May 9, 2026 – June 6, 2026
An exhibition of artwork by Jake Harvey and Tjibbe Hooghiemstra
The meeting point for the artwork of Jake Harvey and Tjibbe Hooghiemstra can be found in the weather-worn shorelines of the the North Atlantic edge and the remote Scottish and Irish hinterland. This is artwork that is in large part solitary contemplation – here is the essence of things: of plant, of rock, of sea. There’s a wildness to this ruminative art, an honesty arrived at through the artist’s slow, hard journey across upland tussock and peat bog.
Tjibbe, a peripatetic artist who wanted first to run away to the sea as a child, creates astonishing beauty in paintings that seem to be ephemeral, fleeting narratives. Jake, a sculptor of gravity, who grew up here in the Scottish Borders, carving ancient stone to reveal the exquisite, intimate patterns of geological time. These artists share an uncomplicated relationship with their making processes and materials. Their work is visceral, lyrical and intelligent; pared-down to a point that exposes both a vulnerability and an unflinching honesty. There’s also a physicality in the all of this work too – both painting and sculpture – these artworks occupy the space which we inhabit because one can sense the presence of the artist, the humanity of the artist.
Tjibbe Hooghiemstra
Tjibbe Hooghiemstra (1957) had exhibitions in The Netherlands and abroad on a regular basis, from the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, to various galleries and art fairs in New York, Basel, Berlin, Paris and Tokyo. His work is collected by museums and private collectors, including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Teylers Museum Haarlem, Fries Museum Leeuwarden and the National Collection of Drawing, Limerick, Ireland.
Tjibbe Hooghiemstra lives and works in The Netherlands and Ireland. He studied at the Minerva Art Academy (BA) in Groningen (The Netherlands) and LUCA (MA) in Ghent (Belgium). He has lectured at art academies in Great Britain, Ireland and The Netherlands.
Tjibbe Hooghiemstra on instagram
No31 Gallery would like to acknowledge the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland in an award to cover international artist travel costs. This award has enabled No31 to invite Tjibbe Hoogiemstra to show his work in Scotland.
Jake Harvey
Born in 1948 in Kelso in the Scottish Borders, Jake was Head of the School of Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art for eleven years. He is Emeritus Professor of Sculpture University of Edinburgh and lives and works in Maxton in the Scottish Borders. His fascination is with drawing out of the earth that which is very ancient and giving it new form, a form that can itself be sometimes reminiscent of some ancient artefact with a vital but long-forgotten use. His work has both a distilled, contemplative quality and sense of contained energy.
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