Artist Spotlight - Hans VanWingerden — Contemporary Art Curator Magazine

Biography

Education: Royal Academy of Art and Design in 's-Hertogenbosch, 1969/1974
Distinction: Royal Grant 1977

Still Victory 2017 MultiMediaNeon 58 x 63 x 12 cm

Exhibits:

Solo, a.o.
2026 Het Hedendaags Kunstkabinet, Homo Universalis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2010 Hooghuis Photo exhibition, Heusden
2000 WTC, Amsterdam
1995 "Networks" The Apparition, Tilburg
1992 Galerie De Pook, Hengelo
1992 Museum Blankenstein/Noordelijke Kunsthof, Appingedam
1989 Zaal Strauß, 's-Hertogenbosch
1985 Galerie Das Auge, Lauda, Germany
1984 Stichting Kunstenaar en Konsument, 's-Hertogenbosch
1983 Signalementen, Museum Het Kruithuis, 's-Hertogenbosch

From Russia With Love 2018 MultiMediaNeon 96 x 116 x 6 cm

Group, a.o.
2025 Open Studio + exibition, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2025 Plaatsmaken, Roermond
2024 Space for Visual Arts, 's-Hertogenbosch
2023 Open Studio + exhibition 's-Hertogenbosch
2022 Northern Artificial Light 's-Hertogenbosch
2021 Art Route 's-Hertogenbosch
2019 Poezie, Theater a/d Parade, 's-Hertogenbosch
2018 Cultuurcentrum Zwaneberg, Heist op den Berg, Belgium
2005 Art Centre Keg, Schijndel
2001 Stokpunt, 's-Hertogenbosch
1997 Typeface Café, Milk Factory, 's-Hertogenbosch
1995 BMW project (+ Leon van den Bogaert), Flughaven, Munich, Germany
1995 C. Factory, Turnhout, Belgium
1993 Gallery Germinahof, Sterksel
1992 Reinart Gallery, Oyen
1993 Der Tufa, Triër, Germany
1990 Gasthuis Gaanderij, 's-Hertogenbosch
1986 Wit, Krabbedans, Eindhoven
1978 Museum Het Kruithuis, 's-Hertogenbosch
1979 Galerie Bouma, Amsterdam
1978 Galerie Insaid, Oisterwijk
1977 Royal Subsidy, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam
1976 'Land in zicht', De Beyerd, Breda
1974 Provinciehuis, 's-Hertogenbosch

Inform ation Paradox 2019 MultiMediaNeon 57 x 58 x 15 cmn

Publications, Articles:

12-07-1974 'Promising exhibition', exhibition graduates, Brabants Dagblad
21-08-1976 'Kunstjournaal - De Beyerd', Nieuwsblad van Het Noorden
27-06-1977 'Royal Subsidy for four Brabantians' Brabants Dagblad
09-09-1977 'Kunstjournaal Insaid', Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
1993 Signalementen (2), published by Museum Het Kruithuis
11-02-1986 'Abstraction and figuration', General Frankfurt
1984 Painting in Noord-Brabant after
1975, published by NBKS, Breda

Universal Consiousness 2020 MultiMediaNeon 60 x120 x 80 cm

Self-publishing:

1991 Work 1990/199
1991 Neither Language nor Sign, on the autonomy of the act
1992 Wit, published by artists' association Wit
1993 Networks, work on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name
2009/2010 "The Crossing", photo project

Indoctrination Attachee 2022 MultiMediaNeon 35 x 43 x 6 cm

Purchases, a.o:

Rijksdienst Beeldende
Kunst Municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch

The Z-Word 2023 MultiMediaNeon 67 x120 12 cm

Donations:

2018 Museum of Religious Art, Uden

Work in Collections:

De Bonth van Hulten B.V., Nieuwkuijck
Administrative Actuarial Office Diocese of Rothenburg, Germany
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
Makita Benelux B.V., Tilburg
De Bont B.V, ons
Museum Het Kruithuis, 's-Hertogenbosch
Many private individuals at home and abroad

Futurestreet 2024 MultiMediaLed 70 x 70 x 6 cm

Artist Statement

Since 1995, I have been creating conceptual work on various topics, addressing a critical perspective on human functioning. Besides the technical integration, it also inspired me to shape my intellectual exploration.

Study For A new Planet MultiMediaVideo 60 x 60 x 180 cm

This also includes applications of electronics, LEDs, and neon lights as possibilities for visual expression. The neon usually comes from old factory buildings, many of which I demolished in the 1990s and thus saved from destruction.

Dharma (3 Gunas) 2025 Oil/Canvas 2 x 80 x 90 cm

It feels good to give it a new life in my work, in a completely different context. In this way, the letter or a series of letters acquires a meaning that breaks free from the purely lithographic aspect it once had.

The Sixth Dimension ( Fine Structure Constant 2025 MultiMediaNeon

In my current work, this letter, or other lighting effects, is composed into a complete image. The substantive meaning can generally be traced back to how I experience the extreme contradictions of our time in my work.

Nonsciousness Control 2026 MultiMediaLed 65 x 68 x 12 cm

The world in which humanity lives is hypocritical and false, making injustice an accepted phenomenon, so that it reflects a complete illusion. I can't separate this from my artistry, because it's my job to use my accentuated visual meanings to provide a focused stimulus to guide consciousness in a certain direction.

Binnenwereld-Buitenwereld 1996 Oil/Canvas 2x 145 x 150

I must state that the image, or the translation of meaning into the image, is always the primary driving force, along with the conceptual content, in order to be able to depict the image in its uniqueness.

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