Adriaan Rees (1957, Amsterdam) lives and works in China and Amsterdam. Rees is famous for his large-scale projects and assignments for public spaces. He makes sculptures and installations in many materials such as ceramics, bronze, glass, textiles, plaster, and stone. He also works with photography, video, and performances. When he works with clay, traces of his hands and the use of extreme power can easily be seen at the surface. He is approaching his sculptures almost as a landscape or a human body, sometimes in a sensual, sometimes in a brutal way. He is an artist who is not predictable, someone who is always surprised with new ideas and approaches, and a cosmopolitan artist.
Born in 1957, Netherlands.
Lived and worked in Germany, Finland, the U.S.A., China and Japan.
Now lives and Works in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Education
1991 | Sculpture Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam. |
2004 | Tokenomori, Institute for Ceramic Studies, Shigaraki, Japan. |
2009 | Inax Laratboratory, Tokoname, Japan. |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 | Kaneko Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan. KTO Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. |
2021 | Kaneko Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan. |
2019 | Museum Sculptures by the Sea, The Hague, Netherlands. Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. |
2017 | ArtCN Gallery, Shanghai, China. |
2016 | Jiwu Art Space, Nanjing, China. |
2015 | Kaneko Art Gallery Tokyo, Japan. Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. |
2013 | Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. |
2012 | Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. |
2011 | Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. City Museum, Kampen (3 locations), Netherlands. C&H Art Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Willy Schoots Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands. |
2010 | Total Museum, Seoul, Korea. 38CC Art Lab, Delft, Netherlands. |
2009 | Inax Life Museums, Tokoname, Japan. Willy Schoots Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. C-Space Beijing, China. Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. |
2007 | Willy Schoots Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. |
2006 | Willy Schoots Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands. |
2005 | Inax Museum, Tokoname, Japan. Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. |
2003 | Ram Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands. |
2002 | Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. |
2000 | Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Tokyo, Japan. |
1999 | City Museum, Zwolle, Netherlands. |
1998 | Nederlandse Gasunie, Groningen, Netherlands. |
1994 | Casco, Utrecht, Netherlands. |
1993 | Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands. |
1992 | Van Kranendonk Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. |
Selected Duo Exhibitions
2018 | Kooks, with Gijs Frieling, Leeuwarden Cultural Capital Europe, Netherlands. |
2017 | Rugwind en andere verhalen, with Herman Makkink, SBK Amsterdam, Netherlands. The next generation®, with Sam Rees, SBK Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
2015 | East West Wanderer, with Alexander Ginter, Gallery M,Landau, Germany. |
2012 | Reconstructing Memories, with A. Ginter, P13 Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany. |
2010 | Hochzeit, with Gijs Frieling, Art Amsterdam, Maria Chailloux gallery, Netherlands. |
2007 | The Duck seller, with Alexander Ginter, P13 Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany. |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 | Coppejans Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Livingstone gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. |
2021 | ArtCN Gallery, Shanghai, China. Coppejans Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. |
2020 | Coppejans Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Kaneko Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan. Livingstone gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. Anningahof Sculpturepark, Zwolle, Netherlands. |
2019 | Livingstone gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. Richz Gallery, Shenzhen, China. |
2018 | DNA, Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Rietveld Anniversary show, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Anningahof Sculpturepark, Zwolle, Netherlands. 38CC Art Space, Delft, Netherlands. The End of War, Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. |
2017 | Entropie II, Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Anningahof Sculpturepark, Zwolle, Netherlands. Jingdezhen China Museum, China. Summer show, ArtCN Gallery, Shanghai, China. |
