About
Gallery Chiefs & Spirits was established in 1992. It provides a podium for international Artists from Africa, Europe, Asia and Americas. We focus on Artists that make body of work from unusual materials. The gallery is housed in a monumental building in the historical part of The Hague. It has two exhibition rooms. Apart from regular shows organized in the gallery, Chiefs & Spirits participates in national and international art fairs.
Toyin Loye
"Behind the Facade" Paper Ripped 140 x 100cm 2018
About the Artist
Toyin Loye studied Fine Art at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Nigeria, Senegal, Argentina, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Germany, Spain, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands. Toyin was commissioned by FIFA along with Andreas Gursky, Luo Brothers, Markus Lupetz and others to create the official Art Poster for the Germany 2006 World Cup. He lives and works in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Exhibitions
2018 Art The Hague
2018 KunstRai, Amsterdam
2018 Art Karlsruhe
2017 AAF Brussels, London, New York, Hamburg, Amsterdam
2017 Palm Beach Modern+Contemporary With Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2016 Art Karlsruhe, Germany With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
Monika Radhoff-Troll
Bloom 90x90cm plastic woven
About the Artist
Monika Radhoff-Troll
Monika Radhoff-Troll’s work is primarily specialized and focused on installations, objects and photography. She creates installations, as her artistic vision is influenced by political and ecological concerns. While not desiring to confront the viewer with horrific real life scenario, nevertheless she wants to disturb viewers and heighten their sensibility by building alienated, distorted situations, pseudoscientific assemblages and installations with recycled material.
Monika studied art and textile design at RWTH Aachen / Fakultät VIII from 1978-83. Since 1987 she’s working as an artist in Aachen. Work in public ownership are at Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen, Stadt Lohmar and Buxtehude, Kangaeru-Shirou kan Kawauchi mura, Fukushima, Japan and have been as a loan for four years at The Washington Post, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
2018 Context Art Miami
2017 Gallery “Ko-Ra”, P.I. House of Culture “Kocho Racin”, Skopje, R. Macedonia
2017 art KARLSRUHE, Germany with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2017 galerie luzia Sassen, Cologne, Germany
2016 Gallery “Ko-Ra”, P.I. House of Culture “Kocho Racin”, Skopje, R. Macedonia
2016 AAF Hamburg with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
Mathijs Siemens
Painted Grass
About the Artist
Growing up in a creative family, Mathijs Siemens (Amsterdam, 1982) always had a thing with creating visual surrealistic worlds. In his teenage years he made many drawings, developing in style, from street-art to more figurative and surrealistic drawings in his twenties. After the art academy he became more interested in architectonical perspectives and the function of color, depth, and layers in art. In that period Mathijs Siemens began to work with different materials, such as resin, wood and foam board, and started adding 3-dimensional elements to his artworks. His style had already transformed to a more surrealistic style, so eventually the next logical thing for him was to free himself from all realistic boundaries in art and make the step towards abstract art.
“The space between 2 and 3-dimensional is an exciting element to work with. It can trick the human mind and vision and compositions come to life for the eye of the beholder”.
The idea behind my art, is to explore new found techniques using thread as main material. My aim is to create an abstract world, in each peace, which can influence the human perception in a unique way. The artworks are a playful combination between different elements. Lines and color come to life when put in different perspectives. Layers of thread on top of each other, combined with color and depth, form a hypnotising and unique play for the eye.
It’s not only about what you see on the surface. It’s more about what it does to the senses.
Amsterdam, New York London & Hamburg
Stephan Marienfeld
Dislike
About the Artist
Stephan Marienfeld, born in Hattingen, Germany in 1966, deals in his sculptural work with the human body image and its perception. His objects are of unique aesthetics and clean elegance. In “Hurrican” the artist combines an instrument of everyday use with a fantastic form to create an odd aesthetic piece of art. The contrast between natural, homogeneous forms and artificial material plays with the idea of anthropomorphic creatures, erotic tension and figural presence. Coated with polyester, painted and polished, the differences of the individual pieces disappear and become a new, hybrid form. The hyper-smooth surfaces of the sculptures shimmer under different light conditions and bring about an amazing play of light and shadow.
