Robbie Cornelissen 1954

Lives in Utrecht. Works in Utrecht.

Represented by:

Galerie Maurits van de Laar

Robbie Cornelissen (1954) has a reputation as a draftsman of works of a huge size, which besides their size are particularly impressive because of their enormous detail. In the libraries, cities or stations that he portrays, people are usually absent, the architectural fantasy thus preserves a certain neutrality allowing the spectator to wander undisturbed through the spaces. The motif of the library regularly returns in Cornelissen's work. As a metaphor for the power of knowledge and ideas or a collective memory, but also as a sort of giant computer that seems to develop into a living being with organic forms. In recent years, Robbie Cornelissen has also pushed the boundaries of drawing by experimenting with computer-aided design in animations like Het Grote Geheugen and The Labyrinth Runner or by having the audience participate in his work.

During the solo exhibition Studio Vertigo at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht in 2011, he invited visitors to create a horizontal line drawing of twenty meters in length. In 2014, in collaboration with Kees Went, the animated film The Black Room 2014 was created, this film consist of approximately sixty animations based on charcoal drawings, in which the themes perspective - space, abstraction - figuration and the transition from two to three dimensional are examined. The films must be shown simultaneously on three screens in a U-shaped space, in an ever-changing composition, so that the work keeps innovating. At the Holland Animation Film Festival in 2015, The Black Room won the professional prize for Dutch Animation.

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Artworks by Robbie Cornelissen

Architectural Visions

Naked II / Something exists but you can't see it

2021

€ 15.000 - € 20.000

Places, Dormitorio II

The Number 9 Sessions (39)

The Waiting Room (VII)

2016

€ 1.000 - € 2.000

Articles on Robbie Cornelissen

30 years of Gallery Maurits van de Laar

Gallery Maurits van de Laar is celebrating its 30th anniversary and to commemorate this, the Hague-based gallery is presenting no fewer than three group exhibitions. Equipe 2 can now be seen by appointment, it comprises work by Marcel van Eeden, Robbie Cornelissen, Martin Assig, Tobias Gerber and Nour-Eddine Jarram, among others. “I have to be able to look into the soul of an artist, whatever that means, but you can sense that immediately.”

Wouter van den Eijkel

The gallery of... Maurits van de Laar

In the section 'The gallery of' we talk to Belgian and Dutch gallerists: when and how did they start their gallery, what has changed in the art world since, what is their profile, what do they collect themselves, and what has been impact of Corona on their gallery? This time it’s Maurits van de Laar (Galerie Maurits van de Laar)

Oscar van Gelderen

Simultaneous transformation

An interesting aspect of collecting art from living artists is that you get the opportunity to keep following the artists’ career, as their practice changes and grows. Until 20 June, you can see a duo exhibition in Galerie Maurits van de Laar in which this growth and transformation is examined in the work of two artists: Karin van Dam and Robbie Cornelissen.

Flor Linckens

Niek & Madeleine's pick...

Below, an interview with Niek van Vugt & Madeleine Steigenga (architects, 67 and 69)

Oscar van Gelderen & Manuela Klerkx

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CROWD

Elsbeth Ciesluk, Frank van den Broeck, David Bade, Susanna Inglada, Fransje Killaars, Karin van Dam, Jan Brokof, Robine Clignett, Robbie Cornelissen, Andrea Freckmann, Diederik Gerlach, Christie van der Haak, Cedric ter Bals, Martin Fenne, Lotte van Lieshout, Henri Jacobs, Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Dieter Mammel, Erik Pape, Zeger Reyers, Elmar Trenkwalder, Ronald Versloot, Dirk Zoete, Dan Zhu, Tobias Gerber, Romy Muijrers, Marcel van Eeden, Paul van der Eerden, Lisa Blaauwbroek, Ed Pien, Janice McNab, Peter Vos, Marjolijn van der Meij, Tobias Lengkeek, Martin Assig, Sebastiaan Schlicher

24 nov - 22 dec 2024, Den Haag, Nederland

Drawing Now Paris

Stan Klamer, Susanna Inglada, Romy Muijrers, Paul van der Eerden, Robbie Cornelissen, Martin Assig

