Released on: May 5, 2008, 7:55 am

Press Release Author: Studio Abba

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: In May and June 2008, Jackie Sleper's artworks will be
exhibited in the Museo de la Isla in Cozumel in a show curated by Matty Roca.

Press Release Body: From 9 May - 20 June 2008, the Museo de la Isla in Cozumel will
host Dulce y Amargo, the exhibition of Jackie Sleper\'s artworks inspired by, and
dedicated to, Mexico and to Frida Kahlo, curated by Matty Roca.

Cozumel is the second Mexican location for the Dulce y Amargo exhibition which forms
part of the series of exhibitions that the famous Dutch artist will be showing in
Mexico in 2008 and 2009, all being curated by Matty Roca, art historian, museum
curator, and art critic. The first exhibition of Jackie Sleper\'s works which was
held at Chetumal was considered a great success. David Domínguez Povedano, General
Director of the Museo de la Isla in Cozumel has announced that there is great
interest in seeing the forthcoming event.

Jackie Sleper, the winner of the section "Sculpture and Installation" at the
Florence Biennale 2007 has always been fascinated by Mexico and the artist Frida
Kahlo, for whom she has a profound admiration. In 2005, she received an invitation
from Matty Roca, art historian and art critic to depict her vision of Mexico. Over
the course of two years Jackie Sleper, together with her husband and children, spent
many months in the country. Jackie says: "Matty became a dear friend. She showed me
Mexico. I took in everything around me, spoke with lots of people and, especially,
got a sense of the country. My previous love of Mexico only grew stronger. Over the
next two years my work will be travelling to various museums in Mexico - something I
would never have dared dream of as a child. I feel like I am on top of the world.
This is the link that completes the chain.\"

Her modern works are at times reminiscent of Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo and Pollock.
Jackie Sleper assumes absolute freedom in applying various techniques and
introducing experimental elements: her work is characterised by combinations of
photography and painting, and the use of mixed media. In addition to paintings,
Jackie creates objects that incorporate a variety of multiple materials, which she
transforms into wholly new and surprising concepts. The artist allows her work to be
guided by a profound sense of humanism, and she's depicted as an artist in the
truest sense of the word: her work has always been grounded in her exploration of
human existence and the significance behind it.

Matty Roca: "I have been able to witness Jackie Sleper's development - as a
photographer, painter and sculptor - at first hand. Every painting is an intensely
personal creation and expression, presenting the world as she perceives it. She is
sensitive, intense, mysterious and subtle, but also possesses a cast-iron
personality. Above all, she knows exactly what she wants. She conveys her
personality with exceptional clarity, so that she is comprehensible for one and
all."


Jackie Sleper was born in Amsterdam and studied at the Utrecht Academy for Visual
Arts. Between 1988 and 1995 she spent time in Ireland, Spain and Prague for study
purposes. Works produced in her home country, the Netherlands, include a tile
plateau in honour of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, commissioned by the municipality of
Utrecht, and 'light objects' for the Kruisheren Hotel, a design establishment that
opened in Maastricht in 2005. Outside the Netherlands, she has exhibited in Antwerp
(Art-Event), Stockholm (Art Fair), Marbella (Marb Art - Feria Internacional de Arte
Contemporáneo), Geneva (Europ'Art), Klagenfurt (Biennale Austria), Salzburg (Mozart
Festival), Florence (Museo Diocesano and Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte
Contemporanea), Milan (Studio D'Ars), New York (Carrozzini Von Buhler Gallery and
CVB Space), and in Mexico. One of her works, Modestia, was exhibited during La
Biennale di Venezia, at Open 2007. She won the 1st prize for "Sculpture and
Installation" at the Florence Biennale 2007.

CALENDAR MEXICO 2008 (dates to be confirmed):

- 9 May - 20 June
Museo de la Isla de Cozumel
Av. Rafael E. Melgar entre 4 y 6 Ote.
Cozumel, Quintana Roo

- 3 July - 25 August
Museo de Arte Moderno de Gòmez Palacio.
Londres y Lisboa Col. El Campestre
Gòmez Palacio

- 4 September - 23 October
Museo Palacio Pedro de Alvarado
Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua

- 6 November - December (closing date TBC)
Museo del Aguacate
Durango


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Jackie Sleper
website: http://www.jackiesleper.com

Images:
You can also see images of Jackie's artworks at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo


For journalists only:
High resolution files of these images or other press related information can be
requested directly from the press office:
Vito Abba, press officer
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florence, Italy
info@studioabba.com
www.studioabba.com

Other images and further information are available at:
http://www.dulceyamargo.com/


It will be possible to follow the various stages of "Dulce y amargo" thanks to the
information and images that will be posted on www.dulceyamargo.com.
Visitors to Jackie's exhibitions in Mexico, can also upload photos taken during the
exhibitions on flicker and share them with
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo
At the end of the exhibition series, the authors of the three photos that Jackie
likes most, will each receive a signed lithograph of one of her works.

For general comments contact:
dulceyamargo@yahoo.com

Web Site: http://www.jackiesleper.com

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