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 Vitea
Education |
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| 2001/2005 | St. Joost Academy of Fine Arts, Breda the Netherlands |
Exhibitions (paintings, installations) |
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| 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 |