Jeannet Klement
Bunch of Flowers XV
Size 400 X 200 X200 mm.
Material Ceramic, glaze
Bunch of Flowers X(Loafers)
Size 390 X 190 X 190 mm
Material Ceramic, Glaze, Engobes
Bunch of Flowers XIII(Red Boots)
Size: 470 x 210 x 210 mm
Material Ceramic, Glaze
Wall Swimmers
Size: 120 × 80 × 50 mm
Material: ceramic, porcelain, gold or platinum lustre
Wall Swimmers
Size: 120 × 80 × 50 mm
Material: ceramic, porcelain, gold or platinum lustre
Wall Swimmers
Size: 120 × 80 × 50 mm
Material: ceramic, porcelain, gold or platinum lustre
Jeannet Klement
Pleased to meet you
Jeannet Klement is a visual artist and works primarily with clay.
She lives and works in Amsterdam.
She creates figurative sculptures and scenes in coarse chamotte clay. Most of her works are based on impressions of daily life, with a focus on people. She can be inspired by something she sees on the street, or by scenes from a book, a newspaper article, or a film.
She often zooms in on seemingly ordinary, familiar situations, recognizable to everyone.
The work is playful, but also has a serious side. It is colorful, often heavily glazed, but sometimes simply colored clay with painterly details. She often works in series or themes.
Her visual language and style of decoration are inspired by painters like Matisse and Alice Neel, the figurative ceramics of Beatrice Wood, as well by 17th-century floral still lifes.
Resides and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Education
- Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam — Graduated in 1989
- KLOS Teaching Certificate (A & B), Werkplaats Kindergemeenschap, Bilthoven (founded by Kees Boeke) — 1976
Exhibition
2026
- Pleased to Meet You, Galerie Posthuys — 10–28 June
Book presentation: 13 June, 14:00–17:00 - Pleased to Meet You (survey exhibition, with Annemarie Vink & Carla Nederbragt), Projectruimte BMB, Amsterdam — 11 April–16 May
Opening & book presentation: 11 April, 15:00–18:00 - De Observaties III (O-collectief), Stedelijk Museum Meppel — 28 March–5 July
Book presentation: 10 May, 15:00
Selected Exhibitions (2021–2025)
2025
- Open Studios Retort — 4–5 October
- Oogsttijd, Galerie Posthuys — 6 September–26 October
- Huntenkunst, SSP Hal, Ulft — 23–25 May
- Winter Exhibition, Galerie Posthuys — 20 December–9 February
2024
- Winter Exhibition, Galerie Posthuys — 20 Dec 2024–9 Feb 2025
- kunstRUIM Jubilee Exhibition, Amsterdam
- WG Christmas Sale, Amsterdam
- At First Sight, kunstRUIM, Amsterdam
- De Observaties (O-collectief), Driebergen
- Story-line, Galerie de Ploegh, Amersfoort
- Haring in allerlei uitvoeringen, Galerie Posthuys
- Human Touch / Behind the Curtain (duo with Carla Nederbragt), Galerie de Ploegh
- Huntenkunst
- Pick Up the Pieces, kunstRUIM, Amsterdam
- In Bloei, Galerie Posthuys
- De Observaties, Kunsthuis Waterland, Purmerend
2023
- KNST KRCHT, Amsterdam
- 25 Years Retort — Open Studios
- Onder het Spoor (open studios)
- Huntenkunst
- Open Deuren
- Flora, De Schierstins, Veenwouden
- Prints & Multiples, Galerie de Ploegh
- Under a Snowy Moon (duo with Vincent Bakker), Galerie de Sleedoorn
2022
- Rituelen, Rietveldpaviljoen, Amersfoort
- Verbeelding brengt je overal, Grote Kerk, Oosthuizen
- Huntenkunst
- Verbeelding brengt je overal II, Galerie De Roos van Tudor, Leeuwarden
- Grafiek & Multiples, Galerie de Ploegh
2021
- WG Christmas Sale, Amsterdam
- Affordable Art Fair, Brussels
- Haring en bijvangst, Galerie Posthuys
- Verbeelding brengt je overal, Galerie de Ploegh
Publications (2026)
- Pleased to Meet You (2026)
Overview of works from 2005–2025
Design: Anne Rosenberg
Cover photo: Tom Haartsen
Texts: Lotte van Geijn & Jeannet Klement (edited by Lotte van Geijn)
Printed by Raddraaier SSP, bound by Abbringh- Offset print
- Hardcover
- 152 pages
- 23 × 28 cm
- KLEI Ceramic Magazine — March/April 2026
(Looking without judgment)
