Douwe Halbertsma (1980) is an artist who lives and works in Rotterdam.
He makes sculptures and works in public space. As a sculptor Douwe takes a fresh look at tradition, but just as easily refers to comic strip and other visual culture. His fascination for the formal possibilities and limitations of the medium is always accompanied by a relativizing humour that gives his sculptures air. In this way the play with the fundamental concepts of sculpture, such as the tension between the presence and absence of space, the presence and absence of mass, does not remain an abstract concept. But it always gets a consequence in the meaning of his sculptures. Since his graduation in 2003 from the 'Free Art' department of the Hogeschool vd Kunsten Arnhem, Douwe has exhibited nationwide at places such as; Stroom (The Hague), Reinier van Ewijk Projects (Amsterdam) and Grote Kerk (The Hague). He has also realised various commissions, both in public space and for private clients.