PROFILE

Born : 1952 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Education : 1971 - 1976 : Academy for Visual Art, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Exhibitions :
1979 - 1995 (a choice of solo and group exhibitions) :
1987: "Gallery '87", Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1988: "Interiors", Apunto Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1991: "A hundred young artists under one roof", Living Art, HAL, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1991: "Choice of the collection", Aleph Contemporary Art, Almere, The Netherlands
1992: "Knee pieces", Librije, Zwolle, The Netherlands
1993: "Knee pieces II", Everdhuyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1994: "Galant moments", Total Art Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994: "A mood", Secretary of State for Home Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands
1995: "City views", Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Commissions 1983 - 1992 :
Viegers had commissions for several school buildings,
cultural centres, city halls, concert halls, the Dutch government etc.

Publications 1979 - 1996 :
Dutch newspapers, Dutch editions of monthly magazines like Elle,
Avant Garde, art magazines, art calenders etc.

Works in collection (a choice) :
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Municipal Museums of Arnhem and Nijmegen, The Netherlands
"Rijksdienst" for Visual Art, The Netherlands
several private collections all over the world

MESSAGE

"Whatever I paints, landscapes, still lifes, interiors,
the subject doesn't really matter.

While painting, one goes trough emotional and rational stages.
A painting shows one's view of things,
the environment, the time which we live in.

The subject therefore is of minor importance to me.
In my work I feel free, powerful, autonomous.

The fact my paintings suggest space, has no special meaning,
Painting is a skill which speaks for itself...

Re-inventing the image of reality appeals on one's sympathy
and suggests originality, I have nothing to do with that.
The "extra" for me is the inter action;
for the rest my paintings are abstract
like interiors, landscapes, still lifes...."




In the seventies, Viegers was a well known model.
Besides being a painter, she frequently went to Japan to model.
Her posters, showing the latest brand of toothpaste and soft drinks,
could be seen on every bill board in the Japanese subway stations
and in the megastore of Isetan.