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Recent work




Rainbow
Fabric, foam, wood
50 x 69 cm
2022





Untitled
Fabric, foam, wood
50 x 78 cm
2022





Untitled
Fabric, foam, wood
60 x 79 cm
2022





Untitled
Fabric, foam, wood
50 x 65 cm
2022





Untitled
Fabric, latex, foam, wood
50 x 67 cm ( 2x)
2022





Untitled
Fabric, foam, wood
50 x 78 cm
2021





Untitled
Fabric, latex, foam, wood
50 x 78 cm
2021





Detail
Fabric, latex, foam, wood
50 x 78 cm
2021





Untitled
Fabric, foam, wood
43 x 47 cm
2021





Untitled
Fabric, foam, wood
72 x 90 cm
2021





Untitled
Fabric, foam, wood
72 x 102 cm
2021




Untitled
Fabric, wooden frame
60 x 75 cm
2021






Untitled
Fabric, wooden frame
35 x 42 cm
2020






Untitled
Fabric, wood
43 x 49 cm
2020

Learning Arabic


Cécile Verwaaijen (1968) is fascinated by the 'Other'. Uitburgeren¹  has become part of her life. Learning the Arabic language is part of this. With an open mind and armed with needle and thread, she searches for beauty and horror in an unknown world. Inevitably the visual language travels with her.

¹ Civic integration is an interactive process in which the government offers a specific program that allows native Dutch people to get used to the new social environment on the one hand, and on the other hand to help the natives recognize the foreigners as full citizens, with the aim of mutual and generous acceptance.
Woman in niqaabامرأة في النقاب Embroidered threads on cardboard20 x 50 cm2018 Untitled بدون عنوانCotton thread, acrylic paint on paper70 x 100 cm2018 Battle معركةTextile, foam, fabric trim, cardboard20 x 100 cm2018 Volcano بركان Textile, foam, fabric trim, cardboard 20 x 100 cm 2018 Arch قوس Textile, foam, fabric trim, cardboard25 x 35 cm2018 SquareقوسTextile, foam, fabric trim, cardboard30 x 30 cm2018 FlowerزهرةTextile, foam, fabric trim, cardboard20 x 20 cm2018 CreatureمخلوقTextile, foam, fabric trim on cardboard15 x 30 cm2018 GuillotineمقصلةTextile, foam, fabric trim, cardboard25 x 22 cm2018 ManرجلCotton thread, paper21 x 29 cm2018 Rainbowقوس المطرTextile, foam, fabric trim, cardboard20 x 12 cm2018 SquareقوسTextile, foam, cardboard 25 x 25 cm2018 GuillotineمقصلةTextile, foam, fabric trim, cardboard25 x 45 cm2018 Woman in burqaامرأة في البرقعInk and cotton thread on paper29 x 21 cm2018 Woman in hijabامرأة في الحجابGouache on paper29 x 21 cm2018 ScarsندبVarious threads, glue on paper20 x 20 cm2018 FightيقاتلEmbroidery on cardboard40 x 30 cm2018 HeartقلبTextile, cardboard40 x 30 cm2018 The hangingالشنقEmbroidery on cardboard25 x 30 cm2018 Home sweet homeالبيت السعيدEmbroidery and glue, paper35 x 35 cm2018 Mother and childأم وطفلTextile, cardboard30 x 40 cm2018 ‘As a woman leader, i thought i brought a different kind of leadership. As a woman i entered politics with an additional dimension, that of a mother.’ ( Benazir Bhutto)كزعيم امرأة ، اعتقدت أنني اشتريت نوعا مختلفا من القيادة. كوني امرأة دخلت السياسة بعدًا إضافيًا ، بعد الأم . (بينظير بوتو)30 x 50 cmTextile, cardboard2018 BurqaالبرقعTextile, paper35 x 35 cm2018 Untitledبدون عنوانFramed textile, textile35 x 35 cm2018 Pattern 1النمط 1Embroidery on framed textile40 x 40 cm2018 Pattern 2النمط 2Embroidery on framed textile40 x 40 cm2018 Birds الطيورEmbroided grid on framed and printed textile40 x 40 cm2018 Untitledبدون عنوانTextile, cardboard45 x 55 cm2018 Portrait of Meskeremصورة مسكيرمAcrylic paint on paper70 x 50 cm2018 Pattern نمطCut out pattern, cardboard70 x 50 cm2018 Untitledبدون عنوانTextile, cut out paper100 x 70 cm2018 Untitledبدون عنوانTextile and glue on paper100 x 70 cm2018 Meskerem in striped shirtمسكريم في قميص مقلمAcrylic on paper100 x 70 cm2017 Untitledبدون عنوانTextile, paper100 x 70 cm2018 BirdsالطيورEmbroided grid on framed and printed textile80 x 50 cm2018

More work


Ali S.Pastel on paperCollection of the artist150 x 170 cm2011 AyaEmbroidery bij handCollection Stedelijk Museum Breda205 x 220 cm2014 DenizPastel on paperCollection Stedelijk Museum Breda150 x 220 cm2006 JuliePastel on paperCollection Amphia Ziekenhuizen150 x 175 cm2008 MahmutCollage and pastel on paperCollection of the artist150 x 1702006 MercedesCollage and pastel on paperCollection of the artist70 x 140 cm2007 UntitledOil on canvasStadscollectie Breda28 x 35 cm1995 UntitledOil on canvasStadscollectie Breda20 x 25 cm1996 UntitledPrint100 x 185 cmCollection of the artist2006 UntitledOil on canvasPrivate collection25 x 27 cm1999 UntitledOil on canvasCollection CBK Gelderland41 x 49 cm2000 LaceOil on canvasPrivate collection45 x 46 cm2002 TwinsOil on canvasCollection of the artist100 x 100 cm2004 ZeynepCollage and pastel on paperPrivate collection108 x 140 cm2005 You may leave your sadness hereEmbroidered by handCollection of the artist180 x 250 cm2014-2015


︎︎  Cécile Verwaaijen 2022