Maaike Bakker

 

Collaboration History

Maaike Bakker began collaborating with the David Krut Workshop in 2021, creating watercolour monotypes with chine collé and collage elements. The collaboration continued in 2022 resulting in Bakker’s solo exhibition,  ‘An Answer to an Unknown Question’ which opened in May of that year at the 151 Gallery in Parkwood. Previously, David Krut Projects included Bakker’s work in two group exhibitions – Kind of Blue (2019), and its follow-up show Another Kind of Blue (2020) in association with the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival. Most recently, Bakker’s works have been exhibited as part of DKP’s presentation at the Turbine Art Fair in 2023.

Maaike Bakker (b. 1986, Pretoria) is a visual artist and illustrator working with various drawing, sculpture and installation-based mediums as well as digitally with regards to her illustration-based work. She obtained a degree in Visual Arts (2009) and her MA in Fine Art (2013) from the University of Johannesburg. She currently lives and works in Johannesburg.  Bakker's work can be described as light and eclectic, and can be both concept-driven or light-hearted and rough. Bakker’s work predominantly explores themes of notation and ephemerality. Her practice also investigates limitations imposed by systems or structures and aims to determine at what point such may become excess and irrelevant, ultimately exploring futility. Bakker's unique style is formed through the creation of line-based patterns, combined with soft, muted, pleasant colours, which together create a sense of richness. 

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Jul. 25, 2022

Visual artist and illustrator Maaike Bakker works in various drawing, sculpture, installation and digital mediums. Having collaborated with the David...

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Lauren Krukowski is a second-year Master of Fine Arts candidate at the University of Iowa in the United States, studying...

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What is a Monotype and Monoprint? 
Mar. 15, 2022

By Roxy Kaczmarek & Melissa Waters Detail of Heidi Fourie’s watercolour monotype The lost ones, 2021. Monotypes are known to...

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DKW visit Open Window Institute
Feb. 13, 2022

On Monday 31 January the David Krut Workshop (DKW) printers Sbongiseni Khulu, Kim-Lee Loggenberg, Sarah Judge, Roxy Kaczmarek accompanied by...

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A Look Back at Editions, Projects & Collaborations from 2021
Jan. 12, 2022

The year 2021 was a productive one in the workshop and the gallery. We saw editions and projects by a...

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The David Krut Podcast: Order & Chaos with Maaike Bakker – Listening Time: 28 Minutes
Sep. 16, 2021

In this episode, artist, illustrator, and educator Maaike Bakker joined Britt Lawton at the David Krut Workshop in Arts on...

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Maaike Bakker | The Interplay of Collage and Abstraction in Monotypes
Aug. 31, 2021

In July 2021, visual artist and illustrator Maaike Bakker was invited into the David Krut Workshop to collaborate on a...

Tags: Chine Collé, Collaboration, Collaborative printmaking, collage, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Workshop, Maaike Bakker, Monotype, watercolour monotypes

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