The paintings are inner landscapes in which I let my endless and unanswered questions wander. Is it allowed to be frivolous in a world that constantly screams for responsibility? What is it like to grow up in a dying world? What does it mean to be uprooted from nature and community? I let the questions echo back to myself while painting, as well as towards the subjects in the paintings, and hopefully towards the viewer.
With the fleetingness of oil pastels, I paint from personal memories, interweaving them with actuality, pop culture, the digital world, and the painting tradition. I express both beauty and suffering through everyday moments. I don’t want to forget or disguise, I want to forgive. The paintings offer space and attention to the contradictions and complexity of being.
With the fleetingness of oil pastels, I paint from personal memories, interweaving them with actuality, pop culture, the digital world, and the painting tradition. I express both beauty and suffering through everyday moments. I don’t want to forget or disguise, I want to forgive. The paintings offer space and attention to the contradictions and complexity of being.
Painter based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Instagram/doriskolpa
doriskolpa@hotmail.com
+31 621 593 448
Solo exhibitions
Yearning for the Great Bear, Time is the New Space Rotterdam (2025)
Where the Pavement Ends, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects Naarden (2023)
When the Curtain Falls, Culturehub Rotterdam (2021)
Group exhibitions
Zomersalon Westerkade kunst Rotterdam (2024)
Klassiek meets Kunst, Tivoli Vredeburg Utrecht (2024)
Pijnlijk Mooi, Zamen Amsterdam (2024)
Luxe Benen, Marian Cramer Amsterdam (2024)
Festival exhibition, Palet Amsterdam (2023)
Ubuntu, de Zolder & Mono Rotterdam (2023)
Zomersalon Westerkade kunst Rotterdam (2023)
When Grey turns Purple, performance, Skek Amsterdam (2023)
Salon de Cultrue, performance, kunstkerk Dordrecht (2023)
Crisiskunst, groupshow, Gallery Niffo Rotterdam (2022)
Figure it out, curating Pictura Dordrecht (2022)
Kersvers, spoken word, vurige tongen, Ruigoord Amsterdam (2022)
Mother(land), groupshow, Z33 Hasselt (2022)
Kersvers, performance night, Door Dordecht (2021)
When the curtain falls, solo show, Culturehub Rotterdam (2021)
Kersvers, groupshow, Pictura Dordrecht (2021)
The Nowshow, groupshow, St. Joost academy Breda (2021)
Window exhibition, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam (2021
Moment of trust, groupshow, Club Solo Breda (2020)
Education
Bachelor Art & Research, St Joost school for Arts and Design Breda (2017-2021)
Minor Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Instagram/doriskolpa
doriskolpa@hotmail.com
+31 621 593 448
Solo exhibitions
Yearning for the Great Bear, Time is the New Space Rotterdam (2025)
Where the Pavement Ends, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects Naarden (2023)
When the Curtain Falls, Culturehub Rotterdam (2021)
Group exhibitions
Zomersalon Westerkade kunst Rotterdam (2024)
Klassiek meets Kunst, Tivoli Vredeburg Utrecht (2024)
Pijnlijk Mooi, Zamen Amsterdam (2024)
Luxe Benen, Marian Cramer Amsterdam (2024)
Festival exhibition, Palet Amsterdam (2023)
Ubuntu, de Zolder & Mono Rotterdam (2023)
Zomersalon Westerkade kunst Rotterdam (2023)
When Grey turns Purple, performance, Skek Amsterdam (2023)
Salon de Cultrue, performance, kunstkerk Dordrecht (2023)
Crisiskunst, groupshow, Gallery Niffo Rotterdam (2022)
Figure it out, curating Pictura Dordrecht (2022)
Kersvers, spoken word, vurige tongen, Ruigoord Amsterdam (2022)
Mother(land), groupshow, Z33 Hasselt (2022)
Kersvers, performance night, Door Dordecht (2021)
When the curtain falls, solo show, Culturehub Rotterdam (2021)
Kersvers, groupshow, Pictura Dordrecht (2021)
The Nowshow, groupshow, St. Joost academy Breda (2021)
Window exhibition, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam (2021
Moment of trust, groupshow, Club Solo Breda (2020)
Education
Bachelor Art & Research, St Joost school for Arts and Design Breda (2017-2021)
Minor Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht