Arjan van Helmond CV

1971 born in Deurne
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Education

Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, 2003-04
Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, 1997-99
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Vrije Richting, Amsterdam, 1993-97
Technische Universiteit, Faculteit van Industrieel Ontwerpen, Delft, 1989-95

Awards
Jeanne Oosting Prijs, oeuvreprijs voor figuratieve schilderkunst, 2017

Stipendium for Established Artists, Mondriaan Fund, 2000, 2010 & 2017

Nomination Wolvencampprijs, biennial national prize for painting, 2012

Teaching / Other

2013 – now Professor Painting department, AKI ArtEz, Enschede
External expert and teacher at various Art academies:

Breitneracademie, AHK, Amsterdam, Hogeschool van Amsterdam
HKU, Utrecht, Sandberg-instituut, Amsterdam,

Avans Academie, ’s Hertogenbosch

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2023 De Uitzet, Museum De Wieger, Deurne (NL)

2022 Vertical Thinking, Albada Jelgersma Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2022 Re-Collection, Museum More, Gorssel (NL)

2020 seven x seven (session seven), Albada Jergersma Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2019 Fragments of Garden, Albada Jergersma Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2017 Jeanne Oosting Prijs, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen (NL)

2017 kleine revolutie, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (NL)
Neutral Zone, Luceberthuis Bergen (NL)

2014 When the exit no longer concerns you, Jan van Eyck academie, Maastricht (NL)

2012 The Humdrum, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam (NL)

2010 In Pursuit of Happiness, LUMC, Leiden (NL)

2009 Collecting dust, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam (NL)

2008 New paintings, NADA, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Miami (US)

2007 Navigator, Gallery FA Projects, London (UK)

Navigator, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam (NL)

2006 The Chrystal World, Chung King Project, Los Angeles (US)

Group- exhibitions (selection)
2024 Rupture, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2023     Inner Façade, Heden, The Hague (NL)

2022 vier-en-dertig zonnen, Galerie Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam (NL)

Quintessense, Albada Jelgersma Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

The Artist’s hand – selections from the WLDF, Naples Art, Naples Florida (US)

2021 Citoyenne Reprise, curated by Jeremiah Day, Netwerk Aalst (BE)

2020 Ogenschijnlijk nabij, CBK Zeeland, Middelburg (NL)

Try this at home, Albada Jergersma Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2019 Innenraum, Arjan van Helmond, Koen Vermeule, Robert Zuurmond en Heringa/ Van Kalsbeek, Galerie Anja Knoess, Köln (DE)

Paperworks, Albada Jelgersma Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2018 Darlings, Galerie Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam (NL)
Big Art at the Bajes, Bijlmerbajes, Amsterdam (NL)
The figure in the Carpet, Galerie Albada Jelgersma, Amsterdam (NL)
Lucebert, Galerie Nouvelle Image, Den Haag (NL)
Zwart, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen (NL)

2016 Wolvencampprijs, Jubileum tentoonstelling, Heartpool, Hengelo (NL)
Lo and Behold, Manifesta Office, curated by Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam (NL)

2015 Happiness is boring, Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin (DE)
De burgemeestder van Veurne, curated by Nina Folkersma and Anne-Françoise Lesuisse, Emergent Gallery, Veurne (NL)

2014 Staged city, Arti, Amsterdam (NL)
2013 Le peintre de la vie moderne, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig (DE)

Zuhause, GMüR, Berlin (DE)

The Legend of the Shelves, Autocenter, Berlin (DE)

2012 Wolvecampprijs, Hengelo (NL)

30 days of peace love and painting, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam (NL)
Through an open window, Institut Néerlandais, Paris (FR)
Door schildersogen/ From a painter’s perspecive, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam (NL)

2011 What’s up? Dordrecht’s Museum, Dordrecht (NL)

Tast-zin, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam (NL)

The Reality effect, Anne Moseri-Marlio Gallery, Zürich (CH)

2010 Decompression #10, National Gallery, Jakarta, curated by Agung Hujatnika (IN)

Blick ohne Ende, Autocenter, Berlin/ Dordrecht, curated by Jurriaan Benschop (DE/NL)

