Biography
Hans van der Ham
1960 Born in Eindhoven
1989-present Studio Hans van der Ham, Rotterdam
2012-2015 Curator/artistic director Garage Rotterdam
2017-2018 Guest curator Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Represented by Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam and galleri KANT, Copenhagen
Education
1984-1989 Academy of Visual Arts, Rotterdam
1981-1984 Utrecht Conservatory, Utrecht, majoring in piano
1978-1981 Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, majoring in piano
Press reviews/articles/interviews, including:
2019 Catalog Watou arts festival
2018 Blouin Modern Painters Magazine, interview with Nina Siegal
2017 Interview with Hilde van Canneyt:http://hildevancanneyt.blogspot.com/2017/03/interview-met-hans-van-der-ham.html
2017 Exhibition folder Kadmium Delft, at Individu en Masse, text Monique Tolk (see appendix)
2016 LOSKIJKEN, interview with Erik Bos
Various reviews based on ANIMA MUNDI Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2018 including:
- NRC Handelsblad, Lucette Terborg
https://hansvanderham.nl/info/press/levend-hout-steen-en-plastic-op-anima-mundi.html
- TROUW, Henny de Lange
https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur-media/ook-van-een-dood-ding-kun-je-lopen-toont-boijmans-van-beuningen~bf71c1a2/
- DE TELEGRAAF, Maaike Staffhorst
https://hansvanderham.nl/info/press/alles-heeft-een-ziel-in-anima-mundi-1.html
Various blogs, including Trendbeheer:
- Trendbeheer dd. August 31, 2018
https://trendbeheer.com/2018/08/31/anima-mundi-boijmans/
- DE MORGEN (BE) dd. June 11, 2018, Glen van Muylem:
https://www.demorgen.be/expo/why-robots-not-het-einde-zijn-van-de-mensheid-maar-een-nieuw-begin-b79a5b8d/
- TL Mag dd. July 3, 2018, Rab Messina:
https://tlmagazine.com/boijmans-anima-mundi/
- Digital Art Newspaper dd. August 10, 2018, Liesbeth Visee:
https://www.digitalekunstkrant.nl/robot-pepper-andere-bezielde-levenloze-bezielde-objecten/
-Villa Next Door dd. August 23, Albertus Pieters:
https://villanextdoor.wordpress.com/2018/08/23/anima-mundi-museum-boijmans-van-beuningen-rotterdam/
Commissions
2022 Sculpture in public space, Rotterdam, commissioned by BKOR (Center for arts), Rotterdam
2012 Temporary image in public space, commissioned by the Municipality of Zaandam
2008 Design for image in Rotterdam, commissioned by BKOR (Center for arts), Rotterdam
2005 Multiple (bronze), Het Kunstgebouw, Province of South Holland
2004 Sculpture in public space, Sporthallen Zuid, Amsterdam
2002 Sculpture in public space, Maashees (municipality of Boxmeer), Rabobank Peelrand,
2001 Sculpture, edition of 16, Kunstbeeld
2000 Sculpture, edition of 80, Rabobank
1999 Casa Nova, Portfolio with 7 screen prints, CBK Rotterdam
1998 12 mixed techniques, CBK Rotterdam
1996 The Days of Mercurius, portfolio with 7 lithographs, CBK Rotterdam
MUNT Hypotheken, The Hague
Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague
Princessehof Ceramics Museum, Leeuwarden
Municipal Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
Collection Isala Clinics, Zwolle
Aegon Art Collection
Eneco Art Collection
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation
Marlies Rohmer Architecture & Urbanism, Amsterdam
Rabo Art Collection
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
Dutch Embassy Buenos Aires, AR
Dutch Embassy Madrid, ES
Dutch Embassy Manila, PH
KPMG Art Collection Foundation
Social and Economic Council, The Hague
Royal Archives
Various private collections
Solo (selection)
2025 DOWN THE WOODS YOU BE MINE, galleri KANT, Copenhagen (DK)
2025 galleri KANT, Copenhagen (DK), ART Rotterdam, Ahoy Rotterdam
2024 FACING HUMANOIDS, Stigter Van Doesburg gallery, Amsterdam
2023 THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE, duo with Anton Cotteleer (BE), galleri KANT, Copenhagen (DK)
