Rob Johannesma
Rob Johannesma (Geleen, Nederland, 1970) studied at the de Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (1993-1997), the Cooper Union, New York (1996-1997) and De Ateliers Amsterdam (1997-1999). He exhibited among others at Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (2000), Venice Biennial(2001), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2001), De Hallen, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (2002, 2006), Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany (2005), de Busan Biënnale, Korea (2008), ar/ge kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano (2012), Galleria Lia Rumma (2012), 13de Istanbul Biennale (2013) Wiels, Brussel (2014), Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam (2014)
b. Geleen, NL, 1970
Lives and works in Amsterdam
EDUCATION AND RESIDENCIES
Mar-Apr 2015 Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht
2009 – 2010 Wiels, Brussels
2005 – 2006 Projectstudio KNIR/ The American Academy, Rome
2001-2002 Villa Concordia, Bamberg, Germany
1997-1999 De Ateliers, Amsterdam
1996-1997 The Cooper Union School of Arts, New York City, USA
Jan-May 1997 The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, USA
1993-1997 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 glass-blue days, Albada Jelgersma Gallery, Amsterdam (March 7-April 18)
2016 32 Video works in the Obrecht church in collaboration with Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam,
chamber orchestra of the Concertgebouworkest, Conductor Boudewijn Jansen, Martini Jongenskoor
2015 Shivelights And Shadowtackle, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
2015 Shivelights And Shadowtackle(part II), Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2014 Shivelights And Shadowtackle(part I), Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2013 Videopresentatie #2: Rob Johannesma, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2012 World-Wielding, ar/ge kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano, catalogue Spots of Time, 2012
2012 World-Wielding, Marino Marini Museum, Florence, catalogue Spots of Time, 2012
2011 Present Future, Rob Johannesma & Roma Publications, Artissima, Turin
2011 Cinnabar, Het Torentje, Almelo
2010 Probability Space, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
2010 Probability Space, Bis71, Geleen
2009 Uitval uit een, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, catalogus In Dark Trees
2007-17 Parallelle Bibliotheek, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Oude Turfmarkt, Amsterdam
2007 Rob Johannesma, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, tentoonstellingscatalogus
2004 Rob Johannesma, Galerie Zürcher, Paris
2004 Rob Johannesma, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
2002 Kunstbunker, Forum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Neurenberg (G)
2002 Kamm Gallery, Berlin (G)
2002 Flatland Gallery, Utrecht (NL)
2002 De Hallen, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem (NL)
2001 Rob Johannesma,Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim (NL)
2001 Rob Johannesma, inkijk #3, SKOR (Stichting Kunst en Openbare Ruimte), Amsterdam
2000 Team Gallery, New York
2000 Rob Johannesma, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
1999 Rob Johannesma, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
SELECETED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 CONCEAL/REVEAL, with Nori Pao and Misha de Ridder, Albada Jelgersma Gallery, Amsterdam
2015 Swim With The Current, Stand Like A Rock, Head quarter Manifesta, Amsterdam
2015 Bruegelland/Hoge Horizon, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en Baron Caroly/Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerp, Belgium
2014 During the Exhibition the Studio Will Be Close, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
2014 Lucht!-In de Nederlandse Kunst sinds 1850, De Hallen en het Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
2014 Roma Publications and Artists, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, Italy
2013 Mom, Am I Barbarian?, Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Abstract Myths, Nest, The Hague
2013 Untitled, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2012 Autumn of Modernism,Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2012 ‘Herfsttij van het modernisme’, De Vleeshal, Middelburg
2012 Differenza e Ripetizione, Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples, Germany
2012 Provisional Space, Roma Publications, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, France
2012 Obiettivi Obiettività, Rome, Italy
2011 The Materialized Memory, Depo, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 The Materialized Memory, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 Sneeuw is wit, Fotodok, Utrecht
2010 Monumentalisme. Geschiedenis en nationale identiteit in hedendaagse kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (cat.)
