2026

Rob Ruimers & Tenedle at Breed Art Studios, Amsterdam North, March 14 to April 6, 2026

CARTOONESQUE is a contemporary art exhibition featuring Rob Ruimers‘ interactive ceramic sculptures and Tenedle‘s raw-urban tricoloured paintings at Breed Art Studios, Amsterdam North. Curated by Luca Rezzolla, the show runs from March 14 to April 6, 2026. Opening: Saturday, March 14, 17:00 to 20:00. A mix of serious and burlesque, the exhibition explores a playful dialogue between sculpture and painting, where colourful and cartoonish concepts trigger deeper questions and reflections

After a one-year pause, Breed Art Foundation is finally ready to present a new exhibition at Breed Art Studios!

CARTOONESQUE is a mix of serious and burlesque artworks where sculptures, paintings, colourful and playful concepts trigger important questions and reflections. Rob Ruimers’ unconventional and interactive ceramic sculptures will populate the floor, while Tenedle’s raw-urban tricoloured paintings will take the walls, surrounding the viewer’s perception with a cartoonish dialogue.

The Opening will be on Saturday, March 14th, from 17:00 to 20:00.

The Show, curated by Luca Rezzolla, will be open from 14:00 to 18:00 on March 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
and April 4, 6.

CARTOONESQUE will end with a festive closing party on April 6.

We look forward to seeing you!

Rob Ruimers

The growing installation “Homo Ludens Est ” is made up of several objects, together forming a kind of playground. After making engaged, serious works for years, Ruimers seeks a more relativizing and humorous approach in his latest work. He believes the world has become a vast gambling paradise, encouraged by the possibilities the web has provided. Were we meant to play, and will this installation tempt the spectators to interact with the sculptures? Ruimers choose for a pneumatically powered method to set his works in motionby operating bicycle pumps. Our strong belief that all the global problems will be solved by technical solutions is ridiculed by it. The unstable and clumsy movements of the objects remind us of the first insecure steps we take as a child dealing with the world.

Tenedle

Tenedle is an Italian musician, Performer, visual artist and painter living in the Netherlands. His visual works and graphic imagery are mostly related to his music and performing concepts. As a Multimedia artist, the use of colour graphics, crafting puppets and making videos is a world of ironic, grotesque, and primitive signs. Pretty much influenced by expressionism with an eye for criticism of modern society and against violence and war. During the last two years, he’s experienced a “red-black-white” period where the graphic sign is more relevant than the painting technique, following a path between primitive art and street art, comics and criticism.

Practical Info

• Admission: Free
• Child-friendly: Yes
• Address: Breed Art Studios, Het Laagt 178, 1025 GL Amsterdam
• How to get there: 12 min walk from Metro Station Noord