caren van herwaarden
curriculum vitae
Caren van Herwaarden moved from Amsterdam to the outskirts of 's-Hertogenbosch after 28 years.
Education
| 1984 - 1985 | Rijksakademy for visual arts, Amsterdam |
| 1981 - 1986 | AKI, academy for visual arts , Enschede |
Exhibitions
| 2024 | WHEN WE COME CLOSE, gallery LUMC, Leiden, solo |
| ANIMAL FARM, ANIMAL FARM, participation paper biennale, Museum Rijswijk | |
| DOUBLE FOCUS, presentation mask-project Verweij Museum, Haarlem & NQ galerie, Antwerp | |
| FOR THE LOVE OF DRAWING, Municipal Museum Schiedam | |
| THE GUARD CHOOSES..., Kadmium, Delft | |
| TKNNGN, eight draftsmen, galerie LUTZ, Delft | |
| NEW ACQUISITIONS, galerie LUMC, Leiden | |
| 2023 | 'The Art of Belonging', LUMC galerie, Leiden |
| 2022 | ‘TOUCHABLE’, Ballina Art Centre, Ireland, solo |
| ‘VOUCH II’, The Valid Art Valet, Loods Zes, Amsterdam | |
| ‘AQUAVIT’, exhibition of contemporary, monumental watercolors by 13 Dutch artists. Cacaofabriek, Helmond | |
| ‘ARTROOM DELFT’ | |
| ‘COLLAGE!’, Moving Gallery Utrecht | |
| 2021 | ‘Hoopland’, Stormkop, Antwerpen, solo |
| 2020 | 'SENSE OF DRAWING III' curator Arno Kramer chooses 16 artists, project space BMB, Amsterdam |
| 'CUT & TORN', Meerse Gallery, Hoofddorp | |
| 'AMUSE', Wilms gallery, Venlo | |
| 'QUARANTAINE', Melkfabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch | |
| 2019 | 'SOTT, Sign Of The Times', Museum Jan Cunen, Oss |
| Presentation Museum De Buitenplaats at Art The Hague, The Hague | |
| Art On Paper, contemporary drawing fair, Amsterdam | |
| 'In Dialogue', Het Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, duo with Leon Adriaans | |
| 'VOUCH', Loods Zes, Amsterdam | |
| 2018 | 'Fragile We Are', Kadmium, Delft / duo with sculptur Helmie Brugman |
| 'Art4Kids', Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam | |
| 'Off the Wall', Cloudgallery, Amsterdam, spatial collages with/on paper, curator Titia Voûte | |
| 'Nothing But Good', Park, Tilburg | |
| 'Drawings', galerie Schlessart, Bergen | |
| 'GUM' (eraser), Cacaofabriek, Helmond | |
| 'Drawings', Museum De Buitenplaats, Eelde | |
| 'A Drift', exhibition WG expozaal, Amsterdam | |
| 'Larger Than Life', installation for Chapel of Pathological Anatomical Laboratory, Amsterdam / duo with Gijs Assmann | |
| 'From the collection' of VBCN- vereniging company-collection, Szépm?vészeti Múzeum, Fine Arts, Boedapest | |
| 2017 | 'Horses', Toonzaal Grave, Grave / solo |
| 'I Am Here', a plea for Presence', Galerie Lutz, Delft / duo with Eva Klee | |
| 'Human Chain', Dutch Contemporary Drawings, Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Co.Mayo, Ireland | |
| 'Drawing Cabinet', jubilee exhibition, Museum Waterland, Purmerend | |
| 2016 | 'Van Gogh's Mini's, 80 View Boxes, 80 artists', Museum MOTI, Breda / Curator Cornel Bierens |
| 'Love, Me and the Other, The Other and Me', BKKC, Tilburg | |
| 'From the Dutch Collection', museum Lazienki Krolewski, Warschau | |
| 'Drawings', galerie Witteveen Visual Arts, Amsterdam | |
| 2015 | 'Anything But Homeless', a choice from the NOG collection, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam |
| 'Drawingfestival II', Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam | |
| 'MEDITATIES', Museum for Religious Art, Uden Curator Wouter Prins, met Marina Abramovic (VS), Narda Beunders – Aldo van Eyck, Caren van Herwaarden, Madelon Hooykaas, Alexej von Jawlensky (Du), Saskia Janssen,Rob Sweere, Birgitta de Vos. |