2009 Towing the line, drawing space, White Box, New York (US)

Opportunities, BravinLee programs, New York (US)

Altes Europa, Schickeria, Berlin, curated by Gesine Borchert (DE)

2009 I love the Benelux, Gallery Virgil de Voldere, New York (US)

2008 Dyptichs, Gallery FA Projects, London (UK)

2007 Berlin_nl, Nederlandse Ambassade, Berlin (DE)

2006 Le Nouveau Siecle, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam (NL)

Kaminzimmer, Galerie Grieder contemporary, Zürich (CH)

2005 Le Peintre de la vie moderne, Museum De Paviloens, Almere (NL)

Double Happiness, Biz-art, Shanghai (C)

International painting on paper, GBK, Sydney (AUS)

Advising

2018 – now  Advisor for Amsterdams fonds voor de kunst, Amsterdam
2016 – 2018   member of programming commitee Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam

2016 – 2019 Member of advisory board CAWA, gemeente Amsterdam

2010 – 2012 Member of the advisory board Buitenland-ateliers & Publicatiesubsidies, Mondriaan Fonds

Commissions

2019 Golfbrekers, Public commission, NS station Leeuwarden

Curatorial- & Research Projects

2016 Start-Up with the work of a new generation in painting, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam

2011 The Reality effect, with contributions of Alon Levin, Lidwien van de Ven and Arjan van Helmond, Galerie Anne Moseri-Marlio, Zürich

2005Close reading, Curator for the exhibition with contributions of Ben Cain, Gert Robijns, Kan Xuan, Tim Braden and Arjan van Helmond, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam, NL

Research project: Dialogen in de schilderkunst, The Collection, in collaboration with Sara van der Heide, De overslag, Eindhoven, NL

Residencies

2016 – 2017  Luceberthuis, Bergen
2006 Cité International des arts, Atelier Holsboer, Paris

2005 Biz-art, Shanghai
2003 RuangRupa, Jakarta

Bibliography (selection)
Monographs

2022 What speaks to us, fragments in Time space and painting, monograph with text-contributions of Jeremiah Day, Marieke Jooren and Georges Perec, Jap Sam Books

2016 Gute Nacht Einsamkeit, with Maria Barnas, 99 Publishers
2008 Navigator, monografie, met teksten van Gilda Williams, Zlatko Wurzberg en Ingrid

Commandeur, Veenman publishers

2007 Jakarta Megalopolis, horizontal and vertical observations, Stani Michiels and Arjan van Helmond, Valiz Publishers

2000 The smell of Sunday soup, artist-book, published by Jan van Eyck Akademie

Publications & Articles (selection)

2022 De schoonheid van schijnbaar alledaagse taferelen, Ellen Leijser in FD persoonlijk

2022 Alledaags geheugenpaleis, Anneke van Wolfswinkel in Museum Tijdschrift

2020 We are the collection, Akzo Nobel Art foundation

2020 Ogenschijnlijk nabij, CBK Zeeland

2019 Kunst laat het LUMC zien, LUMC

2019 Kunst in Leeuwarder stationsgebouw, Friesch Dagblad (19-10-2019)

2018 Jeanne Oosting Prijs, Winnaars eigenen zich vrijheid toe, Het Parool (26-02-2018)

2017 Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton collection, Antiga editioni, Italy

2016 Start-Up: Start-up Start-over, text-images-design, production AKI Enschede

2015 Another Day, nieuwe aankopen ABN AMRO collectie

2014 Ten words and one shot, volume 4, Deutsche & Japaner, Germany

2014 In Sight, thoughts on the collection of De Nederlandsche Bank

2013 The Drawer, vol 5, Sophie Toulouse, Barbara Soyer, Paris

2012 What’s Up! De jongste schilderkunst in Nederland, Dordrechts museum

2011 Tastzin, Hans den Hartog Jager, SSP, Amsterdam

Collections (selection)

Collection Santa Barbara Art Museum, The Saatchi Gallery, Museum Het Domein, De Nederlandsche Bank, Chadha Art Collection, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Schunck, The Schorr Family Collection, Rabo Kunstcollectie, Collectie Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam