Studio Kluif is presently working on a tile collection aimed for the architectural market. The collection will be produced using century-old traditional techniques. All the tiles are manufactured manually. All raw materials used are 100% natural. More later...

Kluif developes tile collection

Kluif meets Meertens
Studio Kluif enjoyed the development of 'Sweet Fever', the first publication of autonomous artist Hans Meertens. After attending the Faculty of Art at the York St John University, the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven and the Faculty of Art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Hans Meertens graduated from the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2000. In that same year he was nominated for the Piet Bakker Prize, an incentive prize for young Utrecht School of the Arts graduates with outstanding talent. In the following years Meertens’ artworks were exhibited in a variety of artist-run spaces and galleries. Giulio Cesare & Co Gallery in ’s-Hertogenbosch (NL) presented Meertens’ first solo exhibition “Solo Inferno” in 2004, soon followed by a second solo exhibition in 2005, titled “Invocatio!”. More recently, Meertens’ artworks were on view at the Museum of Gorcum (2006), Caelum Gallery, New York (2006), Gallery Clifford, Odense and Daugård, Denmark (2007-2008) and Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery in New York (2006 -2008). An important part of his work is included in the collections of enthusiastic collectors around the world and Meertens has been commissioned by major companies such as Porsche, Nedap and Metro. After winning a commercial pitch, five young artists -among which Hans Meertens- were commissioned by Ajax Amsterdam to create a painting to be included in both the Annul Report 2006 and an exclusive charity auction held by a Sotheby’s auctioneer in 2007, to raise funds for the Johan Cruyff Foundation. From late 2007 until early 2008 an overview of Meertens’ paintings and drawings were exhibited at Gallery Clifford, Odense, during his solo exhibition “Counterphobia”. Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery presented Meertens’ first solo exhibition in New York in April/May 2008. This exhibition -entitled “Remote Control”- featured both retrospective and new works. (To open the Monkdogz press release click here, for pictures of the opening reception by photographer Sam Chadwick click here). From September 13 until October 12 2008, Gallery Clifford in Daugård presented "Sweet Fever"; Meertens’ fifth solo exhibition and his second in Denmark. From 2001 until summer 2007, before devoting himself completely to his art, Meertens combined his work as an autonomous artist with a teaching profession in Art and Cultural Social Studies at secundary school Het Nicolaaslyceum in Amsterdam. As a singer/songwriter (File Under Shane) Meertens independently released two critically acclaimed cd’s; Soul On Fire (2006) and Trenches (2005). A comprehensive catalogue of Meertens’ art will be published in 2009.

Kluif meets Tarra
Kluif is working in close collaboration with Tarra Architectuur & Stedenbouw on the complete new layout of the Gruyter Fabriek. All of the common spaces of the Gruyter Fabriek are considered for this remodeling- from the entrance and halls to the bathrooms and the new restaurant. We are also busy developing a model concept for office spaces. The first steps which have already been taken towards the new Gruyter Fabriek, were also of the responsibility of Studio Kluif. This included infographics and signing throughout the building as well as the "Gruyter Magazine", the website and the introduction campaign.

Kluif in Dutch Design Database
All the prize winning work that Kluif developed since 1999 is collected in the Dutch Design Database. DDD is an exhibition and a database about the development of design as a profession in The Netherlands since 1945
Collected by: Bas van Lier
Design: Niels Schrader and Erik Boldt
Programming: Stijn Kuipers and Marcel van der Drift