Arjan van Helmond (1971, NL). Arjan van Helmond lives and works in Amsterdam.
He graduated from the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam in 2004. In October 2019 he created a public artwork in the NS Station of Leeuwarden, named Golfbrekers. In 2018 he received the Jeanne Oosting Prize. Solo exhibitions include: Museum More-Gorssel; Museum Kranenburgh-Bergen; De Nederlandsche Bank-Amsterdam; Lucebert Huis-Bergen; LUMC-Leiden; and many others. His work can be found in international collections like the William Louis-Dreyfus Collection, Stedelijk museum Amsterdam, The Saatchi Collection, Schunck, De Nederlandsche Bank, Chadha Art Collection, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Heden, The Schorr Family Collection, Rabo Art Collection and many more.
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 Tm 19 november Museum De Wieger
2022 Vertical Thinking, Albada Jelgersma Gallery, Amsterdam
2022 Re-Collection, Museum More, Gorssel
2020 seven x seven (session seven), Albada Jergersma Gallery, Amsterdam
2019 Fragments of Garden, Albada Jergersma Gallery, Amsterdam
2017 Jeanne Oosting Prijs, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen
2017 kleine revolutie, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
Neutral Zone, Luceberthuis Bergen
2014 When the exit no longer concerns you, Jan van Eyck academie, Maastricht
2012 The Humdrum, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam
2010 In Pursuit of Happiness, LUMC, Leiden,
2009 Collecting dust, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam,
2008 New paintings, NADA, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Miami, USA
2007 Navigator, Gallery FA Projects, London, UK
Navigator, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam,
2006 The Chrystal World, Chung King Project, Los Angeles, USA
Group- exhibitions (selection)
2023 Inner Façade, Heden, The Hague (NL)
2022 vier-en-dertig zonnen, Galerie Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam
Quintessense, Albada Jelgersma Gallery, Amsterdam
The Artist’s hand – selections from the WLDF, Naples Art, Naples Florida, USA
2021 Citoyenne Reprise, curated by Jeremiah Day, Netwerk Aalst, BE
2020 Ogenschijnlijk nabij, CBK Zeeland, Middelburg
Try this at home, Albada Jergersma Gallery, Amsterdam
2019 Innenraum, Arjan van Helmond, Koen Vermeule, Robert Zuurmond en Heringa/ Van Kalsbeek, Galerie Anja Knoess, Köln, GE
Paperworks, Albada Jelgersma Gallery, Amsterdam
2018 Darlings, Galerie Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam
Big Art at the Bajes, Bijlmerbajes, Amsterdam
The figure in the Carpet, Galerie Albada Jelgersma, Amsterdam
Lucebert, Galerie Nouvelle Image, Den Haag
Zwart, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen
2016 Wolvencampprijs, Jubileum tentoonstelling, Heartpool, Hengelo
Lo and Behold, Manifesta Office, curated by Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam
2015 Happiness is boring, Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin
De burgemeestder van Veurne, curated by Nina Folkersma and Anne-Françoise Lesuisse, Emergent Gallery, Veurne
2014 Staged city, Arti, Amsterdam
2013 Le peintre de la vie moderne, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig
Zuhause, GMüR, Berlin
The Legend of the Shelves, Autocenter, Berlin
2012 Wolvecampprijs, Hengelo
30 days of peace love and painting, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
Through an open window, Institut Néerlandais, Paris
Door schildersogen/ From a painter’s perspecive, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam
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,IN , curated by Agung Hujatnika
Blick ohne Ende, Autocenter, Berlin/ Dordrecht, DE/NL , curated by Jurriaan Benschop
2009 Towing the line, drawing space, White Box, New York, USA
Opportunities, BravinLee programs, New York, USA
Altes Europa, Schickeria, Berlin, DE, curated by Gesine Borchert
2009 I love the Benelux, Gallery Virgil de Voldere, New York, USA
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, AU
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