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GAM BODENHAUSEN (Geldrop, 1973)
Lives and works in Eindhoven
EDUCATION
2001-2003 Researcher fine arts, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
1998 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston (USA)
1994 -1999 Vrije Richting, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
RESIDENCIES
2025 EKWC (European Ceramic Work Centre), Oisterwijk, NL
2021 Van Gogh AIR, Zundert, NL
2021 Make Eindhoven, 60-day residency, Eindhoven, NL
2017 Viervaart, residency initiated by Iris Cornelis, Groede, NL
2016 Kunstblok, residency in collaboration with Van Abbemuseum and Vitalis, Eindhoven, NL
2015 Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Domestic Residency, supported by the Mondriaan Fonds, Diepenheim, NL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2024 Noctilucent Passage, outdoor light installation, TAC, Eindhoven, NL
2023 In Between Mountains, Galerie Getekend, Heerenveen, NL
2023 Topography, Density of Thought, Galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam, NL
2021 When Light Is Obscured by Dark We See Yellow, Van Gogh Galerie, Zundert, NL
2019 Unfolding the Vaporous Mind, NN Contemporary Art, Northampton, UK
2019 A Devious Route, Studio Seine, Rotterdam, NL
2018 Graphite Knots, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
2016 Grey Horizontals, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg, NL
2016 Grey Horizontals (exhibition and publication launch), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
2016 Grey Horizontals (exhibition and publication launch), Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Solidified Mountain, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim, NL
2016 Losing Sight of the Land, Galerie Plaatsmaken, Arnhem, NL
2013 Magnetic Matter on Paper Walls, Re:Rotterdam Art Fair, Rotterdam, NL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2026 De natuur staat in mij geschreven, Cacaofabriek, Helmond, NL
2026 Am Puls der Zeit, Gallery Neurotitian, Berlin, DE
2025 Multiplicity, Het Kunstgemaal, Amsterdam, NL
2025 Tekenkabinet XIII, Galerie Art Singel 100, Amsterdam, NL
2025 Tijd, een vingeroefening, Galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam, NL
2024 Anonyme Zeichner, Kunsthaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2024 Overflow, outdoor light installation, TAC, Eindhoven, NL
2024 Crunched & Based: A Possibility of Disruption, Lange Nacht der Bilder, Kunstfabrik HB55, Berlin, DE
2024 Zomertentoonstelling, Galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam, NL
2024 Tekenkabinet XI | Part 2, Galerie Art Singel 100, Amsterdam, NL
2024 Jubileumtentoonstelling, Galerie Getekend, Heerenveen, NL
2024 Art On Paper, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL
2024 Tekenkabinet XII | Part 1, Projectruimte BMB, Amsterdam, NL
2023 Drawing in Relation, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
2023 Tekenkabinet XI, BMB Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
2023 Galerij van de Tekenkunst, Wim Kranendonk, Arnhem, NL
2023 33rd Anniversary Show, Galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam, NL
2022 Van Gogh als inspiratie, Van GoghHuis, Zundert, NL
2022 Transition, Museum Rijswijk, Papierbiënnale, Rijswijk, NL
2022 Anonyme Zeichner, Galerie am Körnerpark, Berlin, DE
2022 After The Flood, TAC – Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, NL
(duo)
2022 Ladekastproject, Galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam, NL
2021 Dwarsverbanden, new collection presentation, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
2021 Het landschap en de geordende verbeelding, SchlessArt, Bergen, NL
2020 Bend the Line – Being the Line, TAC – Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, NL
2020 Homerun #2: De Mens, Willem Twee kunstruimte, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2019 Tekenkabinet #8, Park Art Gallery, Amstelpark, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Anonymous Drawing Archive, Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, DE
2018 Kunst4Kids, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
2018 Studio Collection, CBK Groningen, Groningen, NL
2018 Join the Dots, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Trieste, IT
2018 Anonymous Drawings, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, DE
2018 Enclosed Valley, Master/Apprentice Exhibition, TAC – Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Akroma Collective, Paris, FR
2018 Akroma Collective, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV
2017 Silent Art Auction, Drawing Hub, Berlin, DE
2017 Secret Postcards, We Like Art, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Blind Date #4, DAK, Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Witteveen Drawing, Loods 6, KNSM-eiland, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Akroma Collective, drawings exhibition, Paris, FR
2017 A Temporary Farewell Show, Witteveen Visual Art Centre, Amsterdam, NL
2017 If You Can See It, It’s Not There, Het Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst, NL
2016 Jubileumtentoonstelling, Plaatsmaken and Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, NL
2016 Contemporary Art on Paper, Witteveen Visual Art Centre, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Tekeningen XL XS, Witteveen Visual Art Centre, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Rampant Drawings, curated by Danielle Lemaire, Extrapool, Nijmegen, NL
2015 We Like Art, Tetem Kunstruimte, Enschede, NL
2015 Anonymous Drawings, ArtQ13, Rome, IT
2015 Anonymous Drawings, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Galerie Nord, Berlin, DE
2015 Disappearance of the Liquid Mountain, Grafisch Atelier Daglicht, Eindhoven, NL
