Jos van Merendonk Works, exhibitions and biography
Artist Statement
Jos van Merendonk (1956) has, in the last three decades continuously labored on a body of works that, given the selfimposed limitations at hand, has a surprising scope and depth. Three simple gestures on a square canvas forms a base structure, this structure is then re-imagined by Van Merendonk painting over the structure, always using the same, rather unforgiving green hue. It might seem contradictory to create freedom by imposing limitations upon oneself. By never asking what a painting could be, but always what his painting could be, he arrived at a void in which the art historical baggage of the medium was no longer a concern. The last three decades have been spent on a relentless research of the options available within an extremely tight set of constraints. The result is a body of work that seems of a somewhat anachronistic detachedness. Van Merendonk has shown at Kienzle Art Foundation Berlin (2014, solo), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2002, 1994, 1991) and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam (1996). His work is part of the collections of: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, Museum Het Prinsenhof Delft, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation and the ABN Amro Art Collection. He studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Rotterdam (1978-1982) and lives he and works in Amsterdam. Van Merendonk is represented by Galerie Christian Roellin in St. Gallen, Switzerland and Boetzelaer|Nispen in Amsterdam.
Works
2015-1-6, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm
2015-1-4 2015, acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm
2015-1-3, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm
2015-0,6-12, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 60x60cm
2015-0,6-11, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 60x60cm
2015-0,6-8, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 60x60cm
2015-0,6-7, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 60x60cm
2014-2-1, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 200x200cm
2014-1-2, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm
2013-2-1, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 200x200cm
Exhibition overviews
Pure Matter, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Installtion overview
Pure Matter, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Installtion overview
Pure Matter, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Installtion overview
Pure Matter, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Installtion overview
Pure Matter, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Installtion overview
Pure Matter, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Installtion overview
Installtion overview Pure Matter, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Installtion overview
Pure Matter, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Installtion overview
Pure Matter, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Installtion overview
Pure Matter, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Installtion overview
Curriculum Vitae Jos van Merendonk 1956 Education 1978-1982 Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam, NL Solo Exhibitions 2014 2014 2010 2008 2007 2006 2004 2002 2001 1999 1998 1997 1994 1993 1992 1991 1989 1988 1987
PURE MATTER, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, DE Stupf und Feurig (mit/with Marien Schouten), Galerie Christian Roellin, St Gallen, CH ECHTZEIT, Galerie Christian Roellin, St. Gallen, CH UPLOADING THE FIELD, Galerie Christian Roellin, Zürich, CH FEEDBACKLUSSEN, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, NL IMMER DISTANZ, kulturwerkT66, Freiburg, DE OHNE MÜHE, Galerie Christian Roellin, St. Gallen, CH HAMERSTUKKEN, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, NL Galerie Barbara Oberem, Bonn, DE A FALSE PICTURE, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, NL VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, NL BFA Gallery,Liempde, NL Galerie Appel, Frankfurt Am Main, DE Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL Hales Gallery, London Richard Salmon Gallery, London, UK Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL Galerie van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL Galerie van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL Galerie van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL Galerie van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL Galerie van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL
1986 1985 1983
Galerie van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL Galerie van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL Museum Waterland, Purmerend, NL
Group Exhibitions 2014 2013 2012 2011 2008 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Abstracts-three work of the eighties, Galerie De Zaal, Delft, NL Abstracts-one, two, Galerie De Zaal, Delft, NL Moderne Klassik (Robert Lebeck/Jos van Merendonk/Marien Schouten), Galerie Christian Roellin offspace, Bever. CH Voorbij “le cadavre exquis”, Quartair, Den Haag, NL Zomertentoonstelling Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, NL There is Desire Left (Knock, Knock), Kunstmuseum Bern/Wiesbaden, DE QUIET SURPRISE, Galerie Van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL November ist vor Dezember, Galerie Barbara Oberem, Bonn, DE COLLECTION – SELECTION, Galerie Christian Roellin, St. Gallen, CH CONTOUR, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, NL WHAT WOULD A WORLD WITHOUT PAPER BE LIKE?, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, NL PATRONEN. ERIC JAN VAN DE GEER, JOS VAN MERENDONK, TENT, Rotterdam, NL GESTURE SUGGESTION, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, NL SUITE VOICES #5, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, NL LIFE IN A GLASS HOUSE, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL 21 TEGEN DE MUUR, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL ABSTRACT, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL KAMINSKY, MECHLER, VAN MERENDONK, Galerie Appel und Troschke, Frankfurt am Main, DE NIEUWE LEDEN, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL ONBEGRENSD EN INGEKADERD, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, NL L’HOMME SUCRE, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL UNFOLD, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL DE RODE SJAAL, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL LEO DE GOEDE, PETER KOOLE, JOS VAN MERENDONK, Hales Gallery, London, UK DE PORT A PORT, Ateliers d’Artistes de la Ville de Marseille, Marseille, FR EEN PLUS IS EEN ELF, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL COUPLET , Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
1993 HUTTENLOCHER, LASKER, VAN MERENDONK, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL 1991 ABOUT PAINTING, Artis, Den Bosch, NL DR. BREWSTER&CO, Rotterdam, NL OP WARE GROOTTE: TEKENINGEN, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL 1989 RIJKSAANKOPEN 1988, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL 1988 KONINKLIJKE SUBSIDIE 1980 – 1987 Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam, NL SIGNATUUR, Haags Centrum voor Aktuele Kunst, Den Haag, NL 1986 Galerie van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL RIJKSAANKOPEN, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, Den Haag, NL 1985 RIJKSAANKOPEN, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, Den Haag, NL QUINTET, Galerie Westersingel 8, Rotterdam, NL 1984 Galerie van Kranendonk, Den Haag, NL 7 TEKENAARS, Galerie Westersingel 8, Rotterdam, NL Publications 2012 2008 2007 2007 2006 1993 – 2003 2006/2007/ 2003 2002 2000 1998 1997
AANWINST, Kunstcollectie Hogeschool Rotterdam, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL THERE IS DESIRE LEFT (KNOCK, KNOCK), Cat. Kunstmuseum, Bern, CH PRESENT Kunst bij rijksgebouwen 2004-2006, episode publishers, Rotterdam, NL 6 SUR PLACE, Fortis Stichting Kunst en Historisch Bezit, Utrecht, NL CONTOUR / CONTINUïTEIT, Cat. Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, NL, Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle, NL AANWINSTEN / ACQUISITIONS STEDELIJK MUSEUM AMSTERDAM, Cat.nr. 879, Veenman Publishers, Rotterdam, NL HORIZONTE DES SAMMELNS, Wolfsberg Arts Forum JOS VAN MERENDONK, A FALSE PICTURE, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, NL PROOF OF PRINCIPLE, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Arnhem, NL LIFE IN A GLASS HOUSE, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, cat.nr. 873 90 OVER 80, Tien jaar Beeldende Kunst in Rotterdam, Stichting Kunstpublicaties Rotterdam, NL ONBEGRENSD EN INGEKADERD, Cat. University of Groningen L’HOMME SUCRÉ, Cat. Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
