Bert Hermens

 

Art Education

1964-1967                 Education as a teacher of Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Tilburg.
1968-1972                 Jan van Eyckacademy, Maastricht.
1972-1973                 Bursary from the Dutch Ministry of Culture. Stay in Indonesia.
1979                         Research Dogon tribe, Mali, Western Africa.
1982-1983                 Bursary from the city of Eindhoven and the Dutch Ministry of Culture. Stay in Indonesia.
1988-1989                 Co-organizer of the Deshima exhibition tour in Japan, sponsored by the Province of North Brabant,
                                The Prince Bernhard foundation, the Dutch Ministry of Culture and others.
1989-1990                 Bursary from the Dutch Ministry of Culture.  Guestlecturer on the Jan van Eyckacademy, Maastricht; Academy IKJ Jakarta and ITB Bandung.

 

 

Individual Exhibitions (a selection)

1973                         Dutch Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia.

1980/81/82/83/87       De Fabriek, Eindhoven. (Book I, II, III and IV De Fabriek).

1982                         De Mondriaan (Museum for Contemporary Art het Kruithuis) Den Bosch. (Colour Brochure).

1983                         National Centre for Contemporary Art, TIM, Jakarta, Indonesia. (Catalogue).

1984/85/88                Gallery van den Berg, Den Bosch.

                                Studio Goem, Antwerpen, Belgium. (Brochure).

                                Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. (Catalogue).

1988                         Edurne, Arte Contemporaneo. Madrid, Spain (Catalogue).

1989                         Kyoto Art Center Hall Japan. (Catalogue).

                                Ohmura Gallery, Akita, Japan.

 

Group Exhibitions (a selection)

1971                         Provincial Museum, Hasselt, Belgium.

1978                         Brabant Biennale, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (Catalogue).

1979                         Technical University Eindhoven, exhibition research Dogon, Western Africa. (Catalogue Film).

1982                         Casino Oostende, Belgium (European price for painting) travelling exhibition. (Catalogue).

1983                         Contemporary art from the Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch. (Catalogue).

1986                         Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, BKR exhibition. (Catalogue).

                                Eye -level, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. (Catalogue).

1986                         Natura Artis Magistra, NBKS Oirschot, travelling exhibition. (Catalogue).

1987                         Painting in North Brabant after 1945, Gemeentemuseum Het Markiezenhof, Bergen op Zoom, travelling exhibition (Catalogue).

1988                         Signatuur, Haags Museum voor Aktuele Kunst (HCAK), Den Haag (Catalogue).

                                Prov. Cultural Centre Arenberg, Antwerpen, Belgium (Catalogue).

1988-1989                 Deshima '88-'89, Noorbrabants Museum, Den Bosch and Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.

                                Further to the Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo.

                                ABC Gallery, Osaka.

                                Santica Gallery, Kobe

                                Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori.

1990                         Gallery Hugo Minnen, Dessel, Belgium.

                                Statengalerie, Den Haag.

 

Films/Mixed media

1979                         Dogon sand drawings

1982                         Mirrors

1983                         It doesn't work that way

1984                         P. Moesjawarah

 

 

Works in the collection of (a selection);

·  Stedelijk museum, Amsterdam

·  The collection of the state of The Netherlands

·  Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

·  Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch

·  The Provincial Museum Hasselt, Belgium

·  Stadsgalerie, Heerlen

·  Jan Cunen Museum, Oss

·   ABN-AMRO Bank

·  RABO Bank

·  University Eindhoven TUE

·  Tsuyoshi Kajikawa, Kyoto, Japan

·  Takehiko Sunohara, Tokyo, Japan

·  Gerard Meulensteen, Eindhoven

·  Philips Nederland

 

 

●  Bert Hermens was co-founder of De Fabriek, Eindhoven and the founder of De Witte Dame,
    Eindhoven, of MU Art Foundation and ARCTIC Foundation, Eindhoven.

●  Bert Hermens was founder of IMAGE RADIO.

●  Bert Hermens was a guest-lecturer on the Jan van Eyck academy and on several universities and
    academies in Indonesia and in China.

●  Exhibitions of his work in museums and galleries in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark,
    Spain, Jordan, Syria, UAE, Indonesia, Japan and P.R. China.