Tribute to Sol LeWitt
Traditionally, iCOON honors minimalist artists from the 1960s every year. This year, it's Sol LeWitt. Four muralists and one 3D artist will be exhibiting their work at iCOON. Together with Marleen van Wijngaarden, founder of Rotterdam-based Murals Inc., Helma Vlemmings, curator of iCOON, selected the muralists: Nanna van Heest, Jelmer Noordeman, Ropp Schouten, and Sigmund de Jong. They will create one or more murals, both indoors and outdoors.
Joep Brouwer was the fifth artist, invited to create a connection between iCOON's four spaces with his sculptures.
Nanna van Heest
As a designer and researcher, Nanna van Heest is fascinated by color and patterns. Floating in a universe of color, she enjoys exploring the endless possibilities and combinations in which they appear or can be organized.
Trained as a Graphic Designer (Gerrit Rietveld Academy, 2001) and a lecturer in Fine Arts and Design (Willem de Kooning Academy, 2012), her studio has developed into an interdisciplinary practice where design and education go hand in hand. Van Heest has been a lecturer at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam since 2012, and she also gives various workshops on color.
In her autonomous color and material experiments, the creative process is paramount. This visual research method allows her to explore insights and theory with her hands and translate them into visual work.
