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| Adriaan van den Berk attended the Academy of Arts 'Artibus' in Utrecht, Holland and graduated in enamelling technique. Ever since he works as an independent artist from his houseboatstudio on the river Vecht in Maarssen. Personal experience, objective observations, associations and the appeal of the expressive possibilities of the material, are the main sources of his work. An inquisitive attitude, a great sensitivity to materials and craftmanship have resulted in a varied oeuvre. All expressive materials are useful to Adriaan van den Berk. Besides imaginative quality and technical perfection, the work has an emotional intensity and is compellingly present. |
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The artist want to put qualities like strenght,
brightness and honesty into his work. The objects and tableaus reflect
a rich medley of form, colour and material and are not bound to one style.
The work is not solitary, but is connected with craft, science, architecture
and religion. Work has been bought by governmental organisations and businesses,
Enamelmuseum Himmerod, Grosslittgen, Germany, the museum of modern Enamelart
at Salou, Spain, Fundacion Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, the cathedral,
Utrecht and can be found at home an abroad in private collections. |
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| AWARDS | |
1993 Barcelona, Spain,
2nd Award, IV Premio Emision de Esmalte Internacional 1995 Madrid, Spain, 3rd
Award, VI Salon Internacional de Esmalte Artistico, Centro Cultural Galileo 1997 Utrecht, the Netherlands,
Hans van Dokkumaward, genootschap Kunstliefde Madrid, Spain, Segundo
Premio esmalte Artístico, Museo de la Ciudad 2004 Utrecht, Bernhard Johan Kerkhofaward, genootschapKunstliefde Utrecht, The Netherlands,
the Boellaardaward, genootschap Kunstliefde |
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| SOLO-EXHIBITIONS (selection) | |
1982 Utrecht, Galerie Flatland 1983 Maarssen, Cultureel
Centrum 1985 Zeist, Internationaal
Werkcentrum Beeldende Kunsten 1988 Hilversum, GSA Galerie 1989 Houten, Galerie Het
Oude Station 1991 Zeist, Vleugel Galerie,
Slot Zeist 1992 Ravenstein, Galerie
K 1607 1993 Driebergen, Galerie
Ateliers Driebergen 1994 Amsterdam, Galerie
Iro-Iro 1995 Utrecht, genootschap
Kunstliefde 1996 St-Oedenrode, Mariëndael
Galerie 1997 Hilversum, GSA Galerie 2001 De Bilt, Kunstruimte
Traverse 2002 Großlittgen,
Duitsland, Email Museum Himmerod 2003 Londen, Engeland,
Studio Fusion Galerie
Langenfeld, Duitsland. Kunstraum Langenfeld. 'Allein ich bin Adriaan'.
Morez, Frankrijk. La Maison de L'émail. 'Artiste d'honneur'.
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| GROUP-EXHIBITIONS (selection) | |
1983 Utrecht, Galerie Flatland 1985 Maartensdijk, Galerie
Acanthus 1986 Amsterdam, Galerie
Lughien 1987 Putten, Gemeentelijk
Expositie Centrum 1988 Meppel, Meppeler Expositie
Centrum 1989 Deidesheim, Duitsland,
Stadthalle 1990 Laren, Singer Museum 1991 Hilversum, GSA Galerie 1992 Limoges, Frankrijk,
‘11e Biennale Internationale D'email Contemporain’ 1993 Tokio, Japan, The
Ueno Royal Museum, 1994 Kent, U.S.A., Kent
State University Gallery, ‘Contemporary American and European Enamel’ 1995 Utrecht, Domkerk,
‘Poorten, Vensters, Perspektieven’ 1996 Rijswijk, Gemeente
Museum 1997 Coburg, Duitsland,
Kunstverein Coburg, ‘Europäisches Email’ 1998 Rijswijk, Gemeente
Museum 1999 Lelystad, Provinciehuis 2000 Hilversum GSA Galerie,
‘50 jaar Toegepaste en Beeldende Kunst in Hilversum’ 2001 New Delhi, India,
National Craft Museum, ‘Colour and Light’ 2002 Boekel, Museum de
Kluis 2003 Rijswijk, Museum Rijswijk,
het Tollenshuis, ‘Email, Eeuwenoud en Gloednieuw’ 2004 Aixe–sur–Vienne,
Frankrijk, Centre Culturel Jacques 2005 |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
1989 Catalogus, The Enamelist
Society Newport, U.S.A., ‘The Enamelist Society Juried Exhibition’
1990 Catalogus, Biennale
Internationale de Limoges, Limoges, Frankrijk, ‘l'Art de l'email’
1991 Pulchri, Magazine
Augustus ‘Kunst is eenzaamheid’ Ellen de Jong-de Wilde 1992 Brabants Dagblad,
21 oktober ‘Diepe gloed van emaille kleuren’, Fred op de Coul
1993 Catalogus, Fourth
International Enamelist Society Juried Exhibition, Newport, Kentucky,
U.S.A., ‘Dynamic Limitations’ 1994 Catalogus, Kent State
University Art Gallery, Kent, Ohio, U.S.A., ‘Contemporary American,
Canadian and European Enamelists‘ 1995 ‘Hedendaagse
Kunst in de Vecht en Amstelstreek’, Patricia C.M. Poelmann 1996 Catalogus, The Japan
Enamelling Artists Association, ‘The Ueno Royal Museum’, ‘9th.
International Exhibition of Enamelling Art in Japan’ 1997 Catalogus, Kunstverein
Coburg e. V., Coburg, Duitsland, ‘Europäisches Email’ 1998 Catalogus, Kunstverein
Coburg e.V., Coburg, Duitsland, Jahresausstellung 1998 1999 Catalogus, GSA, ‘50
Jaar Toegepaste en Beeldende Kunst Hilversum’. 2000 Correo del Arte, Enero-Febrero,
nr. 155, ‘Panorana del Arte’, Per Antonio Morales. 2001 Catalogus, Vereniging
Nederlandse Emaileurs 2002 Laren, ‘Harderwijk
Emailstad’, Catalogus, The enamelist Society, New Delhi, India,
‘Colour and Light’ 2003 Catalogus, Creativ
Kreis International, Himmerod, Duitsland, ‘Wendekreis Zeichen der
Zeit’
-Uitgave kunstenaars biografie 'Roodgloeiend'. Emaille tableaus en objecten. -Toer nr. 2 april. Hedendaagse kunst in oude kerk. Auteurs: Hein Jan Hagen en Henk Stellingwerf.
2005 -BBK-krant nr. 268, 2005. Kunstenaar Adriaan van den Berk. Auteur: Rob den Boer.
2007 -Catalogus. Jubileum expositie 200 jaar Kunstliefde. Centraal Museum Utrecht / DDC. -Nobel magazine. nr.2, 2007 Kunstenaars portretten.
2008 -Catalogus Jubileum expositie, Museum voor vlakglas en emaillekunst.
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