Ruud Kuijer
Born 8 June, 1959 in Schalkwijk, the Netherlands

EDUCATION

1981-1984 Royal Academy of Art and Design, Den Bosch,
1984-1986 Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1986 Wentzel Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1987 Waalkens Gallery, Finsterwolde, the Netherlands
1989 Wentzel Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1990 Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
1990 Living room exhibition hosted by Benno Premsela and Friso Broeksma, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1991 Wentzel Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1995 Southworth International Group, Portland, Maine, USA
1996 Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands
1997 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
2000 Waalkens Gallery, Finsterwolde, the Netherlands

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected]

1986 Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, the Netherlands, �Dix verts�
1986 Staatliche Kunstakademie [National Art Academy], D�sseldorf, Germany
1987 Triangle Artists Workshop, Pine Plains, New York, USA
1988 Fort aan de Drecht [Fort on the Drecht], Uithoorn, the Netherlands
1989 Waalkens Gallery, Finsterwolde and KunstRai, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1989 Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands �Groeten uit Utrecht� [Greetings from Utrecht]
1991 Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, �Peiling 91�
1996 Piltzer Gallery, Paris, France and Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1998 Schlo� Eichberg [Eichberg Castle], Rohrbach, Austria
1998 Valentien Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
1998 Stadhuis [City Hall], Utrecht, the Netherlands, �Salon van Utrechtse kunstenaars en vormgevers� [Salon with artists and designers from Utrecht]
2000 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, �Nieuwe aanwinsten� [New additions to the collection]
2000 Museum Het Paleis, Den Haag, the Netherlands, �Huiskamers? Schatkamers!� [Living Rooms � Treasure Troves!]

2006 Wetering Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, �Releasers, de keuze van Frans Wisman� [Releasers: The Choice of Frans Wisman]
2007 Fondation Pierre et Poppy Salinger [The Poppy and Pierre Salinger Foundation], Le Thor, France, �G�ometrie-Sculpture� [Geometric Sculpture]

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Gemeentemuseum [Municipal Museum], The Hague, the Netherlands
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands

AWARDS

1984 Centraal Beheer Prijs
1987 Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, aanmoedingingsprijs beeldende kunst [encouragement award for visual arts]
1993 Charlotte van Pallandtprijs voor beeldhouwkunst [sculpture award]
2004 Fentener van Vlissingen Cultuurprijs [culture award]
2005 Nederlandse Betonprijs [Dutch cement award]

PROJECT WATERWORKS 2002-2013

2002 Waterwork I, �Forward�
2003 Waterwork II, �Bearable Lightness�
2005 Waterwork III, �Chardonnay�
2007 Waterwork IV, �Overstag� [tacking]

MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES

1990-1991 Teacher at Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1992-1997 Teacher at Royal Academy of Art and Design, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
1989-1990 Board member �Aankopen� [purchases] STROOM Den Haag
1990-1993 Board member �Beurzen en Stipendia� [scholorships and stipends] BKVB
Fund, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2001-2002 Member of Visitation Commission � Visual Art and Design, research
on the quality of art education in the Netherlands, conducted by the
HBO-raad [Netherlands Association of Universities of Professional Education]
2005 National Exam Delegation for Autonomous Art, ArtEZ, ABK Zwolle
2006 Conference Recovered Landscapes, Gunpowder Park near London,
on invitation by the University of Leeds
2006 Lecture on �Waterwerken� [Waterworks], symposium Kunst im �ffentlichen
Raum, Ra�me f�r die Kunst [Art in public space, spaces for Art], Wilhelm
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
2006 Visiting lecturer at ArtEZ, Academy for Visual Arts Zwolle, the Netherlands
2007 Visiting lecturer at Universit�t der K�nste, Berlin, Germany

IN DEVELOPMENT

2007-2008 Large concrete sculpture for the headquarters of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, Papendrecht, the Netherlands
2008-2009 Waterwerk V [The fifth in the Waterworks series]
2009 Exhibition in the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands, following the presentation of Waterwerk V