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| 'Through the Looking Glass, and What I Found There', De Vishal, Haarlem | |
| 2014 | 'He, She, We', galerie Studio van Dusseldorp, Tilburg / duo with Gijs Assmann |
| Presentation The Annual Print, stichting Archeopteryx, Amsterdam | |
| 2013 | 'Two Solo’s', Drawing Centre Diepenheim, Diepenheim / solo |
| 'Living, Looking, Longing', Galerie Lutz, Delft / duo met Arno Kramer | |
| 2012 | 'Point of View', galerie 37, Haarlem / duo with Sandra Kruisbrink |
| 'WG Operation Room', installation with visual artist Jeroen Kee, WG kunst, Amsterdam | |
| 'Aphrodite', De Vishal, Haarlem | |
| 'The Absurd', Espace Enny, Laag Keppel en Tricot Winterwijk, Winterswijk | |
| 2011 | 'Book presentation Blijf!/Stay!', museum De Pont, Tilburg |
| 'Image', galerie Studio van Dusseldorp, Tilburg / duo with sculptur Niko de Wit | |
| 'All about Drawing, 100 Dutch Drafters after 1945',Municipal Museum Schiedam / group curatoren Arno Kramer en Diana A. Wind. |
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| 2010 | 'Collages", in Brummelkampgalerie en showcases of AMC, Amsterdam / duo with Sandra Kruisbrink |
| 'Different Tracks', Kunsthal 52, Den Helder | |
| 'Winterreise', galerie Studio van Dusseldorp Tilburg, curator Marc Mulders | |
| 'A Different Face', Municipal Museum Kampen with Marlene Dumas, Constant, Arnulf Rainer | |
| 2009 | 'Intensive Care', Het Oude Raadhuis, Hoofddorp / solo |
| 'Tefaf side-kick', Reuten en Reuten, Maastricht | |
| 'In Miniaturer', Studio van Dusseldorp, Tilburg | |
| 'Full of Passsion', Main Kerk in Breda with Albert Servaes (1883-1966) / duo with Marc Mulders, Marc Dejonkcheere foto's | |
| 2008 - 2009 | 'High Eyes', Municipal Museum Schiedam / duo with Erzsèbet Baerveldt |
| 2008 | ANANSI, SBK, Amsterdam |
| 'In the Sign of Poetry ' , Het Oude Raadhuis, Hoofddorp | |
| 2007 | 'Du bist die Ruhe' (You are Calmness), Galerie 25 Limited, Amsterdam, curator Jan Hein Sassen, oud-conservator Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam / solo |
| 'New Loans Groningen 2007', Der Aa Church, Groningen | |
| 'The New Dutch Watercolor', selectie uit de Hollandsche Aquarellisten Kring, Museum Rijswijk | |
| '25 Faces', curator Arno Kramer, Galerie 25 Limited, Amsterdam | |
| 2006 | 'Water Works', Galerie 56, Tilburg / solo |
| 'Knockdown', Centrum Corrosia, Almere Haven | |
| 'Pain, and Other Things' Galerie De Ruimte, IJmuiden | |
| 2005 | 'The Human Figure', Drawingcabinet Teylers Museum, anthology from the own collection from 1400 to the present |
| 'Almost Perfect', Municipal Museum Schiedam | |
| 2004 | 'The Body Carries', Municipal Museum Roermond / duo with Jacomijn van der Donk |
| -Brummelkamp Galerie AMC, Amsterdam / solo | |
| 2003 | -Brummelkamp Galerie AMC, Amsterdam / solo |
| 2002 | Galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam |
| Emergo, manifestatie W.G. terrein | |
| 2001 | 'When We Come Close', Pinacoteca Civica (Municipal Museum) |
| 'Gallileo Cattabriga' te Bondeno, provincie Ferrara, Italië / solo | |
| 1999 | 'Watercolor?', De Zaaijer', Amsterdam |
| 1998 | The Dutch Bank, Amsterdam / solo |
| Museum Naturalis, Opening Exhibition , Leiden / solo | |
| 1997 | Galerie Oele, Amsterdam / solo |
| 1996 | 'Ligne d'horizon', Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, Canada |
| 1994 | 'Man-Woman-Animal', Het Oude Raadhuis, Aalsmeer / solo |
| 1993 | 'Watercolors', Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden / solo |
