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:
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)