MONOGRAPHS

1990 Ruud Kuijer. Beelden 1988-1989 [Ruud Kuijer, Sculptures 1988-1989], Utrecht exhibition catalogue (Centraal Museum) 1990. Text by Bert Jansen, Sjarel Ex and Ruud Kuijer.
1996 Ruud Kuijer. Hout/ijzer, ijzer/beton. Baustoffe der Plastik, [Ruud Kuijer � wood/iron, iron/concrete, materials for sculpting] The Hague, (Haags Gemeentemuseum) and Duisburg (Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum) exhibition catalogue, 1996-1997. Text by Hans Janssen and Christoph Brockhaus.
2005 Ruud Kuijer. Land veroveren. Architectonische sculptuur [Conquering the Land � Architectural sculpture] �At Land�s End�, Utrecht, the Netherlands 2005. Publication on the occasion of receiving the Fentener van Vlissingen culture award. Text by Gottlieb Leinz.
2006 Waterwerken. Beeldhouwer Ruud Kuijer [Waterworks, Sculptor Ruud Kuijer], film about the Waterworks project by Jos Kuijer and Casper Haspels, commissioned by Kunst Centraal and Kunstuitleen Utrecht. 14 minutes.

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS (selected)

1986 Dix verts [Ten greens], Maastricht exhibition catalogue (Bonnefanten Museum) 1986.
1988 Fort aan de Drecht [Fort on the Drecht], Uithoorn exhibition catalogue (Fort aan de Drecht) 1988.
1989 Groeten uit Utrecht [Greetings from Utrecht], Utrecht exhibition catalogue (Centraal Museum) 1989.
1991 Peiling 91. Tien jonge Nederlandse kunstenaars [Survey 91 �Ten young Dutch artists], The Hague exhibition catalogue, (Haags Gemeentemuseum) 1991-1992.
2007 G�om�trie Sculpture [Geometric Sculpture], Le Thor exhibition catalogue, [Poppy and Pierre Salinger Foundation] 2007. 14 monumental sculptures from the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum collection.

ARTICLES (selection since 2002)

2002
�Beeldje van 8000 kilo� [Sculpture weighing 8000 kg], Utrechts Nieuwsblad 11 June 2002.
�Te groot beeld� [Oversized sculpture] , Deventer Dagblad 11 June 2002.
�Kunstvervoer over Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal� [Transporting art across the Amsterdam-Rijn Canal], Spits 11 June 2002.
�Kunstwerk per boot verplaatst� [Moving artwork by boat], Metro 11 June 2002.
Karin Hoekveen, �Bijzonder transport van bijzonder beeld� [Unique transport for a unique sculpture], Stadsblad 12 June 2002.
�Sculpture at Land�s End�, interview RTV Utrecht 19 June 2002.
�Waterwerk I krijgt een vervolg� [A sequel to Waterwork I], Utrechts Nieuwsblad 26 November 2002.

2003
�Kunst op de boot� [Art on the boat], Staatscourant 27 May 2003.
Britta Sanders, ��Draagbare lichtheid� vaart sokkel moeiteloos tegemoet� [Bearable lightness effortlessly floats to the pedestal], Utrechts Nieuwsblad 28 May 2003.
�Betonnen sculptuur per schip vervoerd� [Concrete sculpture moved by ship], De Scheepvaartkrant 11 June 2003.
�Zwaargewicht fleurt kanaal op� [Heavyweight decorates the canal], Profiel (Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management) 12 June 2003.
Peter ter Veer, �Een symfonie in beton. Beeldenproject langs het Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal� [Symphony in concrete � Sculpture projects along the banks of the Amsterdam-Rijn Canal], Utrechts Nieuwsblad 14 June 2003.

