Texts by the graduation committee at Gerrit Rietveld Academy 2001:

Peter Vink fillets. He fillets surroundings and conditions. With a great sense of efficiency he manages to reveal the implicit qualities of a place, make them explicit – regardless whether it concerns an old, worn-down gym, a series of streets with birds’ names, or a corridor in an academy building. It is always a treat to see something go well with natural suppleness, like the swimming of a seal or the flight of a seagull – or Peter Vink working. It does not take any complicated mental constructions to justify a work: Peter Vink’s works have a natural and firm presence. This quality is as precious as it is rare. I am almost tempted to make a double recommendation, as in advertising: Peter Vink works! He really does!

Maarten de Reus

He dares to invest in his artistic skills: time, money, materials, energy, nothing is foreign to him. This is clear from projects such as ‘Gymzaal’ [Gym] – Amsterdam, ‘1982’ – RET Rotterdam, ‘Twee keer verticaal en een keer horizontaal’ [Two Times Vertical and One Time Horizontal] – Antwerp, and his graduation piece at GRA, ‘locatie s00’ [Location s00].

In other words, Site Specific Art is what he makes, among other things. This type of art requires a lot of insight, intelligence, organisational insight, preparation and perseverance – qualities that are present in Peter Vink, an artist who makes his mark.

Harry Heyink

Jury’s report, Gerrit Rietveld Academy awards 2001:

Peter Vink: using only one type of material, yet with a length of some sixteen kilometres, he has radically turned an uncanny basement into an inviting space that suddenly had direction and rhythm. The doors can be counted from a distance and walking to them goes almost unnoticed, with a springy step. The nomination for a possible commission from the Prince Bernhard Fund goes to Peter Vink.