Our new mathematically inspired art exhibition by Dutch artist Paul Ouwerkerk
Monday, 8 June 2026 to Thursday, 31 December 2026, 9am - 5pm
We are delighted to introduce our latest exhibition in the Andrew Wiles Building. Visual artist Paul Ouwerkerk has created 30 new paintings where he plays with the perspective plane in paintings that are generated from self-composed number sequences. The handcrafted canvases are the result of a process in which the artist, after defining a rigid grid as starting point, leaves space for intuition and industrious manual application to elaborate towards the final result.
Visually these paintings can often be interpreted as unfolded polyhedra, dissolving into mathematical landscape perspectives. The rule-based compositions are sometimes derailed purposefully during the painting process, as if to ‘break-the-code’. Painting techniques and materials play a pivotal role in the creation of these works and the materialisation of these abstract illusions.
Paul Ouwerkerk lives and works in Amsterdam. He has a background in art, photography and design. His previous work experience is intermingled with the world of architecture, urbanism and landscape design. Since 2017 he has been painting his abstract ‘Dynamic Geometry’ series.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Speaker(s): Paul Ouwerkerk (Artist)
Venue:
Mathematical Institute - L1
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L1 Mathematical Institute Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6GG United Kingdom
Department: Mathematical Institute (Department)
Organiser: Dyrol Lumbard
Host: Dyrol Lumbard
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Everyone is welcome