Wouter van der Laan (Huizen, NL, 1993)

Lives and works in Amsterdam (NL).

 

Education & Residencies: 

 

2020-2022             Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Residency 2020 - 2022 (NL)

2018                           Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Summer Residency 2018 (US) 

2015-2017                FMI Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen (NL) | MFA, Painting, Cum Laude

2011-2015                HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, Utrecht (NL) | BA, Fine Art, with Honours

 

Exhibitions: 

 

2022   (Upcoming) Solo Exhibition, 'Spinning Bee' PARK, Tilburg (NL)

2021    Group Exhibition, RijksOpen 2021, Amsterdam (NL)

2020   Group Exhibition, Prospects & Concepts 2020 Mondriaanfonds, Rotterdam (NL)

2019     Group Exhibition, '2090', Curated by Lokomotif, Vilnius (LT)

2019     Group Exhibition, Westwerk, Hamburg (DE)

2019     Group Exhibition, ArtRotterdam 2019, Galerie Rianne Groen (NL)

2019     Solo Exhibition, George Verberg Stipend, FMI, Groningen (NL) 

2018     Duo Exhibition, The Others Art Fair, Turin (IT) 

2018     Group Exhibition, ‘Promising’, PARK, Tilburg (NL) 

2018     Group Exhibition, Gasunie, Groningen (NL) 

2018     Group Exhibition, 'Mindframes', C&H Gallery, Amsterdam (NL) 

2018     Group Exhibition, 'Pulse #23' Studio Omstand, Arnhem (NL) 

2017      Group Exhibition, Royal Award for Modern Painting 2017, Amsterdam (NL) 

2017      Solo Exhibition, 'Nest', Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam (NL) 

2017      Group Exhibition, 'Graduation Show Frank Mohr Institute 2017', Groningen (NL) 

2017      Group Exhibition, ‘A State of Mind', Haus 34a, Bad Bentheim (DE) 

2017      Group Exhibition, 'Kunst aan de Dijk Prijs ', Museum Hilversum, Hilversum (NL) 

2017      Group Exhibition, ArtRotterdam 2017, Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam (NL) 

2016     Group Exhibition, Positions Berlin Art Fair 2016, Galerie Bart, Berlin (DE) 

2016     Solo Exhibition, ArtRotterdam 2016, Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam (NL) 

2015     Solo Exhibition, 'Happy Days', Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam (NL) 

2015     Group Exhibition, 'Seeing Bright Things', All Together Now, Rotterdam (NL) 

2015     Group Exhibition, 'Nieuwe Oogst 2015', Galerie Bart, Amsterdam & Nijmegen (NL) 

2015     Group Exhibition, 'Best of Graduates 2015', Ron Mandos, Amsterdam (NL) 

2015     Group Exhibition, 'Graduation Show HKU 2015', TWG, Utrecht (NL) 

 

Prizes, Grants & Nominations: 

 

2022    Grant, Stichting Stokroos

2022    Grant, WerktuigPPO

2021     Grant, Genootschap Noorthey 

2020   Grant, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Knecht-Drenth fonds

2020   Fellowship, Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten

2019     Stipend, Emerging Artist, Mondriaanfonds

2018     Nominated, Buning Brongers Prijs 2018

2018     Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture

2018     Won, George Verberg Stipend 2017 

2017     Nominated, Royal Award for Modern Painting 2017 

2017     Nominated, STRABAG Art Award 2017 

2016     Nominated, Buning Brongers Prijs 2016 

2016     Nominated, Kunst aan de Dijk Prijs voor Jong Talent in de Schilderkunst 2016 

2015     Nominated, Jan Zumbrink Graduation Award

 

Publications: 

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2022   RijksOpen2022 Catalogue

2021    'We Had Plans', 150th anniversary Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten

2020   Prospects & Concepts 2020, Mondriaanfonds

2017     Royal Award for Modern Painting Catalogue 2017 

2017     FMI Graduation Catalogue 2017 

2017     ArtRotterdam Catalogue 2017

2016     Positions Berlin Catalogue 2016

2016     ArtRotterdam Catalogue 2016

2015     HKU FA TWG Graduation Catalogue 2015 

 

Other:

 

2023    Co-organiser, 'Subversive Textile Workshop', Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (NL)  

2022    Weaving Courses, St. Joost Academy of Arts, Breda (NL)

2018     Guest lecture Fine Art year 4 ‘beroepsvoorbereiding’, HKU, Utrecht (NL)

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