Van Rijn regards the image space of his often large scale and overwrought images as a mataforical and fictional space that simultaneously positions itself within, beyond, aside and in front of everyday reality. It’s content is fuelled by the ever recurring discussion on the end of art and the death of painting in particular, which is taken as a metaphor for todays cultural state of affairs. Recently, this has lead into researches on ‘dead’ cultures that are being ‘revived’; specifically northern european pagan cults.
Remnants of the Golden Age at Ushi Kolb Galerie Haus Schneider, Karlsruhe, DE, September 22 - november 6 2009.
Great, acrylics - paper, 250 x 170 cm, 2009
OK, acrylics - paper, 175 x 250 cm, 2009
Alright, acrylics - paper, 250 x 170 cm, 2009
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
'Through Hell and High Water' installation @ Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 2008
'Through Hell and High Water' installation @ Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 2008
'Through Hell and High Water' installation @ Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 2008
'Through Hell and High Water' installation @ Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 2008
'Reality...',watersoluble paints/ink-paper, 240 x 350 cm., 2008
'In Hell', watersoluble paints/ink-paper, 240 x 350 cm., 2008
'Ghost of the Dead Painter', watersoluble paints/ink-paper, 160 x 160 cm., 2008
'Through Hell and High Water' installation @ Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 2008
'Through Hell and High Water' installation @ Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 2008
'Through Hell and High Water' installation @ Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 2008
Saturday, December 01, 2007
'Mooi van Ver', Tent, Rotterdam, 2007, NL
'Mooi van Ver', Tent, Rotterdam, 2007, NL
Escape, Artist!, Tent, Rotterdam, 2007, NL
Escape, Artist!, Tent, Rotterdam, 2007, NL
Escape, Artist!, Tent, Rotterdam, 2007, NL
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
making new work
Friday, December 01, 2006
Renaissance..., 200 x 150 cm., acrylics/ink-paper, 2006
Drifting..., 65 x 50 cm., pen/ink-paper, 2006
Monday, October 23, 2006
Bureau gallery's booth at ZOO art fair, London, 2006
From October 13th till 15th 2006 Bureau gallery from Salford Manchester showcased work at ZOO art fair of : Jacob Cartwright, Karin de Jong, Freek Drent, Tony Garifalakis, Dave Griffiths, Irene Hanenbergh, Esther Johnson, Ronnie Kray, Vinca Petersen, Ewoud van Rijn.
Friday, October 20, 2006
The Muse's Imperative03- exploding eye, ink-paper, 50 x 70 cm., 2006
The Muse's Imperative02, ink-paper, 62 x 50 cm., 2006
The Muse's Imperative01-be mysterious, ink-paper, 63 x 52 cm., 2006
Only Chaos Is Real, acrylics-ink on paper, 220 x 150 cm, 2006
2008 ‘Through Hell and High Water’, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL (supported by BKVB foundation, Amsterdam, NL)
2004 New fantastic tourism, Archipel, Apeldoorn, NL
2003 L-A international, Robert Berman gallery, Los Angeles, USA Scenic2, Gertrude contemporary art spaces, studio 18, Melbourne, Australia 2002 Element X, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss
2001 Maurits van de Laar gallery, The Hague 2000 Museum van Nagsael, Rotterdam 1999 Cokkie Snoei gallery, Rotterdam Luxus, The Hague
Exhibitions group 2010 Mixed Blessings, Gertrude contemporary art spaces, Melbourne, Aus.
2009 Art Rotterdam, Seventeen Gallery, Rotterdam. Symphony in White', Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam. 2008 Art Toronto, Galerie Ushi Kolb, Toronto, Can Art Moscow, Galerie Ushi Kolb, Moscow, RF Art Amsterdam, Galerie Ushi Kolb, Amsterdam, NL Volta Basel, Seventeengallery, Basel, CH
2007 The Eye of the Beholder, De Vishal, Haarlem, NL Scope-Miami, Gallerie Ushi Kolb, Miami, USA Mooi van Ver, Tent., Rotterdam, NL Urban Gothic, Broadstone XL, Dublin, IRL Quantumvis3, RcdeRuimte, Ijmuiden, NL Urban Gothic, Dilston Grove, London, GB
2006 ZOO art fair, Bureau gallery, London, UK (supported by fonds BKVB Amsterdam, NL) this is the thing I thought would never come, Bus gallery, Melbourne, Aus. Urban Gothic, Quartair, The Hague, NL Be our guest, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL Artstore_kunstambassade Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2005 Works on paper, Cokkie Snoei gallery, Rotterdam, NL Magic, Vamiali’s gallery, Athens, GR (supported by the Mondrian foundation, Amsterdam) Drops in the Ocean, HWW projectruimte, Rotterdam, NL Vittorio Roerade & friends, Pulchri, The Hague, NL
