Tim Breukers

Through sculpture, installation and collage, Tim Breukers (Breda, NL, 1985) tries to make new meaningful connections between material, a situation and himself. Important roles are played by scale, humour, narrative and sculptural techniques versus clumsy solutions. He believe that art helps balance our lives and that our lives help the art in becoming human and true. Breukers works a lot with clay, from which he makes gigantic sculptures. It led to his self-chosen nickname Clayminator. In recent years, his practice has become increasingly diverse, including sculptures made from tin cans inspired by a residency in Curaçao. Since the birth of his child, the subject of fatherhood has also been an important theme in his work. This can be seen, for instance, in the work Lui, luier luist: a mini tower of piled-up nappies, which he had cast in aluminium. The artist did numerous residencies in Willemstad, Kolkata, Seoul and the EKWC in Tilburg. Breukers was also a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. His work is included in several museum collections, including Centraal Museum Utrecht, Design Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch and The Duth Pinball Museum.