Hans Hovy
Born 17 December 1953 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Education:
1981-1983 Ateliers ‘63, Haarlem
1977-1981 Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, Amsterdam
Solo exhibitions:
2021-2022 Hans Hovy & Miroslav Tichý, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2019 ‘King of Sculpture’, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2017 ‘Glassobs’, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2014/2015 Kunstmuseum, Den Haag, NL
2014 ‘Sculptissimo’, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2012 Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2010 ‘Sculptullery’,Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2006 Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2001 Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1998 Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1997 Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim, NL
1996 Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
1994 Archipel, Apeldoorn, NL
1994 ‘Arthotel’, Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, NL
1993 Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1992 Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1989 Lineart, Gent, BE
Group Exhibitions:
2024 True Colors, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
2023 PAN Art Fair, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2023 LEO\XIII, First Impressions, Tilburg, NL.
2023 Male Contrapositions (Houston, We Have a Man!) March 5-June 4, Galerie Heejsteck#, Utrecht, NL
2022 PAN Art Fair, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2021 PAN Art Fair, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2020 WE CAN’T GO BACK, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam
2020 SHAME! and Masculinity, H401, Amsterdam, NL
2019 ‘The Size of Thoughts’, White Conduit Projects, London, UK
2018 ‘WeAreFood’, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, NL
2017 Art Traverse, Bilthoven, NL
2016 Onrust Gallery, Yes Yes Yes…!, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Artdeli, curated by Hester Alberdingk Thijm, Amsterdam, NL
2015 ‘Veldwerk’, Diepenheim, NL
2015 Beelden, the exhibition curated by Joost Declercq and Karel Schampers for the Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2014 ‘Masterpieces’, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Work On Paper, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2013 ‘Collect’, The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2013 ‘Jewellery Moment’, Diepenheim, NL
2012 ‘(Dis)Connections’, Dutch Sculpture, a selection from 1950 untill now, Witteveen Visual Art Center, Amsterdam, NL
2012 PAN Art Fair, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2012 ‘Collect’, The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2012 ‘Small faces’ with Helen Frik in ‘The Match’ at Nouvelles Images Gallery, Den Haag, NL
2012 ‘Kunst4Kids’, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
2011 ‘From The Heart’, Sculptures & Drawings, Berg Kerk, Deventer, NL
2011 ‘Collect’, The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2008 ‘Content Art Consumer’, Otto Schaap Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL
2007 ‘Citadel 1’, David Risley Gallery, London, UK
2007 ‘25 Faces’, Gallery 25 Limited, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2004 ‘Trend!’, Brutto Gusto, Rotterdam, NL
2004 ‘Absolute Innocence’, Het Torentje, Almelo, NL
2002 ‘Work on Paper: Artschwager/Hovy/Veneman’, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2001 ‘Drawings in Between’, Nouvelles Images Gallery, The Hague, NL
2001 Amsterdam Art Fair, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2001 Amsterdam Art Fair, Forrer Handmade Prints, Amsterdam, NL
2000 Amsterdam Art Fair, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1996 Helen Frik/Hans Hovy, Chassé Gallery, Breda, NL
1995 ‘The Red Scarf’, Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1994 ‘Sculptors’ Jewelry I’, Louise Smit Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1994 ‘One plus one makes eleven’, Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1994 ‘Cast in metal’, Rob de Vries Gallery, Haarlem, NL
1993 ‘Wunderkammer’, Arti & Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
1992 ‘Wallwork’, Artis, Den Bosch, NL
1992 ‘People and Things ’, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
1992 Schouten & de Vries Gallery, Haarlem, NL
1990 ‘Sculptors’ Drawings’, Schouten & de Vries Gallery, Haarlem, NL
1990 ‘Behind the Scenes’, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
1988 Stedelijk Museum Gouda, NL
1988 Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1985 ‘Three Young Sculptors’, Provincial House, Zwolle, NL
Commissions:
2002 ‘Fat & Happy’, permanent outdoor Sculpture, Commissioned by Almelo City Council, NL
1999 ‘Present from Heaven’, permanent outdoor sculpture commissioned by Akzo Nobel Art Foundation as a gift to the city of Arnhem, Stadspark Sonsbeek, Arnhem, NL
1997 Drinking glass design commissioned by the Fort Asperen Foundation for the ‘Glass Manifestation’, Leerdam, NL
1995 Shortlisted: design fase for a tram depot sculpture commissioned by the City Transport Service (GVB), Amsterdam, NL
1995 Shortlisted: design fase for playground sculpture, Montessorischool, Haarlem, NL
1993 Outdoor sculpture for Boddenkampsingel/van Heek Park, Enschede, NL (In 2003 re-situated to inside the van Heek Park)
1992 Indoor sculpture for the Information and Mathematics Faculty, University of Amsterdam, NL
1992 Encouragement Prize, Amsterdam Fund for the Visual Arts, NL
Work in the collections of:
Kunstmuseum, Den Haag, Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam.
The Netherlands Bank.
ABN Amro Bank, Amsterdam
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam.
Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, Den Haag
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Den Haag.
LUMC (Leiden University Medical Center), Leiden.
Het Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg
and private collections.
1985- 2020 Senior tutor sculpture at the AKI Academy of Art and Design in Enschede.
