work
after his study at the academy minerva in groningen (nl) gerard van der horst always was painting and drawing besides his other activities for earning his living.
his style always was minimalistic.
in the beginning he made monochrome painitngs; later he especially focused on small size drawings mostly in series.
for his drawings he uses pencil, ink, gouache of charcoal on paper.
his work is based on questions like:
how to develop linear movement?
where to place lines and how to connect them?
how to shape a meaningful visual situation?
he connects to fields of interest like geometry, architecture, contemporary classical music, shamanism and daoism.
gerard van der horst
born in 1955 in wolvega (nl).
lives and works in amsterdam (nl).
education
1983-1988 academy minerva, groningen (nl).
graduated in painting and drawing.
teachers who inspired him a lot were johan van oord and marten hendriks.
1978-1982 philosophy and art history at rijksuniversiteit groningen (nl).
1973-1977 library and documentatin academy groningen (nl).
exhibitions
solo and group exhibitions among others:
in the netherlands in amersfoort, amsterdam, eefde, groningen, den haag, den helder, hilversum en utrecht
in germany in rockenhausen
in hungary in budapest
in poland in ostrowiec and kielce
in the united states in new haven (ct)
gallery 9 presents works of gerard van der horst since 2014:
2023 summer exhibition in the gallery
2023 presentation at kunstrai | art amsterdam in rai, amsterdam
2023 spring exhibition in the gallery
2023 presentation at art on paper amsterdam 2023 in gashouder westergas, amsterdam (nl)
2023 winter exhibition in the galerie
2022 trio exhibition with gabriël barlag and johannes karman in the gallery
2022 summer exhibition in the gallery
2022 ‘after art fair’ exhibition in the gallery
2022 presentation at kunstrai | art amsterdam in rai, amsterdam (nl)
2022 spring exhibition in the gallery
2021 presentation at kunstrai | art amsterdam in rai, amsterdam (nl)
2021 summer exhibition in the gallery
2015 summer exhibition in the gallery
art fairs
gallery 9 presents since 2021 works of gerard van der horst on art fairs:
art on paper amsterdam 2023 in gashouder westergas, amsterdam (nl)
kunstrai | art amsterdam 2023, 2022 and 2021 in rai, amsterdam (nl)
memberships
- the drawing collection
-geoform
publications
- ‘a 4 basics’ by gerard van der horst, 2022, 26 p.
-‘architectuur van de innerlijke ruimte’, report artist in residence 2018, post erasmuslaan 5 / asnova architecture, utrecht, self-published, 2020
-‘in een lege ruimte iets doen’ interview by heidi vandamme, yoga international magazine, feb. 2020
collections
works of gerard van der horst are represented in several private art collections and in:
-irena hochman & tadeusz mylowski collection, national museum, lublin (pl)
-kunstcollectie svb zaandam