sylvie zijlmans & hewald jongenelis

Drawing, meticulously staged photographs, sculptures and video are part of the wide range of practices in the works of Sylvie Zijlmans (Geertruidenberg NL, 1964) and Hewald Jongenelis (Etten-Leur NL, 1962). Since the beginnings their work is based on questioning our society.

Their recent dynamic drawings spur people up to take action and look differently to today political and social issues. The drawings result from the overwhelming theatrical installation ‘The Magnetic North & The Idea of Freedom’(2017) shown at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in which local issues of a Dutch subburb are connected with bigger themes such as the experience of individual liberty and the current refugee crisis. They thus turned everyday life of an expanding city into a metaphor for our time.

The earlier photographs are based on incidents that bring disruption to many people’s lives. Dramas of devastation and destruction relating to today’s political and economic crisis, reduced to a human scale. Leaking ceilings, flooded interiors, mould-encrusted walls, collapsing homes. Among all this chaos, Zijlmans & Jongenelis present us with images that envision new possibilities and shapes a new order.

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, At The Shores Of The Sea Of Resentment, 2023, acrylic and oil on linen, 140 x 200 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, view exhibition At The Shores Of The Sea Of Resentment, andriesse eyck galerie, 2023
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, Gas, 2023, acrylic on linen, 140 x 200 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, view exhibition At The Shores Of The Sea Of Resentment, andriesse eyck galerie, 2023
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, Big Fail Fun Fair & International Garden Of Doubt And Panic, 2023, oil on linen, 2 x 90 x 125 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, I Love To Bleed, 2023, acrylic and oil on linen, 200 x 140 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, Guilty, 2023, acrylic on linen, 120 x 170 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, view exhibition At The Shores Of The Sea Of Resentment, andriesse eyck galerie, 2023
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, view exhibition At The Shores Of The Sea Of Resentment, andriesse eyck galerie, 2023
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, Onfusion, 2023, acrylic on linen, 160 x 170 cm 4 parts, (120 x 170 cm), (30 x 40 cm) 3x
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, Sorry Balls, 2023, acrylic on linen, 40 x 60 cm 2 parts, (40 x 30cm) each

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, The Bare Truth, 2018, Inkt op papier, 200 x 140 cm

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, view exhibition Manifestations of Optimism, andriesse eyck galerie, 2018

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, view exhibition Manifestations of Optimism, andriesse eyck galerie, 2018
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, Department of Doubt and Panic, 2018, Inkt op papier,
200 x 280 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, view exhibition Manifestations of Optimism, andriesse eyck galerie, 2018

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, view exhibition Manifestations of Optimism, andriesse eyck galerie, 2018

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, The Collector, 2018, Inkt op papier, 200 x 140 cm

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, Zonde Man, 2018, Inkt op papier, 100 x 140 cm

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, Meedoen belangrijker dan winnen, 2018, Inkt op papier, in lijst, 67 x 51 cm

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, view exhibition Manifestations of Optimism, andriesse eyck galerie, 2018

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, view exhibition Manifestations of Optimism, andriesse eyck galerie, 2018

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald, jongenelis, Zonde Man, 2018, Inkt op papier, 100 x 140 cm

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald jongenelis, Into The Light, 2018, Inkt op papier, 100 x 210 cm

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, Push Poetry, 2018, Inkt op papier, 100 x 140 cm

Zijlmans & Jongenelis, view, The Magnetic North & The Idea of Freedom, Boijmans van Beuningen, 2017
Zijlmans & Jongenelis, view, The Magnetic North & The Idea of Freedom, Boijmans van Beuningen, 2017
Zijlmans & Jongenelis, view, The Magnetic North & The Idea of Freedom, Boijmans van Beuningen, 2017
Zijlmans & Jongenelis, view, The Magnetic North & The Idea of Freedom, Boijmans van Beuningen, 2017
Zijlmans & Jongenelis, view, The Magnetic North & The Idea of Freedom, Boijmans van Beuningen, 2017
Zijlmans & Jongenelis, view, The Magnetic North & The Idea of Freedom, Boijmans van Beuningen, 2017
Zijlmans & Jongenelis, view, The Magnetic North & The Idea of Freedom, Boijmans van Beuningen, 2017
Sylvie Zjlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, 2015, commissioned work, Anna Paviljoen, OLVG Amsterdam, photowork, project, works on location
Sylvie Zjlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, 2015, commissioned work, Anna
Paviljoen, OLVG Amsterdam, photowork, project, works on location
Sylvie Zjlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, 2015, commissioned work, Anna
Paviljoen, OLVG Amsterdam, photowork, project, works on location
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, The Idea of Freedom, 2012, HD video
Sylvie Zijlmans, What goes up, 2012, c-print on dibond, wooden frame, 133 X 170 cm   
Sylvie Zijlmans, The Old World, 2012, c-print on dibond, wooden frame, 123 x 181,5 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans, The Witness, 2012, c-print on dibond, wooden frame, 133 X 170 cm   
Sylvie Zijlmans, The Painter, 2012, c-print on dibond, wooden frame, 133 X 170 cm   
Sylvie Zijlmans, The Gift, 2012, c-print on dibond, wooden frame, 133 X 170 cm   
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, The fundamental engine of progress, 2012, 9 screen HD video-installation, exhibition view The Present Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 2012

Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, The fundamental engine of progress, 2012, 9 screen HD video-installation, exhibition view The Present Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 2012
Sylvie Zijlmans, Jeanne (detail), 2012
Sylvie Zijlmans, Jeanne, 2012
Sylvie Zijlmans, Sandy, 2012, duratrans print, lamps, wood, cables, 297 x 101 x 42 cm

Sylvie Zijlmans, Sandy (detail), 2012, duratrans print, 297 x 101 x 42 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans, Sandy (detail), 2012, duratrans print, 297 x 101 x 42 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans, Your tears won't fall, 2012, c-print on dibond
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, All Suits Project, 2010- 2012
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, All Suits Project, 2010- 2012
Sylvie Zijlmans, The Guilty, 2009, c-print on aluminium, wooden frame, 96 x 120 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans, The Green, 2008, c-print on dibond, wooden frame, 136 x 166 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans, Untitled, 2008, c-print on dibond, 120 x 150 cm
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, Ten to One, 2009
Sylvie Zijlmans, Don (detail), 2006
Sylvie Zijlmans
Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, The Shining, Boijmans van Beuningen, 2006
Sylvie Zijlmans, The Exporter, 2003, 86 x 131 cm