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BABS HAENEN
Born 1948, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Studio in Amsterdam since 1979
Teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam 1994-2013
EDUCATION
1974-1979 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
AWARDS/GRANTS
2020 Van Achterbergh Prize
2005 Nominated for the Dutch Ceramic Prize 2005
1991 Inax Design Prize for Europeans, Japan
2012 Mondriaan Fund, Visual Arts and Cultural Heritage
2003/1990 Fonds BKVB, the Netherlands Foundation for
Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
EXHIBITIONS (*catalogue)
One Person
2022 Brussels, The Solo Project Contemporary Art,
Taste Contemporaray ( with Beppe Kessler)
2021 Geneva, Taste Contemporary - Pas de Deux
(with Beppe Kessler)
2020 Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Van Achterbergh Prize exhibition
2018 New York, Hostler Burrows gallery *
Geneva – Taste Contemporary *
Amsterdam, Frozen Fountain
2017 Shanghai, Two Cities gallery- En Route *
Purmerend, Waterland Museum- The Silk Road
( with Wil van Blokland)
2015 Beijing, Beijing Design Week , Ubi Gallery (with Peter Hoogeboom)
2014 Rotterdam, gallery VIVID, series Scholar’s Rock
2012 Amsterdam, gallery van Krimpen- En Route
2008 Haarlem, De Hallen- Frans Halsmuseum,
Haarlem, ABC- architectural center, Babs Haenen
2002 New York, Garth Clark Gallery *
Additional Years: 1999, 1995, 1992, 1989, 1987
1998 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, The Turbulent Vessel.
Ceramics1991-1998 *
1991 Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum/Deutsches Keramikmuseum *
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof- A decade of Work *
1984 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum
Selected Group
2023 East Hampton, Onna House, Nature/Nurture, Lisa Perry
London, Cromwell place- In Residence III, TingYing gallery
and Oliver Siers gallery.
Seoul Cyper University, Netherlands-Korea-
Invitational Ceramic Exhibition
London, Cromwell place- The Value in Things, TingYing gallery
2022 New York, Salon Art + Design, Hostler Burrows gallery
Geneva, Artgenève, gallery Taste Contemporary
Sacramento, Mills Station Art and Culture Center
‘Beneath the Surface: Origin Stories’ :
2021 New York, Salon Art + Design , Hostler Burrows gallery
London, Eye of the Collector, Two Temple Place, TingYing gallery
Heist op den Berg, CC Zwaneberg ‘This is the sound of C’,
curated by Kris Campo
London, Collect- International Art Fair for Contemporary Craft and
Design ,TingYing gallery
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art -Shapes from Out of
Nowhere, Ceramics from the Robert A.Ellison Jr. Collection.
London, London Art Fair, Viewing Room TingYing gallery
London, Crafting a Difference, Soshiro, TingYing gallery
Jingdezhen- International Ceramic Art Biennale
the Spirit of Porcelain New Art Museum of Jingdezhen Ceramic
University
2020 London, Gallery Catherine Prevoust, Group show of Women Artists
‘Time Suspended’ , presentation by TingYIng gallery
London , Eye Viewing Room, Eye of the Collector, TingYing gallery
London, Somerset House, Collect- International Art Fair for
Contemporary Art and Design, TingYing gallery
Los Angeles, Hostler Burrows ‘ Forest Primeval’, inaugural group
exhibition
Geneva, Sotheby’s, Taste Contemporary ‘Stillness and Movement’.
Geneva, Artgenève, Taste Contemporary
London, V&A museum, Blanc de Chine, a continuous conversation
2019 London, V&A museum, Blanc de Chine, a continuous conversation
Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum,
Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics
Paris, Helene Aziza, Entre eau et ciel: Amsterdam
Den Bosch, Design Museum ‘ Ghosts of Sunday Morning ’*
EKWC
New York, Tefaf NY Spring, Hostler Burrows gallery
San Francisco, Fog Design + Art, Hostler Burrows gallery
2018 Miami, Design Miami, Hostler Burrows gallery
New York, The Salon Art + Design, Hostler Burrows galley
Den Bosch, Design Museum ‘Show Yourself’,
ceramic collection Benno Premsela
Shenzhen, China, Rich-Z gallery
Leeuwarden, Ceramic museum Princessehof , Made in Holland
400 year world brand
2017 Amsterdam, PAN Art Fair , Hotel Panorama, lobby conservator
Piet de Jonge
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Change the System
Jingdezhen, China, A City in Dialoque with the World, collection of
Artworks by ‘Jingpiao’ International Ceramists, curator Zhu Legeng
LiLing, China, Classics Revivid, International Ceramics Design
Invitational exhibition, Liling Ceramics Valley Museum
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag , China Caracter
Shigaraki- Japan, the Museum of Contemporary Art
the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park- the Dramatic Vessel *
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Dublin, Vase- Function reviewed , Farmleigh House
2016 Miami, Design Miami, gallery VIVID
Liling, China, the Mode-International Ceramics Arts Invitational
Exhibition, Liling Ceramic Valley Museum
Liling Ceramics Valley Museum
Leeuwarden, Sexy Ceramics , Princessehof National Museum of
Ceramics
Kilkenny, Vase- Function reviewed, National Craft Gallery
Monaco, Artmonte-carlo 2016, Taste Contemporary Craft
Milan, Palazzo Francesca Turati, project Masterly,
‘The Dutch in Milano’ by Uniquole.
