Tirzo Martha
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Tirzo Martha is an artist born in Curacao.
Early life and education
[edit]Tirzo Martha is an artist born in Curacao on June 16, 1965. In Curacao he studied at Academi di Arte Korsou (1983-1986). He then moved to the Netherlands to study at the Utrecht School of the Arts (1986-1989) and the Frans Molenaars fashion school (1989-1991). He returned back to Curacao in 1991.[1]
Artistic career
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Tirzo Martha is an artist who works with many mediums. He works with sculpture and video for his installations as well as performing in his own performance art. Tirzo accumulates many different objects to use for his artworks. Some of the objects he uses are concrete blocks, corrugated iron, wood, grout tubs, reinforcement baskets, car tires, tins, buckets, cages, lamps, straps, chairs and toilet bowls. These objects pay homage to his home town, Curacao.
Instituto Buena Bista Curacao Centre for Contemporary
[edit]Tirzo partnered up with artist David Bade and founded the Instituto Buena Bista Curacao Centre for Contemporary known as the IBB, on the Island of Curacao. The institution provides a platform for contemporary artists with options for residencies and artistic courses for the youth.
The IBB holds educational artistic courses which are for students ages 16 through 26 to help them complete an art academy before they pursue an art career. They are taught on a college level through a master to apprentice approach to learn the lifestyle of a working artists.[2]
The IBB holds four different residency programs. The first is a program for artists based in Curacao, the second for artists in Netherlands, a third for artists from all countries and the fourth for Caribbean youth who are interested in film making.[3]
Solo exhibitions
[edit]- 2024- Intensive Care, van Bommel van Dam Museum, Venlo, The Netherlands
- 2023-Zitten, Zat, Gezeten, Nu Ga Ik Zwemmen! Museum Beelden Aan Zee, The Hague, The Netherlands
- 2023- Zitten, Zat, Gezeten, Nu Ga Ik Staan! The Hague, The Netherlands
- 2022-Chronisch Monochroom, Museo di Kòrsou, Curacao
- 2020-Het Huis Dat Nooit Af Is, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
- 2020-Paris Fashion Week
- 2017-‘Tirzo Martha, No Excuses’, Museum Beelden Aan Zee, The Hague, The Netherlands
- 2011-Afro-Victimize, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami
- 2010- San Juan San Pedro, Centre For Contemporary Art, Dordrecht, The Netherlands [4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tirzo Martha artist page". ARTZUID. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "educational program | Instituto Buena Bista". institutobuenabista.com. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
- ^ "artist programs | Instituto Buena Bista". institutobuenabista.com. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ "Tirzo Martha • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2025-05-09.