{"product_id":"miko-veldkamp-fountain","title":"90. Miko Veldkamp - Fountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eAcrylic on paper\u003cbr\u003e15.24 x 10.16 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiko Veldkamp (born in Paramaribo) is a Dutch-American painter of mixed Dutch-Indonesian ancestry based in New York City. His paintings construct dreamlike psychological worlds inhabited by shapeshifting figures, fragmented patterns and recurring symbolic motifs, where memory, imagination, past and future dissolve into one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking intuitively and improvisationally, Veldkamp often begins with only a few lines or surfaces that suggest spaces or figures, allowing colours, moods and narratives to evolve organically through the process of painting itself. Frequently using translucent layers of paint, traces of earlier gestures remain visible beneath the surface, giving the works a sense of memory and continual transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross his practice, motifs emerge and recede like echoes through time: bicycles, dairy cows, nightclubs, checkered floors, forest spirits, tobacco and coca leaves. His fragmented, fluid figures — often resembling himself or members of his family — inhabit landscapes shaped by migration, multiplicity and politicised histories. Blending references to European modernism, colonial histories, Surinamese folklore, urban environments and psychological symbolism, Veldkamp’s paintings occupy a space between the personal and the mythological.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecent solo and duo exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eBuketan\u003c\/em\u003e at Alice Amati (2024); \u003cem\u003ePostcards from Home\u003c\/em\u003e at BB\u0026amp;M (2023); \u003cem\u003eConfetti in the Shade\u003c\/em\u003e with Sangram Majumdar at Nathalie Karg Gallery (2023); \u003cem\u003eLong Distance\u003c\/em\u003e with Kate Bancroft at Long Story Short (2023); and \u003cem\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/em\u003e at Southwark Park Galleries (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected group exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eFinding my Blue Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, curated by Omar Kholeif, at Lisson Gallery (2025); \u003cem\u003ePrinted Matter\u003c\/em\u003e at BB\u0026amp;M (2025); \u003cem\u003eLegacy\u003c\/em\u003e at Plato Gallery (2024); \u003cem\u003eTeach me how to fish\u003c\/em\u003e at Art Intelligence Global (2024); \u003cem\u003eThe 7th Wall\u003c\/em\u003e at Alice Amati (2024); and \u003cem\u003eBotany of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e at Swivel Gallery (2023).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733089198454,"sku":null,"price":375.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013639344502,"sku":null,"price":390.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987874947446,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987874980214,"sku":null,"price":410.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork90.jpg?v=1776949515","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/miko-veldkamp-fountain","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}