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Geneva, Artggeneenève 2016, gallery Taste Contemporary Craft
2015 Amsterdam, Pan Amsterdam, gallery VIVID
Antwerp, AD Gallery, the Beautiful Object
Miami, Design Miami, gallery VIVID
Beijing, Chinese National Treasure Museum of Arts,
World Tour Art Exhibition, Simon Ma, Julian Lennon,
Robert Zucherman, Babs Haenen, Zheng Juke
Milano, Jingdezhen Greenland Group, Ceramic culture and art
Exhibition* KIP International Pavilion, Expo Milan
‘New China from China’
Basel, Design Miami Basel, gallery VIVID
Schiedam, Museum Schiedam ‘ Kunst uit Huis, collectie Wilploo*
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Rotterdam, gallery VIVID, ‘Melancholia’
San Francisco, Fog Design+Art, gallery HostlerBurrows
2014 New York, gallery Hostler Burrows, The Salon Art+ Design
The Hague, Municipal museum,
Clay! A century ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy*
New York, gallery Hostler Burrows, ‘ Six Women’
Dublin, Peppercanister Gallery at the Coach House gallery,
Dublin Casle, Europe & Beyond, 12 artists in clay
Basel, Design Miami/Basel, gallery VIVID
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
2013 Pecs, Hungary, Muzeum LeSecet Magyarorszag
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof,
Salah-ad-Din- Mysterious Green
teachers and students Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2012 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum/ De Hallen, Maskerade’*
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts,
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics*
2011 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Temporary Stedelijk 2
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof, presentation
Modern Ceramics , collection JWN van Achterbergh*
Frankenthal( Pfalz), Kunsthaus Frankenthal, Perron-
Kunstpreis, in der sparte porzellan
Amsterdam, Rai- Art Amsterdam, gallery van krimpen
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, artfair, gallery van krimpen
2010 Rotterdam, Kunsthal,’Kleikunst, Steengoed’ ceramics from
the collection of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Eigentijds
Contemporary glass and ceramics
Amsterdam, Rai- Art Amsterdam, gallery Van Krimpen
België, Leuven, Cypres gallery, de kom
2009 Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof
- nieuwe liefdes
2008 The Haque, Haags Gemeentemuseum, ‘XXth century ‘
London, Barrett Marsden Gallery,
Well-meaning cultural commodities
2007 Belgium, Mons, Les Anciens Abattoirs,
European Triennale for Ceramics and Glass*
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof,
Pretty Dutch*
2006 Claremont,CA, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery.
2005 New York, Garth Clark Gallery- Organic Abstraction –
Part 2 Homage to Ruth Duckworth
2003 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, De Hallen Pavilion-
presentation Ceramics Babs Haenen/ Geert Lap
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum, acquisitions 2002
2002 Gifu, Japan, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art,
New Collection*
Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Craft+ Design,
Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection*
New York, Garth Clark Gallery, Blue+ White= Radical
2001 Sydney, Gallery Janet Mansfield,
Dutch Contemporary Ceramics
1999 Toronto, The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art,
Collects
1994 Maastricht, The European Fine Art Fair,
Gallery Marijke Raaijmakers.
1993 Baltimore, National Museum of Ceramic Art, Facets of the same
Nature’ A survey of contemporary Dutch ceramists *
Tokoname, Museum Tokoname,
The Inax Design Prize for Europeans 1st to 5th *
1992 Paris, Institut Néerlandais, Beyond Tradition,
Contemporary Ceramics in the collection of the
Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen Rotterdam *
1991 Shigaraki, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art,
Recent Acquisitions
1988 Roanne, France, Musée Joseph Déchelette, Vice Versa *
1987 Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Holland in Form*
1984 Philadelphia, Helen Drutt Gallery
COMMISSIONS
2021 Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Wallpaper ‘ Other Cosmologies’ - Jacqui Poncelet-Babs Haenen
Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Fireplace, porcelain tiles,
Production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2020 Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Artwork ‘ Aqua Marine’, porcelain tiles,
production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2008 Haarlem, Theatre, porcelain ornament and tiles,
designs and models for the architect Erick van Egeraat,
production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2005 Kats, Molenaar-Adriaanse, design and production fireplace
2003 Dordrecht, council-hall, Art work- wall piece
1998 Amsterdam, Stichting Het Woningbedrijf Amsterdam,
later Building company Ymere, WAd tile, production
Royal Tichelaar Makkum
COLLECTIONS
Europe:
Amsterdam Nederlandsche Bank
House CorporationYmere
Stedelijk Museum
AkzoNobel Art Foundation
Schiphol NV Airport Schiphol
Dordrecht Council-hall Municipal Dordrecht
Arnhem Museum for Modern Art
Leeuwarden Ceramic Museum Princessehof
Rotterdam Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Eye Clinic Focus
Den Bosch Stedelijk Museum 's Hertogenbosch
Den Haag Ministery of Foreign Affairs
The Hague Municipal Museum
Koninklijke PTTNederland. NV
Haarlem Frans Halsmuseum
Schiedam Stedelijk Museum
Otterloo Nederlands Tegelmuseum
Berlin Kunstgewerbe Museum
Düsseldorf Hetjens-Museum
London Victoria and Albert Museum
USA:
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
Pittsburgh Carnegie Institute Museum of Art
Syracuse Everson Museum of Art
Charlotte Mint Museum of Craft and Design
Houston Museum of Fine Art
Boise Boise Art Museum
Philadelphia Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sacramento Crocker Art Museum
Canada:
Toronto The George R. Gardener Museum of Ceramic Art
Japan:
Shigaraki The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art
Tokoname Inax Corporation, Gifu Museum of Modern Ceramics Art
China: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Beijing
Consulate of the Netherlands, Chongqing
LiLing Ceramics Valley Museum, LiLing
Tongchuan Master Creative Park Art Gallery
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
- Visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art,
London Institute, England
- Dutch board Ceramic Millenium ’99, Rai Amsterdam
- Design committee, advising the Ministry of OCW
for the Premsela Foundation
- Judith Leyster Foundation 1987-1994
- Stichting Beeldrecht 1997-1994
- Stichting Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten
Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, Commissie Basis Stipendia
1993/1994-1995/1996-2000/2003
- Organizing exhibitions:
Ceramics in Architecture with Gallery Binnen, Amsterdam
Goud omrand- the future handmade, Nederlandsche Bank,
Amsterdam,
Form and Sculpture, Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam/
Ministery of Finance, the Haque
Made in China, Nederlandsche Bank/ Ministry of Finance
Salah-ad-Din, Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden
2013
- lecture Slow Craft -BNO, free designers- 2008
- lecture How I shaped a wall - China, Jingdezhen- 2011
- quest curator ‘ Clay! A Century Ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
2014
- audiotour Rijksmuseum
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books and catalogues
Guillaume, Lamia Par le Feu, la couleur Céramiques contemporaines
Musée des Beaux-Arts- Lyon 2021
Ellison Jr Robert A Shapes from Out of Nowhere, August Editions USA
2021
Gasparian, Maria More than Bricks!, tradition and zukunft der
Architekturkeramik- Porzellanikon, Staatliches Museum
fur Porzellan- Selb 2020
Aziza Helene Entre eau et ciel: Amsterdam- Paris mai 2019
Luo Jian The Mode – International Ceramics Art Invitational
Exhibition Liling Ceramic Valley Museum, Hunan,
China- 2016-2017
Auch, Monika Talking Ceramics- sunday morning@ekwc, Stichting
Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum- 2016
Uniquole, N Masterly-The Dutch in Milano – exhibition in Palazzo
FrancescoTurati – Salone del Mobile 2016- Milan
Barnas Maria. Object under/Object below -Sanders Collection 2015
Heslenfeld, M Clay! A century ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
Exhibition Municipal Museum The Hague,
2014 Waanders Uitgevers.
Strengers, A In Sight, Vision and Focus, Collection in perspective
De Nederlandsche Bank, Art Committee,
Kamermans J. Verglaasde Charme, De schoonheid van de
Nederlandsche tegel SPA uitgevers Zwolle, 2013
Clark,Garth
Strauss,Cindy Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics,
Collection Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Yale University Press with the Museum
of Fine Art, Houston, 2012
de Waal, Edmund The pot book , the Phaidon Press Limited 2011
Brouwer, Marcel J.W.N.van Achterbergh, Een gedreven verzamelaar,
Stichting van Achterbergh-Domhof, 2011
Boom,Irma
De Vries,Mariette Present, Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum Uitgeverij 010,
Rotterdam 2010
van Winden,W. Fusion, Sun 2010 Bedrijfscollecties Nederland, NAI
uitgevers Rotterdam 2009
de Wagt,Wim Het Geschenk, Stadsschouwburg Haarlem,
1918-2009 HDC Media 2009
de Jong,Koos Keramiek & Architectuur , EKWC, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2009
Augustijn,Piet Hedendaagse Keramiek in Nederland ,Nederlandse
Vakgroep Keramiek-NVK,2008 Amsterdam
Janssen,Hans XXste Eeuw, Waanders uitgevers Zwolle,
Gemeentemuseum den Haag, 2008
Auch,Monica Vrije Vormgeving, mapping Dutch conceptual crafts,
BNO 2008 Amsterdam
Leclercq,Anne Triennale Europeenne, ceramique, Verre,
WCC.BF, Mons 2007
Strengers, A. Eigenlijk Eigentijds , Art Collection
Nederlandsche Bank’1982-2007
Trumpie,Ank Pretty Dutch, 18de-eeuws Hollands Porselein,
Princessehof Leeuwarden, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam
2009
Clark, Garth Shards, Garth Clark on Ceramic Art,
DAP 2004, USA
Dietz,Ulysses G. Great Pots, Contemporary Ceramics from function to
fantasy,The Newark Museum, New Ark, New Yersey
2003
-The legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, The Museum of Modern Ceramic Art,
Gifu, Japan, 2003
Rijk, Thimo de Designers in Nederland, Ludio Amsterdam, Gent, 2003
Cooper E. Ten thousand years of pottery , the Britisch Museum
Press, 2002
Boot, M. The Turbulent Vessel. Babs Haenen –
Keramiek/Ceramics 1991-1998 Amsterdam:
Stedelijk Museum 1998
Crommelin, L. Keramiek in het Stedelijk/Ceramics ,Amsterdam:
Stedelijk Museum1998
-Verborgen collectie, KPN, Koninklijke PTT Nederland NV
‘s Gravenhage 1995
-Catalogue of the Collection 1992. Shigaraki,
Contemporary Ceramic Art 1993
Del Vecchio,Mark Postmodern Ceramics. London: Thames&Hudson 2001
Dormer,Peter. The New Ceramics - Trends and Traditions.
London: Revisit edition1994
Douglas,Mary F. Allan Chassanoff Ceramic Collection. Charlotte,
N.C.: Mint- Museum of Craft+Design 2000
Clark,Garth. Babs Haenen. tien jaar werk/a decade of work,
Leeuwarden: Museum het Princessehof 1991
Spruit-Ledeboer Nederlandse Keramiek 1975-1985.
Amsterdam
Staal, G. Holland in Vorm, Vormgeving in Nederland 1945-1987.
