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Rob Birza has undeniably already had an impressive career ; two solo exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam during his twenties, numerous exhibitions throughout Europe in the past four decades and he has executed a multitude of public commissions all over the Netherlands.
Though a first glance at his oeuvre might be confusing; playful takes on Stella’s shaped canvases and Schwitters-esque abstract compositions are alternated by colourful still lives with flowers and grand paintings depicting scenes of the Afghan war. Curator and director Ann Demeester of the Frans Hals museum pointed out while introducing his series from 2016 (Shifting Circles), that throughout this oeuvre there always one constant : the fragile line between abstract and figurative. In the Shifting Circles series (2016) this was pre-eminently displayed through a play between background and foreground and a system to which the circles of colour seemed to stick.
In his most recent series, titled Drifting Circles (2017), Birza has chosen to abandon symmetry and to take a more loose approach to his system of circles. The artist is not afraid to revert to a lazy and mischievous approach in order to undermine his own system and painting in general. Rebellion creates new opportunities and possibilities. It is precisely this type of anarchy that played a defining role in the development of abstract art.
Though a first glance at his oeuvre might be confusing; playful takes on Stella’s shaped canvases and Schwitters-esque abstract compositions are alternated by colourful still lives with flowers and grand paintings depicting scenes of the Afghan war. Curator and director Ann Demeester of the Frans Hals museum pointed out while introducing his series from 2016 (Shifting Circles), that throughout this oeuvre there always one constant : the fragile line between abstract and figurative. In the Shifting Circles series (2016) this was pre-eminently displayed through a play between background and foreground and a system to which the circles of colour seemed to stick.
In his most recent series, titled Drifting Circles (2017), Birza has chosen to abandon symmetry and to take a more loose approach to his system of circles. The artist is not afraid to revert to a lazy and mischievous approach in order to undermine his own system and painting in general. Rebellion creates new opportunities and possibilities. It is precisely this type of anarchy that played a defining role in the development of abstract art.
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EDUCATION
1988 Danish Turistrad Scholarship
1986-1987 Ateliers 63- Haarlem
1980-1985 St. Joost Academy of Fine Arts and Design- Breda
AWARDS
1998 Sandberg Prize (Oeuvre Award)- Stichting Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
1988 Aanmoedigingsprijs- Stichting Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
From the blue play till shifting circles
De Nederlandsche Bank – Amsterdam (NL)
Shifting Circles
Willem Baars Projects – Amsterdam (NL)
2014
Systems in Warped Space
Willem Baars Projects – Amsterdam (NL)
2013
Rob Birza
Grafisch Atelier ‘t Gooi – Hilversum (NL)
2012
Shifting Systems
Willem Baars Projects - Amsterdam (NL)
2010
Willem Baars Projects- Art Amsterdam- paintings (text by Cornel Bierens)
No more Holidays (ceramics)- ParKt - Amsterdam (NL)
2009
Pinballmandalamachine
Gemeentemuseum - The Hague (NL)
2007
Beautiful Misery #2
Galleria Giorgio Persano – Turin (IT)
2006
Beautiful Misery
Galerie Fons Welters - Amsterdam (NL)
2005
Afghanistan
Galleria Giorgio Persano – Turin (IT)
Dialogen in de schilderkunst 4: Poep Bruin (with Morgan Betz), De Overslag- Eindhoven (NL)
2003
One is Free, Galerie Fons Welters - Amsterdam (NL)
2001
Cold Fusion
SMAK – Gent (BE)
2000
Cold Fusion 2000
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)
1998
Cosy Monsters from Inner Space (the drawings)
De Pont Foundation - Tilburg (NL)
Digital Treble Discoveries – Unplugged
(Part of From the Corner of the Eye- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Stedelijk Museum Bureau - Amsterdam (NL)
Cosy Monsters from Inner Space (the Paintings), Galerie Fons Welters - Amsterdam (NL)
Power Flower Portraits
Fries Museum - Leeuwarden (NL)
1997
Lasca
Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery- Los Angeles (US)
Galerie Asbaek- Copenhagen (DK)
1996
The Beautiful Tragedy of Intensity-show
Galerie Fons Welters - Amsterdam (NL)
Attidudes 2: Rob Birza en Rob Scholte
Stadsgalerij Heerlen - Heerlen (NL)
1995
Galerie Hohenthal und Bergen- Cologne (DE)
De Nederlandsche Bank- Amsterdam (NL)
1994
REAL. My Fuckin Kangaroo is damn right! (and so is my Pelican)
De Vleeshal - Middelburg (NL)
1992
The Aquarium
Gemeentemuseum The Hague, The Hague (NL)
1991
Birza
Stedelijk Museum- Amsterdam (NL)
De Satelliet
Nederlandsche Bank- Amsterdam (NL)
1990
Galerie van Krimpen- Amsterdam (NL)
1989
Rob Birza: Nieuwe Schilderijen
Galerie 't Venster- Rotterdam (NL)
1988
First Blossom
Galerie van Krimpen- Amsterdam (NL)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Summer Jam, a painting show.
