KEES GOUDZWAARD

° 1958, Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Lives and works in Arnhem (The Netherlands)

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Michaël Borremans
Kees Goudzwaard creates his paintings by transferring paper models, compositions he applies to the canvas using sheets of paper and tape. The process by which Goudzwaard’s work come into being consists of two parts: he first makes a model, which he then translates into paint on canvas. He sees the model as a temporary example. Goudzwaard then painstakingly places different areas of paper – often a combination of coloured and transparent paper – next to and above one another. He attaches the paper with tape, usually along the full length of the edge of the paper. In other examples of his work an area of colour covers the entire canvas onto which Goudzwaard has then stuck a criss-cross pattern of strips of tape. Sheets of paper and tape are used as a stand-in for areas of colour and lines: these are the building blocks which are meant to help him come into contact with the composition. When we look at Goudzwaard’s paintings we see a three-dimensional effect that is the result of a multiplicity and accumulation of shapes rather than of lines.
(Eva Wittocx, catalogue S.M.A.K., 2005)

Kees Goudzwaard had exhibitions in Nijmegen (NL) in 2001 and Hamburg (DE) in 2004. His work was included in a group show in the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo (NL) and in 2003 in Mexico City, where he constructed a site-specific work. In summer 2005 his work was a part of the ‘New Accents in Contemporary Dutch and Flemish Art’ exhibition at the Museum Kunst Palast in Düsseldorf (DE) and in 2006 he had a solo exhibition at Culturgest in Lissabon (PT). At the beginning of 2010, new work will be on show in a second solo exhibition at Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE).
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2010 'Provisional space', Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NL), (April 2 - June 6)
  'Fragments and gaps', Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE), (January 22 - February 27)
2007 Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE) and Zeno X Storage, Borgerhout (BE), (March 16 - April 14)
2006 Culturgest, Lissabon (PT) (May 19 – August 25) (cat)
2005 S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE) (May 28 – July 31) (cat)
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2010 'Published by: Roma Publication', De Vleeshal, Middelburg (NL) , (January 17 - February 14)
2009 'La Maison de Poupée', Historisch Museum, Arnhem (NL), (June 6 - August 16)
  'MyPainting.nu', Lokaak 01, Breda (NL), (April 19 - July 17)
2008 'Academia: De la transmission à l art', Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts , Paris (FR), (September 10 - November 23, 2008), (cat)
'Art is a fight to the finish between black and white', Zeno X Gallery + Zeno X Storage, Antwerp (BE), (January 9 - March 8)
2007 'De cirkel', Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte (BE), (March 25 - May 20)
2006 "25 years Zeno X Gallery", Zeno X Gallery & Zeno X Storage, Antwerp (BE), (October 17 - December 2)
  "Collectiepresentatie", S.M.A.K., Gent (BE), (January 27 - April 2)
2005 “Slow Art: Neue Akzente aus den Niederlanden und Flandern”, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf (DE), (July 16 – November 6) (cat)
2004 “Frontal Views”, CBK, Nijmegen (NL) (cat)
2003  “Storage and Display”, Programa Art Center, Mexico City (MX) (cat)
2002 “ROMA publications", Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (NL)
2001 “This is how it feels”, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen (NL)
  “Taal in beeld”, Museum De Wieger, Deurne (BE) (cat)
 
  
PUBLICATIONS
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2006

Kees Goudzwaard - Sequent
Edited by Roma Publications, Amsterdam (NL) / Culturgest, Porto (PT), texts by SARDO Delfim, HACKENSCHMIDT Sebastian, WANDSCHNEIDER Miguel

 

Dias Abertos / Open Days - Culturgest
Edited by ROMA Publications, Amsterdam (NL)
 

Pintura Redux. Desenvolvimentos na ultima decada.
Edited by Fundaçao de Serralves, Porto (PT), texts by SARDO Delfim, BURMESTER Maria
 

Checkpoint Charley - A project of the 4th Berlin Biennal for Contemporary Art
Edited by Biennial for Contemporary Art, Berlin (DE)
2005

Kees Goudzwaard - Schilderijen
Edited by S.M.A.K., Gent (BE), texts by HACKENSCHMIDT Sebastian, VAN CAUTEREN Philippe, WITTOCX Eva
 

Kunst Nu
S.M.A.K, Gent (BE)
 

Slow Art - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Flandern und den Niederlande
Edited by Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE), text by VISSER Mattijs
 

Open Days - Roma Publications 1998-2005
Edited by ROMA Publications, Amsterdam (NL)
2004 

Kees Goudzwaard - Frontal Views
Edited by ROMA Publications, Amsterdam (NL), text by ROELSTRAETE Dieter
 

Storage and Display
Edited by ROMA Publications, Amsterdam (NL), text by ROELSTRAETE Dieter
2001

Taal in beeld
Museum de Wieger, Deurne (BE), text by SMOLDERS Rob

2000

Extra Room
Academiegalerie, Utrecht (NL)

 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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  Bouwfonds Art Collection (NL)
  Collectie Gemeente Nijmegen (NL)
  De Nederlandse Bank, Amsterdam (NL)
  Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen (NL)
  Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf (DE)
  Provincie Gelderland (NL)
Rubell Family Collection, Miami (US)
  S.M.AK., Gent (BE)