‘s-Gravenhage:
-Inax Design Prize III. Tokyo: Inax Corporation 1992
Articles
Van der Ven. Eight , Living with Chinese Art, No 2- November 2022
Augustijn Piet. Mooie rol voor Nederlandse keramiek, Korean
Internationale Ceramic Biennale 2021- Klei maart 2022
Reinewald Chris. Ontvaasde onstuimigheden, Vormen uit Vuur 244
Oktober 2020
Van der Stelt. G Klei!, tentoonstelling in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Klei- keramiek magazine januari 2013, no 1
Van Kester.Peter Rietveld Academie, 100jaar kneden, glazuren en kleien
Collect, Art and Antique journal Nr8- November 2014
Heslenfeld, M Keramiek van de Rietveld Academie- Vormen uit
Vuur- 2014/2
Van der Stelt Omsloten ruimte, Babs Haenen, Keramiek- jaargang
40-2
Heslenfeld, M De Pottenkijker, de nalatenschap van een bevlogen
Verzamelaar, Vormen uit vuur 202-2013/1
Schampers,Karel Maskerade, losbandigheid en heilzame werking
Halszaken, Frans Hals Museum/De Hallen, no.32/2012
Put,Roos Expo, Babs Haenen, Amsterdam ‘ En Route’
Kunstbeeld, nr.4 -2012.
Hulsman,Bernard De terugkeer van het ornament, Kunstschrift, april-mei
2010
Hulsman,Bernard Versieren is geen misdaad meer, Cultureel supplement
NRC 13-3-2009.
Reinewald,Chris Hand, hoofd en hart: het ambacht en de
Vrijevormgeving ,Designgeschiedenis Nederland
Juni 2009.
Faber,Bernard Keramische klimop, Haarlem- Stadsschouwburg,
gevelbouw- jaargang 5, nr 2, juli 2008.
van Kester,Peter Oude dame in een hedendaags jasje PI, Project en
Interieur, December/Januari-2008,
numer 6- jaargang 19
Reinewald,Chris IJspaleis met keramiek, Items 6+- 2008
Ter Borch,Ine Gestolde golven aan de gevel,Detail in Architectuur,
Jan./febr. 2004, Ten Hagen & Stam BV
Born 1948, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Studio in Amsterdam since 1979
Teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam 1994-2013
EDUCATION
1974-1979 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
AWARDS/GRANTS
2020 Van Achterbergh Prize
2005 Nominated for the Dutch Ceramic Prize 2005
1991 Inax Design Prize for Europeans, Japan
2012 Mondriaan Fund, Visual Arts and Cultural Heritage
2003/1990 Fonds BKVB, the Netherlands Foundation for
Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
EXHIBITIONS (*catalogue)
One Person
2022 Brussels, The Solo Project Contemporary Art,
Taste Contemporaray ( with Beppe Kessler)
2021 Geneva, Taste Contemporary - Pas de Deux
(with Beppe Kessler)
2020 Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Van Achterbergh Prize exhibition
2018 New York, Hostler Burrows gallery *
Geneva – Taste Contemporary *
Amsterdam, Frozen Fountain
2017 Shanghai, Two Cities gallery- En Route *
Purmerend, Waterland Museum- The Silk Road
( with Wil van Blokland)
2015 Beijing, Beijing Design Week , Ubi Gallery (with Peter Hoogeboom)
2014 Rotterdam, gallery VIVID, series Scholar’s Rock
2012 Amsterdam, gallery van Krimpen- En Route
2008 Haarlem, De Hallen- Frans Halsmuseum,
Haarlem, ABC- architectural center, Babs Haenen
2002 New York, Garth Clark Gallery *
Additional Years: 1999, 1995, 1992, 1989, 1987
1998 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, The Turbulent Vessel.
Ceramics1991-1998 *
1991 Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum/Deutsches Keramikmuseum *
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof- A decade of Work *
1984 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum
Selected Group
2023 East Hampton, Onna House, Nature/Nurture, Lisa Perry
London, Cromwell place- In Residence III, TingYing gallery
and Oliver Siers gallery.
Seoul Cyper University, Netherlands-Korea-
Invitational Ceramic Exhibition
London, Cromwell place- The Value in Things, TingYing gallery
2022 New York, Salon Art + Design, Hostler Burrows gallery
Geneva, Artgenève, gallery Taste Contemporary
Sacramento, Mills Station Art and Culture Center
‘Beneath the Surface: Origin Stories’ :
2021 New York, Salon Art + Design , Hostler Burrows gallery
London, Eye of the Collector, Two Temple Place, TingYing gallery
Heist op den Berg, CC Zwaneberg ‘This is the sound of C’,
curated by Kris Campo
London, Collect- International Art Fair for Contemporary Craft and
Design ,TingYing gallery
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art -Shapes from Out of
Nowhere, Ceramics from the Robert A.Ellison Jr. Collection.
London, London Art Fair, Viewing Room TingYing gallery
London, Crafting a Difference, Soshiro, TingYing gallery
Jingdezhen- International Ceramic Art Biennale
the Spirit of Porcelain New Art Museum of Jingdezhen Ceramic
University
2020 London, Gallery Catherine Prevoust, Group show of Women Artists
‘Time Suspended’ , presentation by TingYIng gallery
London , Eye Viewing Room, Eye of the Collector, TingYing gallery
London, Somerset House, Collect- International Art Fair for
Contemporary Art and Design, TingYing gallery
Los Angeles, Hostler Burrows ‘ Forest Primeval’, inaugural group
exhibition
Geneva, Sotheby’s, Taste Contemporary ‘Stillness and Movement’.
