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Curriculum vitae:
Jan 2014
Rob Sweere
Solostraat 22
6822 DS Arnhem The Netherlands
Born in Boxmeer on 24 december 1963
Phone: 0031-(0)6-22185115
E- mail: robsweere@gmail.com
home-page :
www.robsweere.com,
www.silentcity.nu, www.walkingtrees.nl
Art Education:
1984 - 1986 Academy for Fine Arts St. Joost
1986 - 1989 University for the Arts (BA)
1991 - 1992 Rijksacademy voor Fine Arts (Masters)
Breda. (dept. photography & audiovisual)
Arnhem.
(dept. Fine arts)
Amsterdam.
(dept. Art Media Studies)
Grants:
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Startstipendium Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst Amsterdam.
Basisstipendium Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst Amsterdam.
Projectsubsidie Provincie Gelderland
Projectsubsidie Provincie Gelderland
Projectsubsidie Provincie Gelderland
Projectsubsidie Provincie Gelderland
Basisstipendium Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst Amsterdam
Projectsubsidie Provincie Gelderland
Projectsubsidie Provincie Gelderland
LIVE Projectsubsidie Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst Amsterdam
LIVE Projectsubsidie Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst Amsterdam
LIVE Projectsubsidie Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst Amsterdam
LIVE Projectsubsidie Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst Amsterdam
Commissions:
2014 Permanent work in Vriezenveen. Principal: Kunstenlab deventer & City of Twenterand.
Realisation 2014 ( Two works: The Fifth Landscape)
2013 Inflatable monumental work. Principal: Landgoed Keizersrande
2013 Permanent work on the Goudsberg, Lunteren. Realisation 2014.
2013 Permanent small architecture object at the Havenkwartier Deventer. (work: Lucy Cube)
2013 Study for permanent work in Hardenberg.
2013 Study for observatory. Keizersrande estate, Deventer.
2013 Permanent work in Helmond. Principal: City of Helmond. Realisation 2013 (work: Lightpace)
2012 Permanent work, two works in Zaandam. Principal: City of Zaanstad. Realisation 2014
(work: De Havenees)
2012 Series of workshops and an exhibition in with groups of young people, Provincie Gelderland.
( project: Young Walking Trees)
2011 Permanent outside installation in national museum for sculpture: Kroller-Muller Museum,
Otterlo The Netherlands. (work: The Hub)
2011 Permanent work at two sides of a river, city of Nijmegen. (work: On The Road)
2011 Monumental artwork in the water. Principal: City of Geertruidenberg (work: Viewmaster One &
Two)
2010 Study for new parkingplace Highway A1, commissioned by national Rijkswaterstaat.
2010 Community house and sledgeproject, city of Uummannaq, Greenland. Realisation 2012
2010 Study for permanent work in between city and natural area, city of Wijchen, The Netherlands.
2009 Permanent work in new section of the city of Zoetermeer, The Netherlands.
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Realisation 2012 (work: -IKJOUJIJMIJ- )
Permanent work , small building for waterengineering, principal: Rijkswaterstaat
(work: Het Gemaal)
Monumental artwork in a new park. Principal: Volkshuisvesting Arnhem (work: Doubleview)
Study for monumental artwork in the center of Amsterdam.
Prinicpal: Stadsdeel Amsterdam centrum/Wise Guys
Study for large installation outside congresscentre in Taipeh, Taiwan.
Rijksgebouwendienst (central governmental organisation) National Vaccination Institute,
Bilthoven. Principal: Atelier Rijksbouwmeester, The Hague (work: Blue Water)
Temporary artproject: Musis Project concept, production and participation.
December 2004 – September 2005
Principal: City of Arnhem
Monumental Artwork in new home development area
Principal: City of Boxmeer
(work: Waiting for the Moon)
Monumental Artwork in en outside new cityhall & citysquare in Spijk
Principal: City of Lingewaal. (work: Meeting Point)
Study for monument against violence
Principal: City of Gorinchem
Study for psychiatric department in Hospital in Arnhem.
Monumental Artwork in ‘De Groene Kamer’
Principal: City of Arnhem (work: Skystones)
Monumental Artwork inside new cityhall in Zutphen.
Principal: City of Zutphen.
(work: Subtiel energiesysteem voor gemeentehuis)
Monumental Artwork in garden in Hurwenen.
Principal: private. (work: The Dreamer)
Four photoworks made at location and exhibited permanently.
Principal: GBK Arnhem & Tuininformatiecentrum Appeltern.