W139, Amsterdam
Summer Exhibition
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2016
Opwinding
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)
2014
Stop Making Sense
Dordrechts Museum (NL)
2013
Back to Earth: Von Picasso bis Ai Weiwei- die Wiederentdeckung der Keramik in der Kunst- Gerisch-Stiftung
Neumünster (DE)
2011
De Foute Beelden
Galerie Nouvelles Images - The Hague (NL)
2009
Drie tot de derde macht- SBK Breda (NL)
Beeldentuin Aningahof- Zwolle (NL)
2008
SM in De Nieuwe Kerk
De Nieuwe Kerk - Amsterdam (NL)
2007
W139 Colored
W139 - Amsterdam (NL)
2006
Room with a view: De Bouwfonds Kunstcollectie
Gemeentemuseum- The Hague (NL)
Autonomia
Galerie LUMC- Leiden (NL)
2005
Een reis door de collectie
(curated by Carel Blotkamp), Stedelijk Museum- Amsterdam (NL)
Contemporary Artists from The Netherlands
Hopkins Center - Darthmouth College- Hanover- New Hampshire- (US)
2004
Lustwarande 04
Park de Oude Waranda- Tilburg (NL)
Secrets of the nineties
Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (NL)
Migrating Identity- Transmission Reconstruction
Arti et Amicitae - Amsterdam (NL)
2003
Bison Caravan
Aarhus Kunstmuseum- Aarhus (DK)
2002
Contemporary Art from The Netherlands
European Central Bank- Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Hofvijver in Poezie en Beeld, Kunstpassage in Rijksmonument
Museum Bredius/ Haags Historisch Museum- The Hague (NL)
2001
Cairo Biennial
Cairo (EG)
The Presentation
Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam (NL)
Wir sind die Ander(en)
Herford Museum (DE)
Bollywood has arrived
Passenger Terminal - Amsterdam (NL)
2000
Zeitwenden. Ausblick
Kunstmuseum Bonn/ Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig- Vienna- Germany/ Austria1999 Bad-Bad- That is a good excuse
Staatliche Kunsthallen Baden-Baden (DE)
Spring
Foundation for Indian Artists - Amsterdam (NL)
Glad IJs
Stedelijk Museum- Amsterdam (NL)
1998
From the Corner of the Eye
Stedelijk Museum- Amsterdam (NL)
Surfacing. Contemporary Drawing
I.C.A.- London (UK)
The Centre Holds. Report from the art scene Netherlands
(Curator: Rudi Fuchs)- Galerie Gmurzynska- Cologne (DE)
De Salon
Abandoned City Hall of Utrecht (NL)
1997
Flemish and Dutch Painting
(Curators: Rudi Fuchs and Jan Hoet)- Palazzo Grassi- Venice (IT)
Topping Out
Städtische Galerie- Nordhorn (on location in Alte Weberei) (DE)
Einde Eeuw Tableau Vivant
(Curator: Wim Beeren)- Pulchri Studio- The Hague (NL)
Wahlverwandtschaften (Europäische Malerei im Gespräch)
Casino Luxembourg and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)
1996
Peintres Néerlandais et Flamands d'aujourd'hui
De Beyerd- Breda (NL)
The Other Self
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (NL)
Deep in the woods (De Muze als Motor- Beeldende Kunst in Brabant- 1945-1996)
De Pont Foundation- Tilburg (NL)
Birza- Puckey- Scholte- Galerie Hohental und Bergen- Cologne (DE)
1988 Danish Turistrad Scholarship
1986-1987 Ateliers 63- Haarlem
1980-1985 St. Joost Academy of Fine Arts and Design- Breda
AWARDS
1998 Sandberg Prize (Oeuvre Award)- Stichting Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
1988 Aanmoedigingsprijs- Stichting Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
From the blue play till shifting circles
De Nederlandsche Bank – Amsterdam (NL)
Shifting Circles
Willem Baars Projects – Amsterdam (NL)
2014
Systems in Warped Space
Willem Baars Projects – Amsterdam (NL)
2013
Rob Birza
Grafisch Atelier ‘t Gooi – Hilversum (NL)
2012
Shifting Systems
Willem Baars Projects - Amsterdam (NL)
2010
Willem Baars Projects- Art Amsterdam- paintings (text by Cornel Bierens)
No more Holidays (ceramics)- ParKt - Amsterdam (NL)
2009
Pinballmandalamachine
Gemeentemuseum - The Hague (NL)
2007
Beautiful Misery #2
Galleria Giorgio Persano – Turin (IT)
2006
Beautiful Misery
Galerie Fons Welters - Amsterdam (NL)
2005
Afghanistan
Galleria Giorgio Persano – Turin (IT)
Dialogen in de schilderkunst 4: Poep Bruin (with Morgan Betz), De Overslag- Eindhoven (NL)
2003
One is Free, Galerie Fons Welters - Amsterdam (NL)
2001
Cold Fusion
SMAK – Gent (BE)
2000
Cold Fusion 2000
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)
