Klaashenk Blonk
Sculptor | The Netherlands
Klaashenk Blonk creates abstract and figurative ceramics. His work is inspired by the experiences he had on his travels to North-Africa, Central-America, Southeast Asia and Southwest Asia.

“For me water and fire are opposite. To realize my ceramic sculptures. Both elements are indispensable. Water makes the clay malleable as fire harden and preserves. In water and fire, I see an antithesis between life and death
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Klaashenk Blonk studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Rotterdam. After his education he traveled to North Africa, Central America and Southeast and Southwest Asia. The impressions he gained there were decisive for the development of his design language in ceramics. Although he also makes abstract ceramics, his work has been mainly figurative in recent years.
As a teacher, Blonk was affiliated with the Vrije Academie Rotterdam, Culturele Educatie Dordrecht and Kunsteducatie Walcheren.
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Credentials
Solo tentoonstellingen
Rotterdamse kunststichting
Kunstzaken Rotterdams Steengoed
Galerie Neeltje Jansen, Rotterdam
Galerie Gaudi, Landgraaf
Kunstliefde, Utrecht
Pictura Salon, Dordrecht
GSH Galerie, Hilversum
Provinciehuis Zuid-Holland, Den Haag
Galerie Kralingen, Rotterdam
Gemeentehuis Veere
Art et Industriae, Den Haag
Galerie Keramix, Nieuwegein
Galerie Wind, Rotterdam
Stadsgalerie, Gouda
Galerie Wijnstraat, Dordrecht
Groepstentoonstellingen
2023
#Faces, OpenArtExchange, Schiedam, The Netherlands
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Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Slot Zeist
Dordrechts Museum
Grote Kerk Veere
Galerie Noord Groningen
SBK Dordt Verbeeldt
Opdrachten
CBK Dordrecht, wandreliëf Aquapulca zwembad, Dordrecht
CBK Dordrecht, ontwerp Tunnelsyndroom, Dordrecht
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