About the artist
Merijn Bolink (1967) is a sculptor who investigates themes like artificial intelligence, consciousness and the digital revolution. Bolink considers the internet an oracle and is looking for forms of intelligence and even of a soul on the other side of the screen. However, the traditional sculpture methods he uses to express his ideas camouflage the contemporary context at first sight. Existing objects often form the basis of Bolink’s sculptures; a tree branch takes on a new shape, an armchair turns into a chameleon, a bronze sculpture becomes a digital file. According to Bolink, meaning is not static, but always in motion. Probably nothing is what we think it is. With his work he suggests new meanings for objects which seem familiar but aren’t.
Solo and group exhibitions include Langart Amsterdam (2023), Art Rotterdam (2021), Intelligence Artificielle, Musée de la Main, Lausanne, Switzerland (2022), About Trees, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland (2015), 9th Gyeonnggi Intl Ceramic Biennale, PR South Korea (2015) and many others.
You can find art works of Merijn Bolink in public space in several cities in The Netherlands, a.o. Assen, The Hague, Hoorn, Enschede, Amsterdam, Leiden and Apeldoorn.