Root Gallery

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Contemporary art gallery based in Krimpen aan de Lek, Netherlands Root Gallery started out as a small art gallery with big ambitions.

Built on collaboration, trust and mutual support, the gallery now represents a new generation of Dutch contemporary artists working in different disciplines and crossovers. It is fully committed to the development of ambitious and special programming, while in depth research into material and its qualities, colour, composition and concept are always at the base. Though consistent in their practice, the artists continue to seek out new pathways, develop further and innovate. Moving to the current location, which offers exciting opportunities for showcasing, has accelerated this process. Large installation works in the centre of the gallery space are alternated and combined with (smaller) wall sculptures, paintings and prints. This way, spectators are able to connect with the same artistic practices in different ways. Root Gallery works hard on the exposure of its represented artists by participating in national as well as international art fairs and exhibitions throughout the whole year. It is also invested in building long term relationships by facilitating continuous communication with artists, collectors, visitors and (international) partners.

13/10/2026

For more than ten years, Donald Schenkel worked towards the perfect gradient. To create an image you can lose yourself in. Paintings that explore shadow, stillness or vibration. So abstract that you can see anything in them, yet recognise nothing.

He explored colour on an enormous scale, but also on materials such as glass and wood. After ten years, he began to interrupt those colour transitions. Everything that came before remains the foundation.

On 24–25 October, we take a closer look at that foundation with Colour, uninterrupted. For one weekend, we bring together earlier works, material experiments, pieces never shown before and studies still waiting to find a place in someone’s home.

Donald will be at the gallery both days. Together, we’ll share more about the works and how they were made.

24–25 October · 13:00–17:00
Root Gallery · Krimpen aan de Lek

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Photo 7-8 Jacqueline Fuijkschot

07/10/2026

A closer look at Construct, our current exhibition, co-curated with Saïd Kinos , who has been part of Root Gallery since the gallery opened in 2018.

Together, we bring his work into conversation with pieces by , Dineke van Oosten , Emma Veulemans and .deboer , all showing at Root Gallery for the first time.

Come by to discover the exhibition, spend time with the works and ask us about anything that catches your eye. You’ll also find a selection of works by other gallery artists on the ground floor.

Construct is on view until 14 November.
Open Friday and Saturday, 13:00–17:00, and by appointment.

05/10/2026

Colour, Uninterrupted - Donald Schenkel
24–25 October 2026 | Root Gallery

For more than ten years, Donald Schenkel has developed his own techniques for painting uninterrupted colour gradients. As his work enters a new phase, we are dedicating one weekend to the research that has shaped this part of his practice.

Across the gallery’s ground floor, large and small paintings will be shown alongside studies and previously unseen works. Bringing together pieces from different periods, the presentation offers a chance to explore how Donald’s use of colour, oil paint and light has developed over the years.

Whether you have followed his work for some time or are discovering it for the first time, you are welcome to come and look, compare paintings and ask questions. Available works include smaller pieces alongside larger paintings.

Join us on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October, from 13:00 to 17:00. No appointment is needed.

Root Gallery
Molendijk 46, Krimpen aan de Lek, the Netherlands

03/10/2026

New work by Lisette Schumacher for PAN Amsterdam.

With Spatial Shade - Segment and Arch, Lisette introduces a small new series within her glass sculptures, taking the brick as an architectural building block.

The curved walls and decorative brick reliefs of the Amsterdamse School provide the starting point. In the designs of architects Jo van der Mey, Michel de Klerk and Piet Kramer, craftsmanship and material shaped the character of a building.

Lisette Schumacher translates the arched brick into solid, hand-cast Venetian glass, bringing this architectural language into sculptures on an intimate scale.

Discover the new works at PAN Amsterdam, 1 - 8 November at RAI Amsterdam. Find us at booth 129.

30/09/2026

Francisca Snel has created new glass sculptures for PAN Amsterdam. She is one of the artists whose work we will present at the fair for the first time this year.

These photographs offer a glimpse of the glassblowing process, where precise timing, close collaboration and an understanding of the material guide the making of each work.

In Francisca’s sculptures, a copper cleaning sponge is enclosed in coloured glass. This familiar household object becomes the centre of attention, inviting us to reconsider the value of everyday objects and the domestic labour that often goes unnoticed.

We look forward to sharing her new works with you at PAN Amsterdam.

PAN Amsterdam
1–8 November 2026
RAI Amsterdam

Photography: Ben Deiman

24/09/2026

This Saturday, we will present work by Emma Veulemans for the first time ✨️

Drawing remains central to Veulemans’ practice. Strong contours and graphic structures hold together large, often unexpected fields of colour. Her paintings may initially appear playful and direct, but a closer look reveals visible layers, shifts and earlier decisions within the image.