Collections:
Works are in private collections, Museum of Modern Art Arnhem and the Kroller-Muller Museum.
Stichting NUTUUR:
Founder and chairman of Stichting Nutuur, together with Hans Jungerius and Kim Lokers.
www.nutuur.nl
Teaching:
2 day workshop Willem de Kooning Academie Rotterdam
5 day Workshop: The Heart of Art
Universities at Mexico-City, Mexico. Zwolle, The Netherlands. Vilnius, Lithuania.
5 day Workshop: A Non-Adrenaline Expedition
University at Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
8 day Workshop: Going Dutch / Dreamlandscape. Academie voor Bouwkunst (academie for
architecture – masters) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1 day Workshop: Young artists – Community Art. Commisioner: Cultuur& Co
5 day workshop: What’s Your Sound? At CMMAS, Morelia, Mexico. Summer 2012
2 day workshop Willem de Kooning Academie Rotterdam
SHOWS:
( ssp# = Silent Sky Project#)
2013:
- solo exhibition Young Walking Trees. Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, MMKA.
- Walking Trees + installation. Landgoed Avegoor, Dieren.
- Walking Trees, Silent Sky Project# + exhibition, Center for Architecture CASLA, Almere.
- Walking Trees, Woeste Grond, Stichting G.A.N.G.
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- Walking Trees, Provincie Gelderland, Arnhem
- Radiation performance, Museum for Modern Art Het Valkhof. Nijmeegse Kunstnacht.
- SSP#55, Rotterdam.
- SSP#56, Rhoon.
- SSP#54, Istanbul Modern museum, Istanbul, Turkye.
- Openingsperformance, river Waal, Beuningen& Ewijk.
- Outdoorshow X-ray camping, Urban camping, Amsterdam.
- Installation, kunst op de koffie, Arnhem ( work: War of the World)
2012:
- International exhibition IFAA. (Silent Sky Project#52) Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
- Contemplatorium-Vortex, center Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Walking Trees, actions and performances with small groups of people, different dates and locations.
- Euregio: Hengelo-Munster, Holland-Germany. Curator: Albert van der Weide (ssp#48 & 49,
exhibition: city hall Hengelo and international airport Munster-Osnabruck, Germany.
- Landgoed Vosbergen, a series of paviljons and landscap interventions coming into exictence the
next years. Fist paviljon: De Waterkamer / The Waterroom. Organised together wiht the estate owner
Gijs van Dedem.
- Ostrale, Dresden, Germany. (ssp#50 + exhibition)
- Heemtuin Leiderdorp. Outside groupshow ( work: Love Tree)
- Breda, IDFX. Outside groupshow ( work: Instamatic)
- Museum for Modern Art the Kroller Muller Museum. ( work: Instamatic)
- Museum for Modern Art Arnhem, Gelderland Bienial, groupshow ( works: Philospoherstone, The
Passing, Greenlight, performance series: Silent Conversation with You)
- project: Young Walking Trees, series of workshopdays wiht young people (16-20) throughout the
province of Gelderland
- Gogbot festival, Enschede (work: Contemplatorium – Vortex)
- MAFF festival, Almelo (work: Contemplatorium – Vortex)
- Nijmeegse kunstnacht, Nijmegen, Museum for Modern Art Het Valkhof (work: Contemplatorium –
Vortex)
- CMMAS, Morelia, Mexico. (ssp#51 + 5 day workshop)
- Marres, galerie, Maastricht. Groupshow. (work: Instamatic)
2011:
- Groupperformance, showroom GANG, Arnhem, The Netherlands. (work: -Here Now-)
- groupshow kunstenlab, Deventer, The Netherlands.
(work: presentation Boermansk, new parking area for highway)
- International exhibition in public space in the center of Ankara, Turkye.
(works: ssp#38, ssp#39 and large photoprint) Curator: Jerome Symons.
- Community art project -Zon op Zuid-, Arnhem, The Netherlands (work: Ligthtrees, three works)
- Gildemeesterplein, Arnhem, The Netherlands. ( work: groupperformance – Radiation 01)
- Solo exhibition, Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands.
