For iCOON visitors:
Cindy Bakker's objects from her PLAY serie are for sale.
Starting at €250.
OVER CINDY BAKKER
Rotterdam artist Cindy Bakker created entirely new work for her solo exhibition at iCOON.
She drew inspiration from the surrounding landscape: the sea, the beach, and the dunes, contrasting with the hard concrete of the bunker itself. With her exhibition, Cindy aims to offer not only a visual experience but also a journey through personal memories in relation to the environment.
Each work is an invitation to look beyond the surface, to discover your own memories and associations in what seem familiar forms.
Cindy Bakker (born 1989) received her Master of Fine Arts in 2018. She has had solo exhibitions at TAC, Eindhoven (Copy Paste, 2019), the Kunsthal, Rotterdam (Play, 2021), and Willem Twee, 's-Hertogenbosch (Cheese, 2024). She has also designed various public artworks, such as The Splash (with Arttenders, Annie M.G. Schmidtplein, Rotterdam, 2021) and De Bal (with Kunstmest, Amstelveen, 2022). She also regularly collaborates with brands and organizations such as MOOOl Carpets, BOL.com, and the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum.
Cindy draws her inspiration from our everyday surroundings, particularly large areas of color and primary shapes. She translates these impressions into sculptures or paintings, which are often part of larger installations. She experiments with a variety of materials, including steel, foam, acrylic, rubber, and wood. Personal memories often serve as her starting point. Her art thus operates at the intersection of recognition and alienation. By abstracting shapes and colors, she explores how the meaning and associations of everyday objects constantly shift.
