Harmen Brethouwer
1960 Aalten
Education:
1979 - 1980 CABK, Kampen
1980 - 1984 ABK, Arnhem
Selected solo exhibitions:
• 2024 "Tradition as workshop", Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen
• 2021 "Meanderlust", Hidde van Seggelen, Hamburg
• 2013 "Old School", Hidde van Seggelen Gallery, London
• 2011 "Novelties", Hidde van Seggelen Gallery, London
• 2008 "Wish for Peace", Centraal Museum, Utrecht
• 2008 "On Superfluous Things", Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
• 2006 "Delft Waves", Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam
• 2003 "Art Deco", Centraal Museum, Utrecht
• 2001 "Precious Objects", Museum het Princessehof, Leeuwarden
• 1999 "Fighting Crickets", Stately Home of Oud-Amelisweerd / Centraal Museum, Utrecht
• 1997 "Chinoiseries", Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Selected group exhibitions:
• 2015 "Design Derby, Netherlands - Belgium (1815 - 2015)", Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
• 2014 "Geestverwanten", Rabo Kunstzone, Utrecht
• 2013 "Hand Made", Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
• 2013 "Porta Nigra", Hidde van Seggelen Gallery, curated by Mark Kremer
• 2012 "Through an open window, Art contemporain de la Rabo Art Collection", Institut Néerlandais, Paris
• 2009 "SuperStories", 2nd triennial of contemporary art, fashion and design, Hasselt
• 2003 "Lautloses Irren", Postbahnhof, Berlin, curated by Harm Lux
• 2001 "Locus Focus", Sonsbeek 9, Arnhem
• 2001 "Mobile Wall System", Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
• 1998 "From Foreign Shores", Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
• 1998 "Original Perdue", Westergasfabriek Amsterdam, curated by Raoul Teulings
Publications:
• 2024 Harmen Brethouwer, "Scratching Lacquer", with an essay by Monika Kopplin, Hidde van Seggelen, ISBN 978-3-9819511-5-8
• 2022 Harmen Brethouwer, "Exquisite Corpse", with an essay by Michael Young, Hidde van Seggelen, ISBN 978-3-9819511-3-4
• 2009 Harmen Brethouwer, "False Abstracts", with an essay by Hans den Hartog Jager, De Zwaluw Publishers, ISBN 9789077794487
• 2008 Harmen Brethouwer et al., "On Superfluous Things", De Zwaluw Publishers, ISBN 9789077794227, English edition / 9789077794272, Dutch edition
• 2005 Harmen Brethouwer, "Untitled (fachwerk) I - XII, designs for framework panels"
• 2005 Harmen Brethouwer, "In Vitro", with a text by Hester Eymers, Galerie de Expeditie, ISBN 9080379638
• 2004 Harmen Brethouwer, "Delft Waves, part 1, SWAN", with texts by Alex de Vries and Neelke Doorn, ISBN 9077794018
Work in collections:
• Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
• Centraal Museum, Utrecht
• Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar
• Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem
• Lisser Art Museum, Lisse
• Museum Beelden aan Zee, Den Haag
• Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
• Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville
• AkzoNobel Art Foundation
• De Nederlandsche Bank
• Rabo Art Collection
• private collections Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, UK, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, USA