by Kuki+Ko | Dec 13, 2020
Wop Sijtsma (1939–2013) was born in The Netherlands and lived on Curaçao from the 1960s until his death. He drew and painted since a very young age and he studied at the Art Academy in Amsterdam. He had a very broad interest, but was fascinated by the human. His...
by Kuki+Ko | Dec 12, 2020
Godelieve Smulders (1959) is a trained sculptor, and also paints and draws. Godelieve’s paintings are mostly abstracts, and we are proud to show her Curaçao inspired pieces. She trained at the Rietveld and Rijks Academy in the Netherlands and is a full-time...
by Kuki+Ko | Dec 11, 2020
George Struikelblok (1973) was born in Paramaribo, Suriname and is considered one of the prominent leaders of the new generation of Suriname artists. He studied in Jamaica and supplemented his artistic training with several workshops. His work is a fusion of the...
by Kuki+Ko | Dec 10, 2020
Lucia Trifan (1949) was born in Romania, and is currently a resident of Saint Martin. She is a ceramics and sculpture graduate and her work is mainly viewed as primitivism. Lucia expresses her art from the soul and is understood on a primal level by the...
by Kuki+Ko | Dec 10, 2020
Jeanette Turpijn-van Duinene (1946) was born in Curaçao, and moved to The Netherlands to study sociology. A lover of art, she took part-time classes at the New Academy in Utrecht. Her paintings are mainly about her youth growing up on the island, a far memory of the...
