“Collaboration, participation and play are central — I’m serious about my work, but also silly in it.”
Bibi grew up in a Dutch immigrant family on the West Coast of New Zealand before moving to Amsterdam in 2019. Growing up in West Auckland with its dense nature and expansive beaches has shaped Bibi and her work. Her sculptures, often made from recycled wood, metal, and textile — are singing, wounded, hybrid bodies. They often tremble, play, reference material vulnerability, living ecosystems, ecological suffering, the feminine grotesque and humanity’s connection to nature. Her works often come across as playful yet have deeper layers of meaning. They grow, decay, and are in flux.
Process
In the studio Bibi is led by conceptual visions but also works intuitively to let material speak, so there’s structure and chance. She often works collaboratively and has founded several collectives, yet craves solo studio time as well. Her practice has a feminist lens, through which she question systemic structures, explores interdependence, and connects with social and environmental concerns.
March 2026 The Wrong Biennale, Invisible Forces Pavilion
Jan 2026 Harmony, Kunsttraject Groupshow, Amsterdam West
Nov 2025 SiSiSpex, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
June 2025 Exploration of Senses Group Show, De Sering, Amsterdam, NL
March 2025 Update 1 Arti et Amicitiae, Group Show, Amsterdam, NL
Nov 2024 I Cry and Cry, One Off Moving Image Festival, Valencia, Spain
July 2024 ParkXPark, Marineterrein, Amsterdam, NL
Dec 2024 Gerrit Rietveld DGT 3 Bogota Broedplaats, Halfweg, NL
Aug 2024 Radical (dis)Connection, KlimaatMuseum / VOX-POP, Amsterdam, NL
Dec 2023 DGT 2, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
July 2023 Tinkle Drum, Lola Luid, Amsterdam NL
Sept 2022 Tinkle Drum, Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Reno NV, US
Aug 2022 Tinkle Drum, Burning Man Honorarium Sculpture, Black Rock City, NV, US
July 2022 Tinkle Drum Living Arts Lab Energy Junkies Prize & solo show, Amsterdam, NL
June 2022 Tinkle Drum Burning Man NL Art Jump Grant & show, Flevoland, NL
Collectives and Collaborations
TЯAsh Collective
Bibi founded TЯAsh Collective in 2022—a collective of artists, engineers, social workers, and researchers creating art from recycled materials.
(KYBL)
KIEM, Yufei Gao, Bibi Jordan and Lorena Rode first collaborated in May 2024 for the 'Radical Connection' exhibition in Amsterdam. When student protests against Dutch ties to Israeli institutions erupted, the artists transformed their individual works into a collaborative, site-specific piece of censorship, Radical Disconnection.
Snack’n Sketch
Bibi she hosts regular sketch sessions to observe and respond to our changing environment.
Education
Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Amsterdam)
BFA
2022 - Current
Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Amsterdam)
Orientation Year
2021
Auckland University of Technology
Bachelor of Communications
2006
Contact: Bibi.Bliekendaal@gmail.com
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