Creating her bronze sculptures actually feels like playing to her; it reminds her of how she used to play endlessly on the beach on her own as a child.

In the beginning Hetty Blankesteijn’s work was mainly figurative. Over the years, as a result of curiosity, her sculptures have evolved into more abstract forms. She is always looking for the limits of what is technically possible with bronze.

Key words in her work are intimacy, love, connection and above all optimism. Her sculptures can be placed both inside and outside. Outside it often becomes even more beautiful, because of its colouring.

Hetty started her career as a nurse and did many creative courses in her spare time. Eventually she took the step to the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, where she graduated in 1986. Since 2015 she has participated in international group exhibitions in Bologna, Madrid and Aix-en-Provence, among other places.

2021
Het oude Streekarchief buren – Mei 2021
Kunst in de kerk Brouwershaven – Augustus 2021

2020
Art Capital Grand Palais Paris – Groepsexpo
De Sleedorn Zetten – Januari / Februari

2019
Kunst in het Volkspark – Enschede, Juni 2019
Galerie Tom Lucassen – Ommen, Januar/ Maart 2019
Galerie de Kunstraad – Boekel, Augustus 2019
Kunst im park Ludinghausen, 15 September 2019
Kunst moment, Diepenheim, Oktober 2019
Open Atelier, Boekelo

2018
Ateneo de Madrid, Madrid (groepsexpo)

2017
Le Sm’art, Aix en Provence (groepsexpo)
Kunst aan de Vaart, Assen

2016
Ateneo de Madrid, Madrid (groepsexpo)

2015
Little Treasures Bologna (groepsexpo)