Sophie Walraven

Exhibition in the Rabobank

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, Carparts, kunst, Museum, Painting, Portrait, Portret, scrapyard, Street, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 26/01/2012

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#Wienzebek in de Media (dutch)

Een post in het Nederlands, omdat je aan deze linkjes toch niets hebt als je deze taal niet baas bent:
#wienzebek, het Twitterspelletje dat in de volgende post beschreven staat, in de media.
Zo schreef de Gooische Tam Tam er over, Bright wijdde er een stuk aan, Eamel heeft er iets mee gedaan en als klap op de vuurpijl ben ik rete trots dat MISTER MOTLEY er een enorm artikel over schreef. Ga dat allemaal lezen, maar kom wel hier terug hoor!

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Wienzebek

Aahyeah! A daily game on Twitter!
I’m practicing my portrait skills by using all my followers on Twitter as models. I paint their ava (only when it is really their face) and everyone can guess who’s face (wienzebek) I painted.
It’s great fun, I get a lot of practice, have an audience and lot’s of beautiful models.

I suddenly get a lot closer to the people behind the tweets. I get to know them by their reactions and by studying them. And they are beautiful….

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I WISH

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, clothing, ESPRIT, kunst, mustache, People, snor, Street, streetart, SW, Text, walraven by sophie on 14/12/2011

Too cheesy not to ridicule. The ESPRIT campaign.

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Shirt-Art

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, clothing, kunst, Painting, SW, t-shirt, walraven by sophie on 01/12/2011

No prints, one off. Each shirt is an original. Wear a painting, expose, be an exhibitionist or an exhibitionista!

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Huge New Works

Posted in Uncategorized by sophie on 09/11/2011

Tiny little pickys of (for my doing) humongous paintings. They are 270×150 cm, 170×150 and 190×120 cm.
See for yourself, click on them, click! Do it!

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People in Amsterdam

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, kunst, Painting, People, Street, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 28/09/2011

This cage we live in is getting smaller and smaller. I don’t know how to break out of it, but I can paint on the bars.

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Five New Paintings

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, Atelier/Studio, kunst, Painting, Stilleven, SW, walraven by sophie on 31/08/2011

100 x 100 cm Acrylic on Canvas

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A Day at the Scrapyard

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, BIG, Carparts, kunst, Painting, scrapyard, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 27/07/2011

What a beautiful day at the yard! I realised I had missed it a lot. That location, the atmosphere, the cars, my paintings and the guys. We started early and worked hard all day to rescue as much as possible. Halfway through the day, we had visitors from the press and the Amsterdam Museum. They came to witness their works being cut out. I’ve got lots more to tell, but this is not a book, it’s my website. So Pictures!!

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Amsterdam Museum

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, Carparts, kunst, Museum, Painting, scrapyard, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 26/07/2011

The Amsterdam Museum bought two pieces of scrap! It’s all over the news. Read the articles: het Parool, de Volkskrant, Metro, Novum Nieuws, FOK.nl, At5, Reformatorisch Dagblad, Google it for many more.
And again a radio interview:

These are the two works:

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Caught!

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, kunst, Painting, People, Street, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 16/07/2011

I caught these two American tourists redhanded! They were ‘stealing’ my work as I passed by on my bike. Taking these pictures, I slowly approached them. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

They told me it was the best thing they had seen in Amsterdam. DAMN I’m easy to please. So, no, I didn’t want to accept their money, but their offer to write an article about my work (since one of them is an NYC journalist) I didn’t refuse. Let’s see if they keep word!
I even let them take their picture with me. Hopefully I will be able to post that on my next blog. (guys?)

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Ladies & Gentlemen

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, kunst, Painting, People, Street, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 24/06/2011

1 Because I want YOU to be able to see my work without having to go to a gallery, museum or my studio. I think art should be out on the streets for everyone to see.

2 Because I want to make the city a little prettier.

3 Because I hate the way everything is getting regulated and boring around me. It feels like people like to march and live in a clean city without any surprises. What the F is going on with everyone?

4 Because I like the rush of things, everything else bores the # out of me.


These are only a handful, if you click on the pictures you will see more. (a lot more)

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Art at the Scrapyard

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, Carparts, kunst, Museum, Painting, scrapyard, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 06/06/2011

June 5, 2011. Hundreds of rejected cars, months of painting in advance, one exhibition of one single day. 600 people came to see, 27 works were sold, after the rain came sun.

Click on the pictures below, to see me painting and preparing:

Anton and Carolien helped me set up the exhibition. (click to see all)

These are four or the paintings, click to see all of them:

Click on one of these pictures to see the event:

Click on the pictures below, to see (most of the) people who came to see:

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On the Radio

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, Carparts, kunst, Museum, Painting, scrapyard, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 26/05/2011

In the Newspaper

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, Carparts, kunst, Museum, scrapyard, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 24/05/2011

Invitation Art at the Scrapyard

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, Carparts, kunst, Museum, Painting, scrapyard, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 08/05/2011

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Mustache Reportage

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, kunst, mustache, People, snor, Street, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 03/05/2011

And of course I was not alone, Queensday you spend with your friends. So here are their pictures of me selling mo’s. Again you have to click on one to see the whole report.

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Mustache Queensday

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, mustache, People, snor, Street, SW, walraven by sophie on 01/05/2011

This Queensday I was in the Vondelpark and the Jordaan in Amsterdam, selling mustaches for 50 eurocents. Everyone wanted a mustache! These are some of the mo-
customers: click on the picture to see all the sold mustaches.

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One minute of F(l)ame

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, Birds, Carparts, Painting, scrapyard, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 22/04/2011

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New Painting on New Car

Since I couldn’t drive my old car after the bird was cut out, I got a new car. And again I painted it. There is not much to say, that the pictures can’t, so here:

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Mustache Sunday

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, kunst, mustache, People, snor, Street, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 04/04/2011

Geen gemor iedereen een snor.
This is what I did when I wasn’t working. Some faces on the way from my house to my studio, really needed a mustache.

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Sexy Girls

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, BIG, kunst, Painting, People, Street, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 15/03/2011

I said I wouldn’t do any sexy girls anymore, but…. As you can see I find it hard to control these things. I love it!!!

So I painted on my T-shirt

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, Atelier/Studio, clothing, Horses, kunst, Painting, SW, t-shirt, walraven by sophie on 05/03/2011

Cheap! HEMA

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, HEMA, Street, streetart, SW, Text, walraven by sophie on 19/02/2011

You win some, you lose some.

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, BIG, Birds, kunst, Painting, Street, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 12/02/2011

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Fish in the City

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, BIG, Fish, kunst, Painting, Street, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 12/02/2011


Street Birds at night.

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, BIG, Birds, Painting, Street, streetart, SW, walraven by sophie on 11/02/2011

Let’s find out if these people can appreciate some free art ont their walls

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FilmCrew in m’atelier.

Posted in 2011, Amsterdam, Atelier/Studio, kunst, People, SW, walraven by sophie on 11/02/2011