2010 Capturing Metamorphosis,Heritage Lab/Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam (cat.)
2010 Screening video Starlings Black Clouds in la grande Bouffe olv Johan Simons en toneel groep Amsterdam
2009 Remain in Nature, Galerie LUMC, Leiden
2008 Sea Art festival, Biennal Busan, Korea
2008 Satelitte Station, W139/Temporary Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
2008 Glocal Affairs, Timmerfabriek, Maastricht
2007 Contour. Continuiteit, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft (NL) (cat.)
2006 3500 cm2 Art By Way of a Poster, The American Academy, Rome, Italy
2006 Zo ziet het paradijs eruit, De Hallen, Haarlem
2006 3500cm2, The Blue Room, Rome
2005 Some Trees, Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany
2005 “Exile or Aim?”, MedFilm Festival laboratory 2005 – XI edition, Rome, Italy
2005 Loop, Angelo Mai, Rome, Italy
2005 De Natura, Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d’art de Meymac, Meymac, France
2005 Slow-art, Kunst Palast Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (cat.)
2005 The Art is where the Heart is, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen (cat.)
2004 Cultivating Nature, The César Manrique Foundation, Lanzarote , Spain (cat.)
2004 Surfacing – Contemporary art from Holland, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary (cat.)
2004 Over zee, land en gezicht – Nederlandse videokunst van nu, Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen
2003 Pro Arte Institute. St. Petersburg, Russia
2003 Contour, St. Rombouts Cathedral, Mechelen, Belgium (cat.)
2003 Post-Nature, Nine Dutch Artists, Tommie Othake Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
2003 Far Away Too Close, Tour Fromage, Aosta, Italy (cat.)
2002 Nuit Blanche, Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France
2002 Early Works, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (cat.)
2002 Moving Landscapes, Sala Uno, Rome, Italy (cat.)
2001 Post-Nature, Nine Dutch Artists, Palazzo Ca’ Zenobio, Venice Biënnale, Venice, Italy
2001 Wild Gliders, Aschenbach/Hofland Galerie, Amsterdam (cat.)
2001 Eddy D, Carlos Amorales, Rob Johannesma, Montevideo/Time Based Art, Amsterdam
2001 The People’s Art/A Arte do Povo, Witte de With, Rotterdam; Central Eléctrica do Freixo, Oporto (cat.)
2001 Ex Machina/Über die Zersetzung der Fotografie, NGBK, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
2001 Bert Frings, Azir Mendizabal, Rob Johannesma, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht (NL)
2001 Prix NI 2001, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague (cat.)
2000 For Real, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (cat.)
2000 Doppel, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany
2000 Een ceder in mijn tuin, KW14, Den Bosch (NL)
2000 Profili della giovani pittura contemporanea in Europa, Museo del Golfo, La Spezia, Italy
1999 Stimuli, Witte de With, Rotterdam
CATALOGUES
2012 Spots Of Time, Rob Johannesma en Roma Publications nr. 175, 120p, ills. colour & bw, 16 x 22cm, English, German, Italian, Author: L. Fassi, A. Salvadori, Rob Johannesma
2011 Newspapers, 29 x 21cm. 160 pages, Rob Johannesma en Roma Publications, 20 signed books
2010 In Dark Trees, Roma Publications nr. 131, 108 p, ills. colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, Dutch//English, Author: Lorenzo Benedetti
2007 Exhibition catalogue Rob Johannesma, Publisher and distributor: Galerie Paul Andriesse., 16 p, ills. colour & bw, 28 x 17 cm, pb, Dutch//Engish, Author: P. Andriesse//Rob Johannesma
2002 Rob Johannesma, Publisher:Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia/Flatland Gallery, 47 p, ill colour, 12 x 21cm, hardcover, Design: Gabrielle Götz, Author: Janneke Wesseling, German/English
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2012 L.Bedaux, Herfsttij van het Modernisme, No # 156, March-April, De Witte Raaf
2012 S.Menegoi, Artforum.com, March 26th, Info Artforum, Simone Menegoi
2012 F.Nicoli, Flah Art (Italy), Anno XLV, n° 300, marzo 2012, p.72
2012 C.Matsumoto (Miami University), Rob Johannesma at the Marino Marini Museum, 06 March 2012 in Arts, Students Colin Matsumoto