Geneva, Artgenève, Taste Contemporary
London, V&A museum, Blanc de Chine, a continuous conversation
2019 London, V&A museum, Blanc de Chine, a continuous conversation
Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum,
Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics
Paris, Helene Aziza, Entre eau et ciel: Amsterdam
Den Bosch, Design Museum ‘ Ghosts of Sunday Morning ’*
EKWC
New York, Tefaf NY Spring, Hostler Burrows gallery
San Francisco, Fog Design + Art, Hostler Burrows gallery
2018 Miami, Design Miami, Hostler Burrows gallery
New York, The Salon Art + Design, Hostler Burrows galley
Den Bosch, Design Museum ‘Show Yourself’,
ceramic collection Benno Premsela
Shenzhen, China, Rich-Z gallery
Leeuwarden, Ceramic museum Princessehof , Made in Holland
400 year world brand
2017 Amsterdam, PAN Art Fair , Hotel Panorama, lobby conservator
Piet de Jonge
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Change the System
Jingdezhen, China, A City in Dialoque with the World, collection of
Artworks by ‘Jingpiao’ International Ceramists, curator Zhu Legeng
LiLing, China, Classics Revivid, International Ceramics Design
Invitational exhibition, Liling Ceramics Valley Museum
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag , China Caracter
Shigaraki- Japan, the Museum of Contemporary Art
the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park- the Dramatic Vessel *
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Dublin, Vase- Function reviewed , Farmleigh House
2016 Miami, Design Miami, gallery VIVID
Liling, China, the Mode-International Ceramics Arts Invitational
Exhibition, Liling Ceramic Valley Museum
Liling Ceramics Valley Museum
Leeuwarden, Sexy Ceramics , Princessehof National Museum of
Ceramics
Kilkenny, Vase- Function reviewed, National Craft Gallery
Monaco, Artmonte-carlo 2016, Taste Contemporary Craft
Milan, Palazzo Francesca Turati, project Masterly,
‘The Dutch in Milano’ by Uniquole.
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Geneva, Artggeneenève 2016, gallery Taste Contemporary Craft
2015 Amsterdam, Pan Amsterdam, gallery VIVID
Antwerp, AD Gallery, the Beautiful Object
Miami, Design Miami, gallery VIVID
Beijing, Chinese National Treasure Museum of Arts,
World Tour Art Exhibition, Simon Ma, Julian Lennon,
Robert Zucherman, Babs Haenen, Zheng Juke
Milano, Jingdezhen Greenland Group, Ceramic culture and art
Exhibition* KIP International Pavilion, Expo Milan
‘New China from China’
Basel, Design Miami Basel, gallery VIVID
Schiedam, Museum Schiedam ‘ Kunst uit Huis, collectie Wilploo*
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Rotterdam, gallery VIVID, ‘Melancholia’
San Francisco, Fog Design+Art, gallery HostlerBurrows
2014 New York, gallery Hostler Burrows, The Salon Art+ Design
The Hague, Municipal museum,
Clay! A century ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy*
New York, gallery Hostler Burrows, ‘ Six Women’
Dublin, Peppercanister Gallery at the Coach House gallery,
Dublin Casle, Europe & Beyond, 12 artists in clay
Basel, Design Miami/Basel, gallery VIVID
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
2013 Pecs, Hungary, Muzeum LeSecet Magyarorszag
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof,
Salah-ad-Din- Mysterious Green
teachers and students Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2012 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum/ De Hallen, Maskerade’*
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts,
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics*
2011 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Temporary Stedelijk 2
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof, presentation
Modern Ceramics , collection JWN van Achterbergh*
Frankenthal( Pfalz), Kunsthaus Frankenthal, Perron-
Kunstpreis, in der sparte porzellan
Amsterdam, Rai- Art Amsterdam, gallery van krimpen
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, artfair, gallery van krimpen
2010 Rotterdam, Kunsthal,’Kleikunst, Steengoed’ ceramics from
the collection of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Eigentijds
Contemporary glass and ceramics
Amsterdam, Rai- Art Amsterdam, gallery Van Krimpen
België, Leuven, Cypres gallery, de kom
2009 Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof
- nieuwe liefdes
2008 The Haque, Haags Gemeentemuseum, ‘XXth century ‘
London, Barrett Marsden Gallery,
Well-meaning cultural commodities
2007 Belgium, Mons, Les Anciens Abattoirs,
European Triennale for Ceramics and Glass*
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof,
Pretty Dutch*
2006 Claremont,CA, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery.
2005 New York, Garth Clark Gallery- Organic Abstraction –
Part 2 Homage to Ruth Duckworth
2003 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, De Hallen Pavilion-
presentation Ceramics Babs Haenen/ Geert Lap
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum, acquisitions 2002
2002 Gifu, Japan, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art,
New Collection*
Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Craft+ Design,
Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection*
New York, Garth Clark Gallery, Blue+ White= Radical
2001 Sydney, Gallery Janet Mansfield,
Dutch Contemporary Ceramics
1999 Toronto, The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art,
Collects
1994 Maastricht, The European Fine Art Fair,
Gallery Marijke Raaijmakers.
