Engelina Zandstra is a Dutch artist born in Hilversum, now living in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Since 1992 she followed in Amsterdam many courses in the field of painting, etching, modelling and silk-screen painting.
She also took private and group lessons with a visual artist, and did participate in various workshops in the painting and drawing area.
Otherwise she is self-taught, by a lot of exercising and carefully looking she developed her own style.
During the last years she chiefly applies herself to painting, with acrylic paint on canvas.
My work can best be described as lyrical-abstract.
Colour is very important for me : the alchemy of colour. This defines for me the atmosphere of a painting.
Usually I work in many thin layers on top of each other. Each new layer gives inspiration for the following one, with new ideas.
Because of the different layers and colours, the acrylic paint gets depth and character.
In a figurative work, there are sometimes two or more human figures present. That symbolizes for me human relationships.
I consider my paintings being like music, they don't need words for explanation.
The forms and colours composing it are the language of understanding.
Each one tells his own tale, that can be different for each person looking at them.

Website : www.engelinazandstra.nl

2009 - Collective Exhibition at Marziart, Hamburg, Germany
2009 - Collective Exhibition by Selected Artists from the Netherlands, Budapest, Hungary
2008 - Het Kunstbedrijf, Heemstede
2008 - Stadsdeelhuis Amsterdam-Noord, Amsterdam
2008 - Galerie Oost 99, Hoorn
2008 - Open Atelierroute, Amsterdam-Noord
2003 - Galerie 'de Opsteker', Amsterdam
1999 - Galerie 66, Amsterdam
1999 - Galerie 'de Opsteker', Dorpskerk Durgerdam, Amsterdam
1998 - Art Expo, Amsterdam
1998 - Presentatiecentrum 'Het Slakkenhuis', Soest
1998 - De Badcuyp, Amsterdam
1998 - Galerie 'Tussen de poortjes', Hoorn
1997 - Galerie 'de Opsteker', Amsterdam
l996 - Galerie 'A Vue', Maarssen
1996 - CLB (Sanquin), Amsterdam
1996 - Galerie 'Three of a kind', Amsterdam
1995 - Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam
1995 - Hogeschool Amsterdam, Amsterdam
1995 - Hogeschool Alkmaar, Alkmaar
1995 - Amsterdam Studio's, Amsterdam