Ceramics

Her Comis

Biografy

1949 Born in Amsterdam

Education

1973-1975 work periods at pottery studio’s in the Netherlands 
1974  work period in the Ceramic Work centre Heusden
1975  Workshops in England, study trip to France

Practice

1975-1981 Atelier De Moerbei with Ina Bakker in Boerakker, Groningen and Holysloot
1981 Slingerhaan Ateliers in St.-Jacobiparochie

Exhibitions the last 20 years, selection

2013 Partners in clay, Museum De Tiendschuur, Tegelen
2012 Distant World - Irish and Dutch artists, Het Bildt
2008 Keramisch Atelier, Utrecht 
20 jaar Deventer Boekenmarkt - 20 paar Keramische Boekensteunen 
2007 25 jaar Slingerhaan Ateliers, Loes & Reinier, International Ceramics, Deventer 
Exhibition: 4th Pun Choung Festival of Kyeryong Mountain, South Korea Korean Craft Museum, Cheongju 
2006 Durch Ton verbunden, Museum Kellinghusen, Schleswig Holstein, BRD
2005 Klaai op Klaai, Litouwse en Bildtse kunst. St.-Jacobiparochie
2004 Galerie van Strien, Nieuw -Amsterdam
2003 Made at Rufford, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Keramisch Atelier Utrecht, Beelden aan de Vecht, Maarssen
2002 Zilt Web, Slingerhaan Ateliers, St. Jacobiparochie
De Kleine Parade, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2001 Traces from the Lowlands -Tracks into the future, Sydney, Australië Tentoonstelling naar aanleiding van workshop in Paistrys, Litouwen
2000 Galerie Grafiker, Haarlem 
1999 Garden of delight, Beauty in Ceramics, Vlaardingen Vazengalerij, Ceramic Millenium, RAI, Amsterdam  
1998 Galerie de Moerbei, Amsterdam

Work in collections

Gemeente Amsterdam
Nederlandse Kunststichting
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Museum het Princessehof, Leeuwarden
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Provincie Friesland
Nottingham Castle Museum, Nottingham, UK
Museum Kellinghusen, Schleswig Holstein, BRD
Achmea kunstcollectie, Nederland
Several National and International private collections

 

 

Bibliografie

Mieke Spruit-Ledeboer, Nederlandse Keramiek 1900-1975, Uitgegeven in 1977
Mieke Spruit-Ledeboer, Nederlandse Keramiek 1975-1985, Allert de Lange bv, Amsterdam
Salzbrand Keramik ‘86
’Theepotten kijken’ de Visie van 100 keramisten, Schiedam, 1987
Hedendaagse keramiek uit Friesland, Friese cultuurmanifestatie in Midden- en Noord Limburg ‘89
Keunst of Kiste? - NUVA - 1997
Beauty in Ceramics - Garden of Delight - Vlaardingen, 1999
’Vase Gallery’, Ceramic Millenium, Nederlandse vakgroep Keramisten, Amsterdam 1999
Traces from the Lowlands-Tracks into the future, Contemporary Ceramics from the Netherlands
Foundation Caraque, Sydney exhibition 2001, Australië
Salt-glaze Ceramics - Rosemary Cochrane, 2001
Catalogue Verre Wereld/Distant World, Het Bildt, The Netherlands 2012

Magazines

KERAMIEK no.4  Over uitersten die elkaar raken - Huub Mous, 1998
Ceramics, Art and Perception, no.43, Related Divergences, 2001
Ceramics TECHNICAL no. 15, A Rufford Residency, Jane Hamlyn reports
KERAMIEK no.6 - 25 jaar Slingerhaan Ateliers - Paul Kuyer en Guus Schipperheijn,  2007

Extra's

Secretary of the national union of ceramic artist and designers, NVK 1986-1989
Artist in residence, Cultuurmanifestatie Limburg l989, work period at St. Joris
Catalogue SALZBRAND Keramik ‘96 - artikel – ‘Saltglaze in an earthenware country’
Board member Stichting Keramische Kunst en Vormgeving, SKKV, 1990-1996
Member of the Documentation committee Stichting Keunstwurk, Leeuwarden, 1990- 2000
Member of the Provincial Advisory committee Beeldende Kunst, Leeuwarden, 1999 - 2004
Sculpture workshop / International Ceramics Camp, Paistrys, Lithuania 2001
Artist in residence, Rufford Ceramic Centre Nottinghamshire, UK, februari/maart 2002
Co-organiser for the project ‘KLAAI OP KLAAI’ - Het Bildt 500 years/three Lithuanian Ceramic Artists; Artist is Residence, work period and exhibition 2005
The 4th Pun Choung Festival of Kyeryong Mountain, Zuid-Korea 2007
Ming-Chao Chien workshop & anagamakiln firing, Yingge Taiwan 2007
Foula residence, Ristie cottage, Scotland 2009