2004 The New Gothic-art for the Tortured Soul, Cokkie Snoei gallery, Rotterdam, NL Flash/Fresh, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Rotterdam, NL
2003 rm103, Auckland, New Zealand, NZ
2002 G.U.N., Oslo, NO transpublic, Linz, AUT Soft Spots/Weke Delen, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
2001 ROOM the shop: Nostalgia of Mud, ROOM, Rotterdam, NL Cokkie Snoei gallery, Rotterdam, NL Hart, Red gallery, Hull, UK When i look at you...II, Quartair, The Hague, NL Daar is de visite (when i look at you...I), Arti, Amsterdam, NL Breeze of air, Tot nut en genoegen-community garden, Rotterdam, NL Wormhole, Gensai heights gallery, Tokio, JP
2000 Sterk als staal..., Pictura, Dordrecht, NL Wormhole, Bookmark gallery, Detroit, USA Wormhole, Multiple XX gallery, Rotterdam, NL Oh!...de ziel..., Kunstruimte Kampen, Kampen, NL Sneak, Kauffman complex, Rotterdam, NL
1999 KunstRAI, Cokkie Snoei gallery, Amsterdam, NL 12 x 12, Quartair, The Hague, NL Reanimator, rm3, Auckland, New Zealand, NL
1998 Images of desire, Y-burg gallery, Amsterdam,NL Mille fleurs, CBK, Rotterdam, NL presentation ‘Porn’ issue, Luxus, Niet de Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, NL
Publicity -Aanspelen in een nachtmerrie, Anne Berk, FD, 2008 -HTV #70,Radical losers, guest editor: Marc Bijl, A’dam, NL -Quantum Vis, Kunstbeeld 7/8, 2007 -M. Dölle, From DIY to DIT, Het Wilde Weten-publication, 2007 -Irene Gerogianni, Magic-Athens: Vamiali’s gallery, Contemporary no 78, London - UK, 2006 -Helena Papadopoulos (ed.), Magic, Strippedbare magazine, issue 06, Berlin - Germany, summer ‘05 -Andrea Gilbert (ed.), Magic (catalogue), Vamiali’s gallery, Athens – Greece, 3.’05 -Marcel Ruyters, Artzone, Zone 5300, Rotterdam – NL, summer 2005 -Arjan Reijnders, Actuele tekenkunst, Kunstbeeld #6, NL, 2004 -Gespot, Kunstbeeld #5, NL, 2004 -Sandra Smets, Nog geen nieuwe gothic, Rotterdams Dagblad, R’dam – NL, 03-02-2003 -Peter Frank, International Biennial Roundup I, LA-weekly, Los Angeles – USA, 09-08-2003 -Wilma Süto, Deftly cutting out body parts, Maandberichten Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam – NL, 2002 -Mark van de Voort, Verdwijnen in een schilderij, Brabants Dagblad, Den Bosch – NL, 23-5-2002 -Sandra Smets, Maura en Oosterhuis..., Rotterdams Dagblad, R’dam – NL, 30-10-2001 -Dee Grijack, Art Scene, Hull - UK, 2001 -Roos van Put, Veranderlijke vormen..., Haagse Courant, The Hague – NL, 13-6-2001 -Nick Spratt, Reanimator, Log magazine, Christchurch - New Zealand, 2000 -Dolf Welling, Tastbare herinneringen..., Rotterdams Dagblad, R’dam – NL, 6-4-1999 -Fred Balvert, Een tuin aan de Mauritsweg, Tube light 03, NL, 1999
Catalogues -Venture/The Muse’s Imperative, text: S. Smallenburg / D. vd Velden, PrintROOM, Rotterdam, NL, 2007 -Typo, ed. Fabiola Reyes, Monsa, Barcelona, SP, 2008 -Urban Gothic, ed.: G. Bolster, text: C. Darwent, UK/IRL, 2007 -ArtStore, ed.: H.G. Lim & M. Van Wijngarden, Rotterdam, NL, 2007 -Museum van Nagsael, Veenman publishers, Rotterdam, NL, 2007 -Zoo art fair ParaZine, ed.: K. De Jong/PrintROOM, 2007 -Zoo art fair catalogue, Zoo art fair, London, 2006 -‘This is the thing I thought would never come’, BUS / T. Garifalakis, Melbourne, AUS., 2006 -‘Magic’, Vamiali’s gallery, Athens, GR, 2005 -Absolut L-A international, Los Angeles, USA, 2003 -‘Soft Spots’, Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL, 2002 -Wormhole #1, Rotterdam, NL, 2000
Collections Robert Berman, L-A, USA Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, NL Siemens, NL Ministry of foreign affairs, NL Coll. Hugo & Carla Brown, the Hague, NL Private collections: Amsterdam, The Hague, London, Melbourne, Karlsruhe
Residencies 2003 Gertrude street contemporary art spaces, Melbourne, AUS, april-june 2002 Garba, Montescaglioso, IT, july-august 2001 Oreste3, Montescaglioso, IT, july-august
Prizes Siemens jury, 1990 Siemens public, 1990
Miscellaneous - 2007-... Tutor KABK The Hague - 2007 Exams committee, Minerva academy, Groningen - 2007 Exams tutor, KABK, The Hague - 2007 Member committee artist matters, Rotterdam Center for the arts. - 2006 Guest tutor, Minerva academy, Groningen - 2004-... Member committee special projects, Stroom-HCBK, The Hague - 2004-...Guest tutor, KABK, The Hague - 2002 Member of funding and program workgroups of Het Wilde Weten project space, Rotterdam, (www.hetwildeweten.com) - 1999 Co-founder and program curator of ROOM artist run space. From 1999. (www.roomweb.nl)