Daphne Bitter (1 January 1994, Amsterdam)

Art History teacher at the High school:
2016 – 2019: RSG Wiringherlant, The Netherlands.
2023 – 2024: PCC Lyceum, The Netherlands

Education:
2012 – 2016; HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
Fine Art and Design in Education

Exhibitions and Artfairs

2025

MicksArt Gallery
13 April – 5 July  –  Groupexhibition
MicksArt Gallery  ,  Emmen, Kapitein Grantstraat 24

2024

MicksArt Gallery
29 Oktober (2023) – 13 January
Kapitein Grantsstraat 24, Emmen, The Netherlands
https://www.micksartcollectief.nl/


2023

CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY Har Hensgens
11 November – 30 December –  Smalle Havenstraat 13, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
https://contemporaryartgalleryharhensgens.com/


2022

De Wissel – 11 November 2021 until 11 February
Broersveld 123b, Schiedam, The Netherlands



The Flat Gallery – 1 September – 29 April 2023
Group exhibition
Plaza del Principe, Mahon (Menorca), Spain
https://www.facebook.com/CoollectableArt

2021

Gallery MicksArt Collectief – group exposition – February until May
Kapitein Grantstraat 24, 7824 AR, Emmen, The Netherlands
https://www.micksartcollectief.nl/

2019

Art route Langedijk, Twuyvermolen – 9 & 10 June
Twuyvermolen, Sint Pancreas, Oosterdijk 1, The Netherlands
http://www.twuyvermolen.nl/

She Art Gallery – 28 April until 24 May
De Huufkes 34, Nuenen, The Netherlands
https://www.sheartgallery.com/

Contemporary Art galery Har Hensgens – 1 December 2018 until 26 January
Smalle Havenstraat 13, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

2018:

Nationale kunstdagen (National Artdays / Artfair)- 10 & 11 November
Beursfabriek Nieuwegein
http://www.kunstdagen.nl/kunstdagen/2018/

Teahouse Rhijnauwen – 7 September until 23 November
https://theehuisrhijnauwen.nl/

Buurtboerderij Ons genoegen – 16 July until 2 September
Amsterdam
https://www.buurtboerderij.nl/

Artfair Art Eindhoven – 14 & 15 April
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
http://arteindhoven.nl/

Artmanifestation ‘Het goed’ – 3 March
Emmen, The Netherlands

2017

ADAF (Annual Dutch Art Fair) – 13, 14, 15 October
World Fashion centre/beursplaza Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Four Seasons Art Fair – 1, 2, 3 September
Amsterdam Loods 6 – KNSM Laan 143 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://fourseasonsartfair.com/

Solo exhibition – Spinozagebouw Nijmegen – 4 July until 30 September
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
http://www.ru.nl/uvb/campus/gebouwen/vm/spinozagebouw-0/

2016

Exposure part II – 5 July until 25 August
Townhall Utrecht, The Netherlands

Exposure Fine Art and Design in Education  –  24 June until 2 July
Pastoe-fabriek Utrecht, The Netherlands

2015

Kunst -en zorgboerderij Hoeve engelenburgh – 14 June until 14 October
Nieuwe Niedorp, The Netherlands

As a small child I started drawing and painting and I never stopped since then. From 2012 to 2016 I studied on the Art academy HKU in Utrecht. During this period I developed my own vision and view on how I see the world which is reflecting now in my art works.

Nature has always been my fascination. With nature I mean the real untouched nature that men has not yet invaded, nature as it was before we were there. I am constantly looking for these worlds. This natural world is outside our field of vision, we have not entered it yet. They are often still and timeless, as a kind of underlying basis for life, it is always present, but not always visible. 
Every year I take some trips into the nature with my tent, to get closer and to reconnect with it. For me connecting with nature is one of the most important things. During these trips I go to caves, waterfalls, high into the mountains and deep into the forests. I go alone, so I can open myself for it and listen. These experiences gives me inspiration for my artworks.  I try to capture the mysterious energy that I felt during these trips.

What is invisible is not immediately absent. We just can’t see it.

My work distances itself from visible reality. Because of this distance you can see everything in it, everyone can give their own interpretation to it. In my work there is the subconscious, the longing for nature, our general origin and the foundation of existence.
I create the works from the subconscious, they arise automatically without having to figure out in advance what it will look like. I respond to the forms that arise on the canvas and that arise from the strokes that I paint on the canvas. From there the work grows naturally. I am guided by my subconscious mind by reacting emotionally to the forms that arise.