Has exhibited around the world
collection of Museum in The Netherlands
Patrick Bergsma
Nature and Man
About the Artist
Patrick Bergsma (1965)
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (1991 – 1996)
Patrick Bergsma (1965)
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (1991 – 1996)
Exposities
2018
Spirits
2017 Solo expositie AAF Hamburg vertegenwoordigd door galerie Chiefs and Spirits
2017 Groeps expositie “Expedition nature” in het Coda museum in Apeldoorn
Collection
Accenture, KPMG, ABN-AMRO, Vrumona, KPN, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum De Prinsenhof Delft, Van Diepen en Van der Kroef Advocaten, Het Ministerie van Binnenlandse zaken
Patrick Bergsma (1965)
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (1991 – 1996)
Patrick Bergsma (1965)
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (1991 – 1996)
Exposities
2018
Spirits
2017 Solo expositie AAF Hamburg vertegenwoordigd door galerie Chiefs and Spirits
2017 Groeps expositie “Expedition nature” in het Coda museum in Apeldoorn
Collection
Accenture, KPMG, ABN-AMRO, Vrumona, KPN, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum De Prinsenhof Delft, Van Diepen en Van der Kroef Advocaten, Het Ministerie van Binnenlandse zaken
Mart de Brouwer
Sisters
Made from puzzled wood + acrylic
About the Artist
Born: 1955.
Education: Graphic School Eindhoven
Mart has developed a new technique of painting by using fire to create bodies of work that has now become his signature – big format wall objects
The process starts by using seasoned wood, burns and finally painting it.
In addition to the burned and painted wall objects, Mart makes puzzled objects, for which he uses many colors of paint.
Creating other interior objects like tables, mirrors, cabinets and many others is also part of Mart’s expertise by giving a new “artistic life” to existing objects.
Mart has exhibited extensively
Context Art Miami/ Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
ART KARLSRUHE / Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
AAF Brussels, London, Hamburg, New York/ Chiefs & Spirits
Solo KunstRai, Amsterdam
Stefan Gross
Flower Bonanza
About the Artist
Stefan Gross, born in Bendorf Germany, apprenticed as a practitioner of stained glass manufacture. During his apprenticeship he was surrounded by coloured glass and learned to think in color. In 1988 he became a master of the practice and also concluded it by taking up studies of painting at art school HBK Saar, Saarbrücken. After his studies which he completed cum laude, he moved to the Netherlands. Here he lives and works, always seeking to develop new painting techniques. In ca. 2006 he developed a material of his own he now predominantly uses: “oil plastic”. It results from dyeing an industrial plastic with classic oil paints. It is surface and paint in one and enables Stefan Gross to extend the painted surface three-dimensionally. “Oil plastic” is translucent and behaves, at a relatively low temperature, like glass. In his work, Stefan Gross depicts, in a colorful way, the fall of a society based on growth. “The world is a serious place these days. This is a problem I address in my work.” He shows the beauty and potential of industrial production in a look back on the times in which we now live.
2018
Context Art Miami/ Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
Solo ART KARLSRUHE / Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
Solo Qade Solo Project Rotterdam / Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
Palm Beach Modern+Contemporary/ Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
AAF Amsterdam, Brussels, London,Hampstead, Hamburg, New York/ Chiefs & Spirits
KunstRai, Amsterdam
Art The Hague
Exhibiting Artists
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Patrick Bergsma
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Biography :
Patrick Bergsma (1965)
Graduated from Royal Academy of Art The Hague (1991 – 1996)
Exhibition :
2018 Solo expositie Art Karlsruhe / galerie Chiefs and Spirits, The Hague
2018 KunstRAI Amsterdam / Gallery project 2.0
2017 Solo expositie RC ArtFair in Rotterdam / Suzanne Biederberg
2017 Solo expositie AAF Hamburg / galerie Chiefs and Spirits
2017 Groeps expositie “Expedition nature” in het Coda museum in Apeldoorn
2015 Solo Show – Galerie Suzanne Biederberg Amsterdam
Coda museum Keramiek triënnale
Artist's Objects:
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Nature and Man
Also exhibited by:
Also represented by:
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Mart de Brouwer
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Biography :
Born: 26 december 1955.