1995 Commitee Member of the Mondriaan Fund, Art Purchasing Scheme.
Born 17 December 1953 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Education:
1981-1983 Ateliers ‘63, Haarlem
1977-1981 Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, Amsterdam
Solo exhibitions:
2021-2022 Hans Hovy & Miroslav Tichý, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2019 ‘King of Sculpture’, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2017 ‘Glassobs’, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2014/2015 Kunstmuseum, Den Haag, NL
2014 ‘Sculptissimo’, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2012 Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2010 ‘Sculptullery’,Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2006 Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2001 Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1998 Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1997 Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim, NL
1996 Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
1994 Archipel, Apeldoorn, NL
1994 ‘Arthotel’, Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, NL
1993 Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1992 Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1989 Lineart, Gent, BE
Group Exhibitions:
2024 True Colors, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
2023 PAN Art Fair, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2023 LEO\XIII, First Impressions, Tilburg, NL.
2023 Male Contrapositions (Houston, We Have a Man!) March 5-June 4, Galerie Heejsteck#, Utrecht, NL
2022 PAN Art Fair, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2021 PAN Art Fair, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2020 WE CAN’T GO BACK, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam
2020 SHAME! and Masculinity, H401, Amsterdam, NL
2019 ‘The Size of Thoughts’, White Conduit Projects, London, UK
2018 ‘WeAreFood’, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, NL
2017 Art Traverse, Bilthoven, NL
2016 Onrust Gallery, Yes Yes Yes…!, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Artdeli, curated by Hester Alberdingk Thijm, Amsterdam, NL
2015 ‘Veldwerk’, Diepenheim, NL
2015 Beelden, the exhibition curated by Joost Declercq and Karel Schampers for the Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2014 ‘Masterpieces’, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Work On Paper, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2013 ‘Collect’, The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2013 ‘Jewellery Moment’, Diepenheim, NL
2012 ‘(Dis)Connections’, Dutch Sculpture, a selection from 1950 untill now, Witteveen Visual Art Center, Amsterdam, NL
2012 PAN Art Fair, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2012 ‘Collect’, The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2012 ‘Small faces’ with Helen Frik in ‘The Match’ at Nouvelles Images Gallery, Den Haag, NL
2012 ‘Kunst4Kids’, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
2011 ‘From The Heart’, Sculptures & Drawings, Berg Kerk, Deventer, NL
2011 ‘Collect’, The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Rob Koudijs Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2008 ‘Content Art Consumer’, Otto Schaap Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL
2007 ‘Citadel 1’, David Risley Gallery, London, UK
2007 ‘25 Faces’, Gallery 25 Limited, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2004 ‘Trend!’, Brutto Gusto, Rotterdam, NL
2004 ‘Absolute Innocence’, Het Torentje, Almelo, NL
2002 ‘Work on Paper: Artschwager/Hovy/Veneman’, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2001 ‘Drawings in Between’, Nouvelles Images Gallery, The Hague, NL
2001 Amsterdam Art Fair, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2001 Amsterdam Art Fair, Forrer Handmade Prints, Amsterdam, NL
2000 Amsterdam Art Fair, Onrust Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1996 Helen Frik/Hans Hovy, Chassé Gallery, Breda, NL
1995 ‘The Red Scarf’, Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1994 ‘Sculptors’ Jewelry I’, Louise Smit Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1994 ‘One plus one makes eleven’, Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1994 ‘Cast in metal’, Rob de Vries Gallery, Haarlem, NL
1993 ‘Wunderkammer’, Arti & Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
1992 ‘Wallwork’, Artis, Den Bosch, NL
1992 ‘People and Things ’, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
1992 Schouten & de Vries Gallery, Haarlem, NL
1990 ‘Sculptors’ Drawings’, Schouten & de Vries Gallery, Haarlem, NL
1990 ‘Behind the Scenes’, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
1988 Stedelijk Museum Gouda, NL
1988 Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1985 ‘Three Young Sculptors’, Provincial House, Zwolle, NL
Commissions:
2002 ‘Fat & Happy’, permanent outdoor Sculpture, Commissioned by Almelo City Council, NL
1999 ‘Present from Heaven’, permanent outdoor sculpture commissioned by Akzo Nobel Art Foundation as a gift to the city of Arnhem, Stadspark Sonsbeek, Arnhem, NL
1997 Drinking glass design commissioned by the Fort Asperen Foundation for the ‘Glass Manifestation’, Leerdam, NL
1995 Shortlisted: design fase for a tram depot sculpture commissioned by the City Transport Service (GVB), Amsterdam, NL
1995 Shortlisted: design fase for playground sculpture, Montessorischool, Haarlem, NL
1993 Outdoor sculpture for Boddenkampsingel/van Heek Park, Enschede, NL (In 2003 re-situated to inside the van Heek Park)
1992 Indoor sculpture for the Information and Mathematics Faculty, University of Amsterdam, NL
1992 Encouragement Prize, Amsterdam Fund for the Visual Arts, NL
Work in the collections of:
Kunstmuseum, Den Haag, Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam.
The Netherlands Bank.
ABN Amro Bank, Amsterdam
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam.
Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, Den Haag
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Den Haag.
LUMC (Leiden University Medical Center), Leiden.
Het Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg
and private collections.
1985- 2020 Senior tutor sculpture at the AKI Academy of Art and Design in Enschede.
1995 Commitee Member of the Mondriaan Fund, Art Purchasing Scheme.