(works & projects: Can you See the Seer, Under your Skin, Sometimes I am Sad,
Contemplatorium, Drone, Styx, As the World Turns, Viewmaster One & Two – model, Silent
Sky Project# the photoseries, Silent Sky Project#42, Blue Room, Soundsourcing, Back to
Nature, Honey, Contemplatorium – Vortex)
- Feu de St.Jean, Le Maupas, France. (work: ssp#40, ssp#41)
- Museumnight, center Arnhem, The Netherlands. (work ssp#43, Contemplatorium-Vortex)
- galerie KaDE, groupshow, Amersfoort, The Netherlands. (work: De Schreeuw)
- Galerie -Nieuwe Vide-, Haarlem, The Netherlands. (work: Live Saver, Moving-photo)
- Museumnight, center Haarlem, The Netherlands. (work: groupperformance - Touching Art)
- Protestant Community, Cothen, The Netherlans. (work: ssp#44)
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- Community Art Project, Leiden, The Netherlands. Wijken voor Kunst
(work: groupperformance: Meeting You Meetig Me & large photoprint)
- Presentation Culturele Atlas, showroom GANG, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
(work: groupperformance Radiation 02)
- festival Art in Odd Places 14th street, New York City, USA.
Curator: Ed Woodman, Kalia Brooks (work:ssp#46, ssp#47)
- Occupy Wallstreet, New York City, USA. (work: ssp#45)
2010:
- Groupperformance -UP-, Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands.
- Silent Sky Project#37, Jeruzalemkerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Out of Space, international show in natural area of Rottige Meente, Friesland, The Netherlands.
(work: Contemplatorium – Out of Space)
- Galery De Compagny, Veghel, The Netherlands. (groupshow, photography)
- festival 008, Arnhem, The Netherlands. ( work: Drone)
- Exhibition Tijdverdrijf, Brunssum, The Netherlands (work: Boslicht)
- festival Gij Zult Genieten, University Nijmegen, The Netherlands (work: Live Saver & Live Saver Air)
- festival Dag van de Dijk, Rijkswaterstaat, Heerewaarden (works: Live Saver & Live Saver Air)
- Brachen Siedlung, Stichting GANG, Nijmegen, Arnhem and RUHR 2010 european cultural
capital-Duisburg, Germany (work: Born Into Heaven)
2009:
- Provincie Gelderland, Moving, performance with 688 people, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
- Galerie De Kluis, Arnhem, The Netherlands. (work: Contemplatorium)
- Galerie Showroom G.A.N.G., Arnhem, The Netherlands. (work: Candy Floss Forest)
- City of Gangjin, South-Korea. Silent Sky Project#28 – 29
- Uummannaq / Ikarasak, Greenland. Silent Sky Project#30 – 31 (spring)
- UFA fabrik, Berlin, Germany. Silent Sky Project#32
- Museum for Modern Art, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
Project: De Vierde Verdieping & Silent Sky Project#33
- Kinitiras Studio, artist in residence, Athens, Greece. Silent Sky Project#34
- Festival: Into the Great Wide Open, Vlieland, The Netherlands. Nutuur Foundation
(work: Forest Light)
- Sledge Project. Uummanatsiaq, Greenland. Commisioned by: Uummanaq Polar Institute
(summer)
- International Artshow Ostrale 09, Dresden, Germany. Silent Sky Project#35 & outside show of
20 large photo’s of the Silent Sky Project#
- Liverpool Bienial, Urbanism ’09, Liverpool, England . Silent Sky Project#36 & outside show of
21 large photo’s of the Silent Sky Project#
- International Artshow IFAA, galerie/museum Oudekerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
(work: Who Do You Think You Are)
- galerie SKCG, Arnhem, The Netherlands. (work: As the world turns & no-concept series)
2008:
- Galery Sign, groupshow, Groningen, The Netherlands. (work: The No-Concept series)
- Ifaa, international groupshow with dutch and african artists, Museum for Modern Art, Arnhem,
& Africa Museum, Berg & Dal, The Netherlands. (project: -Who dou you think you are-)
- Nature, Space and Time, recent aquisitions, Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands.