2015 Rotterdam Contemporary, art fair, Plaatsmaken, Rotterdam, NL
2014 If You Can See It, It’s Not There, curated by Joanneke Meester, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Lustrum Edition, Tekenkabinet, curated by Manja Storm, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, NL
2013 Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig, DE
2013 Anonymous Drawings, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Galerie Nord, Berlin, DE
2012 Secret Postcards, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL
2012 Tentoonstelling en veiling, curated by Pam Emmerik, Museum Schunck, Heerlen, NL
2012 Buiten de lijnen, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL
PUBLICATIONS
2026 De natuur staat in mij geschreven, article, Eindhovens Dagblad, Helmond, NL
2025 Tekenkabinet, Galerie Art Singel 100, Amsterdam, NL
2024 Dwarsverbanden, collection publication, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
2024 Jubileumkrant, Galerie Getekend, Heerenveen, NL
2024 Kwartaalblad van vrienden Van Abbemuseum, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
2023 Article by Gitte Brugman, Leeuwarder Courant, Leeuwarden, NL
2023 Nieuwe blik op kunst, article by Gitte Brugman, Leeuwarden, NL
2023 Jegens en Tevens, article by Jurjen K. van den Hoek, Den Haag, NL
2023 Graphite Knots, Printing & Publishing Lab, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL
2021 Bend the Line, Being the Line, article, Eindhovens Dagblad, Eindhoven, NL
2021 Galerie SchlessArt: Het landschap en de verbeelding, Galerie SchlessArt, Bergen, NL
2020 Jubileum Magazine, illustration, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Graphite Knots, publication contribution, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Unfolding the Vaporous Mind, interview and images, BBC News, Northampton, UK
2018 Van Abbe Journal #83, article and images, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Graphite Knots, article, Eindhovens Dagblad, Eindhoven, NL
2016 Grey Horizontals, artist catalogue, Uitgeverij Lecturis, Eindhoven, NL
2016 Gezelligheid, Imago Mundi publication, Luciano Benetton Collection, IT
2015 Tortuca #36, article, Tortuca – tijdschrift voor literatuur en beeldende kunst, Rotterdam, NL
2014 I Am Not Doing Anything Until I Feel the Need, publication by Joanneke Meester, Amsterdam, NL
2012 Gedicht en beeld, Terras – tijdschrift voor internationale literatuur, Amsterdam, NL
GRANTS & AWARDS
2026 Artist honorarium, De natuur staat in mij geschreven, Mondriaan Fonds, NL
2025 Stichting van Achtenberg – Domhof, support for EKWC residency, Oisterwijk, NL
2025 Stichting Constant van Renessefonds, support for EKWC residency, Oisterwijk, NL
2025 Cultuur Eindhoven, support for EKWC residency, Eindhoven, NL
2025 Work period contribution, EKWC (European Ceramic Work Centre), Oisterwijk, NL
2024 Artist honorarium, Overflow, TAC – Temporary Art Centre, supported by Mondriaan Fonds, Eindhoven, NL
2022 Artist honorarium, Transition, Museum Rijswijk – Papierbiënnale, supported by Mondriaan Fonds, Rijswijk, NL
2022 Artist honorarium, After The Flood, TAC – Temporary Art Centre, supported by Mondriaan Fonds, Eindhoven, NL
2022 Project support, After The Flood, Stichting Constant van Renessefonds, Eindhoven, NL
2022 Project support, After The Flood, Cultuur Eindhoven, Eindhoven, NL
2021 Artist Basic, Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Publication support, Graphite Knots, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Publication support, Graphite Knots, Stichting Constant van Renessefonds, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Artist honorarium, Graphite Knots, Van Abbemuseum, supported by Mondriaan Fonds, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Research support for Riso publication, Stichting Constant van Renessefonds, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Installation support for Het Oog, Van Abbemuseum, Stichting Niemeijer Fonds, Dordrecht, NL
2017 Proven Talent Grant, Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam, NL
LECTURES, TEACHING & COMMISSIONS
2026 Lecturer, Design Academy Eindhoven, NL
2025 Lecture, Auditorium, Vrienden van het Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
2024 Drawing workshop, Vitalis, Eindhoven, NL
2024 Public art commission, Heksenroute in de Peel, commissioned by Gemeente Heeze-Leende, NL
2023 Artist talk (YouTube film), Galerie Getekend, conversation with Han Steenbruggen, Heerenveen, NL
2023 Lecture and conversation, Galerie Phoebus, with Steven ten Thije and Boris van Meurs, Rotterdam, NL
2022 Guest lecture, Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven, NL
2021 Masterclass, De Nieuwe Vincent, Van GoghHuis, Zundert, NL
2021 Public sketch commission / design proposal for Schiphol WTC, Raamwerken, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Mentorship, TalentHub Inversie | Witte Rook, Kunstpodium T, TAC – Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Lecture and discussion, Akroma Collective Drawing Exhibition, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV
2017 Master/Apprentice Project #4, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg, NL
2017 Workshop, International School Eindhoven, in collaboration with Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
2015 Workshop, Young Art Night & The Big Draw, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
2014 Lecture, Made for Talent, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Public Collections
Jan van Eyck Academie Collection, Maastricht, NL
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
Private Collections
Works held in several private collections, The Netherlands and abroad