Education: Graphic School Eindhoven - department Repro.
Art education: autodidact
Mart is well known for his wall objects, which are unusual and attractive to the eye.
He developed a new technique of painting and using fire.
The process starts by using qualitatively material like wood. Mart burns it and finally paints it.
In the clip on this website you can watch Mart using his technique and get a glimpse of the process.
In addition to the burned and painted wall objects, Mart makes puzzled objects, for which he uses many colors of paint.
Creating other interior objects like tables, mirrors, cabinets and many others is also part of Mart's expertise.
He also provides the service of restyling existing objects. While restyling, he maintains his own creativity in a natural way.
Exhibition :
2017 Art Karlsruhe
Art The Hague
2018 Solo KunstRai, Amsterdam
Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
Context Art Miami
Artist's Objects:
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Sisters
Also exhibited by:
Also represented by:
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Stephan Marienfeld
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Biography :
Stephan - Sculptor graduated from Academy of Art Wuppertal/Düsseldorf, Germany
He studied under the tutelage of Prof. Anthony Cragg/
He holds teaching position at Free Art Academy, Essen
Stephan lives and works in Hattingen/Ruhr, Germany
COLLECTIONS
CALDIC COLLECTIE, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
Becker, Münster, Germany
Nationalbank, Essen, Germany
Hempel, Schweiz, Germany
Prinz von Bayern, Munich, Germany
Neuhaus-Galladé, Witten, Germany
Ostermann, Witten, Germany
Exhibition :
Art Karlsruhe
Galerie Filser+Gräf, München
Galerie Hiestand, Landau
Galerie K, Palma de Mallorca
Artist's Objects:
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Dislike
Also exhibited by:
Also represented by:
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Stefan Gross
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Biography :
81-90 apprentice, practitioner, master in stained glass manufacture
91-96 art academy Saarbruecken, Germany
sinds 97 living and working in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Exhibition :
2018 - Solo Presentation Art Karlsruhe / Chiefs & Spirits
Solo Presentation Qade Rotterdam / Chiefs and Spirits
KunstRai Amsterdam / Chiefs & Spirits
Presentation: Museum MauritsHuis The Hague
Collection: Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Artist's Objects:
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Flower Bonanza
Also exhibited by:
Also represented by:
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Toyin Loye
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Biography :
Toyin Loye
Toyin Loye studied Fine Art at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Nigeria, Senegal, Argentina, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Germany, Spain, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands. Toyin was commissioned by FIFA along with Andreas Gursky, Luo Brothers, Markus Lupetz and others to create the official Art Poster for the Germany 2006 World Cup. He lives and works in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Exhibitions
Exhibition :
2018 KunstRai, Amsterdam
2018 Art Karlsruhe
2017 AAF Brussels, London, New York, Hamburg, Amsterdam
2017 Palm Beach Modern+Contemporary With Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2016 Art Karlsruhe, Germany With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2016 Scope Basel, Miami With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits
2015 Art The Hague With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits
2015 AAF Maastricht, Amsterdam,Brussels,Hamburg With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2015 Art Cape Town , 1:54 New York, Jo’burg Art Fair With ARTCO Gallery, Aachen DE
2015 Art Rotterdam With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2015 Art.Fair Cologne With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
Artist's Objects:
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"Behind the Facade" Paper Ripped 140 x 100cm 2018
Also exhibited by:
Also represented by:
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Monika Radhoff-Troll
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Biography :
Monika Radhoff-Troll
Monika Radhoff-Troll’s work is primarily specialized and focused on installations, objects and photography. She creates installations, as her artistic vision is influenced by political and ecological concerns. While not desiring to confront the viewer with horrific real life scenario, nevertheless she wants to disturb viewers and heighten their sensibility by building alienated, distorted situations, pseudoscientific assemblages and installations with recycled material.
