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LISA COUWENBERGH
Lives and works in Amsterdam
EDUCATION
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (NL)
AWARDS
1989 – Prix de Rome for Painting
1996 – Jeanne Oosting Award for Painting
COMMISSIONS
1988 – Municipality of Almere, Primary school de Piramide
1993 – Municipality of Amsterdam, Apartment building Hofmanstraat, Amsterdam
2001 – Municipality of Den Haag, primary school de Triangel, Den Haag
2004 – Municipality of Amsterdam, Two sculptures on the building of Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier
2008 – Housing association de Alliantie, Sculpture on a building. Eerste van der Helststraat, Amsterdam
2012 – Dutch Ministry of Finance, Design for a Commemorative Coin, 400 years Turkey and the Netherlands
SHOWS (selection)
2018 – PHK 18, Rotterdam, The Great Wall, Murals,(NL)
2018 – Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, B is for Bird (NL)
2018 – Drents Museum,/ Kink Assen, Tekenkabinet XL (NL)
2018 – Tekenkabinet Amstelpark, Amsterdam (NL)
2018 – PARK, Platform for Visual Art, Tilburg Nothing but good 139 (NL)
2017 – Arte Concordia, Rotterdam, Flags (NL)
2016 – “Schaal” PHK 18 Rotterdam (NL)
2016 – “Under the Skin”, Solo exhibition, SEA foundation, Tilburg (NL)
2016 – Van Gogh Mini’s (kijkdozen) Museum MOTI, Breda (NL)
2016 – Aningahof, Sculpture Park, Zwolle (NL)
2016 – Drawing Front, Dakota, Amsterdam (NL)
2016 – Mister Motley, On line exhibition (http://www.mistermotley.nl/salon/lisa-couwenbergh)
2015 – “De keuze van Henk van Os” Museum Jan Cunen, Oss (NL)
2015 – “Arcadia” Mural 3 x 24 meter, Diepenheim (NL)
2015 – PHK 18 Gallery, Rotterdam (with Merijn Bolink and Marjan Teeuwen) (NL)
2014 – Ram Gallery, The Shape of my Heart, Big Mural, Rotterdam (NL)
2014 – “Vier schilders” Angle Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2014 – “Nothing but Good Live”, Park, Tilburg (NL)
2014 – Chabot Museum, Rotterdam met Lizan Freijsen en Henk Chabot (NL)
2014 – “I am not doing anything…” Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (NL)
2013 – “As Tears Go By” Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam (NL)
2013 – “Weltauge” Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2012 – Raw Art Fair, Rotterdam (NL)
2012 – Phoebus Gallery, Rotterdam (NL)
2011 – “Zwaan kleef aan”, De Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL)
2010 – Retort Projectspace, Amsterdam (NL)
2010 – “Moment of Silence, Top Secret”, Museum Le Secet (NL)
2010 – “Peinture Céramique”, Museum Gouda (NL)
2009 – “Geertgen tot Sint Jans”, Vishal, Haarlem (NL)
2009 – “Monologue Interieur”, Rotterdam (NL)
2009 – “Friendly Fire” Witte de With, Rotterdam (NL)
2009 – Buro Dijkstra Art Amsterdam, solo (NL)
2008 – “Salon”, Loods 6 Amsterdam (NL)
2008 – Sign, Groningen (NL)
2008 – “Sculpture by Painters”, Diepenheim (NL)
2007 – “The Eye of the Beholder”, De Vishal, Haarlem (NL)
2007 – “Quantumvis”, RC de Ruimte IJmuiden (NL)
2007 – Buro Dijkstra, Art Amsterdam (NL)
2007 – W139, Amsterdam (NL)
2007 – “Steile Wand” Mural, WG Amsterdam (NL)
2006 – “De Salon”, Historical Museum Rotterdam (NL)
2006 – “Family”. TENT, Rotterdam (NL)
2006 – “Just Painting”, Van Kranendonk Gallery, Den Haag (NL)
2006 – “Painters”, RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden (NL)
2005 – “Painting”, CBK, Dordrecht (NL)
2005 – “Inkjet prints and sculptures”, Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier (NL)
CURATED SHOWS
2004 – Wunderkammer, 75 artists, in Living room Show (NL)
2007 – The Eye of the Beholder, De Vishal, Haarlem (NL)
2011 – De geest van het huis, The spirit of the House, 75 artists in Living room Show (NL)
TELEVISION
2007 – RTV NH television interview about the Mural, De Steile Wand, Amsterdam
2007 – RTV NH television interview about te exhibition “The Eye of the Beholder”
2008 – AT5 television Art Program, Onbekende Bekenden interview about “ Night watch” Amsterdam
PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS
2016 – Van Gogh Mini’s, Museum MOTI, Breda
2016 – Geen wolk, hoe kunst mijn leven redde, Article in Book by Hanne Hagenaars
