biography

STUDIES AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
1977-1982 ZWN-Delft. Study Teacher Visual Arts.
                 Graduated in Painting, Drawing, Sculpture and Art History.
1985-1986 Academie van Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam. Academy of Visual Arts.
1986 -        Member of 'Haagse Kunstkring' -Artist's Society
1987-1988 'Haagse Kunstkring', Artists' Society.
                 Member of the Board and Chairman of the Exhibition-Committee.
1994-1996 Post Doctoral Study: Academy for the Arts, Fine Arts Department, Utrecht.
                 Art History, Art Philosophy, Cultural History.
1995 -        Member of 'Puchri Studio', Artist's Society.
1998          Curator, Organiser and participating artist of “Vormen van betekenis”;
                 presenting 14 artists; amongst them: Frank Stella, John Baldessari,
                 Ellsworth Kelly, Peer Veneman, Han Schuil, Ton Mars.
1999          Project Co-ordinator of "Volume & Form -Singapore 1999" (jan-june)
                 120 Artists from the South-East Asian Region, Australia, New Zealand.
2002 -       Member of Delft-Design, Designer's Society.
2003-2006 Member of the Board of Delft-Design.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1984     Galerie Stelling, Leiden. The Netherlands
1986     Galerie Stelling, Leiden. The Netherlands
1989     Galerie Baks, The Hague. The Netherlands
1991     Kunstcentrum, Delft. The Netherlands
1993     Kunstkapel, Gouda. The Netherlands
1994     Erasmus University, Rotterdam. The Netherlands
1996     Galerie v.d.Besselaar, Utrecht. The Netherlands
1997     The Asian Art Fair, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1997     Asian Art Fair , World Trade Centre, Singapore.
1998     Andres Contemporary Art, Singapore.
1998     Besselaar Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht. The Netherlands
2000     Galerie Anny van den Besselaar, Maastricht. The Netherlands
2002     Museum 'Het Prinsenhof', Delft. NL
           - Project 'De Plek' : 16 artists -16 solo-exhibits.
2002     Besselaar Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht. NL
2004     SG Private Banking Gallery -Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore (Duo)
2004     TAKSU Gallery, Singapore (Duo-expo with Roos Campman)
2005     DOK-Kunstcentrum Delft, Delft. NL. "SINGAPORE" (Duo-expo with Roos Campman)
2006     DOK-Kunstcentrum Delft, Delft. NL
2008     TAKSU Singapore, Singapore.
2009     DTA-Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2009     Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Rotterdam,Amsterdam,The Hague. NL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1985     Grand Palais, Paris. France.
1986     Pulchri Studio, The Hague. The Netherlands
1988     Galerie Lin Och Torden, Arhus. Danmark.
1991     Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam.The Netherlands
1992     Art Miami ‘92, Miami Beach. U.S.A.
1993     Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg. The Netherlands
1993     Lineart, Gent. Belgium.
1994     Découvertes '94, Paris. France.
1996     Europ'Art, Geneva. Switzerland.
1996     KunstRAI, Amsterdam. The Netherlands
1996     ACAF, Melbourne, Australia.
1996     TAF, Taipei, Taiwan.
1997     St'Art97, Strasbourg, France.
1998     “Vormen van betekenis”, Kunstcentrum Delft and Haagse Kunstkring,The Hague,NL
1999     Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
2000     Sunjin Galleries, Singapore
2000     Galerie 'Kleinhammer", Basel, Switzerland
2001     KunstRAI, Art-fair. Amsterdam. NL
2002     Art Seasons, Singapore.
2002     "Thrilling", Pulchri Studio, The Hague. NL
2003     Art Seasons, Singapore
2003     Delft-Project 'De Plek' Delft. NL
2004     Realisme04, Art Fair, Amsterdam. NL
2004     "Voorjaarsledententoonstelling" Pulchri Studio, The Hague. NL
2006     Realisme06, Art Fair, Amsterdam. NL
2007     Amsterdam, The Hague, & works traveling Malaysia-Singapore-Indonesia
2008     "Soft Ware 2008", The Hague (more)
2008     ARTSingapore 08, Singapore. Repr:TAKSU-Singapore
2008     "The X show", TAKSU-Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2009     DTA -Gent, Belgium Summer group-show
2009     'Overlooked', TAKSU-Kuala Lumpur, July-August Group show
2009     "Najaarsledententoonstelling" Pulchri Studio, The Hague. NL
2009     TAKSU-Singapore October Group show
2009     DTA-Gallery, Gent, Belgium. November Group show
2010     TAKSU Gallery, Singapore. Group Show -New Space-.
2010     Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Amsterdam,The Hague. NL
2011     TAKSU Gallery, BALI , Indonesia. Group Show.

ACTIVITIES ABROAD
Travels to Belgium , Luxembourg , France , Germany , Indonesia ,
Italy, Luxembourg , Malaysia , Spain , Singapore , Switzerland ,
Tunesia , UK , United States.
Singapore : 1996, 1997 (jan; mar; aug-okt), 1999 (half year),
2000 (apr; nov-dec), 2001/2002 (dec-jan) 2004 (jan-feb ; &
nov,dec), 2007 (dec), 2008 (oct-nov), 2010 (jan-feb) for exhibitions,
art-fairs, projects, installing commissioned works, and visiting contacts.