1993 Baltimore, National Museum of Ceramic Art, Facets of the same
Nature’ A survey of contemporary Dutch ceramists *
Tokoname, Museum Tokoname,
The Inax Design Prize for Europeans 1st to 5th *
1992 Paris, Institut Néerlandais, Beyond Tradition,
Contemporary Ceramics in the collection of the
Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen Rotterdam *
1991 Shigaraki, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art,
Recent Acquisitions
1988 Roanne, France, Musée Joseph Déchelette, Vice Versa *
1987 Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Holland in Form*
1984 Philadelphia, Helen Drutt Gallery
COMMISSIONS
2021 Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Wallpaper ‘ Other Cosmologies’ - Jacqui Poncelet-Babs Haenen
Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Fireplace, porcelain tiles,
Production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2020 Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Artwork ‘ Aqua Marine’, porcelain tiles,
production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2008 Haarlem, Theatre, porcelain ornament and tiles,
designs and models for the architect Erick van Egeraat,
production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2005 Kats, Molenaar-Adriaanse, design and production fireplace
2003 Dordrecht, council-hall, Art work- wall piece
1998 Amsterdam, Stichting Het Woningbedrijf Amsterdam,
later Building company Ymere, WAd tile, production
Royal Tichelaar Makkum
COLLECTIONS
Europe:
Amsterdam Nederlandsche Bank
House CorporationYmere
Stedelijk Museum
AkzoNobel Art Foundation
Schiphol NV Airport Schiphol
Dordrecht Council-hall Municipal Dordrecht
Arnhem Museum for Modern Art
Leeuwarden Ceramic Museum Princessehof
Rotterdam Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Eye Clinic Focus
Den Bosch Stedelijk Museum 's Hertogenbosch
Den Haag Ministery of Foreign Affairs
The Hague Municipal Museum
Koninklijke PTTNederland. NV
Haarlem Frans Halsmuseum
Schiedam Stedelijk Museum
Otterloo Nederlands Tegelmuseum
Berlin Kunstgewerbe Museum
Düsseldorf Hetjens-Museum
London Victoria and Albert Museum
USA:
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
Pittsburgh Carnegie Institute Museum of Art
Syracuse Everson Museum of Art
Charlotte Mint Museum of Craft and Design
Houston Museum of Fine Art
Boise Boise Art Museum
Philadelphia Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sacramento Crocker Art Museum
Canada:
Toronto The George R. Gardener Museum of Ceramic Art
Japan:
Shigaraki The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art
Tokoname Inax Corporation, Gifu Museum of Modern Ceramics Art
China: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Beijing
Consulate of the Netherlands, Chongqing
LiLing Ceramics Valley Museum, LiLing
Tongchuan Master Creative Park Art Gallery
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
- Visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art,
London Institute, England
- Dutch board Ceramic Millenium ’99, Rai Amsterdam
- Design committee, advising the Ministry of OCW
for the Premsela Foundation
- Judith Leyster Foundation 1987-1994
- Stichting Beeldrecht 1997-1994
- Stichting Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten
Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, Commissie Basis Stipendia
1993/1994-1995/1996-2000/2003
- Organizing exhibitions:
Ceramics in Architecture with Gallery Binnen, Amsterdam
Goud omrand- the future handmade, Nederlandsche Bank,
Amsterdam,
Form and Sculpture, Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam/
Ministery of Finance, the Haque
Made in China, Nederlandsche Bank/ Ministry of Finance
Salah-ad-Din, Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden
2013
- lecture Slow Craft -BNO, free designers- 2008
- lecture How I shaped a wall - China, Jingdezhen- 2011
- quest curator ‘ Clay! A Century Ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
2014
- audiotour Rijksmuseum
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books and catalogues
Guillaume, Lamia Par le Feu, la couleur Céramiques contemporaines
Musée des Beaux-Arts- Lyon 2021
Ellison Jr Robert A Shapes from Out of Nowhere, August Editions USA
2021
Gasparian, Maria More than Bricks!, tradition and zukunft der
Architekturkeramik- Porzellanikon, Staatliches Museum
fur Porzellan- Selb 2020
Aziza Helene Entre eau et ciel: Amsterdam- Paris mai 2019
Luo Jian The Mode – International Ceramics Art Invitational
Exhibition Liling Ceramic Valley Museum, Hunan,
China- 2016-2017
Auch, Monika Talking Ceramics- sunday morning@ekwc, Stichting
Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum- 2016
Uniquole, N Masterly-The Dutch in Milano – exhibition in Palazzo
FrancescoTurati – Salone del Mobile 2016- Milan
Barnas Maria. Object under/Object below -Sanders Collection 2015
Heslenfeld, M Clay! A century ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
Exhibition Municipal Museum The Hague,
2014 Waanders Uitgevers.
Strengers, A In Sight, Vision and Focus, Collection in perspective
De Nederlandsche Bank, Art Committee,
Kamermans J. Verglaasde Charme, De schoonheid van de
Nederlandsche tegel SPA uitgevers Zwolle, 2013
Clark,Garth
Strauss,Cindy Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics,
Collection Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Yale University Press with the Museum
of Fine Art, Houston, 2012
de Waal, Edmund The pot book , the Phaidon Press Limited 2011
Brouwer, Marcel J.W.N.van Achterbergh, Een gedreven verzamelaar,
Stichting van Achterbergh-Domhof, 2011
Boom,Irma
De Vries,Mariette Present, Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum Uitgeverij 010,
Rotterdam 2010
van Winden,W. Fusion, Sun 2010 Bedrijfscollecties Nederland, NAI
uitgevers Rotterdam 2009
de Wagt,Wim Het Geschenk, Stadsschouwburg Haarlem,
1918-2009 HDC Media 2009
de Jong,Koos Keramiek & Architectuur , EKWC, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2009
Augustijn,Piet Hedendaagse Keramiek in Nederland ,Nederlandse
Vakgroep Keramiek-NVK,2008 Amsterdam
Janssen,Hans XXste Eeuw, Waanders uitgevers Zwolle,
Gemeentemuseum den Haag, 2008
Auch,Monica Vrije Vormgeving, mapping Dutch conceptual crafts,
BNO 2008 Amsterdam
Leclercq,Anne Triennale Europeenne, ceramique, Verre,
WCC.BF, Mons 2007
Strengers, A. Eigenlijk Eigentijds , Art Collection
Nederlandsche Bank’1982-2007
Trumpie,Ank Pretty Dutch, 18de-eeuws Hollands Porselein,
Princessehof Leeuwarden, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam
2009
Clark, Garth Shards, Garth Clark on Ceramic Art,
DAP 2004, USA
Dietz,Ulysses G. Great Pots, Contemporary Ceramics from function to
fantasy,The Newark Museum, New Ark, New Yersey
2003
-The legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, The Museum of Modern Ceramic Art,
Gifu, Japan, 2003
Rijk, Thimo de Designers in Nederland, Ludio Amsterdam, Gent, 2003
Cooper E. Ten thousand years of pottery , the Britisch Museum
Press, 2002
Boot, M. The Turbulent Vessel. Babs Haenen –
Keramiek/Ceramics 1991-1998 Amsterdam:
Stedelijk Museum 1998
Crommelin, L. Keramiek in het Stedelijk/Ceramics ,Amsterdam:
Stedelijk Museum1998
-Verborgen collectie, KPN, Koninklijke PTT Nederland NV
‘s Gravenhage 1995
-Catalogue of the Collection 1992. Shigaraki,
Contemporary Ceramic Art 1993
Del Vecchio,Mark Postmodern Ceramics. London: Thames&Hudson 2001
Dormer,Peter. The New Ceramics - Trends and Traditions.
