Tinkebell

Tinkebell or Tinkebell. is the stage name of the Dutch artist Katinka Simonse ( born June 10, 1979 in Goes ).

Tinkebell attended the Art Academy in Tilburg and then the design program of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. She is active in the field of conceptual art.

Tinkebell first came to attention in 2004 when she killed her sick cat and from it made ​​a handbag. In 2007, it announced that 60 chicks to shred public. In 2011 she was 95 hamsters in hamster balls. This action was stopped by the police and led to a complaint of animal cruelty. Tinkebell itself was acquitted, the gallery owner, however, was identified as responsible and had to pay a fine.

In 2009 she published together with Coralie Vogelaar a book called Dearest Tinkebell, were published in the e- mails they had received on their actions towards. In this case, it was insulting to threatening texts. Vogelaar and Tinkebell had also researched the full names and addresses of the sender on the Internet and also printed.

The artist points out in numerous interviews, it 'll go to her mainly a matter of presenting the paradoxical relationship between man and animal, the treated on one side dogs and cats as family members and on the other hand, beef, pork and poultry such items. She herself is a vegetarian.