Tenant of Culture is the artistic practice of Hendrickje Schimmel (b. 1990, Arnhem), who lives and works in London. The artist’s most recent solo exhibition IN SITU was held at Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp (2023). Prior to this, the artist’s first UK institutional solo exhibition, Soft Acid opened last year at Camden Art Centre, London (2022). Soft Acid will be exhibited this year as part of the British Textile Biennial 2023. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Good Signal at Duarte Sequeira, Braga (2023) with Joss Heierli; Piece(d) Work at Ivory Tars, Glasgow (2022) with Gillian Lowndes; Et Al. at Kunstverein Dresden, Dresden (2021); Autumn Cloth at Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna (2021); Georgics (how to style a chore coat) at Fons Welters, Amsterdam (2020) and I forgot to tell you I’ve changed at Het Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (2020).
4 October 2023 • Mark Westall
At Soft Opening, Tenant of Culture presents a new body of work that questions the perceived dichotomy between destruction and decoration, examining how the aesthetic of waste has, for centuries, been appropriated within the fashion industry.
19 July 2023 • Mark Westall
For her solo show at Soft Opening, Tenant of Culture presents a new body of work that questions the perceived dichotomy between destruction and decoration, examining how the aesthetic of waste has, for centuries, been appropriated within the fashion industry.
16 September 2022 • Mark Westall
Today, Frieze detailed further programming highlights for Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2022, which both take place from 12th to 16th October in the Regent’s Park, London.
27 May 2022 • Mark Westall
Camden Art Centre will present a solo exhibition by Tenant of Culture, the anonym of Dutch artist Hendrickje Schimmel (b. 1990, Arnhem, Netherlands) this July 2022.
8 January 2021 • Mark Westall
Tenant of Culture – Georgics (how to style a chore coat): The title of this exhibition is derived from The Georgics, a poem by the ancient Roman poet Virgil (70 BC – 19 BC).
9 October 2020 • Mark Westall
Today, Camden Art Centre and Frieze announce Tenant of Culture as the recipient of the 2020 Camden Art Centre Emerging Artist Prize with Frieze. Tenant of Culture, who is represented by Soft Opening, London, will realise a major exhibition at Camden Art Centre in 2022.