2012 G. Rau, Al Marini il debutto italiano di Johannesma, La Repubblica, p. x, February 2
2012 P. Tognon, Exibart, Paola Tognon
2012 V. Grandini, Info Artribunee, Valentina Grandini
2012 D. Ruijters, Dood of levend?, Modernisme in Middelburg Info Metropolism
2012 L. Fassi, A. Salvadori, Interview Rob Johannesma, exhibition catalogue Spots of times
2011 L. Fassi, Echoing the History of Painting, Moussemagazine #28, pp 202-209
2010 B. Rutten, 4 Art/AVRO, Dutch television, Nov. 20th
2010 F. Lutgerink, Sneeuw is wit, over context en documentaire Strategieën, Fotodok, pp 12-13
2010 R. Johannesma, Waarom poëtisch?, Awater, pp 46
2009 H. den Hartog Jager, Video’s van bos en collages van ‘dode bomen’, NRC Handelsblad, Aug 15
2009 N. Out, Herkomst en betekenis van beelden, PZC, July 23
2008 R. Johannesma, “Parallelle Bibliotheek”, Volume 15 Archis , pp 100-101, 2008
2007 P. Andriesse, “Rob Johannesma”, september, 2007 (cat.)
2007 R. Kist, ‘Gevelreclame voor antieke handschriften’, NRC Handelsblad, May 18, 2007
2007 L. den Besten, ‘Nieuw en Oud, alles wat zeldzaam is’, Museumtijdschrift, pp. 33, Nr 5
2007 S. Smallenburg, ‘Untitled 1998/The art is where the heart is…(part two)’, exhibition catalogue PRPL FBRK , 2007
2004 J.Rothuizen, Interview de Avonden, VPRO radio, Dec.
2004 S. Spijkerman, ‘Rob Johannesma’, Kunstbeeld, nr.12, pp 74, Dec.
2004 S. Smallenburg, ‘Wachten tot de zon ondergaat’, NRC Handelsblad, Dec. 23
2004 M.Leij, ‘Luisterlandschappen’, NRC Handelsblad, Oct. 22,
2004 W. van Ziel, ‘Onheilendspellend gezoem en gepiep’, De Volkskrant, Oct. 20,
2003 Hans-Jürgen Hafner, ‘Rob Johannesma’, Kunstforum, no. 163, pp. 350-351, Jan./Feb.
2003 J. Wesseling, ‘Rob Johannesma’, catalogue
2002 L. Benedetti, M. van Rooy, ‘Interview with Rob Johannesma’, cat. Moving Landscapes, pp.39-40
2002 R. Roos, ‘Jonge Meesters’, Kunstbeeld nr. 12, pp. 44-46
2002 A. van Driel, ‘De koestering van het kunstmatige’, De Volkskrant, January 4
2002 P. van der Velde, ‘Ontdekkingsreizen met zwevende camera’, De Telegraaf, February 15
2002 R. Perrée, ‘Landschappen in beweging’, Kunstbeeld nr. 4, pp. 21-25
2001 Prix NI 2001, exhibition catalogue, pp.10-11
2001 K. Feenstra ‘Uiterst traag breekt de zon door’, De Volkskrant, February 2
2001 S. Heerma van Voss, ‘Nouvelles Images’, NRC Handelsblad, February 2
2001 R. van Put, ‘Bedwelmd door een video’, Haagsche Courant, February 7
2001 S. Spijkerman ‘Kijken tot achter de horizon’, Trouw, March 16
2001 Ex Machina/Über die Zersetzung der Fotografie, NGBK, Berlin, exhibition catalogue
2001 J. Frusch, ‘Rob Johannesma’, Limburgs Dagblad, March 10
2001 T. Figee, ‘Rob Johannesma schildert met video’, Amersfoortse Courant, March 23
2001 Martin Bril, ‘Rotswanden’, Het Parool, March 15 Martin Bril
2001 B. Jansen, ‘Beeldgrappen in Venetië’, Financieel Dagblad, June 16
2001 B. Jansen, ‘Seeing yourself looking’, Post-Nature, Nine Dutch Artists, exhibition catalogue 2001
2001 P. Groot, ‘Caleidoscopische kijkdozen’, Metropolis M, August
2001 Wild Gliders, Aschenbach/Hofland, exhibition catalogue
2001 V. Illes, ‘Vertrouwde beelden raadselachtig’, De Volkskrant, September 29
2001 K. Keijer, ‘Een discotheek met dj voor kickers’, Het Parool, October
2001 A. B. ter Brake, ‘Johannesma en het perpetuum mobile’, Tubantia, October
2001 H. den Hartog Jager, ‘Natuur in de kunst’, NRC Handelsblad, October 12
2001 J. van Elsberg, ‘De röntgenromantiek van Rob Johannesma’, Skrien nr. 10, p. 58
2000 B. Jansen, ‘Rob Johannesma- ‘Seeing yourself looking’, Nieuwsbrief Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam no. 50, January
2000 ‘Rob Johannesma Artist’s page, From# 2, exhibition catalogue
2000 N. Wijnja, ‘Knollen en Olijven’, Het Parool, March 2
2000 A. Robinson ‘Fact, Fiction, Photography’, www.londonart.com, March 23
2000 Profili della giovane pittura contemporanea in Europa, exhibition catalogue, Museo del Golfo, 2000For Real, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, exhibition catalogue
2000 S. Heerma van Voss, ‘Stronken en takken in een villa’, NRC Handelsblad, November 15
2000 KW14, Een ceder in mijn tuin, exhibition catalogue
1999 S. Smallenburg, ‘Stimuli’, NRC Handelsblad, December 4
1999 B. Jansen, ‘Zinnenstrelend’, Het Financieel Dagblad, December 4
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam
ABN AMRO art collection
Mathieu Cherkit, Misha de Ridder, Rens Horn, Rob Johannesma, Matt Kleberg, Jule Korneffel, Karen Lee Williams, Erin O’Keefe, Marjolein Rothman, Bettie van Haaster, Arjan van Helmond, Marenne Welten
June 13 - July 11, 2020Misha de Ridder, Rens Horn, Rob Johannesma, Marjolein Rothman, Bettie van Haaster, Arjan van Helmond, Marenne Welten
January 17 - February 29, 2020Mathieu Cherkit, Misha de Ridder, Rens Horn, Rob Johannesma, Jule Korneffel, Karen Lee Williams, Erin O’Keefe, Marjolein Rothman, Bettie van Haaster, Arjan van Helmond, Marenne Welten
December 21 - December 21, 20192020
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