Gerardus Cornelius (Sjra) Schoffelen (Roosteren, 1 August 1937) is a Dutch sculptor.
Schoffelen studied at the Maastricht Institute of Arts (1953-1957) and the Jan van Eyck Academie (1958–1962) in Maastricht and the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin (1962–1964). He was a student of Fred Carasso and Bernhard Heiliger, among others. In 1969 he won the Henriëtte Hustinx Prize. [1] [2]
Schoffelen was a teacher at the Katholieke Leergangen in Tilburg (1970–1979) and the Academy of Visual Arts in Maastricht (1971–1990). As a sculptor he produced fountain statues, portraits and free sculptures, often abstract from an organic point of view. He joined the Beroepsvereniging van Beeldende Kunstenaars and the Nederlandse Kring van Beeldhouwers . Schoffelen lives and works in the Etzenraderhuuske near Jabeek.
In 2019 a book celebrating his 60 years as an artist was published. [3] [4]
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