Rather than presenting a fixed narrative, Veulemans creates scenes that remain open to interpretation. Her distinctive visual language reflects her background in illustration while moving firmly into painting.

Her work is part of Construct, alongside Antigoon, Dineke Van Oosten, Saïd Kinos and Vincent de Boer. Running parallel to the exhibition is Invitation IV, with new work by Mel Chan .

Opening
Saturday 26 September, 15:00–18:00

Root Gallery
Molendijk 46, Krimpen aan de Lek

Construct is on view until 14 November 2026.
Portraits by Chiara Simons

20/09/2026

Next week, Root Gallery opens Invitation IV with Mel Chan

Invitation is a recurring part of the gallery programme in which we invite one additional artist to present a compact, independent selection of work alongside one of our exhibitions. It is not a group exhibition or an open call, but a personal invitation to an artist whose work we have been following closely.

For Invitation IV, we present a focused selection from Mel Chan’s series Studies, alongside the exhibition Construct.

In these paintings, clouds, mist, explosions and other atmospheric phenomena begin to resemble one another. Forms that appear soft, quiet or even beautiful can refer to events with an entirely different emotional and political charge.

This ambiguity is central to Chan’s practice. Working across painting, storytelling, installation, participatory performance and video, she explores how images and narratives influence the way we understand violence, uncertainty and the future.

We have followed Mel’s work since her graduation and are pleased to now present a selection of her paintings at Root Gallery.

Opening: Saturday 26 September, 15:00 - 18:00
On view until 14 November 2026

Root Gallery, Krimpen aan de Lek

18/09/2026

ROOT SELECTS - Lisette Schumacher

For the final Root Selects of the week: Desert Modernism II by Lisette Schumacher, the last work from this series currently available.

In February 2025, Lisette Schumacher travelled through the Coachella Valley, visiting Palm Springs, Palm Canyon, Cathedral City and Desert Hot Springs. Central to this journey was Frey House II, the home architect Albert Frey built for himself in Palm Springs in 1964.

Frey was fascinated by the contrast between civilisation and the surrounding wilderness. His house responds directly to the landscape: an existing boulder was incorporated into the interior, while its open construction blurs the boundary between living indoors and being outside. This relationship between architecture and nature became fundamental to the development of Desert Modernism.

Schumacher’s series translates her experience of this landscape into colour and movement. The snow-capped San Jacinto Mountains formed a striking contrast with the spring warmth, flowers and intense sunlight of the valley. Brittle bush yellow, brown, gold and orange refer to the desert and the materiality of Frey House II, complemented across the series by pool blue and sky blue.

In Desert Modernism II, these references are no longer rendered as architecture or landscape, but remain present in its palette, fluid forms and shifting surface.

Desert Modernism II, 2026
Mixed media
120 × 100 × 5 cm

The work is available through Root Gallery and can be viewed in person by appointment. Further images and details can be found through the link in bio.

17/09/2026

ROOT SELECTS - Jan Theun van Rees

Day four of Root Selects: Dag en Nacht by Jan Theun van Rees.

For his Painted Room series, jan theun van rees constructs temporary spaces specifically to photograph them. He paints the surfaces and manipulates the incoming light, transforming the room into an image before the camera is used.

In Dag en Nacht, fragments of walls, openings, light and shadow remain recognisable, but they no longer form a space that can be clearly located or understood. Scale becomes uncertain and the distinction between interior and exterior begins to disappear.

The title suggests a passage from day into night, yet both seem to exist simultaneously within the photograph. The constructed room is removed from a specific time and place, becoming a space that can only be entered through the image.

Dag en Nacht, 2025
Pigment ink on Photo Rag, mounted on museum board and framed with a spacer and UV70 museum glass

50 × 40 cm - edition of 5
115 × 91.5 cm - edition of 3

Dag en Nacht is currently on view at Root Gallery. Visit us on Friday or Saturday between 13:00 and 17:00, or by appointment. Further images and details are available through the link in bio.

16/09/2026

ROOT SELECTS - Quinda Verheul

Day three of Root Selects brings us to Islands In The Sky IV by Quinda Verheul

Inspired by travels through Morocco, the work brings together the colours of the desert with the changing character of reflection. Three organic concrete forms in dusty pink, sand and ochre interrupt the smooth surface of a rose-coloured mirror, recalling weathered stones and fragments of landscape.

The work continually shifts between a sculptural object, a reflected image and a memory of an open landscape.

Quinda Verheul
Islands In The Sky IV, 2024
Rose mirror and mixed concrete
60 x 30 cm

The work is available through Root Gallery and can be viewed in the gallery. Further images and details can be found through the link in bio.

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Molendijk 46
Krimpen Aan De Lek
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