2023 FRIENDS & ACQUAINTANCES, duo with Bobbi Essers, gallery Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam
2021 KunstRai Amsterdam, Sander Creman A|D|P & Galerie Larik
2020 MEHR LICHT, Galerie Larik, Utrecht
2018 SHADOW ARCHIVE, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague
2018 AIR LOOM, Galerie Shoobil, Antwerp BE
2017 THE FOOL AND THE SWINDLER, Galerie Verbeeck - Van Dyck, Antwerp BE
2016 GLAZED, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague
2015 FOR REAL, Gallery Witteveen Visual Art Center, Amsterdam
2014 TO BE HONEST, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague
2013 PERSONAE, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague (cat.)
2012 SOLO, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague
2011 WHEN DOGS DON’T BARK, Galerie Lutz, Delft
2011 SUN&MOON, Hudson Museum, Rotterdam
2011 ON MARVELLOUS THINGS HEARD, together with Joncquil, Gallerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam
2010 HERMETIQUE THEATER, 71 drawings 1990-2010, CBK Rotterdam
Group (selection)
2025 ART HERNING, galleri KANT, Copenhagen (DK)
2024 SALON 2024, galleri KANT, Copenhagen (DK)
2023 ENTER ART FAIR, galleri KANT, Copenhagen (DK)
2023 Galerie Stigter Van Doesburg, ART Rotterdam, Van Nellefabriek Rotterdam
2023 THE ANATOMY LESSON REVISITED, Beringen (B)
2022 HANDLE WITH CARE, Princessehof Ceramics Museum, Leeuwarden
2020 10+, Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam
2020 ME, MYSELF and I, Black Swan gallery, Bruges BE
2020 SKULLSHOW, ACEC Apeldoorn
2019 L'AGE D'OR, Sexyland, Amsterdam
2019 ARTS FESTIVAL WATOU, Watou BE
2018 IMPACT OF THE HIGHLY LIKELY Part II Evolution, Black Swan gallery, Bruges BE
2017 ALL AROUND | AROUND, summer exhibition Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague
2017 Sculpture Route Slot Zeist, Zeist
2017 Ravesteyn Sculpture Garden, Heenvliet
2017 ZES FOR ZES, Loods 6 Baggage Hall, Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam
2017 INDIVIDUAL EN MASSE, with Marilou van Lierop, Kadmium, Delft
2016 AMSTERDAM DRAWING 2016, Witteveen visual art center, Amsterdam
2016 UP MEMORY LANE PART II, Galerie RAM, Rotterdam
2016 SCHOONHEID II, with Jan Fabre, Marc Mulders, Thom Puckey, Amsterdam Art Rooms, Amsterdam
2016 PERUSING THE PLANKS, summer exhibition, duo with Henk Visch, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague
2016 GETEKENDE ZOMER, Galerie Shoobil, Antwerp, BE
2016 BEELD 2, Amsterdam Art Rooms, part of Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam
2016 Galerie Nouvelles Images, Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam
2016 RITUAL AND THE SACRED, Route du Nord, Rotterdam
2016 Galerie Nouvelles Images, ART Rotterdam, Van Nellefabriek Rotterdam
2015 THE EBONY TOWER, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague
Publications
2017 Erik Bos, LOSKIJKEN, book with letters and interviews
2017 Monique Tolk, Sculpture Garden Ravesteyn, catalog for group exhibition (cat.)
2016 Monique Tolk, INDIVIDU EN MASSE, Kadmium, Delft catalog for duo exhibition Marilou van Lierop (cat.)
2013 Erik Bos/Monique Tolk, PERSONAE, catalog for solo exhibition Nouvelles Images (cat.)
2013 P. Augustijn, Eilanden van verbeelding, Keramiek, number 4
2013 P. Augustijn, ZWART & WIT, BLACK & WHITE, Gorcums Museum, Gorkum
2012 Gisela Barath, Kompost, Stubenhocker Magazin, issue 1, DE
2010 T. van de Weyer, THROUGH THE MIRROR, Beeldenmagazine, year 13, number 49
2009 T. Ruiter, Net uit het lood, de Volkskrant, 12.03.2009.
2009 W. Klaver, Dikke lagen van verbeelding, Haarlems Dagblad, 18.03.2009
2008 ARMOURSHOW, Hans van der Ham, Kunstbeeld, number 6
2007 A. Wilms-Adrians, Blick hinter die Maske, Rheinische Post, 06.12.2007, DE Ekkehart Panik, Niederländisch 3D, Petra Nostheide-Eycke Gallery, Nettetal, DE
2006 A. Berk, CHIMAERA, Galerie Metis-NL, Amsterdam (cat.)
Curated exhibitions
2017/18 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen: ANIMA MUNDI
2016 Route du Nord, Rotterdam: RITUAL AND THE SACRED
2015 Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag: THE EBONY TOWER – summer exhibition
2015 Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam: ABOVE REALITY
2014 Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam: PERPETUUM MOBILE, BEAUTY OF VIOLENCE, DISTANCE TO ZERO, ORDER & CHAOS
2013 Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam: TRANSFORMATION, BEYOND TRADITION, BEHIND IMAGES, ON THE EDGE
2012 Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam: HERMETIC CITY, NECESSARILY TRUE, BORDER LINES, INTO THE LABYRINTH
Side activities
As part of the INVEST PROGRAM of Stroom Den Haag, I have been asked to supervise and coach two artists who graduated from the KABK in The Hague in 2019 in their first year after the academy.The alumni I was able to select for this are Eliza Reszka (PL) and Zahar Bondar (RU).The purpose of the INVEST PROGRAM is to help young starting artists to make a good start in their starting professional practice.They can then fall back on a more experienced colleague for a year.