Carla Krutzen
Born in the area of South Limburg, The Netherlands
on May 18th 1949.
Artist designer and Master jeweler.
Specialized in the non-ferrous (sweet) metals.
The sweet metals:
Are hammered out cold and therefore ideal for the
sculptor / jeweler.
At any mixing (alloy) of copper with gold, silver,
platinum, palladium, lead, nickel, zinc, tin
and aluminum metals arise again with new structures, properties
and colours, such as
white, green, yellow and red gold in different carats, silver in
different contents,
nickel-silver, brass, tombac and all bronze.
Followed at the
Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht.
After having opted
for the Fashion Design program for a number of years, she
switched to
the Department of Design in Metals and Plastics at the end of
1969.
In 1973 she obtained her HBO (Higher Vocational
Education) Bachelor’s degree
and thus also got her
Master’s degree.
Teachers:
Sculptor Piet Killaars
(1922-2015)
Constructor-engineer
Kees van de vosse (1922-1998)
Master jeweler Fons
Paanakker (1915-1985),
The latter was a former
pupil of Frans Zwollo jr.,
the son of the famous
silversmith Frans Zwollo sr. (1872-1945),
he became the first
teacher of the art of driving in the Netherlands in 1897.
Artwork:
Most consists of wearable jewelery in which her
Fashion Design and Sculpture studies
are clearly expressed.
Each piece is unique,
earthy and her sense of scale, size and colour decisive.
Her indispensable sources
of inspiration are journeys and exchanges
with other cultures and
natures.
Other activities:
Carla taught and tutored as mentor to earn her
basic income.
- Until 1987 at the Free Academies in The Hague and
Leidschendam.
- Until 1991 at the
Free Academy in Gouda.
- In 1988 she founded
The Breston Academy
Scheveningen,
a school specialized in
non-ferrous (sweet) metals, where she taught for 25 years.
On January 1st
2014, the year in which Carla turned 65,
this school ceased to
exist for good because there were no enthusiastic successors.
- In 2005 and 2006
she taught at Canador College during the Summer School of Arts
‘Artsperience’ and in the studio of Jana Brogan, both in North
Bay, Ontario, Canada.
- In 2002 she became a member as a professional
artist
of the Department Design
& Architecture of The Hague Art Circle.
- In 2013 she became a
member of the Art&Jazz artists collective.
- In 2019 she became a
member as a professional artist
of the Department Visual
Arts of The Hague Art Circle.
Carla has had many exhibitions in her own hometown
and surroundings,
at art fairs and at the
invitation of galleries at home and abroad.
Whether it was in The
Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, Canada or Greenland,
she loved to exhibit in
her own studio, a warehouse in Scheveningen,
close to the North Sea,
together with other artists and talented students.
After her return from
Greenland end 2016,
she moved to the heart of
The Hague and lives and works as usual.
1967-1980 & 1980-1989
- The young years
1989-2014 - Carla &
The Breston Academy Scheveningen years
2014-2022 &
2022< The rooted years