2004
Jeroen de Valk, �Fentener-Cultuurprijs voor Ruud Kuijer� [Ruud Kuijer receives Fentener culture award], Utrechts Nieuwsblad 29 July 2004.
�Fentener van Vlissingen Cultuurprijs� [Fentener van Vlissingen culture award], Kunstbeeld (2004) nr. 8 (August).
�Ruud Kuijer wint de Fentener van Vlissingen Cultuurprijs� [Ruud Kuijer wins Fentener culture award], Ons Utrecht 4 August 2004.
�Beeldhouwer Ruud Kuijer onderscheiden� [Sculptor Ruud Kuijer receives award], Stadsblad 1 September 2004.
Lotte de Wit, ��Ik wil geen wegwerpkunst�. Beeldhouwer Ruud Kuijer over zijn �Waterwerken�� [I don’t want disposable art � Ruud Kuijer about his �Waterworks� project], NRC Handelsblad 26 August 2004.
Thea Figee, �Hangen en liggen, verbinden, leunen� [Hanging, reclining, connecting, leaning], Utrechts Nieuwsblad 28 August 2004.
�Fentener van Vlissingen Cultuurprijs 2004� [Fentener van Vlissingen culture award], BK-informatie 26 (2004) nr. 6 (10 September), p. 16.
Christina Hosman, �Sculpture at Land�s End of waar Utrecht begint. Ruud Kuijer krijgt eerste Fentener van Vlissingen Cultuurprijs� [Sculpture and Land’s End or where Utrecht starts. Ruud Kuijer receives first Fentener van Vlissingen culture award], Lucasx 11 (2004) nr. 4 (October), pp. 22-27.
Sanneke Stigter, �Fascinatie voor beton. Waterwerken van Ruud Kuijer� [Fascination for concrete. Ruud Kuijer�s Waterworks], kM (2004) nr. 52 (winter), pp. 5-7.
Ton Brehm, �De huid van beton� [The concrete skin], Cement (2004) nr. 8.

2005
Danielle Arets, �Ruud Kuijer, betonkunstenaar. Interview� [Ruud Kuijer, concrete artist � an interview], in: Danielle Arets (ed.), CMKBU, een veelbelovende onderneming, Utrecht 2005, pp. 40-43.
Piet Augustijn, �Ruud Kuijer wint Fentener van Vlissingen Cultuurprijs 2004� [Ruud Kuijer wins Fentener van Vlissinigen culture award], Beelden (2005) nr. 1, p. 21.
�Sculpture at Land�s End nr. 3�, Utrechts Nieuwsblad 3 May 2005. Bonita de Voogd, �Een spoor van beton� [A concrete trail], Koppeling (2005) nr. 1779 (13 May).
�Kunstvervoer per binnenschip� [Transporting art by tugboat], Scheepvaartkrant 18 May 2005.
�Spannende sculptuur steekt kanaal over� [Exciting work of art crosses the canal], Cement (2005) nr. 4.
�Waterwerk III: Chardonnay van Ruud Kuijer� [Waterwork III: Chardonnay by Ruud Kuijer, kM (2005) nr. 54.
Anka van Voorthuijsen, �Hier floreren alleen beton en staal. Chardonnay, het jongste beeld van Ruud Kuijer aan het Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal� [Only concrete and steel flourish here � Chardonnay, the newest sculpture by Ruud Kuijer on the Amsterdam-Rijn Canal], Utrechts Nieuwsblad 18 June 2005.
Natalie Smeets (red. en interview), �Waterwerken. Betonnen sculpturen op industrieterrein� [Waterworks � Concrete sculptures in industrial estates], MeerTV programme 155, Saterday 2 July 2005. 5 min. Online: http://www.meertv.nl/archief/showmovie.asp?Id=949 [29-11-2007]
Bonita de Voogd, �Kunst langs de Werkspoorbrug� [Art along the temporary railway bridge], Metro 5 July 2005.
Frits Scholten, �Beelden buiten. Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal� [Outdoor sculptures � Amsterdam-Rijn Canal], Kunstschrift 49 (2005) nr. 4 (August/September), pp. 50-51.
Arend Evenhuis, �Ondanks het formaat blijft de menselijke maat behouden� [Human proportions despite its size], Trouw 22 August 2005.
Bert Jansen, �Een badkuip naast het kanaal� [A bath beside the canal], Het Financieele Dagblad 17 September 2005.
Ad Tissink, �Grillig kunstwerk Chardonnay kanshebber op betonprijs� [Artist of whimsical artwork Chardonnay candidate for the concrete award], Cobouw 25 October 2005.
Inge van den Blink, �Utrechtse kunst van Kuijer maakt kans op Betonprijs� [Utrecht artist Kuijer candidate for the concrete prize], AD/Utrechts Nieuwsblad 29 October 2005.
�En de winnaar is�� [And the winner is�] , Cement (2005) nr. 7.
Paola van de Velde, �Sprankelend als Chardonnay� [Sparkling like Chardonnay], De Telegraaf 15 November 2005.
�Winnaars Betonprijs 2005� [Winners of the concrete award 2005], Cobouw 17 November 2005.
Anka van Voorthuijsen, �Betonprijs voor kunstenaar Kuijer. Met sculptuur Chardonnay, industrieterrein Lage Weide, in de prijzen� [Concrete award for artiest Kuijer for sculpture Chardonnay at industrial park Lange Weide], AD/Utrechts Nieuwsblad 22 November 2005.
�Betonnen po�zie� [Concrete poetry], Profiel 1 December 2005.