(work: two photo’s Silent Sky Project#, #6 and #21)
- De Kunstsprong, Vinexlocatie Lent/Nijmegen, The Netherlands. (work: STYX)
- Voor Kolderveen en de wereld, Kolderveen, The Netherlands. (large scale outside show about
Silent Sky Project# & Silent Sky Project#27
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Second Sinopale Biennal, Sinop Turkey Silent Sky Project#26
Silent Sky Project#22 - #23 - #24 - #25 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (also at MAC Niteroi,
museum for contemporary art)
Fort Asperen Leerdam, The Netherlands, international show; Closer to your Skin (work: Under
your Skin)
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Solo. (work: Life Line)
Kunstroute Zijpe, The Netherlands. (work: Shifting Horizon II)
workshop: The Heart of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2007:
- Center for Architecture Nijmegen (works Autumn Piece, Under Your Skin, and more)
- Hinterland Projects, Nottingham, England (work: STYX)
- Festival Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (works: Live Saver-water, Live Saver-Air)
- Havenkwartier, Deventer, The Netherlands, (works: Live Saver – Water, Lightcatcher, Double View &
Waiting for the Moon)
- Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands ( sculpture garden, large Photo, ssp#21)
- Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands (ssp#21)
- Huntington Beach Art Center, Los Angeles, USA (overview entire Silent Sky Project# + ssp#20)
- CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania (ssp#19)
- Landgoed de Horst / De Baak , CBKG (the work: Split View)
- Collingwood Art studios, Melbourne, Australia (ssp#16, show + action)
- Koori Heritage Trust, Melbourne, Australia (ssp#17)
- Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Australia (ssp#18)
- Foto Museum, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2006:
- University Fransisco Gavidia, and National University, San Salvador, El Salvador ( ssp# 14 # 15)
- Museum of Modern Art, Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (the work: Split View)
- Dag van het Veen, CBK Utrecht, Utrecht (the works: Travelling Light, Split View, Beam Me Up)
- Makor Gallery, New York City, USA
- Oerol Festival, Terschelling, The Netherlands (ssp# 13)
- Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands. (the work: Blue Room)
– Ramallah, Modi’in, Tel Aviv. Stichting Epicentrum, Palestine, Israel. (ssp # 10 #11#12)
- University Utrecht, De Uithof, international show SKOL, Utrecht, The Netherlands. (ssp# 9)
- Kunstenlab, Deventer, The Netherlands
- Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands (the work: DRONE)
- Phoenix Art Association, Brighton, England (ssp#7)
- Casco Land SA, Cape Town, South Africa (ssp#8, Radiotower, Radioproject: Where is Home?)
2005:
Silent Sky Project# :
#3 : Nityananda Tempel: Ganeshpuri, India.
#4 : Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, The Netherlands
#5 : Post CS building/Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
#6: University of Mexico, Mexico-City, Mexico
- Festival WWW, Witte de Withstraat / Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
- Tweeduizend, Waalstrand Lent, Nijmegen
- Galerie Melksalon – Arnhem:
- Museum of Modern Art Arnhem / Made in Arnhem:
HP Varenhorst Okkenbroek Devente
2004:
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Galerie PA/////KT - Amsterdam
Nieuwe Domeinen Amsterdam / Large international show in public space
Open Harbour Festival Amsterdam / Galerie PA///KT
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Plein Publiek – Foundation Epicentrum / Project in big shoppingcenter Kronenburg Arnhem
Foundation Woman and Enviroment / Foundation wAarde, Baarn The Netherlands
UNEP United Nations Enviromental Program conference in Nairobi, Kenia
Museum St. Katharinenhof – Kranenburg Germany
Parking HomelessHome / University Nijmegen / Studentchurch Nijmegen
Rijksgebouwendienst (central governmental organisation) – National Vaccition Institute, Bilthoven.
City of Arnhem, Theatrehall: Musis Sacrum
2003:
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PARALLEL//WEG G.A.N.G.foundation A12 Duiven (Holland)
Stuttgarter Filmwinterfestival 16 – Stuttgart
Germany:
Festival Motel Mozaique – Rotterdam:
Palais des Congres – Montreux Switserland
Hoogstraatmakers 102 – Vlaardingen
De Stad als Theater (The city as a theatre) – Zwolle:
Museum for Contemporary Art – Belgrade Yugoslavia
2002:
- Kröller Müller Museum – Otterlo
- Museum voor Modern Art Het Valkhof –Nijmegen
- Technical University Delft
- CBK Utrecht Province of Utrecht
- Museum for Modern Art - Arnhem:
- Foundation Visite - Citycentre Delft:
- On the outside facade of the townhall - Veghel
2001:
- galerie Raid Projects OCCA Los Angeles USA
- Cypress College Los Angeles USA
- De Baak management centrum VNO-NCW – Driebergen
- Cityjam i.s.m. Hooghuis – Arnhem
- Stichting G.A.N.G. – Arnhem
- PARK 4 DTV- Berlin Germany
In 1989 Sweere had his first show.
Rob Sweere has different publications please check his website:
www.robsweere.com
or Google – Rob Sweere