The CAB Foundation presents José Heerkens in artist residency at Saint-Paul de Vence.
JOSÉ HEERKENS
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT THE FONDATION CAB
Open Studio on Saturday, February 21 from 4 to 6 pm, 2026, at the Fondation CAB Saint-Paul de Vence to meet the artist and discover the results of his two-month residency.
Fondation CAB Saint-Paul de Vence is pleased to present its eleventh artist in residence, José Heerkens (b. 1950, Dinther, Holland).
His work is non-objective and non-narrative. Every detail and shade of color matters, and the interplay of these elements creates a space where intimacy and expansiveness, movement and stillness, heaviness and lightness coexist. Defining color as space has become a central theme. Horizontal and vertical lines structure rhythm and form: verticality appears subtly, while horizontality expands the painting’s space. The materiality and color of pure linen are essential, and unpainted areas act like pauses in a musical score.
The aim of the CAB Foundation's artist-in-residence programme is to welcome national and international artists, both emerging and established, for a period of up to two months devoted to work, research and/or reflection on their practice, without the pressure of production or presentation. The guest artists are in line with the mission of the CAB Foundation, interpreting and questioning the traditions of minimalism and conceptualism with a contemporary approach.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT THE FONDATION CAB
Open Studio on Saturday, February 21 from 4 to 6 pm, 2026, at the Fondation CAB Saint-Paul de Vence to meet the artist and discover the results of his two-month residency.
Fondation CAB Saint-Paul de Vence is pleased to present its eleventh artist in residence, José Heerkens (b. 1950, Dinther, Holland).
His work is non-objective and non-narrative. Every detail and shade of color matters, and the interplay of these elements creates a space where intimacy and expansiveness, movement and stillness, heaviness and lightness coexist. Defining color as space has become a central theme. Horizontal and vertical lines structure rhythm and form: verticality appears subtly, while horizontality expands the painting’s space. The materiality and color of pure linen are essential, and unpainted areas act like pauses in a musical score.
The aim of the CAB Foundation's artist-in-residence programme is to welcome national and international artists, both emerging and established, for a period of up to two months devoted to work, research and/or reflection on their practice, without the pressure of production or presentation. The guest artists are in line with the mission of the CAB Foundation, interpreting and questioning the traditions of minimalism and conceptualism with a contemporary approach.
Rates
Free entry.
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Opening times
On 21 February 2026
- 16:00 at 18:00
