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Dutch collage artist Hanneke Treffers, better known as Handiedan, started working as a self taught collage artist almost five years ago. With a history as graduated photographic designer at the University of Art and Design in 2002, she developed her working skills into graphic design and illustration through the years.
Handiedan's collage artwork and prints have been shown in galleries and publications throughout the world. Handiedan's collages involve a complex cut and paste mixture of classic pin-up images. Intricate and meticulously crafted, the collages represent the gradual accumulation of layers. Over a backdrop of baroque and Victorian Neo-Classicism designs culled from international currencies and stamps, antique sheet music ornaments, playing cards, sigar bands, Asian papers, and personal items, the artist fuses classic pin-up girl body parts with the occasion recourse to digital wizardry, scissors, and a steady hand to create her own version of beauty.
Handiedan builds up so many layers in her collages that the surfaces stand out in relief and it becomes a game to spot motifs that reappear from one work to another. The impish doodled avatar are peppered throughout on the tattooed lushed pin-up girls with pen scratches and doodles all over the collage either on …
Handiedan's collage artwork and prints have been shown in galleries and publications throughout the world. Handiedan's collages involve a complex cut and paste mixture of classic pin-up images. Intricate and meticulously crafted, the collages represent the gradual accumulation of layers. Over a backdrop of baroque and Victorian Neo-Classicism designs culled from international currencies and stamps, antique sheet music ornaments, playing cards, sigar bands, Asian papers, and personal items, the artist fuses classic pin-up girl body parts with the occasion recourse to digital wizardry, scissors, and a steady hand to create her own version of beauty.
Handiedan builds up so many layers in her collages that the surfaces stand out in relief and it becomes a game to spot motifs that reappear from one work to another. The impish doodled avatar are peppered throughout on the tattooed lushed pin-up girls with pen scratches and doodles all over the collage either on …
Dutch collage artist Hanneke Treffers, better known as Handiedan, started working as a self taught collage artist almost five years ago. With a history as graduated photographic designer at the University of Art and Design in 2002, she developed her working skills into graphic design and illustration through the years.
Handiedan's collage artwork and prints have been shown in galleries and publications throughout the world. Handiedan's collages involve a complex cut and paste mixture of classic pin-up images. Intricate and meticulously crafted, the collages represent the gradual accumulation of layers. Over a backdrop of baroque and Victorian Neo-Classicism designs culled from international currencies and stamps, antique sheet music ornaments, playing cards, sigar bands, Asian papers, and personal items, the artist fuses classic pin-up girl body parts with the occasion recourse to digital wizardry, scissors, and a steady hand to create her own version of beauty.
Handiedan builds up so many layers in her collages that the surfaces stand out in relief and it becomes a game to spot motifs that reappear from one work to another. The impish doodled avatar are peppered throughout on the tattooed lushed pin-up girls with pen scratches and doodles all over the collage either on paper, old wood, or rusty metal.
Courtesy of Spoke Art Gallery
show more descriptionshow less descriptionHandiedan's collage artwork and prints have been shown in galleries and publications throughout the world. Handiedan's collages involve a complex cut and paste mixture of classic pin-up images. Intricate and meticulously crafted, the collages represent the gradual accumulation of layers. Over a backdrop of baroque and Victorian Neo-Classicism designs culled from international currencies and stamps, antique sheet music ornaments, playing cards, sigar bands, Asian papers, and personal items, the artist fuses classic pin-up girl body parts with the occasion recourse to digital wizardry, scissors, and a steady hand to create her own version of beauty.
Handiedan builds up so many layers in her collages that the surfaces stand out in relief and it becomes a game to spot motifs that reappear from one work to another. The impish doodled avatar are peppered throughout on the tattooed lushed pin-up girls with pen scratches and doodles all over the collage either on paper, old wood, or rusty metal.
Courtesy of Spoke Art Gallery
Lives and Works Amsterdam, Netherlands
Education
University of Art and Design, 2002
Works Available for Purchase
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