gerard van der horst

(wolvega, nl, 1955)


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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 france in paris

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:

2024 summer exhibition in the gallery

2024 presentation at ‘art on paper amsterdam 2024‘ in gashouder, westergas, amsterdam

2024 presentation at kunstrai | art amsterdam in rai, amsterdam

2023 holidays exhibition in the gallery

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 2024 and 2023 in gashouder westergas, amsterdam (nl)

kunstrai | art amsterdam 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 in rai, amsterdam (nl)




memberships


- the drawing collective




publications


- ‘architecture of inner space / 1 / deep drawing’, self-published, 2024, 16 p.

  1. -‘a4basics’ door gerard van der horst, 2022, 26 p.

  2. -‘architectuur van de innerlijke ruimte’ door gerard van der horst, bk-informatie, 2022 nr 1,

   p 12-13

  1. -‘architectuur van de innerlijke ruimte’, report artist in residence 2018, post erasmuslaan 5 / asnova architecture, utrecht, self-published, 2020

  2. -‘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 dutch and foreign private art collections and in:

- mobile madi museum, budapest (hu)

  1. -irena hochman & tadeusz mylowski collection, national museum, lublin (pl)

  2. -kunstcollectie svb zaandam (nl)