For as long as I can remember, I have been aware of the transient nature of things. Also the finitude of our own existence. In my work I am driven by a form of melancholy, an unfulfilled desire. It also provides a great awareness of time. The short duration of life but also the infinity, that ultimately everything continues after we are long gone. This turns everything into a story, with a beginning, an end and a sequel. This way of looking is reflected in my work because I approach my paintings as scenes from life, the life we all live, reduced to one frame.

Biografie

After studying Economics, I started taking painting classes. From that moment on, my interest in the visual arts took off and I attended the three-year City Academy in The Hague (Netherlands). After completion in 2014, I contributed to the development of the artist collective and studio Art Resort Studios and I had a year of lessons in classical painting techniques at Atelier Sint Lucas in The Hague. In 2015 I completed my first works and found a collaboration with a gallery in Rotterdam, through which my work was purchased by various collectors.

“Boomsma has received numerous nominations for the Dutch Portrait Prize and her work has even been pre-selected for the portrait prize of the National Portrait Gallery in London this year. Amongst other places, her work has hung in De Fundatie, CODA Museum, Soestdijk Palace and Slot Zeist. This summer, her work will be on display at Museum Vlaardingen. Boomsma also painted the winning portrait of Eva Jinek for the Dutch TV program 'Sterren op het Doek'.”

CV

Education

Kunstenaar Rosa Boomsma tijdens de portretprijs

2006-2009 Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
2011-2014 City Academy Painting, I & ART, Rotterdam
2015 Classical painting techniques, Atelier Sint Lucas, Den Haag

Recognitions

2020 Winning portrait in Dutch TV show ‘Sterren op het doek’
2019 Honorable mention ‘De Nederlandse Portretprijs’
2017 Second place public vote ‘De Nederlandse Portretprijs’
2015 Winner ‘Painting of the year 2015’

Open studio

2023 Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend, De Hillevliet, Rotterdam
2021 Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend, Hildegardisstraat 8, Rotterdam

Exhibitions

2024 Rijnmondiaal, Museum Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen
2023 De Nederlandse Portretprijs, Slot Zeist, Zeist
2022 Pop-up atelier (3 maanden), Rotterdam Centraal Station, Rotterdam
2022 De Nederlandse Portretprijs, Slot Zeist, Zeist
2020 Weekend van het portret, Loods 6, Amsterdam
2020 Groepsexpositie rondom Jan Mankes, Galerie Wind, Rotterdam
2019 De Nederlandse Portretprijs (eervolle vermelding), Slot Zeist, Zeist
2019 Salon Kunstcollectief Karmijn, Fenix Loods, Rotterdam
2018 Weekend van het portret, Loods 6, Amsterdam
2018 Verlangen naar voorbije dagen, Galerie Deelen Art, Breda
2018 Geuzenmaand Kunstexpositie, Museum Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen
2017 De Nederlandse Portretprijs (2e bij publieksprijs), Paleis Soestdijk, Soest
2017 Zomerexpo, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle
2017 Deelen Art, R'dam Art Fair, Rotterdam
2017 Masters of Rotterdam, North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam
2017 Preview North Sea Jazz, Bob Smit Gallery, Rotterdam
2016 Absent Minded, Galerie Deelen Art, Rotterdam
2016 Schilderij van het jaar (winnaar), CODA Museum, Apeldoorn
2016 Opening Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender, Fenix Loods, Rotterdam
2015 Eindejaarsexpositie Atelier Sint Lucas, Galerie Leids, Leiderdorp
2015 The Present Presents, Art Resort Studio’s, Den Haag
2015 Eindejaarsexpositie Stadsacademie, Galerie Lissabon, Den Haag