Wim van den Toorn C.V.
1969
Education:
1997 AKI 2 post - graduate Fine Arts (MFA), Enschede
1989-95 Academy of Fine Arts (AKI), Enschede, Painting Department
1994 University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
Erasmus exchange
Lives and works in the Hardanger region, Norway since 2008
Selection of solo- exhibitions:
Upcoming 2024: Galleri Christinegaard, Bergen
2014 'Don't you want to be Somewhere' Kunststation, Delden
2012 'Mellom BY og BYgd', foajé Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øystese
2011 'Three AKI-painters meet again, A-gallery, Amsterdam
'Frozen images' Tricot Winterswijk
2009 Galerie Link, Gent
2003 Kunstcentrum, Hengelo
Podion gallery, Amsterdam
2001 Podion gallery, Amsterdam
'Delayed Panic', Luxus, Den Haag
2000 Villa de Bank, Enschede
1996 'Ruimte van de Onbegrensde Mogelijkheid', Kunstzaal, Hengelo
Selection of group-exhibitions:
2022 Messen Kunstpark, Ålvik
BKFH salong, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen
2021 Bærekraftig Kunstbørs, Kunstgarasjen, Bergen
2016 'Maleri, maleri, maleri', Kunstgarasjen, Bergen
Medlemsutstilling 1, Kunstgarasjen, Bergen
'Impulsar', with Artist group HAUK, Galleri Puls, Norheimsund
`Mellom himmel og fjord´, Landscape project, kurator Kjell-Erik Ruud, Hardanger Folkemuseum, Utne
2015 'Kuratorens utvalgte-kunst fra kunstguide.no', Curator Gitte Sætre, Scandic Neptun, Bergen
'Connection!', LaKaserna, Bad-Nieuweschans
2013 'HiH', Hardanger Folkemuseum, Utne
'Glød', Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øystese
2012 'Puls nett.no', Bankmidjø, Voss
2011 'Hardanger i hundre' Hardanger folkemuseum, Utne
2010 Agatunet, part of the Hardanger Folkemuseum, Aga
2009 Kinckhuset, Strandebarm
2007 'Lost and found objects', Perron 1, Delden
2006 'Food non Food', MIKC, Goor
2005 'Huizen in Steden', Educational exhibition , Kunstcentrum, Hengelo
1999 'Uitgelicht 3', Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Kunstvlaai, Westergasfabriek and Kunstrai, Amsterdam
1998 'Holländische Welle', Kunstruimte Berlin, Galerie Lutz Fiebig, Berlin, Städtische Museen, Jena, Germany
'Project NICO', Den Haag
'ABC- tentoonstelling', Kunstruimte, Kampen
1996 Buning Brongers Prizes 1996, De Zaaijer (catalogue), Amsterdam
Artist talks:
2016 Walk & Talk, Kaus Australis, Rotterdam
2015 Lions Klub, Øystese
2014 'From REALosaka to REAL OSAKA', Osaka University of Arts
2014 'Don't you want to be somewhere' Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, for students of Dickinson College, PA, USA
2013 Hardanger Kunstskule (HAKU), Norheimsund
2014 'REALosaka and the road I took' Lingnan University, Hong Kong
2010 Hardanger Museum, Aga, NO
2007 Vliegende Kok, Amsterdam
1996 Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
1994 University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Selection of publications:
2016 Sterrestof#3, Tim Soekkha and Harald van der Sluys Veer, Youtube.com, April 2016
2012 'Framleis i Hardanger' Camilla Kvamme, Hordaland Folkeblad, September 2012
2011 'Noorse huizen bevroren in het zonlicht' Martin Lacet, de Gelderlander, May 6, 2011
2008 'Gler seg til å verta Kvemminger' Asmund Soldal, Hordaland Folkeblad, January 11, 2008
2003 'Urban portraits on canvas' Hedy Hempe, Twenthe Vandaag, de Telegraaf, August 22, 2003
2001 Catalogue Wim van den Toorn Saskia Mijer-Mual pubished by Podion Gallery, Amsterdam
Scholarships, Prizes:
2004 Basisstipendium (basic grant), The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
2001 Basisstipendium (basic grant), The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
1999 Basisstipendium (basic grant), The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
1998 Startstipendium (starters grant), The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
1996 Buning Brongers Prize, prize for young painters, Buning Brongers Stichting
Artist in Residence:
2016 Kaus Australis, Rotterdam
Other:
2012- Museumguide/konsulent, Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øystese
2013-15 Teacher 2D, Hardanger Kunstskule, Norheimsund
Work in possesion of:
Bergen Kommune (2022),
Academy of Fine Arts (AKI), Enschede
Rabobank, Enschede
Heart Gallery, Hengelo
various private collections