Hans Lemmen (1959) lives and works in an ancient farm at a remote location in Belgium. The farmlands with fertile löss soil were traditionally suitable for food cultivation. Human habitation has therefore been mentioned here early on, seeing many artifacts that can even be found quite close to the surface. This rich historical environment inspires him in his artistry. From an early age he built up an extensive collection of prehistoric tools. This provides his direct connection to the natural and cultural landscape and the intriguing human history.
Man and his environment are the seemingly inexhaustible source of his inspiration. He is particularly fascinated by the relationship between man and animal; our interpretation of freedom versus the use of animals for human gain. Lemmen likes to work in silence, in the flow of open-mindedness that appeals to his intuition and energy. You can see his work as an indictment of current world developments, or as a romantic vision of a distant past. His work is inspiring because you feel it pinches, that there is more going on than what he shows.
Man and his environment are the seemingly inexhaustible source of his inspiration. He is particularly fascinated by the relationship between man and animal; our interpretation of freedom versus the use of animals for human gain. Lemmen likes to work in silence, in the flow of open-mindedness that appeals to his intuition and energy. You can see his work as an indictment of current world developments, or as a romantic vision of a distant past. His work is inspiring because you feel it pinches, that there is more going on than what he shows.
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Artworks by Hans Lemmen
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In museum collection:
Museum de Buitenplaats
Bonnefantenmuseum
Museum Beelden aan Zee
De Domijnen
Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
In corporate collection:
DSM
CV
Solo tentoonstellingen:
2018/19
-Fuerteventura, Canary Island, artist residence connected to two museum presentations.
2018
-La Laguna, Tenerife, Galeria Artizar, Unleashed (segment)
-Amsterdam, Amsterdam Rai/ Art Fair. Solo booth with galerie Helder
-Galerie Helder, Walkabout, solo
-Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum, Unleashed
2017
-Paris, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Unleashed
2016
-La Laguna, Tenerife, Galeria Artizar, Me Flesh, You Meat
2015
-Madrid, Blanca Soto Arte, Hunter-Gatherer
-Maasmechelen(B), CC Maasmechelen,
-JGR-VRZMLR -Eelde(Nl),
-Museum De Buitenplaats,
-Of Beasts and Beings -Amsterdam, Ornis A Gallery,
-A Contribution to Reality
2014
-Paris, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Hibernaculum
2013
-Amsterdam, Ornis A Gallery, Hond en Horizonten
-La Laguna, Tenerife, Galeria Artizar, The true stories
2012
-Sevilla, Galeria Mecanica, Equivocal Evidence
-Tenerife, Instituto de Canarias Cabrera Pinto, aun terrenal
-Sittard(Nl), Museum het Domein, Common Sprits (duo with José Bedia)
-Diepenheim(Nl), Drawing Center, no reason to get excited
2011
-Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, CAAM,
-Aun Terrenal (duo withJosé Bedia) -Utrecht, Ornis A Gallery
2010
-Maastricht, galerie Wansink
2009
-Maastricht, galerie Wansink
2007
-Amsterdam, galerie The living Room
2006
-Amsterdam, galerie The living Room
2005
-Amsterdam, (Kunstrai) Galerie Wanda Reiff
-Tongeren(B),Gallo-Romeins Museum, a Stone with a View
2004
-Brussel, Fondacion Européenne pour la Sculpture, Mind the Gap
2003
-Den Haag, Gemeentemuseum, Na de Waarneming
-Venlo(Nl), Limburgs Museum, Lithomania
2002
-Tongeren(B), Gallo-Romeins Museum, Lithomania
2000
-Vlissingen(Nl), W#AK/de Watertoren
Groepstentoonstellingen:
2015
-Koln(D), Martin Kudlek Gallery
-Paris, Galery Maubert
-Diepenheim(Nl), Drawing Center, Jubilee exhibition
2014
-Maastricht Bonnefantenmuseum, Beating around the Bush
-Sittard(Nl) Rabobank: three museums each present one sculpture.
