Gabriela Maduro

Student from: 2011 – present

In co-operation with The Plein Air Curaçao Art Festival, IBB has been invited to participate in the “The Mega Mural” project thought up by the Curacao government. The aim of this project was to liven up a stadium wall that is one of the first things cruise ship tourists see when the disembark on Curacao. […]

Burning rubber and impermanent life

I experienced the residency at the IBB in Curacao as fascinating but also as quite harsh and spicy. It’s not that light happy Caribbean atmosphere people may think it is, but more like Rotterdam Kruiskade. So I felt quite at home. Rotterdam! A combination of different factors made me think about how to spend my […]

One month later…

It’s now a month later. Much has changed in the past years on Curacao. The stone at bluebay isn’t on the hill anymore! (I made a facebook album with pitures from the 80s) I’m very busy with interviews, reading books and making drawings. The making of a book is quite a lot of work. As […]