2016 | Royal Palace Soestdijk, Netherlands. Entropie, Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Berlin, Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. Kunstrai Amsterdam, with Livingstone Gallery, Netherlands. Sexy Ceramics, Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Dutch Design Week Shanghai, China Anningahof Sculpture Park, Zwolle, Netherlands. De 20e eeuw, Spiegel van de tijd, Museum Princessehof Leeuwarden, Netherlands. RAM Gallery Rotterdam, Netherlands. PAN Amsterdam, with Livingstone Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
2014 | Anningahof Sculpture Park, Zwolle, Netherlands. The Blue Revolution, Yuan Chonghuan Museum, Dongguan, China I am not doing anything until…,De Nederlandse Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium PAN Amsterdam, with Livingstone Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
2013 | Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands. PAN Amsterdam, with Livingstone Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Blue Revolution, Prinsenhof Museum, Delft, Netherlands. The Blue Revolution, Imperial Porcelain Museum, Jingdezhen, China. |
2012 | Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. C&H Art Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
2011 | Art Amsterdam, with Livingstone Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. PAN Amsterdam, with Willy Schoots Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Maria Chailloux Gallery, Netherlands. |
2010 | Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Maria Chailloux Gallery, Netherlands. |
2009 | City Museum, Kampen, Netherlands. Maria Chailloux Gallery, Netherlands. A.A.C.A. Synergy, with Inax Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. |
2008 | Four Step Snake, 2 Cities Gallery, Shanghai, China. Art Cologne, with Willy Schoots Gallery, Koln, Germany. Netherlands Ceramic Museum, Fu Ping, China. P13 Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany. |
2007 | Colored, W139 Art Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands. MIArt, with Piercarlo Borgogno Gallery, Milano, Italy |
2006 | CAFA Gallery, Beijing, China |
2005 | City Museum, Den Bosch, China Art Project EKWC, Netherlands. |
2003 | From the Neck Up, Garth Clark Gallery, New York City, USA. Ceramic World Biennale, Icheon World Ceramic Centre, Korea. |
1998 | Senses test Station, Moscow Forum of Art, Moscow, Russia. |
1997 | Burning Sand, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, Netherlands. |
1995 | The Holy Fire, RED Centre, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Sculpture in the Little Forest, Ranaana, Israel. |
1993 | Exchange, Contemporary Art Centre Moscow, Moscow, Russia. |
Selected Performances (Youtube: Adriaan Rees)
2022 | Drei Hasen (AKA The white Hare from Inaba) Yokohama/Tokyo, Japan |
2021 | Drei Hasen (AKA Ricochet 2021) Coppejans Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Bonjour (AKA Inside Out) The Grand, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
2020 | I can’t read (AKA This is not America) Coppejans gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Wanderlust, Art Nomaden, Delft, Netherlands. |
2014 | Zwaaien, for Livingstone Projects, artist in residence Berlin, Germany. |
Selected Commissions
2022 | High Tea, new yawner for The Tea Culture Club, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
2021 | Oh Johnny, new yawner for Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
2018 | I can’t read (AKA This is not America) Coppejans gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Wanderlust, Art Nomaden, Delft, Netherlands. |
2014 | Zwaaien, for Livingstone Projects, artist in residence Berlin, Germany. |
2010 | Street lamps, Delft, Netherlands. |
2009 | Sculpture for Leiderdorp. Netherlands. |
2008 | Sculptures for Enkhuizen, Netherlands. |
2007 | Sculptures for Roundabout, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
2006 | Sculpture for Hoogersmilde, Netherlands. Hanging Glass Sculptures and Ceramic Sculpture, Maassluis, Netherlands. Sculpture and Terrazzo Bench, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
2004 | Sculpture and Landscaping, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Netherlands. |
2003 | Carillons with bronze Sculptures, Heerhugowaard, Netherlands. Ceramic Sculptures for Fredonia, State University of New York, USA |
2002 | Fountain Sculpture, IJsselstein, Netherlands. |
2001 | Sculpture for Aa and Hunze, Netherlands. Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Tokyo, Japan |
2000 | Design and development Town Square, Nieuwkoop, Netherlands. |
1998 | Design and development Sculpture Forest, Ursula Foundation, Nieuwkoop, Netherlands. |
1995 | Sculpture for Ranaana, Israel |
1994 | Sculpture for Gouda, Netherlands. |
1993 | Sculpture and Furniture for the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
1992 | Sculpture, bread and windmill project, Zoetermeer, Netherlands. |
Publications:
Ink Works: 2010-2020, Stephanie Bros & Stephane Guatier.
Website:
adriaanrees.com
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