2006
Ruud Kuijer (edited by Wil Roelofsen), �Beton in synergie met cultureel ondernemerschap. De Waterwerken van Utrecht� [Concrete in synergy with cultural entrepreneurship � Utrecht’s Waterworks], BV Nieuws. Informatie voor leden van de Betonvereniging (2006) nr. 2 (March).

2007
Ineke Inklaar, �Megabeeld per boot naar Lage Weide� [Gigantic sculpture transported by boat to industrial park Lage Weide], AD/Utrechts Nieuwsblad 25 May 2007.
�Beeld Overstag met vertraging over het kanaal� [Sculpture ‘Tacking’ delayed in crossing canal], AD/Utrechts Nieuwsblad 30 May 2007.
Thomas van Belzen, ��Je gaat toch anders naar beton kijken�� [Concrete will really never be the same], Cobouw 30 May 2007.
Paul Engels, �Betonnen kunstwerk Overstag� [Concrete artwork �Tacking�], Betonkrant 17 (2007) nr. 33 (June).
�Overstag� [�Tacking�], Profiel (2007) nr. 12 (14 June), pp. 12-13.
�Sculptuur steekt kanaal over� [Sculpture crosses the canal], Binnenvaartkrant 5 June 2007.
��Overstag� symbool voor vernieuwing Lage Weide� [�Tacking� as a symbol for innovation in Lage Weide industrial park], Kamerkrant voor ondernemend Utrecht (2007) nr. 6 (July/August).
Maarten Bloem, �Waterwerken op eigen kracht� [Waterworks on their own], Dagblad De Pers 4 July 2007.
Arend Evenhuis, �Oeversculptuur liggend langs het kanaal� [Sculptures laying on the banks of the canal], Trouw 7 July 2007.
Martin Dekker, �Andersoortige waterwerken� [Different kind of waterworks], Binnenvaartkrant 3 July 2007.
�Ruud Kuijer gaat �Overstag�. Vierde Waterwerk langs Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal� [Ruud Kuijer’s “tacking”. Fourth Waterwork on the Amsterdam-Rijn Canal], De Telegraaf 27 July 2007.
�Stadskunst. Sta stil bij kunst� [Urban art � consider art], NL30 stadsmagazine voor Utrecht e.o. (2007) nr. 17 (15 August).
�WATERwerk IV� [Waterwork IV], Villa d�Arte (2007) nr. 4 (September- October).
�Kunst vanuit de trein� [Viewing art from in the train], Metro 14 September 2007.
�Overstag� [Tacking], ProRail (2007) nr. 3 (October), p. 9.
Sandra Spijkerman, �Beelden buiten. Po�tisch beton langs het Amsterdam Rijnkanaal� [Outdoor sculptures � Poetic concrete on the Amsterdam-Rijn Canal], Kunstbeeld (2007) nr. 10 (October), p. 90.
Karen Duking, �Het industri�le paradijs van Ruud Kuijer� [Ruud Kuijer�s industrial paradise], Lucasx 14 (2007) nr. 4 (October - December), pp. 18-19.
Robert Vissers, �In gevecht met de zwaartekracht. �Cultureel ondernemer� Ruud Kuijer vervaardigt beeld in opdracht van Boskalis�, [Battling gravity, �Cultural entrepreneur� Ruud Kuijer creates a sculpture commissioned by Boskalis] Cohesie (2007) nr. 4 (October), p. 7.
Henk Wapperom, �Nabehandeling als kunstvorm� [Follow-up treatment as an art form], Cement (2007) nr. 7 (November), pp. 18-21.

Information: Ruud Kuijer makes abstract sculptures and includes recognizable forms. He fits in with the tradition of modernist sculpture but has an entirely individual approach to the language of abstract imagery.

