Adriaan Rees
Adriaan Rees
born in 1957 in Amsterdam
lives and works in Amsterdam and China
-Visual Artist, lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Jingdezhen, China. Specialized in sculpture, ceramics and installations with the use of many different materials. Large scale projects and art in public space.
-Chief Exchange Delft – Jingdezhen.
-Curator The Blue Revolution shows in The Netherlands and China.
-Teaching experience in The Netherlands, Germany, Finland, USA, China, Japan.
1986-1991 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, sculpture department
2009 Inax Laboratory, Tokoname, Japan
2004 Tokenomori, Institute for Ceramic Studies, Shigaraki, Japan
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2018 Museum Sculptures at the Sea, The Hague, NL (forthcoming)
2017 ACN Gallery, Shanghai, China (forthcoming)
2016 JIWU Art Space, Nanjing, China
2015 Kaneko Art Gallery Tokyo, Japan
Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, NL
2013 Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, NL
Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2011 Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
City Museum, Kampen (3 locations), NL
C&H Art Space, Amsterdam, NL
Willy Schoots Gallery, Eindhoven, NL
2010 Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
38CC Art Lab, Delft, NL
Art Amsterdam, Hochzeit, with Gijs Frieling, Maria Chailloux gallery, NL
2009 Inax Life Museums, Tokoname, Japan
Willy Schoots Gallery, Eindhoven, NL
Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, NL
C-Space Beijing, China
2008 Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Willy Schoots Gallery, Eindhoven, NL
Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, NL
2006 Willy Schoots Gallery, Eindhoven, NL
2005 Inax Museum, Tokoname, Japan
Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, NL
Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, NL
Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Ram Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2002 Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Tokyo, Japan
1999 City Museum, Zwolle, NL
1998 Nederlandse Gasunie, Groningen, NL
1994 Casco, Utrecht, NL
1993 Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL
1992 Van Kranendonk Gallery, The Hague,
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2016
Royal Palace Soestdijk, Soestdijk, NL
Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Livingstone Gallery, Berlin, Germany
KunstRAI Amsterdam, Livingstone Gallery, NL
De Vis Gallery, Harlingen, NL
Posthuys Gallery, Texel, NL
Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, NL
2015 Gallery M, East West Wanderer, Rees-Ginter, Landau, Germany
Dutch Design Week Shanghai, China
Anningahof Sculpture Park, Zwolle, NL
De 20e eeuw, Spiegel van de tijd, Museum Princessehof Leeuwarden, NL
RAM Gallery Rotterdam, NL
PAN Amsterdam, with Livingstone Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Museum Tiendschuur, Tegelen, NL
2014 Anningahof Sculpture Park, Zwolle, NL
The Blue Revolution, Yuan Chonghuan Museum, Dongguan, China
I am not doing anything until…,De Nederlandse Bank, Amsterdam, NL
Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
PAN Amsterdam, with Livingstone Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, NL
PAN Amsterdam, with Livingstone Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
The Blue Revolution, Prinsenhof Museum, Delft, NL
The Blue Revolution, Imperial Porcelain Museum, Jingdezhen, China
2012 Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Anningahof Sculpture Park, Zwolle, NL
Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
C&H Art Space, Amsterdam, NL
P13 Gallery, Rees-Ginter, Heidelberg, Germany
2011 Art Amsterdam, with Livingstone Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Pulchri, Den Haag, NL
PAN Amsterdam, with Willy Schoots Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Maria Chailloux Gallery, NL
2010 Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Maria Chailloux Gallery, NL
2009 City Museum, Kampen, NL
Maria Chailloux Gallery, NL
A.A.C.A. Synergy, with Inax Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Four Step Snake, 2 Cities Gallery, Shanghai, China
Art Cologne, with Willy Schoots Gallery, Koln, Germany
Netherlands Ceramic Museum, Fu Ping, China
P13 Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany
Kemp and Rees, Dordrecht, NL
2007 Colored, W139 Art Space, Amsterdam, NL
MIArt, with Piercarlo Borgogno Gallery, Milano, Italy
P13 Gallery, Rees-Ginter, Heidelberg, Germany
2006 CAFA Gallery, Beijing, China
2005 City Museum, Den Bosch, China Art Project EKWC, NL
2003 From the Neck Up, Garth Clark Gallery, New York City, USA
Ceramic World Biennale, Icheon World Ceramic Centre, Korea
2001 Hotheads, Princessehof, National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarden, NL
2000 China Ceramic Council, Foshan, China
1998 Senses test Station, Moscow Forum of Art, Moscow, Russia
1997 Burning Sand, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, NL
1995 The Holy Fire, RED Centre, Dordrecht, NL
Sculpture in the Little Forest, Ranaana, Israel
1993 Exchange, Contemporary Art Centre Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Commissions (selection)
2014 Sculpture Schiedam, NL
2010 Street lamps, Delft, NL
2009 Sculpture for Leiderdorp. NL
2008 Sculptures for Enkhuizen, NL
2007 Sculptures for Roundabout, Amsterdam, NL
2006 Sculpture for Hoogersmilde, NL
Hanging Glass Sculptures and Ceramic Sculpture, Maassluis, NL
Sculpture and Terrazzo Bench, Amsterdam, NL
2004 Sculpture and Landscaping, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, NL
