I am a mid-career Belgian-born Australian multidisciplinary artist working across fine metals in jewellery and in sculpture, biological arts, photography, poetry, autobiographical fiction and other writing.
I consider Walyalup (Fremantle, Western Australia) as home.
My recent work as a visual artist is captured in a series of solo exhibitions: ‘Tributaries’ (Mundaring Arts Centre, 2021) was part of the IOTA21 wider program for which I received a DGLSCI grant, followed by ‘Arborea’ (Southern Forest Arts, Northcliffe, May 2023 and Gallery 152 in York, October 2023).
I am working on a new exhibition entitled
‘Concurrencies’ focused on marine habitats for 2024.
TINEKE VAN DER EECKEN
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 – Concurrencies, Alister Yiap’s work.shop.gallery, North Perth
2024—2025 – Tributaries, Western Australia regional tour, ART ON THE MOVE.
2023 – Arborea, Painted Tree Gallery, Northcliffe & Gallery 152, York.
2023 – Tributaries, Rockingham Arts Centre, WA.
2021 – Tributaries, Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, WA.
2019 – Fifteen Filigree Years, CoLab2, Fremantle and at ‘Gemeentehuis’ in Sinaai, Belgium.
2013 – Into Eternity mini-solo jewellery exhibition at Elements Art Gallery, Dalkeith, WA.
2013 – Eternal Breath biological art at Melody Smith Gallery, East Victoria Park, WA.
2004 – Modeshow and Morganics, two solo exhibitions at Monart Studio and Gallery, Dalkeith, WA.
2003 and 2004 – Red Earth I and II, Lieve Janssens Gallery, Hondsnest, Sinaai, Belgium.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 – Midwest Art Prize Geraldton, finalist (current)
2023 – York Botanic Art Prize, finalist (current)
2023 – Cultivating Slow-Making, Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, WA.
2023 – WATER-loop, WARP-art, Ter Vesten, Beveren, Belgium.
2022 – Regenerate, JMGA WA Bi-annual Members Exhibition, Mosarts, Mosman Park, WA.
2021 – Counterpoint, JMGA IOTA21 exhibition, Stala Contemporary Gallery.
2021 – Full Circle, SnB Collective, Ellis House, Bayswater, WA.
2020 – VISION, Award exhibition Jewellers and Metalsmiths of WA (JMGA), Gallery Central, Northbridge, WA.
2020 – Biodiversity ReVIVAL exhibition, SHAC, Colab2, White Gum Valley, WA.
2020 – INCUBATE, SHAC, Colab2, White Gum Valley, WA.
2018 – Re-Imagined women artists exhibition at Memorial Hall Gallery, Hamilton Hill, WA.
2015 – BUST at Kalamunda Arts Centre, Kalamunda, WA.
2014 – Wearable Earth, Elements Art Gallery/Gadfly Gallery, Dalkeith, WA.
2014 – Wear, Ware, Where Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of WA (JMGA) exhibition, Fremantle.
2013 – Sixes and Sevens, The Memorial Hall Gallery, Hamilton Hill, WA.
2013 – Summerset Jewels, JMGA (WA) group exhibition at Maureen Grierson Community Centre, City Beach.
2012 – 'Boom' The Oats Factory, East Victoria Park, WA
2012 – Jewellery A-Fair, group exhibition, Old Bakery on Eight Gallery, Maylands, WA.
2012 – Wearable Narratives, Annual Award Exhibition of Contemporary Wearables, Gallery Central, Northbridge.
2011 – Rock Pool Rythms, exhibition with Lynn Franke at Elements Art Gallery in Dalkeith, WA.
2008 – Temptation exhibition Design Factory members, Friar Gallery, Nottingham, UK.
2008 – The Third House at Ellenbrook Gallery, Ellen brook, WA.
2006 – Forest Floor, international touring exhibition Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (WA) – Lieve Janssens
Gallery, Sinaai (Belgium) – Millgate Museum, Newark (UK): curator and artist.
2005 – Feuilles d’Aristoloches, Flemish contemporary textiles exhibition, Lille, France.
2005 – Gold and Silver exhibition, Monart Studio and Gallery, Dalkeith, WA.
2004 – Artware, Old Bakery on Eight, Maylands.
2004 – York Art and Craft Society Annual Award Exhibtion, York, WA.
2003 – Carry, Old Bakery on Eight, Maylands, WA.
2002 – Making Waves, Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, WA.
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2024 – Midwest Art Prize Geraldton, finalist (current)
2023 – York Botanic Art Prize, finalist (current)
2022 – REGENERATE Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of WA, Winner AJS prize for Technical Excellence
and Contemporary Metal Prize for Best Interpretation of Theme
2021 – Melville Art Awards, finalist
2020 – VISION Jewellers and Metalsmiths of WA Committee Award winner
2004 – Melville Sculpture Award, runner-up
2004 – York Art and Craft Society Awards, highly commended
2004 – Memento Awards, finalist.
FINE METALS
2020—2021 – Ros Spencer Poetry Contest, Second Prize
2016 – TAG Hungerford Awards, shortlisted for manuscript 'Traverse', Fremantle Press.
'2012 – OOTA Poetry Awards, Highly commended for 'Ode to Brel'
2011 – Katherine W Treanor Poetry Award, Winner for 'On Language'.
LITERARY
SCHOLARSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2022 – Minderoo Foundation Exmouth Research Laboratory, Western Australia
2016 – Callosa d’Ensarria, Spain
2011 – Symbiotica, University of Western Australia
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2018 – Katherine Susannah Pritchard Residency for Emerging WriterS. PhD candidature in creative writing, Arts Department, Murdoch University, Australia.
2018 – Investigative journalism 'Fund Pascal Decroos' Belgium, 2003 and 2004.
Stolen Generations + Overrepresentation of Aboriginal Australians in West Australian prisons (2003)
Corruption in Zambia: links to Belgium (2004)
LITERARY
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Literati Member of Writing WA
Member at WA Poets Inc
Member of Out of the Asylum Writers (OOTA)
Chairperson of JMGA WA.
LANGUAGES
Mother tongue Flemish (Dutch)
English (language spoken at home & work)
French (fluent)
Italian
Some German
Notions of Kirundi
Studied Latin Languages (French and Spanish) at UFSIA (University of Antwerp)
Latin and ancient Greek at OLVP High School.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Masters Degree in Criminological Sciences (Ghent, 1991), Postgraduate 'Children's Rights'
Romaanse Filologie 1st Kan, University of Antwerp UFSIA, 1985
Professional development in writing, editing and investigative journalism
Trained and Accredited Mediator, LEADR, 2012.
The Delphi Project
Jewellery design and visual art (Tineke Creations)
Restorative Justice and Mediation
Co-founder and co-coordinator (until 2019) of Poetry d'Amour
MC and sessions chair at Perth International Arts Festival Writers Week 2012-2019
Representative of Vlamingen In de Wereld for Western Australia (VIW)
Not-for-profit management (WritingWA, Community Vision Inc, Lung Institute of Western Australia)
Leadership WA (Western Australia).
OTHER PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
