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femtasia

Visit Femtasia, the homeworld of the art & illustrationwork of Femke Hiemstra

About Me

Hello Y'all, I'm a Dutch artist/illustrator and I live and work in Amsterdam, home of great museums, raw fish eating peeps, the no-dope-smoking road sign and well... much more. I make illustrations, merchendise, but spend most of my time painting. Here's a list of shows I'll be attending at. --Don't forget to visit my website www.femtasia.nl for more examples of my work-- Cheers! Femke • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • APRIL 11th'08: Shared show with Travis Louie at Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle. Drop by the opening night to see my brand new paintings & drawings. See you friday! - - SEPTEMBER '08: Shared show at Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany• • • • • • • • • • •

My Interests

High and low art, comics, tattoo's, collectables, (vintage) packages, firework wrappers, etc.

Music:

From Beatles to Beastie Boys and everything in between. Tom Jones, Cornelius, Beach Boys, Nina Simone, Eagles of Death Metal, Arctic Monkeys, P.J. Harvey, The Who, Queens of the Stone Age, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The B-52's, Flight of the Conchords, Voxtrot, PUSA, Goldfrapp, Scissor sisters, Ween, Tom Petty, Devendra Banhart, Dirty Sweet, Songs from the Singing Detective, Beck, Arcade Fire, Kaiser Chiefs, The Fratellis, The Pigeon Detectives, Juliette & the Licks, Girls in Hawaii, Patrick Watson, Brian Setzer (Orchestra), Voicst, Graham Coxon, Spoon ..etc.

Movies:

Pixar animations, old Disney animations, good stupid comedies, really good comedies, drama, (asian) actionmovies, good stupid horror, super hero movies..

Books:

Books on collectibles like (tin) toys or superhero-dolls, vintage bowling stuff or japanese characters, books on old typefaces, high- and low art, tattoos, japanese woodprints. Books on victorian images. Old encyclopedia's like the french Petit Larousse. Love Little Golden Books with their the cutest characters and fantastic vintage colours..