22 mar - 26 mar 2023, Paris, France

MOVING UP

Elsbeth Ciesluk, Anya Belyat Giunta, Frank van den Broeck, Susanna Inglada, Karin van Dam, Jan Brokof, Robine Clignett, Robbie Cornelissen, Andrea Freckmann, Diederik Gerlach, Christie van der Haak, Cedric ter Bals, Martin Fenne, Henri Jacobs, Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Dieter Mammel, Erik Pape, Zeger Reyers, Sebastiaan Schlicher, Elmar Trenkwalder, Ronald Versloot, Dirk Zoete, Dan Zhu, Tobias Gerber, Romy Muijrers, Marcel van Eeden, Paul van der Eerden, Ed Pien, Peter Vos, Tobias Lengkeek, Martin Assig

23 oct - 27 nov 2022, Den Haag, Nederland

Drawing Now

Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Dan Zhu, Susanna Inglada, Robbie Cornelissen

19 may - 22 may 2022, Paris, France

Départ

Elsbeth Ciesluk, Anya Belyat Giunta, Frank van den Broeck, Susanna Inglada, Karin van Dam, Jan Brokof, Robine Clignett, Robbie Cornelissen, Andrea Freckmann, Diederik Gerlach, Christie van der Haak, Kevin Simon Mancera, Cedric ter Bals, Martin Fenne, Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Dieter Mammel, Erik Pape, Zeger Reyers, Sebastiaan Schlicher, Elmar Trenkwalder, Ronald Versloot, Dirk Zoete, Dan Zhu, Tobias Gerber, Romy Muijrers, Marcel van Eeden, Paul van der Eerden, Ed Pien, Peter Vos, Marjolijn van der Meij, Tobias Lengkeek, Martin Assig

15 jan - 13 feb 2022, Den Haag, Nederland

EQUIPE 2

Diederik Gerlach, Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Martin Assig, Elsbeth Ciesluk, Kevin Simon Mancera, Anya Belyat Giunta, Ed Pien, Frank van den Broeck, Tobias Gerber, Robine Clignett, Marcel van Eeden, Tobias Lengkeek, Karin van Dam, Martin Fenne, Robbie Cornelissen, Nare Eloyan, Andrea Freckmann

4 dec - 24 dec 2021, Den Haag, Nederland

Places We Have Never Been Before

Karin van Dam, Robbie Cornelissen

9 may - 20 jun 2021, Den Haag, Nederland

Art on Paper Brussels 2019

Robbie Cornelissen

24 oct - 27 oct 2019, Brussels, Belgium

This Must Be The Place

Rik Smits, Dirk Zoete, Robbie Cornelissen

6 jan - 3 feb 2019, Den Haag, Nederland

In museum collection:

Museum Jan Cunen

Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

Museum Beelden aan Zee

Teylers Museum

Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag

Centraal Museum Utrecht

In corporate collection:

Arcadis

Erasmus Universiteit

Bouwfonds

Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden (Collectie prenten & tekeningen)

CV

Education

1973 – 1980 Biology and Ecology, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
1982 – 1984 Vrije Academie, The Hague, The Netherlands
1984 – 1987 Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

lives and works in Utrecht, The Netherlands

Solo exhibitions

2017 The New Room, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
2016 The Life of Lines, Drawing Centre Diepenheim, NL
Haven’s Factory, Kogan Gallery, Paris, France
2015 Galery Art Mur, Montreal , Canada
2014 The Black Room 2014, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
Kennedy van der Laan, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Anticipation, Kogan Gallery, Paris, France
God is in the Details, Stedelijk Museum, Kampen, NL
2012 Mémoires à venir, Kogan Gallery, Paris, France
2011 The Capacious Memory, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, NL
Studio Vertigo, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
Galerie Art Mur, Montréal, Canada
2010 Pueblo, Bacinol, Delft, The Netherlands
2009 Art Amsterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL
2008 Living Room, Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL
2007 The Capacious Memory, Galerie Art Mur, Montreal, Canada
Het Grote Geheugen, CBK Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
2006 Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
2005 Galleria Astuni, Pietrasanta, Italy
2004 Stichting KIK, Kolderveen, NL
2003 Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
Motive Gallery, Haarlem, NL
CBK Provincie Utrecht, Amersfoort, NL
2001 Archipel, Apeldoorn, NL
1997 VB Galerie-Kunstuitkijk, Deventer, NL
1996 Grafisch Atelier, Utrecht, NL
1992 A. Wulfse startgalerie, Amersfoort, NL
1991 Galerie Bert Mertens, Utrecht, NL
1990 Galerie Trajekt, Utrecht, NL