London: Revisit edition1994
Douglas,Mary F. Allan Chassanoff Ceramic Collection. Charlotte,
N.C.: Mint- Museum of Craft+Design 2000
Clark,Garth. Babs Haenen. tien jaar werk/a decade of work,
Leeuwarden: Museum het Princessehof 1991
Spruit-Ledeboer Nederlandse Keramiek 1975-1985.
Amsterdam
Staal, G. Holland in Vorm, Vormgeving in Nederland 1945-1987.
‘s-Gravenhage:
-Inax Design Prize III. Tokyo: Inax Corporation 1992
Articles
Van der Ven. Eight , Living with Chinese Art, No 2- November 2022
Augustijn Piet. Mooie rol voor Nederlandse keramiek, Korean
Internationale Ceramic Biennale 2021- Klei maart 2022
Reinewald Chris. Ontvaasde onstuimigheden, Vormen uit Vuur 244
Oktober 2020
Van der Stelt. G Klei!, tentoonstelling in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Klei- keramiek magazine januari 2013, no 1
Van Kester.Peter Rietveld Academie, 100jaar kneden, glazuren en kleien
Collect, Art and Antique journal Nr8- November 2014
Heslenfeld, M Keramiek van de Rietveld Academie- Vormen uit
Vuur- 2014/2
Van der Stelt Omsloten ruimte, Babs Haenen, Keramiek- jaargang
40-2
Heslenfeld, M De Pottenkijker, de nalatenschap van een bevlogen
Verzamelaar, Vormen uit vuur 202-2013/1
Schampers,Karel Maskerade, losbandigheid en heilzame werking
Halszaken, Frans Hals Museum/De Hallen, no.32/2012
Put,Roos Expo, Babs Haenen, Amsterdam ‘ En Route’
Kunstbeeld, nr.4 -2012.
Hulsman,Bernard De terugkeer van het ornament, Kunstschrift, april-mei
2010
Hulsman,Bernard Versieren is geen misdaad meer, Cultureel supplement
NRC 13-3-2009.
Reinewald,Chris Hand, hoofd en hart: het ambacht en de
Vrijevormgeving ,Designgeschiedenis Nederland
Juni 2009.
Faber,Bernard Keramische klimop, Haarlem- Stadsschouwburg,
gevelbouw- jaargang 5, nr 2, juli 2008.
van Kester,Peter Oude dame in een hedendaags jasje PI, Project en
Interieur, December/Januari-2008,
numer 6- jaargang 19
Reinewald,Chris IJspaleis met keramiek, Items 6+- 2008
Ter Borch,Ine Gestolde golven aan de gevel,Detail in Architectuur,
Jan./febr. 2004, Ten Hagen & Stam BV
Kunstwerken
Articles
Media
Highlights
Over de kunstenaar
In collectie van
Tentoonstellingen
Marktpositie
CV
Aangeboden kunstwerken van Babs Haenen
Tentoonstellingen
CV
BABS HAENEN
Born 1948, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Studio in Amsterdam since 1979
Teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam 1994-2013
EDUCATION
1974-1979 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
AWARDS/GRANTS
2020 Van Achterbergh Prize
2005 Nominated for the Dutch Ceramic Prize 2005
1991 Inax Design Prize for Europeans, Japan
2012 Mondriaan Fund, Visual Arts and Cultural Heritage
2003/1990 Fonds BKVB, the Netherlands Foundation for
Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
EXHIBITIONS (*catalogue)
One Person
2022 Brussels, The Solo Project Contemporary Art,
Taste Contemporaray ( with Beppe Kessler)
2021 Geneva, Taste Contemporary - Pas de Deux
(with Beppe Kessler)
2020 Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Van Achterbergh Prize exhibition
2018 New York, Hostler Burrows gallery *
Geneva – Taste Contemporary *
Amsterdam, Frozen Fountain
2017 Shanghai, Two Cities gallery- En Route *
Purmerend, Waterland Museum- The Silk Road
( with Wil van Blokland)
2015 Beijing, Beijing Design Week , Ubi Gallery (with Peter Hoogeboom)
2014 Rotterdam, gallery VIVID, series Scholar’s Rock
2012 Amsterdam, gallery van Krimpen- En Route
2008 Haarlem, De Hallen- Frans Halsmuseum,
Haarlem, ABC- architectural center, Babs Haenen
2002 New York, Garth Clark Gallery *
Additional Years: 1999, 1995, 1992, 1989, 1987
1998 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, The Turbulent Vessel.
Ceramics1991-1998 *
1991 Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum/Deutsches Keramikmuseum *
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof- A decade of Work *
1984 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum
Selected Group
2023 Galerie Ramakers, Reach for the Stars + PAN Amsterdam
East Hampton, Onna House, Nature/Nurture, Lisa Perry
London, Cromwell place- In Residence III, TingYing gallery
and Oliver Siers gallery.