2013
-Antwerp (Beveren), ab homine creatum (sculpture-parc)
2011
-Schiedam(Nl), Stedelijk Museum, All about Drawing
2009
-Osnabruck/Kalkriese(D), Colossal, curator Jan Hoet
2008
-Maastricht(Nl), Province House, acquisitions Museum het Domein 2006
-Amsterdam, The Living Room
2005
-Heerlen(Nl), Weird Walls, murals
2004
-Amsterdam, galerie Loerakker
2003
-Sittard(Ml), Stedelijk Museum het Domein,
2001
-Berg en Dal(Nl), Africa Museum, Ad Fontes 2000
-Monchen-Gladbach(D), guestpresentation IKOB
-Poitiers(F), galerie Wanda Reiff
1999
-Sittard(Nl), Stedelijk Museum Het Domein
1997
-Aken(D), Transit II
-Leuven,(B) Museum van der Keelen, Nature Morte?? -Maastricht(Nl), galerie Wanda Reiff
-Sittard(Nl), Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Hora Est
1995
-Venlo(Nl), Museum van Bommel van Dam, 1:1
-Sittard(Nl), Stedeliik Museum Het Domein, exchange Recife, Brasil
-Koln-Brauweiler(D), Rheinlandisches Museumsambt, 1:1
1994
-Hasselt(B), Kunstencentrum Begijnhof, Hoffelijkheden -Aken(D), Transit I
2018/19
-Fuerteventura, Canary Island, artist residence connected to two museum presentations.
2018
-La Laguna, Tenerife, Galeria Artizar, Unleashed (segment)
-Amsterdam, Amsterdam Rai/ Art Fair. Solo booth with galerie Helder
-Galerie Helder, Walkabout, solo
-Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum, Unleashed
2017
-Paris, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Unleashed
2016
-La Laguna, Tenerife, Galeria Artizar, Me Flesh, You Meat
2015
-Madrid, Blanca Soto Arte, Hunter-Gatherer
-Maasmechelen(B), CC Maasmechelen,
-JGR-VRZMLR -Eelde(Nl),
-Museum De Buitenplaats,
-Of Beasts and Beings -Amsterdam, Ornis A Gallery,
-A Contribution to Reality
2014
-Paris, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Hibernaculum
2013
-Amsterdam, Ornis A Gallery, Hond en Horizonten
-La Laguna, Tenerife, Galeria Artizar, The true stories
2012
-Sevilla, Galeria Mecanica, Equivocal Evidence
-Tenerife, Instituto de Canarias Cabrera Pinto, aun terrenal
-Sittard(Nl), Museum het Domein, Common Sprits (duo with José Bedia)
-Diepenheim(Nl), Drawing Center, no reason to get excited
2011
-Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, CAAM,
-Aun Terrenal (duo withJosé Bedia) -Utrecht, Ornis A Gallery
2010
-Maastricht, galerie Wansink
2009
-Maastricht, galerie Wansink
2007
-Amsterdam, galerie The living Room
2006
-Amsterdam, galerie The living Room
2005
-Amsterdam, (Kunstrai) Galerie Wanda Reiff
-Tongeren(B),Gallo-Romeins Museum, a Stone with a View
2004
-Brussel, Fondacion Européenne pour la Sculpture, Mind the Gap
2003
-Den Haag, Gemeentemuseum, Na de Waarneming
-Venlo(Nl), Limburgs Museum, Lithomania
2002
-Tongeren(B), Gallo-Romeins Museum, Lithomania
2000
-Vlissingen(Nl), W#AK/de Watertoren
Groepstentoonstellingen:
2015
-Koln(D), Martin Kudlek Gallery
-Paris, Galery Maubert
-Diepenheim(Nl), Drawing Center, Jubilee exhibition
2014
-Maastricht Bonnefantenmuseum, Beating around the Bush
-Sittard(Nl) Rabobank: three museums each present one sculpture.
2013
-Antwerp (Beveren), ab homine creatum (sculpture-parc)
2011
-Schiedam(Nl), Stedelijk Museum, All about Drawing
2009
-Osnabruck/Kalkriese(D), Colossal, curator Jan Hoet
2008
-Maastricht(Nl), Province House, acquisitions Museum het Domein 2006
-Amsterdam, The Living Room
2005
-Heerlen(Nl), Weird Walls, murals
2004
-Amsterdam, galerie Loerakker
2003
-Sittard(Ml), Stedelijk Museum het Domein,
2001
-Berg en Dal(Nl), Africa Museum, Ad Fontes 2000
-Monchen-Gladbach(D), guestpresentation IKOB
-Poitiers(F), galerie Wanda Reiff
1999
-Sittard(Nl), Stedelijk Museum Het Domein
1997
-Aken(D), Transit II
-Leuven,(B) Museum van der Keelen, Nature Morte?? -Maastricht(Nl), galerie Wanda Reiff
-Sittard(Nl), Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Hora Est
1995
-Venlo(Nl), Museum van Bommel van Dam, 1:1
-Sittard(Nl), Stedeliik Museum Het Domein, exchange Recife, Brasil
-Koln-Brauweiler(D), Rheinlandisches Museumsambt, 1:1
1994
-Hasselt(B), Kunstencentrum Begijnhof, Hoffelijkheden -Aken(D), Transit I