Group exhibitions

2017 Art The Hague Drawing, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
Kantelpunt (Tipping Point), with Karin van Dam, Cacaofabriek, Helmond, NL
6 ème Biennale du Dessin, Musée des Beaux Arts de Mont-Saint Hilaire, Canada
Drawing Now Paris, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France
2016 Track & Trace I & II, 25 years Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
Drawing Rooms II, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
Inner City, Cityscapes Foundation, Amsterdam, NL
Amsterdam Drawing, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL
The Inconstancy of Space, Struggle for Identity, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
Move the Line, Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, Germany
Van Gogh’s Mini’s, Moti Museum, Breda, NL
Le Contemporain Dessiné, Musée des Arts Décoratifs au Louvre, Paris, France
Drawing Now Paris, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL
2015 Constructeurs d’Absurde, Bricoleurs d’Utopie, CAC Meymac, France
Archi-Sculptur, Fondation Villa Datris, Isle sur La Sorgue, France
Anders Abstract, Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, NL
Henk van Os komt thuis, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, NL
Urbane Beelden, KuuB ruimte voor kunst, Utrecht, NL
Utrecht Down Under, Under Control, Gevangenis Wolvenplein, Utrecht, NL
Move ON, 100 years of Animation Art, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, NL
2014 De stad in mij (The City within me), Museum IJsselstein, NL
Geest van de Plek, Museum Arnhem, NL
Amsterdam Drawing, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL
Time Being Time, Museum of Contemporary Art Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina
The City, Museum IJsselstein, NL
Surreal Worlds, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
Staged City, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2013 World in Images, Kunstpodium ZaalZuid, , Hengelo, NL
I love Holland, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
Mooove, Villa Zebra , Rotterdam, NL
Call of the Mall, Art Manifestation, Utrecht Central Train Station, Utrecht. NL
Zoetermeer Utopia, Townmuseum Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer, NL
2012 Scope New York, Galery Art Mur, New York, USA
Living-Being, Songzhuang Art Gallery, Beijing, China (cat.)
Arte Buenos Aires, Galerie Mirta Demare, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL
2011 Une terrible beauté est née, La 11e Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
SCOPE Basel, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Basel, Switzerland
Art Amsterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL
Drawing Now Suite, Paris, France
All about Drawing, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2010 De Ketelfactory, Schiedam, NL
Texture Maps, NEST, The Hague, NL
Diepsel, Galerie 37 Spaarnestad, Haarlem, NL
Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Galerie Maurits vd Laar, Paris, France
2009 Towing the Line, Drawing Space, White Box, New York, USA
Stressed Spaces, KW 14, Den Bosch, NL
Close Encounters, Blokhuispoort, Leeuwarden, NL
Allemaal Engelen, Museum het Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, NL
Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Paris, France
2008 Paradise Lost, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL
Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Paris, France
2007 Art Rotterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL
Under Control, Vrije Academie, The Hague, NL
Contour 2007, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, NL
Comfort – Discomfort, Stedelijk Museum, Den Bosch, NL
Art Amsterdam, Galerie Dubble B, Amsterdam, NL
2006 Art Rotterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL
Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, NL
2005 Galerie Loerakker, Amsterdam, NL
Tekeningen zomer, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht (with Hans de Wit), NL
Papier, schaar, steen, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, NL
2003 Tekenen des tijds, Stichting KW 14, , Den Bosch, NL
KunstRAI, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL
Tussen droom en daad, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL
Intravention, W 139 in Onze lieve heer op zolder, Amsterdam
Inclinations, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002 Motive Gallery, 4 x tekeningen, Haarlem, NL
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
4e salon van Utrechtse kunstenaars en vormgevers, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
2001 Artis, Den Bosch, NL
Galerie Tegenbosch, Heusden aan de Maas, NL
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
2000 Zinnenprikkelend, CBK Provincie Utrecht, Amersfoort, NL
1999 Kunstmanifestatie De dubbelkamer, Schiedam, NL
Galerie Outline, Stichting ZET, Amsterdam, NL
Kunst boven de bank, Archipel, Apeldoorn, NL
1998 3e Salon van Utrechtse Kunstenaars en vormgevers, Centraal Museum (Stadhuis), Utrecht, NL
1996 Past transparencies, Nouvelles Images, The Hague , NL

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