Monika studied art and textile design at RWTH Aachen / Fakultät VIII from 1978-83. Since 1987 she’s working as an artist in Aachen. Work in public ownership are at Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen, Stadt Lohmar and Buxtehude, Kangaeru-Shirou kan Kawauchi mura, Fukushima, Japan and have been as a loan for four years at The Washington Post, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Exhibition :
2018 Open Art Borken, Germany
2018 Art KARLSRUHE, Germany with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2018 KunstRai Amsterdam with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2017 galerie luzia Sassen, Cologne, Germany
2017 Gallery “Ko-Ra”, P.I. House of Culture “Kocho Racin”, Skopje, R. Macedonia
2016 AAF Hamburg with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2016 Galerie vorn und oben Eupen, Belgium
2016 Another Dimension, Kettelhach Karree, Borken, Germany
2016 AAF London Battersea, Spring 2016, London, UK with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
Detailed Description :
Works mane from recycled plastic
Artist's Objects:
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Bloom 90x90cm plastic woven
Also exhibited by:
Also represented by:
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Mathijs Siemens
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Biography :
Growing up in a creative family, Mathijs Siemens (Amsterdam, 1982) always had a thing with creating visual surrealistic worlds. In his teenage years he made many drawings, developing in style, from street-art to more figurative and surrealistic drawings in his twenties.
After the art academy he became more interested in architectonical perspectives and the function of color, depth, and layers in art. In that period Mathijs Siemens began to work with different materials, such as resin,
wood and foam board, and started adding 3-dimensional elements to his artworks. His style had already transformed to a more surrealistic style, so eventually the next logical thing for him was to free himself from all realistic boundaries in art and make the step towards abstract art.
"The space between 2 and 3-dimensional is an exciting element to work with. It can trick the human mind and vision and compositions come to life for the eye of the beholder".
The idea behind the collection is to explore new found techniques using thread as main material. My aim is to create an abstract world, in each peace, which can influence the human perception in a unique way. The artworks are a playful combination between different elements. Lines and color come to life when put in different perspectives. Layers of thread on top of each other, combined with color and depth, form a hypnotising and unique play for the eye.
It’s not only about what you see on the surface. It's more about what it does to the senses.
Artist's Objects:
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Painted Grass
Also exhibited by:
Also represented by:
Other Represented Artists
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Francois Plessis
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Biography :
1961 born in Zimbabwe, grew up in South Africa
1985 at the age of 24 years he left South Africa due to the apartheid politics
1985 – 1988 he travelled around Europe, Middle East and Turkey
1988 settled in Germany, where he works and lives (Aachen)
Exhibition :
2016 "Miniaturen" Galerie Freitag 18.30, Aachen/Germany
2016 Scope Art Fair Miami, Gallery Chiefs and Spirits, The Hague/Netherlands
2016 Art The Hague Gallery Chiefs and Spirits, The Hague/Netherlands
2016 KunstRai Amsterdam with Gallery Chiefs and Spirits, The Hague/Netherlands
2016 "Experimentelle 19“ Amstetten/Austria
2016 Art Breda Gallery with Gallery Chiefs and Spirits, The Hague/Netherlands
2016 Scope Art Fair Basel with Gallery Chiefs and Spirits, The Hague/Netherlands
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Antje Flotho
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Biography :
1961 Born in Hanover
1982-89 Studied fine arts at the Braunschweig
at Prof.Hinnerk Schrader and Alfred Winter RustDiploma, master class
1989/90 Grant from the state of Lower Saxony, Atelierhaus Worpswede
- Bernhard Kaufmann Prize, Commerzbank Bremen
- Museum für verwandte Kunst –Köln, Gruppenausstellung
She lives in Hamburg
Exhibition :
2017 Art The Hague With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits
2017 Art Karlsruhe, Germany With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2017 KunstRai Amsterdam With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2015 Art.Fair Cologne With Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
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Edvardas Račevicius
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Biography :
Edvardas Racevičius was born in Klaipėda (Lithuania) in 197,
Exhibition :
2016 Art The Hague with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits
2016 Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2016 Scope Basel with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2016 Art Karlsruhe, Germany with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2016 KunstRai, Amsterdam with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2016 Rotterdam Contemporary with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
2016 ART Breda with Galerie Chiefs & Spirits, The Hague
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