One might think of the precepts of morality, the myth concerning martyrdom and self-sacrifice, or think about Israël, think of crucifixions, the fable of the providing family and the protecting community, and, not in the least, one could also think of the myths about the "True artist"
Tales and preconcieved truths that whole nations live by without stopping to think about it for even a tiny moment. Myths and ideas we use to fashion ourselves, that we want to have accepted by everyone as if these tales were standard truths. While we'll never be able to truly grasp nor share them, for we are not able to communicate with one another.

My work is the ongoing illustration of that absurdity.

Born June 1970

Education:
Gymnasium Camphusianum, Gorinchem, 1982 - 1989
Academy of Art Arnhem, 1989 - 1993
Academy of Art Tilburg, 1993 - 1995

Left Art behind for a while to go snowboarding and become assistant manager at the indoor ski slope Snow Planet for several years, then returned to painting in 2003

Exhibitions:
[ Upcoming]
May 2008 Art Amsterdam, group
March 2008 THGallery, The Hague, group
[ past]
May 2007 THGallery, the Hague, group
January 2007 Strijp S/Theaterplan, Eindhoven, solo
October 2005, Art Fair Cologne, group
September 2005, Urban Art festival, the Hague
May 2005, Galerie Goncourt, the Hague, group
January 2004, Theater de Appel, Scheveningen, solo

Commissions:
August 2005 Private commission for two murals
November 2004 Tshirt and snowboard design for the 2005 season of Valhalla snowboards, Australia
May 2004 Private commission for a mural
November 2003 snowboard design for the 2004 season of Valhalla Snowboards, Australia
1994 - 1997 Several storyboards for Ted Lenssen film, for Tv series and for a feature film (Maria Peeters, 'De Tasjesdief')

Collections:
Private collections in the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland