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