Slate Stone Compositions

Two extremes in ‘being’ forms the starting point for his images. On the one hand, the primary need for nutrition and safety. On the other hand, the necessary ballast can be released in a pursuit of overview and to be who you are. This data is shared in slate. And it is visible in the compact static form or in the open and rhythmic composition.

Michiel Jansen has been working with slate for many years. That is an ancient material, stone that is composed of nature. As a sculptor he rearranges those layers and uses them to build new forms of his own. Space, light effect and form contrasts are the most important elements of the creation of an image. Slate slabs are processed individually, piece by piece. Chopping, cutting, drilling and grinding. Then they are connected and made into a whole. Often pure color pigments are still applied. Deep and dark are the stones that often seem to conceal a strong, bright source of color in the sculpture.

His work is included in private and corporate collections in the Netherlands and abroad.

Artists he admired are Piet Mondrian, Ellsworth Kelly and Anish Kapoor.

Michiel Jansen (1959, Netherlands) graduated from HKU University of the Arts Utrecht to become a certified teacher in drawing, painting and art history, a position that he still holds today. Sometime after his graduation he developed a natural interest in creating autonomous art as well. In particular he was intrigued by the sculptural possibilities of slate, a fine-grained foliated metamorphic rock type.

1995 artikel in Kunstbeeld n.a.v. expositie
1994 en 2004 i.h.k.v. jubileum galerie Anderwereld van Jan Katuin Groningen.
2008 interview voor krant met Yvonne Ploum over mijn Open Atelier in de Zonnehof
2009: ‘5 jaar galerie wit’. i.h.k.v. jubileum Wit Wageningen
2013 ‘Palet van de 20e eeuw’, Amersfoort 100 jaar beeldende kunst.

2021 Elleboogkerk voorheen Armandomuseum beeldhouwersexpositie, Amersfoort 
2008 Open Atelier de Zonnehof de kunsthal als atelier, Amersfoort
2004 Stadsgalerij De Observant, Amersfoort
1999 Galerie De Beerenburght, Eck en Wiel
1995 Galerie Cellini, Leiden 
1995  Provinciehuis Flevoland, Lelystad
1991 Galerie de Beerenburght, Eck en Wiel

2023 Tak-Art Space Whalhallo beeldententoonstelling buiten, Speuld Ermelo 
2020 Museum de Wieger verzameling Lex en Leonie van de Haterd, Deurne
2016 25 jaar Gallery nine, Amsterdam
2013 Nieuw Amersfoorts Palet de Zonnehof, Amersfoort
2008 ‘De schoonheid van het verschil’, Amersfoortse gracht
2006 Thematentoonstelling : “het Paradijs”, Amersfoort
2006 Beeldenmanifestatie Muiderslot “de Tyd Slijt”, Muiden
2005 2005 Museum Flehite (gr.), Amersfoort

We All Shine On – 2023
220 x 190 x 14 cm
Leisteen-Tricoya-Verzinkt staal

Prelude – 2014
Tricoya,RVS,210x40x30cm
inopdrachtLatei,Amersfoort         
BinnentuinGezondheidscentrumVeenendaal

Ruimte – 2014
24x450x15cmWandcompositie
i.o.Eemhuis
Amersfoort

Bron bladgoud – 2010
175x150x60cm
Leisteen/bladgoud
i.o.St.Franc.Xaveriuskerk,Amersfoort

HetMirakel-2009 
Hout,360x120x60cm
drijvend in gracht,binnenstad,Amersfoort

Maronen – 2007
Hal wooncomplex Amersfoort diam. 85 en 100 cm
Hout, staal, leisteen opdracht Late Amersfoort

Golf – 2006
Diam. 300 x 90 cm
Kunstvaarroute,.Stadsgracht Amersfoort 
drijvend in slotgracht MuiderslotMuiden 

Aangekocht door gemeente Amersfoort
De Gedekte Tafel – 2001
Ontwerp Kei Liberec Tsjechië
hal wooncomplex Amersfoort

De Bron – 1996
x 170 x 75 cm 170
I.o. Beisterveld Natuursteen, Utrecht