The D11 group (formed in 2020) first came together coincidently in Groningen at the Minerva art academy. The three consolidating artists shared the assigned studio ‘D11’ and very quickly developed a reputation as the notorious D11 painters across the city. The name stuck. The three painters (Alexander Blu, Sinne Brink and Timothy Lewis) formed a strong friendship and started working, developing, curating, creating and even living together. A mosaic of cultures brought together by the three artists laid the foundations for a strong group of painters. D11 features collaborative guest artists with high artistic impact across the city, resulting in a mosaic of media, artistic individualism, cultures and themes: all with one thing in common: Groningen.

 

The collective has exposed as a group frequently in and around the city, additionally, the individual artists have exposed in the city and internationally, successfully selling work around the world. The guest artists have also produced significantly within the constraints of there media.

 

However, as graduation came to a close, the three artists considered in many ways, a cheeky start to their careers. The D11 residency program was formed. In the coming year, the collective is moving its artistic practice through Europe with significant stops in Italy (Rome, Milan), settling down outside Athens, creating a creative, artistic hub of pure passionate work. The d11 residence program, is an artist residency that invites mostly Dutch based artists (more specifically Groningen based artists) to a residency space in Greece, to work for an unlimited period of time within a sixth month period. The three d11 painters invite, book in and host artists working in different mediums to work with them in the residency space in Greece, focusing on their own practices and work, to produce, create and re-imagine themselves as artists within the broader context of their work and their cultural position in the Netherlands.