| 'Zeichnungen', International Drawings, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Duitsland | |
| 1989 | Galerie CriCri, Amsterdam / solo |
Collecties
| Akzo Nobel Art Foundation | |
| Ymere, Amsterdam | |
| Teylers Museum, Haarlem | |
| De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam | |
| Stedelijk Museum Schiedam | |
| NOG collectie van het SNS REAAL Fonds | |
| Kunstcollectie AMC, Amsterdam | |
| Kunstcollectie LUMC, Leiden | |
| Naturalis, Museum voor Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden | |
| Anatomisch Museum, Leiden | |
| Pinacoteca Civica, (Stedelijk Museum) Bondeno, Italië | |
| SBK, Amsterdam | |
| SBK, Den Haag | |
| Artoteek Zuid Oost, Amsterdam | |
| Kunstcollectie Looyens- Loeff, Amsterdam | |
| Collectie Joop en An Groen, Vlaardingen | |
| Tekeningencollectie Henk van der Reijd | |
| Collection Cees Dam, Amsterdam |
Travel / Residency's
| 2015 | Artist in residence, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ierland |
| 2012 | Artist in residence, Rosario, Bever, België |
| 2008 | Artist in residence in geust studio ZIN, Vught, Nederland |
| 2003 | Artist in residence, Alcalalí, Spanje |
| 1997 - 1998 | Travelgrant & Artist in residence, Callosa d'Altería, Spanje |
Side activities
| 2021-until present | Adult education, Phoenixcentrum, Veghel |
| 2020-until present |
DIA Adviser (Drawing Inventions Academy) As a Dia adviser, Van Herwaarden guides 12 fellow artists in a half-yearly master's program. The other two advisors are Arno Kramer (founder) and Marisa Rappart. Participation in LUMC Honors Class: looking is the art. As an artist I receive medical students in my studio and look at and talk to them about art |
| 2018-2022 | With Ludo van Halem, Van Herwaarden is guest-curator for the Cacaofabriek in Helmond. They organize a retrospective exhibition with monumental, contemporary watercolors: AQUAVIT. Spring 2022 |
| 2018 | In cooperation with choreographer Nishant Bhola, Van Herwaarden develops art / dance workshops for vulnerable elderly people. Organization: Time of your life, Roosendaal |
| 2005 until present | Van Herwaarden develops workshops and thematic lectures from her visual arts. Very suitable as company training. As a trainer / coach she regularly works at Zin in Werk, a monastery for spirituality and meaning in Vught. |
Commissions
| 2023 | BODYBUILDING: In the summer of 2023, Van Herwaarden worked on an assignment for a mural in the Willem 2 Factory in 's-Hertogenbosch: Bodybuilding, dimensions 470 x 3.66 m, acrylic on plastered wall. |
| 2011 | 'I touch', in 2011 made by Herwaarden by order of the Department of Embryology-Pathology i.s.m. AMC Kunstzaken. I Touch is a wood relief for the relatives of people who made their bodies available to science.This work is situated in the AMC's Stiltecenter and can be seen there 24 hours a day. |
| 2004 | ‘Anatomical Lesson’ , commissioned by AMC Kunststichting, circulation 50 pieces |
| 1996 | Design and execution mural for the cutting room, Anatomical Embryological Laboratory, Leiden |
Bibliography - publications
| 2023 | TOUCH, monograph with work from the last ten years. Designer Ruud Willems, Publisher JAPSAMBOOKS, Prinsenbeek |
| 2022 | 'On the Wonders of Bodies', interview Helen Falconer with Caren van Herwaarden about exhibition Touchables, Western People, Ierland |
| Touchable, openingtext Arno Kramer at the Ballina Art Centre, Ierland | |
| 'Collage!', part of openingtext Cornel Bierens, Moving Gallery, Utrecht | |