Website: Ruud Kuijer website

Han Halewijn de Groot born 8 may 1963 in Leeuwarden.
At eight years he started playing the recorder and later the oboe.
Studied at the High school of the Arts in Arnhem and followed:
� Master courses with Gilbert Flory and Lothar Koch (Berliner
Philharmonica)
� Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag
� Lessons/Workshops from amongst others Walter Hekster, John Cage,
W. Lutoslavski, - Jaap Drupsteen (audio/visual composing techniques),
Oliver Messiaen and at Les ateliers UPIC the center of Iannis Xenakis.

He works as an independent artist-composer-teacher, does R&D on new media (like usage of WEB-virtual-real exchanges, LED technology, Interfaces 4 applications design, Mobile gaming and RFID) and has collaborated with video, dance, music-theatre, Internet, mobile phone and light-art (Bulat Galeyev). During these years he won prices with �Interactive Woods� and �Disturbing Utopia� (Paper Art 7).

In 1992 he initiated Music Design for art research and to produce multimedia and interactive performances, media and social communication experiences and to develop dedicated proprietary hard and software. In November 1997 a portrait of him was performed at the ISCM chamber music days in Albania.

Other real/virtual interactive communicative surroundings and performances produced by him are amongst others; �Talking Trees� made for the Foundation Maeght (the Labyrinth of MIRO); �Vision in the Dark� a real-live adventure for blind people; �Enchantress Influenza� an interactive surrounding for children; �Concerto Grosso� an interactive concert tour with its premiere at the World EXPO 2000, �Breathing in Breathing out� an interactive rotating wall of 2 by 3 meter illustrating the effects of asthma.

Meanwhile he followed a scriptwriting course with Zoran Solomun to finish the first state of the interactive movie �To the best of my Memory�; was selected for: �the performer and the mediated image�; the Korsakov Workshop for interactive documentary filmmaking in Turin, the �Radio Arte Jump� Master class from Federico Fusi about narrowcasting ideas or using the air as an exhibition space and the SAGASnet expert meeting for mobile application development (OULU). In may 2007 he was selected for a workshop on tracking technology at V2 during the DEAF-festival.
In 2005 he contributed to the project �Belgrad Reporter� for B92 (narrowcasted radio), to the Triennial Gelderland �Vormen van Aarden� with the worldwide first active RFID -ART project “Tagged Space” (www.taggedspace.net) that automatically produces RIGA�s (a reflective interactive generated artwork), a user dedicated web space and a merging story hat appears in real-time according to the users behavior and to the Paper ART 9 (remixed) Biennial in D�ren with his AGB�s (Art Gedanke Batterien) consisting of 1km �wellpappe� to access the ART experience on its own while laying down. After that his work was selected for exposure during the �Jahresgaben� in the Leopold Hoesch Museum (Duren) and in the meantime he showed some of his works to the public at the Art Fairs in Rotterdam and Antwerpen.
In 2006 he contributed with �Unwrapped� to the Biennial in Belgrad and was commissioned for the design of a Public Space Project in Alkmaar. With �Interchange Me� he will bring a building 2live (reflecting the inner activity through audio fragments at the outside (the voice) and reflecting the neighborhood -who creates images that are selected through an online web based system- onto a new developed LED dream display (the eyes)(Opening estimate end of 2008) (http://halewijn.blogspot.com) + (http://deoosterhout.blogspot.com) During that time he contributes to the startup of Fabulari.no (a fairytale program for children of 4till6, chosen as 1 of the 100 Magic Moments with exposure at the newly opened Opera in Oslo).
In November 2007 his work is exposed at the �Golden Pen� Biennial in Belgrad, he is invited to take part in the Behance Network and exhibits with �The Lady with the Dog� at the NanoArt competition of 2008.

At the moment he is amongst others working at the development of “Leaving Traces” an awareness project with RFID in the public space,
�I �am a Multi Billy TrillionAir� a reflective project about SCAM 409 emails and at a theater play with Barbara Cleff: �Together Again� for old and young dancers with its premiere in Wuppertal, June 2008.

Since the beginning of 2008 he initiates the commercial startup of Animated Light.

Website: Han Halewijn
Contact email: Han@HanHalewijn.nl