Solo exhibition by Evelien Sipkes
The Curaçao Museum announces the opening of the solo exhibition
De Tuinfluiter
by Evelien Sipkes.
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
Time: from 19:00 to 21:00,
Location: The Curaçao Museum.
Opening words by the artist.
About Evelien Sipkes.
Born in Amsterdam in 1955, Evelien Sipkes spent part of her childhood in Curaçao and returned to the island in 1996, where she has continued to live and work. Her artistic practice spans ceramics, contemporary jewelry, wearable art, and mixed media.
Her pieces are marked by a strong sensitivity to material, detail, memory, and organic form. Over the years, she has developed a distinctive visual language in which personal history and tactile presence come together with quiet force.
De Tuinfluiter
With De Tuinfluiter, Evelien Sipkes presents a deeply personal exhibition, rooted in family history. The project grew from boxes of letters, photographs, and documents belonging to her grandparents, including her grandfather’s final letter from the Second World War.
At the heart of the exhibition is the story of her grandmother, who sheltered people in hiding and contributed to underground resistance newspapers during the war. Everyday objects from her grandmother’s home, named De Tuinfluiter, reappear in ceramic form, transformed into carriers of memory, intimacy, and reflection. What begins as a family story opens onto broader themes of loss, resilience, womanhood, and survival.
Evelien Sipkes and The Curaçao Museum
Evelien Sipkes is a familiar presence at The Curaçao Museum, and her art is always well-received by audiences. In 2020, shortly after one of the first Covid lockdown periods, her work was also included in the museum’s group exhibition ‘2020 Ekstremo, Pa Koroná e Obra’, alongside Bianca Berends, Herman van Bergen, Carlos Blaaker, and Yubi Kirindongo.
For the museum, ‘De Tuinfluiter’ is a meaningful continuation of an artistic relationship already present within the museum’s program. The exhibition is curated by Sharelly Emanuelson and was made possible by the Cultuurfonds Caribisch Gebied.
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