Wouter van der Laan (Huizen, NL, 1993)
Lives and works in Amsterdam (NL)
Education & Residencies:
2023
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Guest residency 2023 (NL)
2020
2022
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Residency 2020 - 2022 (NL)
2018
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Summer Residency 2018 (US)
2015
2017
FMI Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen (NL) | MFA, Painting, Cum Laude
2011
2015
HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, Utrecht (NL) | BA, Fine Art, with Honours
Exhibitions:
2024
Group Exhibition, 'Homies', Framer Framed, Amsterdam (NL)
2022
Group Exhibition, RijksOpen 2022, Amsterdam (NL)
2022
Solo Exhibition, 'Spinning Bee' PARK, Tilburg (NL)
2021
Group Exhibition, RijksOpen 2021, Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Group Exhibition, Prospects & Concepts 2020 Mondriaanfonds, Rotterdam (NL)
2019
Solo Exhibition, George Verberg Stipend, FMI, Groningen (NL)
2019
Group Exhibition, '2090', Vilnius (LT)
2019
Group Exhibition, ArtRotterdam 2019, Galerie Rianne Groen (NL)
2018
Group Exhibition, 'Pulse #23' Studio Omstand, Arnhem (NL)
2018
Group Exhibition, 'Mindframes', C&H Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2018
Group Exhibition, ‘Promising’, PARK, Tilburg (NL)
2018
Duo Exhibition, The Others Art Fair, Turin (IT)
2018
Group Exhibition, Gasunie, Groningen (NL)
2018
Group Exhibition, Westwerk, Hamburg (DE)
2017
Group Exhibition, 'Graduation Show Frank Mohr Institute 2017', Groningen (NL)
2017
Group Exhibition, 'Kunst aan de Dijk Prijs ', Museum Hilversum, Hilversum (NL)
2017
Group Exhibition, ArtRotterdam 2017, Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam (NL)
2017
Group Exhibition, Royal Award for Modern Painting 2017, Amsterdam (NL)
2017
Group Exhibition, ‘A State of Mind', Haus 34a, Bad Bentheim (DE)
2017
Solo Exhibition, 'Nest', Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam (NL)
2016
Solo Exhibition, ArtRotterdam 2016, Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam (NL)
2016
Solo Exhibition, Happy Days, Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam (NL)
2016
Group Exhibition, Positions Berlin Art Fair 2016, Galerie Bart, Berlin (DE)
2015
Solo Exhibition, 'Happy Days', Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam (NL)
2015
Group Exhibition, 'Nieuwe Oogst 2015', Galerie Bart, Amsterdam & Nijmegen (NL)
2015
Group Exhibition, 'Graduation Show HKU 2015', TWG, Utrecht (NL)
2015
Group Exhibition, 'Best of Graduates 2015', Ron Mandos, Amsterdam (NL)
2015
Group Exhibition, 'Seeing Bright Things', All Together Now, Rotterdam (NL)
Prizes, Grants & Nominations:
2022
Grant, WerktuigPPO
2022
Grant, Stichting Stokroos
2021
Grant, Genootschap Noorthey
2020
Grant, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Knecht-Drenth fonds
2020
Fellowship, Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten
2019
Stipend, Emerging Artist, Mondriaanfonds
2018
Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
2018
Won, George Verberg Stipend 2017
2018
Nominated, Buning Brongers Prijs 2018
2017
Nominated, STRABAG Art Award 2017
2017
Nominated, Royal Award for Modern Painting 2017
2016
Nominated, Buning Brongers Prijs 2016
2016
Nominated, Kunst aan de Dijk Prijs voor Jong Talent in de Schilderkunst 2016
2015
Nominated, Jan Zumbrink Graduation Award
Publications:
2022
RijksOpen2022 Catalogue
2021
'We Had Plans', 150th anniversary Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
2020
Prospects & Concepts 2020, Mondriaanfonds
2017
FMI Graduation Catalogue 2017
2017
Royal Award for Modern Painting Catalogue 2017
2017
ArtRotterdam Catalogue 2017
2016
ArtRotterdam Catalogue 2016
2016
Positions Berlin Catalogue 2016
2015
HKU FA TWG Graduation Catalogue 2015
Other:
2022
Weaving Courses, St. Joost Academy of Arts, Breda (NL)
2022
Co-organiser, 'Subversive Textile Workshop', Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (NL)
2018
Guest lecture Fine Art year 4 ‘beroepsvoorbereiding’, HKU, Utrecht (NL)