| 2021 | 'Please Touch Me (Not)', 22 works, included in the book 'Image stories about involvement at a distance, stories after Corona', publisher Zorgbalans, Haarlem |
| 'Hopeland', poetry-image bundle with poems by Chris van Lenteren, publisher 'Interactive Academy', Antwerp | |
| 2018 | 'Paper carries the image', interview in Pandora magazine, by Ruud Vermeer and Lizan van Dijk |
| 2017 | 'Dear Eraser', own text for eraser book by Paul Dirks |
| 2016 | 'The studio', Alex de Vries about Caren van Herwaarden in Mister Motley |
| 2015 | 2015 'Nothing But Good', own text about Francisco de Zurbaràn, art blog Nothing But Good 'Make something That Reminds Us of Anything', Wouter Prins, Meditations catalogue |
| 2013 | 'An onion, about presence and absence', text by Saskia Monshauer for opening exhibition Delft 'Love Baby', by Meta Knol, for opening solo in Drawing Center Diepenheim |
| 2010 | "STAY! / STAY!", Dutch / English-language catalog published by TAB (Timmer Art Books) 96 pages full color, bound, hard cover. Specially written for this catalog: 'If you can not love, you are a poor person', by Diana A. Wind, director Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. |
| 2008 | 'Spiritual art in Schiedam' Sandra Smets, NRC Handelsblad |
| 'Timeless embrace', Anne Berk, Het Financieele Dagblad | |
| Koert van de Velde, Dagblad Trouw | |
| 'High Eyes', Bulletin text for Stedelijk Museum Schiedam | |
| 2007 | Poetry poster in cooperation with Marc Tritsmans(poet) Stichting Plint, Eindhoven |
| 'Art of the Day' by Arno Kramer, Galeries.nl | |
| 2006 | 'The power of vulnerability', by Rob Perreé |
| 2005 | 'The thirsty Muse ', Caren van Herwaarden, in: A circle for water, 60th anniversary of the Dutch Aquarellist Circle |
| 'Image Wins the War', by Caren van Herwaarden, HTV magazine | |
| 'Almost Perfect', Ludo van Halem, Bulletin Municipal Museum Schiedam nummer 4 | |
| 2004 | 'The Magic of Stains', Janneke Wesseling, AMC Magazine, januari 2004 |
| 'Stain becomes Human', Publication of Stedelijk Museum Roermond for the exhibition The Body Carries | |
| 'Bach, and the Art of Watercolor' by Simon Knepper, AMC Magazine | |
| 'The Body Carries', Ridsert Hoekstra, Stedelijk Museum Roermond | |
| 'The Anatomical Lesson ', lecture in the Concertgebouw by Jan Hein Sassen, former curator Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | |
| 'People in multiple ', by Janneke Wesseling, AMC Magazine december 2004 | |
| 2001 | 'Quando ci si avvincina / When We Come Close', Bondeno, exhibition catalog, Pinacoteca Civica Galileo Cattabriga |
| 'Comfortparade', interview by Esther Polak in catalog 'When We Come Close' | |
| 1992 | 'Creoon', drawings and poems (Wim van Broekhoven) Uitgeverij De Uitgevers, Utrecht |
| 1991 | 'Ode to Vladimir Majakovski', edition 25 pieces, handmade |
| 1988 | NRC handelsblad Cultureel Supplement, Rob Smolders |
| 1986 | 'The beauty of the electricity pylons in the Dutch landscape 'Uitgeverij De Hef, Rotterdam |
| tv- interview NCRV cultuurprogramma |
More
| 2023-24 | LUMC Honours Class College 'On Empathy' |
| Lecture 'When does anatomy become Art?' for VCMS symposium, De Waag, Amsterdam | |
| 2009 | Participant of the Movement of Mercy |
| 2004-2011 | Member Hollandsche Aquarellistenkring (HAK) |
| 2002 | Organisation EMERGO, Artmanifestation atelierWG, Amsterdam |
| 1994 - 1996 | Workperiod Anatomisch Museum, Leiden |
| 1992 - 1993 | Workperiod National Natuurhistorical Museum, Leiden concluded with a lecture |