Rutger Termohlen

About

About
Rutger Termohlen

(1977 the Netherlands)

His career didn’t quite start like the ones of most artists: as a child he was deaf for two years. A period in which he was compelled to look at the surrounding world from a different world of view. He shifted his focus almost entirely to the visual and-equipped with his drawing materials he created his own world. a world in which he examined and compared an infinite amount of faces,shapes,colours and objects.

It is obvious Termohlen was destined to be a pictorial storyteller who, in his own words, is searching for “the animal nature”. For example ,horses are a recurrent theme in his work; “They are proud and strong animals until you hurt them”. According to Termohlen. This remark once more confirms that he often attributes human qualities to animals,which is shown in the colourful fantascapes he creates.

These landscapes, filled with animals and men never originate from sketches but are being arranged on canvas by pen right away, form and intuitive.

Even as a child he already used a pen, not a pencil. A dash of the pen is definate and direct and that is so more exciting than the safety of a pencil stroke. Any possible mistake is visible and the artist has to ad layers to change the image. He takes a risk and by doing so the ultimate work gets better.

It is not suprising that the combination of intuition, swiftness and directness drew him towards graffiti scene as a teenager. This combination sharpened and influenced his pictorial qualities and cannot be found in any other art movement.

In consequence of that we discover in Termohlens work a “definate fluency” His drawing in pen ,without sketching first, gives his work and working method a permanent yet loose character. The viewer witnesses the painter being at ease and in harmony within his own world. A safe haven from which he keeps on creating new worlds.

Curriculum Vitae

Education
2001/2005:
St. Joost Academy of Fine Arts, Breda the Netherlands

Exhibitions (paintings, installations)

2000/2004:
Punct, Tilburg, the Netherlands, group exhibitions (5)

2004:
Meeting of styles, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Antwerp, Belgium
Go Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Helsingborg Museum, Sweden, group exhibition
Groeningemuseum,Brugge,Belgium,group exhibition, one work in collection
kunsttour, Maastricht, the Netherlands

2005:
Kosmopolite festival,Paris, France, installation and paintings
Dance Valley Festival,Amsterdam, the Netherlands, installations
Westpark Jam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, wall painting
Fight club, Gallerie Maas, Rotterdam,the Netherlands,group exhibition
Galerie Groen Licht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum,Den Bosch, the Netherlands, group exhibition
Gallery Pop,Marbella,Spain, solo exhibition
Go Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2006:
Alias, Stadsgallerij, Breda, the Netherlands group exhibition
Kunsttour, Galerie Groen Licht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Stichting KOP, Breda , the Netherlands, group exhibition
Stedelijk Gymnasium, Den Bosch, the Netherlands, wallpainting
Effenaar, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, group exhibition
Solar Festival, Roermond, the Netherlands, instalation
Dutch Broadcast company BNN, live painting together with Collin van der Suijs
Premiere Cool (by Theo van Gogh), Scheveningen, the Netherlands,live painting

2007 :
Montana Gallery, Barcelona,Spain
Kunsttour, Galerie Groen Licht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Stichting KOP, Breda, the Netherlands, group exhibition
Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dutch design Week, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
De Nieuwe Veste, Breda, the Netherlands

2008:
Kunsttour, Galerie Groen Licht, Maastricht, Solo exhibition
Stichting KOP, Breda, the Netherlands, group exhibition
Whatspace, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, group exhibition
My Artistic slideshow,Stichting Colin, Tilburg, the Netherlands
Sweatshop, Stichting KOP, Breda, the Netherlands, group exhibition
Graphic Design Festival, Breda, the Netherlands
Illustrative, Zurich, Switzerland, wall painting
Gallery L issue, Paris, France group exhibition
Glaspaleis Heerlen, the Netherlands, installation together with Collin van der Sluijs

2009 :
Gallery L issue, Paris, France, exhibition together with Collin van der Sluijs
Slick art fair, Paris, France
Oog in Oog, Stichting KOP, Breda, the Netherlands, group exhibition
Galerie Goen Licht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Guerilla Gallery, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, group exhibition
Circle Culture Gallerie , Berlin, Germany, group exhibition
HAI Gallery, Breda, the Netherlands
Bread and Butter, Berlin, Germany

2010:
Duo-show with Rutger Termohlen at Issue Gallery Paris.
Dutch design week,Eindhoven, the Netherlands
The Misprint part 1,HAI gallery,Breda, the Netherlands
The Misprints part 2,Opperclaes,Rotterdam, the Netherlands

2011:
Duo-show with Rutger Termohlen, Extrabold Gallery, Luxembourg.
Sage and ivy fashionshow,Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Yves Laroche gallery, Monteal, Canada, group exhibition
Hidden beauty, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, group exhibition
Dutch Design Week,Eindhoven, the Netherlands, parade at Amaro industries
City of Dreams part 2, Deventer, The Netherlands, group exhibition
Game Heroes,Majke Husstege gallery, Den Bosch, The Netherlands, group exhibition
Tiny vices, Alley gallery, Hasselt, Belgium together with Collin van der sluijs,Super-A,Mjay
Interland, Genk, Belgium, groupshow 11 Belgium illustrators/Artists vs 11 Dutch illustrators/Artists
Duo-Show with Jurgen Reichert,Gallerie 48, Breda, the Netherlands

2012:
Cultuurnacht,Duo-Show with Jurgen Reichert,Gallerie 48, Breda, the Netherlands
See-a-sound,BKKC, Tilburg, the Netherlands
AAF artfair, Brussels, Belgium
Glassworks, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, together with Collin van der sluijs,Super-A,Mjay