, performance/happening/event in production

"It is not a tale invented ...", 2019, 4 sculptural works in a forest, Kaipara Coast Sculpture Trail, Aoteaora | New Zealand.
An unfinished symphony, 2019, 2 min video, music by Schubert + Semay Wu.

Once our world had edges, 2017, 3 min. 22 sec., video
Sen's Modernist Post Structures, 2014-2016 in various locations
Cornerstones, 2016, 9 seat outdoor sculpture at the Whangarei Sculpture Symposium, Aotearoa | New Zealand
Site specific installation Galerie Tuinstaal, Leiden, The Netherlands

The Yellows, 2015, 2 minute video. Music performed + arranged by M. Young

In the land sculpture, 2014, outdoor sculpture

"Kāinga - Puke Ariki" Kāinga a roto, kāinga a waho (Home within, home from outside) 2013, 5 video installation Bed Peace, 2013, installation + performance. Performers: Carmen, Toroa, Sen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff
The Feast of Tabernacles, 2013, wooden structure
Under the Trees at "Land Art Maastricht" 2013, Maastricht, The Netherlands
THIS - about Tahora High-country International Sculpture curated by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 2013, Aotearoa | New Zealand
Grove, land art, earth and tree trunks, 2013, Aotearoa | New Zealand
Oratory at Tahora, land art, earth and tree trunks, 2013, Aotearoa | New Zealand

Portraits for the Spirit - Ngā Whakaahua o te Wairua 2013, site specific installation incorporating art by Rotorua artists

Into the line of time, five interventions in the Tapapakanga Regional Park, 2012
First Twitters, 2012
House of Worship - de Pieter, 2012, nine piece dome-like sculpture
Room of Memories, 2012, site specific (house-like) sculpture
Patched Memories, 2012, sewn covering
Gaia's Pillow, 2012, stencil print painting
Tomorrow Looks Back (Time Rolls out), 2012, stencil print / painting / installation
Into the line of time, 2012, site specific installation, SPLORE arts festival, Tapapakanga Regional Park, Aotearoa | New Zealand
Transit in a green landscape, 2012, video / happening, Aotearoa | New Zealand

Kāinga a roto | Home Within , 2011, 5 video installation
The Image, 2011, silkscreen print, text, ribbon
Several Seas, 2011, computer print on transparency
Under perfumed flowers..., 2011, outdoor installation for "OpenLuchtHotel"

Prints, paintings, and an epic poem
Kāinga a roto | Home within, 2010, video installation/sculpture
The Tears of Rangi | Ngā Roimata o Rangi, 2010, 17 min video.
The Moving Heart | Te Ngākau Nekeneke, 2010, 17 min video.
The Dark Valley, 2010, 13 min video.
The Two Lands, 2010, 17 min video.

Heart of the Land | Te Ngākau o te whenua, 2009, 5 min video.
43 Paintings, prints and objects, 2009-10, Aderna Kapsalon (Hairstylist shop), Leiden
Installation July 2009, in a shop in the Carlisle Art Festival, Carlisle, U.K.
The Tree Top Gallery, 2009, site specific installation + workshop
Ascending Poem, First Step + Certain Measures, 2009, site specific installations
Galerie TamTam site specific installations > Sen Flag deconstruction, Sonja > Wrapping
"And these realities...", 2009, animation
Waka Huia | Feather Boat, 2009, suspended object, edition of 35

Wrapped, and at home, 2008, site specific installations, video + performances
Dagedraad | Threads of the Day, 2008, site specific installations throughout a historic building
Nga Paepae Hou | New Vessels, 2008, installation / exhibition
La Pensée Sauvage, unfinished, music + soundscape
New Vessels, 2008, artist book presentation of drawings, prints + the text of the poem
Cornus Sanguinea, 2008, shrub + wood engraving mainly by Sen McGlinn

Town Dog, 2007, music + soundscape by Sen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff
Cross Pollination, 2007, made with Sen McGlinn, sculpture and sound piece

Voorbereiding op de inburgeringstoets
Preparation for the citizenship exam
, 2006, colouring page by Sen + Sonja
In the Lands of Knowledge, 2006, video.
Fruit, 2006, installation

Breathing In - E hau ana i roto, 2005-, interactive flash - video/poem/music - unfinished-
View stills and text about this work

Vignettes and Interstices, 2005, drawings, text and photographs inside boxes
Dicht op de Muur (Close to the wall), 2005, site specific installations, Leiden, The Netherlands

Fain Would They, 2004, mild steel, lamp, text.
At the Edge, 2004, video
Generating Plant, 2004, object / sculpture.
Day of the Daffodils, 2004, performance

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

Foundations, 2002, photographic image
A rite of Passage, 2002, performance
Movement for Mother and Child, 2002, performance with Tamatea and Sen McGlinn.

The Gesture, 2001, nine computer prints on the theme of the cross
Parking Spaces for Important Visitors, 2001, performance/installation
Inspiration, 2001-2, shaped canvas and cotton forms
Children of Tane, 2001, print on inner lining of children's singlets.
Something about New Zealand, 2001, performance / installation in Quartair, The Hague
Juste pour les oiseaux (Strictly for the birds), 2001, performance / installation, France
Onder vier ogen (Between you and me), 2001, ceramic mask-forms
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

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, Gaudi, Sen and myself).
The Living Creature, 1999, with 6 other artists and a 6 year old, in a rose garden, Southwark Park, London as part of the InterAction Performance Festival
Tabula Rasa, 1999, as part of InterAction, Southwark Park, London.
The Living Creature, 1999, installation, various media with 6 other artists, London, U.K.
Grains of Salt, 1999, six minute video
Small Ones, 1999, computer prints

Making Salt, 1998, 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.

Concerning the Excess, 1996, Nine minute video, voice in English: Sen McGlinn, performers: Tamatea McGlinn & Sen McGlinn.

Savour the Experience, 1993, during the European Arts Biennale, various locations around Maastricht, The Netherlands

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