1998
Cosy Monsters from Inner Space (the drawings)
De Pont Foundation - Tilburg (NL)
Digital Treble Discoveries – Unplugged
(Part of From the Corner of the Eye- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Stedelijk Museum Bureau - Amsterdam (NL)
Cosy Monsters from Inner Space (the Paintings), Galerie Fons Welters - Amsterdam (NL)
Power Flower Portraits
Fries Museum - Leeuwarden (NL)
1997
Lasca
Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery- Los Angeles (US)
Galerie Asbaek- Copenhagen (DK)
1996
The Beautiful Tragedy of Intensity-show
Galerie Fons Welters - Amsterdam (NL)
Attidudes 2: Rob Birza en Rob Scholte
Stadsgalerij Heerlen - Heerlen (NL)
1995
Galerie Hohenthal und Bergen- Cologne (DE)
De Nederlandsche Bank- Amsterdam (NL)
1994
REAL. My Fuckin Kangaroo is damn right! (and so is my Pelican)
De Vleeshal - Middelburg (NL)
1992
The Aquarium
Gemeentemuseum The Hague, The Hague (NL)
1991
Birza
Stedelijk Museum- Amsterdam (NL)
De Satelliet
Nederlandsche Bank- Amsterdam (NL)
1990
Galerie van Krimpen- Amsterdam (NL)
1989
Rob Birza: Nieuwe Schilderijen
Galerie 't Venster- Rotterdam (NL)
1988
First Blossom
Galerie van Krimpen- Amsterdam (NL)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Summer Jam, a painting show.
W139, Amsterdam
Summer Exhibition
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2016
Opwinding
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)
2014
Stop Making Sense
Dordrechts Museum (NL)
2013
Back to Earth: Von Picasso bis Ai Weiwei- die Wiederentdeckung der Keramik in der Kunst- Gerisch-Stiftung
Neumünster (DE)
2011
De Foute Beelden
Galerie Nouvelles Images - The Hague (NL)
2009
Drie tot de derde macht- SBK Breda (NL)
Beeldentuin Aningahof- Zwolle (NL)
2008
SM in De Nieuwe Kerk
De Nieuwe Kerk - Amsterdam (NL)
2007
W139 Colored
W139 - Amsterdam (NL)
2006
Room with a view: De Bouwfonds Kunstcollectie
Gemeentemuseum- The Hague (NL)
Autonomia
Galerie LUMC- Leiden (NL)
2005
Een reis door de collectie
(curated by Carel Blotkamp), Stedelijk Museum- Amsterdam (NL)
Contemporary Artists from The Netherlands
Hopkins Center - Darthmouth College- Hanover- New Hampshire- (US)
2004
Lustwarande 04
Park de Oude Waranda- Tilburg (NL)
Secrets of the nineties
Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (NL)
Migrating Identity- Transmission Reconstruction
Arti et Amicitae - Amsterdam (NL)
2003
Bison Caravan
Aarhus Kunstmuseum- Aarhus (DK)
2002
Contemporary Art from The Netherlands
European Central Bank- Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Hofvijver in Poezie en Beeld, Kunstpassage in Rijksmonument
Museum Bredius/ Haags Historisch Museum- The Hague (NL)
2001
Cairo Biennial
Cairo (EG)
The Presentation
Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam (NL)
Wir sind die Ander(en)
Herford Museum (DE)
Bollywood has arrived
Passenger Terminal - Amsterdam (NL)
2000
Zeitwenden. Ausblick
Kunstmuseum Bonn/ Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig- Vienna- Germany/ Austria1999 Bad-Bad- That is a good excuse
Staatliche Kunsthallen Baden-Baden (DE)
Spring
Foundation for Indian Artists - Amsterdam (NL)
Glad IJs
Stedelijk Museum- Amsterdam (NL)
1998
From the Corner of the Eye
Stedelijk Museum- Amsterdam (NL)
Surfacing. Contemporary Drawing
I.C.A.- London (UK)
The Centre Holds. Report from the art scene Netherlands
(Curator: Rudi Fuchs)- Galerie Gmurzynska- Cologne (DE)
De Salon
Abandoned City Hall of Utrecht (NL)
1997
Flemish and Dutch Painting
(Curators: Rudi Fuchs and Jan Hoet)- Palazzo Grassi- Venice (IT)
Topping Out
Städtische Galerie- Nordhorn (on location in Alte Weberei) (DE)
Einde Eeuw Tableau Vivant
(Curator: Wim Beeren)- Pulchri Studio- The Hague (NL)
Wahlverwandtschaften (Europäische Malerei im Gespräch)
Casino Luxembourg and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)
1996
Peintres Néerlandais et Flamands d'aujourd'hui
De Beyerd- Breda (NL)
The Other Self
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (NL)
Deep in the woods (De Muze als Motor- Beeldende Kunst in Brabant- 1945-1996)
De Pont Foundation- Tilburg (NL)
Birza- Puckey- Scholte- Galerie Hohental und Bergen- Cologne (DE)