Pim Blokker, Acrylic on canvas, 160 x 140 cm, Red wine, 2018,

Pim Blokker


Pim Blokker approaches the canvas as a game board. In his work the perspective continuously shifts or stretches out, and formal qualities and the physical act of painting both collide and merge. Blokker is not interested in illusion making but in linking personal associations to new depictions of reality. He sees the collective consciousness as something without a structure, end, or beginning, and plays with our fixed connotations and expectations of reality. This he does through juxtaposition, a confrontational use of logic and a slapstick kind of humor.

The lightness of a joke sets off the gravity of tragedy and visa versa. Juxtaposing hilarity and horror, two emotional extremes, allows him to examine somber issues in a playful way, to pass off absurdities as logical and to undermine seemingly established facts.

His work shows a certain lightness and openness what is particularly evident in the wall paintings he created especially for the gallery. The brushstrokes have a leisure like quality and remind of the optimism of some 1950’s paintings. Blokker knows his classics and can borrow iconography from the 80’s to give his own interpretation of all he likes to use.

Pim Blokker lives and works in Amsterdam (NL).

Pim Blokker, Acrylpigment, Picknick, 2022

PICKNICK, 2022

Acrylpigment
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PICKNICK

Acrylpigment

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Pim Blokker, Acrylpigment, wind blowing, 2022

WIND BLOWING, 2022

Acrylpigment
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WIND BLOWING

Acrylpigment

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Pigment with casein on wall, Volcano, 2019,

VOLCANO, 2019

pigment with casein on wall
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VOLCANO, 2019

pigment with casein on wall

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Oil on paper, 65 x 50 cm, Untitled, 2019,

UNTITLED, 2019

oil on paper, 65 x 50 cm
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UNTITLED, 2019

oil on paper, 65 x 50 cm

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Guoache and oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm, Hatchet, 2019,

HATCHET, 2019

guoache and oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm
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HATCHET, 2019

guoache and oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Guoache and oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm, Almost Human, 2019,

ALMOST HUMAN, 2019

guoache and oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm
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ALMOST HUMAN, 2019

guoache and oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Pigment with casein on wall, Escape, 2019,

ESCAPE, 2019

pigment with casein on wall
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ESCAPE, 2019

pigment with casein on wall

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Mixed media, Installation view, solo exhibition ‘Off Shore’, 2016, Edel Assanti, London,

INSTALLATION VIEW, SOLO EXHIBITION ‘OFF SHORE’, 2016, EDEL ASSANTI, LONDON

mixed media
Pim Blokker

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INSTALLATION VIEW, SOLO EXHIBITION ‘OFF SHORE’, 2016, EDEL ASSANTI, LONDON

mixed media

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Mixed media, Installation view, solo exhibition ‘Off Shore’, 2016, Edel Assanti, London,

INSTALLATION VIEW, SOLO EXHIBITION ‘OFF SHORE’, 2016, EDEL ASSANTI, LONDON

mixed media
Pim Blokker

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INSTALLATION VIEW, SOLO EXHIBITION ‘OFF SHORE’, 2016, EDEL ASSANTI, LONDON

mixed media

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Oil on canvas, 180 x 180 cm, Off Shore, 2015,

OFF SHORE, 2015

oil on canvas, 180 x 180 cm
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OFF SHORE, 2015

oil on canvas, 180 x 180 cm

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, wall painting, Installation view Villa de Bank, Enschede, nl, 2015,

INSTALLATION VIEW VILLA DE BANK, ENSCHEDE, NL, 2015

wall painting
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INSTALLATION VIEW VILLA DE BANK, ENSCHEDE, NL, 2015

wall painting

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Ipad painting, inkjetprint, 50 x 50 cm, Good Night, 2018,

GOOD NIGHT, 2018

ipad painting, inkjetprint, 50 x 50 cm
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GOOD NIGHT, 2018

ipad painting, inkjetprint, 50 x 50 cm

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Oil on canvas, 150 x 150, Moonwalk, 2017,

MOONWALK, 2017

oil on canvas, 150 x 150
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MOONWALK, 2017

oil on canvas, 150 x 150

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm, Juicy Scumbag, 2014,

JUICY SCUMBAG, 2014

oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm
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JUICY SCUMBAG, 2014

oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm, Among us, 2018,

AMONG US, 2018

acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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AMONG US, 2018

acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm

Pim Blokker

Pim Blokker, Acrylic on canvas, 160 x 140 cm, Red wine, 2018,

RED WINE, 2018

acrylic on canvas, 160 x 140 cm
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RED WINE, 2018

acrylic on canvas, 160 x 140 cm

Pim Blokker

Solo Shows:

2019 Foire International Contemporary Art Fair, Paris
2017 I used to be a liquor store” Villa de Bank, Kunstruimte, Enschede
2016 Edel Assanti, London
2016 This and That, Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
2011 Chewing Gum as Constellation, Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art, Amsterdam

Group Shows:

2019 Looking at the world through rose coloured glasses, Plus-One Gallery, Antwerp
2018 Lust, Laughter & Liquor, Plus-One Gallery, Antwerp