2016 – Under the Skin, exhibition artist publication, by Robert Proost, SEA foundation, Tilburg
2016 – Mister Motley, Deep Sea, http://www.mistermotley.nl/art-everyday-life/deep-sea
2016 – Mister Motley, Salon, http://www.mistermotley.nl/salon/lisa-couwenbergh
2014 – Nothing but good, http://nothing-but-good-art.blogspot.nl/
2012 – Ten Words One Shot, http://tenwordsandoneshot.com/lisa-couwenbergh/
2009 – AD, kunstenaars schilderen op keramiek / Artists paint on ceramics
2009 – Het Parool, Mijn Amsterdam/ favoriete standbeeld/ My favourite statue in Amsterdam
2009 – Haarlems Dagblad, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Vishal
2009 – De Volkskrant, review on the Wallpaper exhibition Monologue Interieur, Rotterdam
2008 – Haarlems Dagblad, The Eye of the Beholder, Vishal, Haarlem
2008 – Het Parool, The Eye of the Beholder, Vishal, Haarlem
2008 – NRC Cultural supplement, The Eye of the Beholder, Vishal, Haarlem
2008 – MuseumTijdschrift, Diepenheim Beelden van Schilders/ Sculpture by Painters
2008 – Diepenheim, publication, Beelden van Schilders/ Sculpture by Painters
2005 – Artists Labels for Wine bottles, Ockhuysen, Haarlem
2004 – NRC Handelsblad, Voorkeur/ Review at preference, Amsterdam, Wunderkammer
2004 – De Telegraaf, Huiskamer wordt Wunderkammer / Livingroom becomes Cabinet of Curiosities by Paola van de Velde
2004 – Tubelight, Tube’s Choice, review Wunderkammer
2002 – Schooldomein, Children get a place to fantasize
2002 – Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Bulletin on exhibition 1001 Nights
2001 – Haarlems Dagblad, Je komt niet zo maar in het Stedelijk, Review on the Stedelijk Museum Exhibition
2001 – Brabants Dagblad, Writers keep the memory alive, exhibition 1001 Nacht
2000 – De Volkskrant, Zoeken naar een schilderij/ searching for a painting, Review 1001 Nacht by Sandra Smallenburg
2000 – Kunstbeeld, kunstenaars betoveren museum Jan Cunen/Artists enchant Jan Cunen museum, by Anne Berk
2000 – 1001 Nacht, Publication Jan Cunen Museum
2000 – Must, 1001 Nacht/ Arabian Nights publication Jan Cunen Museum
2000 – Haarlems Dagblad, review, solo exhibition at Jan Cunen Museum
2000 – De Volkskrant, review on solo show, Ogen balancerend op een touwtje / Eyes balancing on a rope, by Merel Bem
2000 – Brabants Dagblad, review, Versteende blik van een uil/ petrified gaze of an Owl by Mark v/d Voort
2000 – Lisa Couwenbergh, Publication, solo show at Jan Cunen Museum, Oss
2000 – Canadian Art Magazine, Fast Forward, 4 Dutch Artists Toronto, Canada
2000 – 1001 Nacht, Book publication Jan Cunen Museum
2000 – The Globe and Mail, review by Gary Michael Dault, 4 dutch Artists, Toronto, Canada
2000 – The National Post, review by Thomas Hirschmann, 4 Dutch Artists, Toronto, Canada
1998 – Parool, artikel door Pietje Tegenbosch
1998 – Catalogue, 8 banketten 10 years Archipel Apeldoorn
1997 – New York Times, One-Line Drawing, UBU Gallery, New York, USA
1997 – De Volkskrant, Painting in Archipel, Apeldoorn
1996 – Het Parool, interview with Pietje Tegenbosch
1996 – De Kunsten, Art Academy Magazine by Andrea Basedow
1996 – Maaspost, Couwenbergh en Frik get Jeanne Oosting Award 1996
1996 – Haarlems Dagblad, Two winners Jeanne Oosting Award
1996 – De Volkskrant, Jeanne Oosting Award
1996 – NRC Handelsblad, Couwenbergh and Frik get Jeanne Oosting Award
1996 – Catalogus, Jeanne Oosting prijs
1995 – Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Catalogue, Canada
1993 – Vrij Nederland, Waaiers/ Fans, by Ingrid Harms
1991 – Lisa Couwenbergh schilderijen/ paintings 1989-1991
1990 – NRC Handelsblad/ Gallery, by Paul Steenhuis
1989 – Prix de Rome, Catalogue
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, ABN Amro, Nederlandsche Bank, Boekel de Nerée, Museum Jan Cunen, Kennedy van der Laan, Akzo Nobel, Marlies Rohmer Architects, Anningahof, Rijkman Groenink, JW Knipscheer, AMC Collection, CBK Dordrecht,Heden Den Haag, Carel Blotkamp, Erik van Ginkel en Henk Christophersen, Peter Struycken, Etienne Boileau, Fiet van de Vijsel, Arthur van Schendel, Marina vd Wal en Marjolijn Vredegorde, Alex de Vries, Martin Assig (G),Wanda Koop (CAN), Paul Noble (UK), Barbara Benazzo Burgerhout (I), and many other private collectors