2003 Carillons with bronze Sculptures, Heerhugowaard, NL
Ceramic Sculptures for Fredonia, State University of New York, USA
2002 Fountain Sculpture, IJsselstein, NL
2001 Sculpture for Aa and Hunze, NL
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Design and development Town Square, Nieuwkoop, NL
1998 Design and development Sculpture Forest, Ursula Foundation, Nieuwkoop, NL
1995 Sculpture for Ranaana, Israel
1994 Sculpture for Gouda, NL
1993 Sculpture and Furniture for the University of Amsterdam, NL
1992 Sculpture, bread and windmill project, Zoetermeer, NL
Teaching
2009-2010 Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, teacher
2006 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, visiting teacher, ceramic department
2005 Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, visiting teacher of art
2000 Academy of Visual Arts, Maastricht, visiting teacher of sculpture
(also external examiner)
1997 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, visiting teacher of sculpture
1995 Imatra Art School, Imatra, Finland, visiting teacher of sculpture
1994 Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Finland, visiting teacher of sculpture
1992-1994 Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam, teacher of sculpture
Free Art School, Mannheim, Germany, visiting teacher of sculpture
Curator
2014 The Blue Revolution, Dongguan, China
2013 The Blue Revolution, 400 years Exchange Delft – Jingdezhen
Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, NL
2013 The Blue Revolution, 400 years Exchange Delft – Jingdezhen
Imperial Porcelain Museum, Jingdezhen, China
2008 Four Step Snake, 2 Cities Gallery, Shanghai, China
1995 The Holy Fire, RED Centre, Dordrecht, NL
1994 Door de Doornen tot de Sterren, City Museum Gouda, NL
Residencies and lectures
2015 -Dutch Design Week, Shanghai, China
Lecture
2014 -Studio Berlin, Livingstone Projects, Berlin, Germany
Residency
-Cloud Space gallery, Jingdezhen, China
Lecture
-Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
Lecture
2013 -Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, NL
Lecture
2012 -CAFA, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Lecture
2011 -Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Lecture
2009 -Inax Museum and Inax Factory Residency, Tokoname, Japan
Residency, lecture and solo show in the Inax Museum
2008 -Flicam, Ceramic Centre and International Museums, Fu Ping, China
Residency and group show in the Netherlands Museum of Flicam
2008 -Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Lecture
2005 -Meisei University, Tokyo, Japan,
Lecture
2004 -Shigaraki Ceramic Centre, Shigaraki, Japan
Residency
2003 Willlem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Lecture
2003 -World Ceramic Biennale, Korea,
Residency, Lecture and ceramic sculptures
2003 -Fredonia, State University of New York, USA
2002 -Shui Li, Ceramic centre, Shui Li, Taiwan,
Residency, Lecture and permanent monumental ceramic sculpture
2001 -Fuping and HAP ICW, Fuping (Xian) and Beijing, China
Residency and permanent monumental ceramic sculpture
Advisory positions
2008-2015 City of Delft, Exchange project Delft (NL) –Jingdezhen (China)
project leader
2011-2014 City of Amersfoort, art advisor
2007-2014 City of Amersfoort, Vathorst, Vario Mundo,art advisor
2007-2009 Kunstenaars en Co, Amsterdam, art advisor
2005-2007 PMK, Foundation for Monumental Sculptural Ceramics, art advisor
2004-2006 City of Zoetermeer, Artists Exchange project
Zoetermeer (NL) - Xiamen (China), project leader
2000-2002 City of Haarlemmermeer, Getsewoud, art advisor
1997-2002 Art Foundation Sassenoord, project leader
Garden and Landscape design
2004 Sculpture and Landscaping, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, NL
2001-2003 De Jabocustuin, design and development city gardens in Rotterdam, NL
2000 Design and development Town Square, Nieuwkoop, NL
1998 Sculpture Forest, Ursula Foundation, Nieuwkoop, NL
Music Cd’s
2005 Music for Museums, Adriaan Rees, music by Rob Daenen
2004 Music for Squares , Adriaan Rees, music by Rob Daenen and Gijsbert Kok
Catalogues
2014 The Blue Revolution
2011 Exploring Wanderer, Adriaan Rees
2010 Screaming in a Bucket and other stories, Adriaan Rees
2008 The Shining, Adriaan Rees
2005 Adriaan Rees 2
2002 De Jacobustuin
2001 Adriaan Rees
1996 Het Dordrecht Tunnelsyndroom, Adriaan Rees
1995 Stad onder Stroom, Adriaan Rees
1994 Door de Doornen naar de Sterren, Adriaan Rees
Collections
City of Amsterdam, City of Gouda, City of Almere, City of IJsselstein, City of Pijnacker, City of Delft, City of Maassluis, City of AA en Hunze, City of Leiderdorp
City of Zaandam, City of Zoetermeer, City of Heerhugowaard, City of Midden-Drente,
City of Ranaana Israel, City of Lommel Belgium, City of Jingdezhen China
Museum Beelden aan Zee Den Haag, City Museum Kampen, Frans Hals Museum Haarlem, Museum Het Princessehof Leeuwarden, Museum Het Kruithuis Den Bosch,
Gifu Museum of Modern Art Gifu Japan, World Ceramic Museum Icheon Korea, Total Museum Seoul Korea, Houston Museum of Arts Houston USA, Foshan Ancient Nanfeng Kiln Museum Foshan China, Fuping World Ceramic Museum Fuping China,
Gasunie Nederland, PMB Amsterdam, Isala Klinieken Zwolle, Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten, Provincie Gelderland, SBK Amsterdam, Ministery of Foreign Affairs from The Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Embassy Tokyo Japan, Royal Netherlands Embassy Beijing China, Virgin Seoul Korea, Fredonia State University of New York USA, private collections
Studio
Adriaan Rees has his own studio in Amsterdam, NL and in Jingdezhen, China.