Seoul Cyper University, Netherlands-Korea-
Invitational Ceramic Exhibition
London, Cromwell place- The Value in Things, TingYing gallery
2022 New York, Salon Art + Design, Hostler Burrows gallery
Geneva, Artgenève, gallery Taste Contemporary
Sacramento, Mills Station Art and Culture Center
‘Beneath the Surface: Origin Stories’ :
2021 New York, Salon Art + Design , Hostler Burrows gallery
London, Eye of the Collector, Two Temple Place, TingYing gallery
Heist op den Berg, CC Zwaneberg ‘This is the sound of C’,
curated by Kris Campo
London, Collect- International Art Fair for Contemporary Craft and
Design ,TingYing gallery
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art -Shapes from Out of
Nowhere, Ceramics from the Robert A.Ellison Jr. Collection.
London, London Art Fair, Viewing Room TingYing gallery
London, Crafting a Difference, Soshiro, TingYing gallery
Jingdezhen- International Ceramic Art Biennale
the Spirit of Porcelain New Art Museum of Jingdezhen Ceramic
University
2020 London, Gallery Catherine Prevoust, Group show of Women Artists
‘Time Suspended’ , presentation by TingYIng gallery
London , Eye Viewing Room, Eye of the Collector, TingYing gallery
London, Somerset House, Collect- International Art Fair for
Contemporary Art and Design, TingYing gallery
Los Angeles, Hostler Burrows ‘ Forest Primeval’, inaugural group
exhibition
Geneva, Sotheby’s, Taste Contemporary ‘Stillness and Movement’.
Geneva, Artgenève, Taste Contemporary
London, V&A museum, Blanc de Chine, a continuous conversation
2019 London, V&A museum, Blanc de Chine, a continuous conversation
Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum,
Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics
Paris, Helene Aziza, Entre eau et ciel: Amsterdam
Den Bosch, Design Museum ‘ Ghosts of Sunday Morning ’*
EKWC
New York, Tefaf NY Spring, Hostler Burrows gallery
San Francisco, Fog Design + Art, Hostler Burrows gallery
2018 Miami, Design Miami, Hostler Burrows gallery
New York, The Salon Art + Design, Hostler Burrows galley
Den Bosch, Design Museum ‘Show Yourself’,
ceramic collection Benno Premsela
Shenzhen, China, Rich-Z gallery
Leeuwarden, Ceramic museum Princessehof , Made in Holland
400 year world brand
2017 Amsterdam, PAN Art Fair , Hotel Panorama, lobby conservator
Piet de Jonge
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Change the System
Jingdezhen, China, A City in Dialoque with the World, collection of
Artworks by ‘Jingpiao’ International Ceramists, curator Zhu Legeng
LiLing, China, Classics Revivid, International Ceramics Design
Invitational exhibition, Liling Ceramics Valley Museum
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag , China Caracter
Shigaraki- Japan, the Museum of Contemporary Art
the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park- the Dramatic Vessel *
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Dublin, Vase- Function reviewed , Farmleigh House
2016 Miami, Design Miami, gallery VIVID
Liling, China, the Mode-International Ceramics Arts Invitational
Exhibition, Liling Ceramic Valley Museum
Liling Ceramics Valley Museum
Leeuwarden, Sexy Ceramics , Princessehof National Museum of
Ceramics
Kilkenny, Vase- Function reviewed, National Craft Gallery
Monaco, Artmonte-carlo 2016, Taste Contemporary Craft
Milan, Palazzo Francesca Turati, project Masterly,
‘The Dutch in Milano’ by Uniquole.
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Geneva, Artggeneenève 2016, gallery Taste Contemporary Craft
2015 Amsterdam, Pan Amsterdam, gallery VIVID
Antwerp, AD Gallery, the Beautiful Object
Miami, Design Miami, gallery VIVID
Beijing, Chinese National Treasure Museum of Arts,
World Tour Art Exhibition, Simon Ma, Julian Lennon,
Robert Zucherman, Babs Haenen, Zheng Juke
Milano, Jingdezhen Greenland Group, Ceramic culture and art
Exhibition* KIP International Pavilion, Expo Milan
‘New China from China’
Basel, Design Miami Basel, gallery VIVID
Schiedam, Museum Schiedam ‘ Kunst uit Huis, collectie Wilploo*
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Rotterdam, gallery VIVID, ‘Melancholia’
San Francisco, Fog Design+Art, gallery HostlerBurrows
2014 New York, gallery Hostler Burrows, The Salon Art+ Design
The Hague, Municipal museum,
Clay! A century ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy*
New York, gallery Hostler Burrows, ‘ Six Women’
Dublin, Peppercanister Gallery at the Coach House gallery,
Dublin Casle, Europe & Beyond, 12 artists in clay
Basel, Design Miami/Basel, gallery VIVID
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
2013 Pecs, Hungary, Muzeum LeSecet Magyarorszag
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof,
Salah-ad-Din- Mysterious Green
teachers and students Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2012 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum/ De Hallen, Maskerade’*
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts,
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics*
2011 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Temporary Stedelijk 2
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof, presentation
Modern Ceramics , collection JWN van Achterbergh*
Frankenthal( Pfalz), Kunsthaus Frankenthal, Perron-
Kunstpreis, in der sparte porzellan
Amsterdam, Rai- Art Amsterdam, gallery van krimpen
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, artfair, gallery van krimpen
2010 Rotterdam, Kunsthal,’Kleikunst, Steengoed’ ceramics from
the collection of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Eigentijds
Contemporary glass and ceramics
Amsterdam, Rai- Art Amsterdam, gallery Van Krimpen
België, Leuven, Cypres gallery, de kom
2009 Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof
- nieuwe liefdes
2008 The Haque, Haags Gemeentemuseum, ‘XXth century ‘
London, Barrett Marsden Gallery,
Well-meaning cultural commodities
2007 Belgium, Mons, Les Anciens Abattoirs,
European Triennale for Ceramics and Glass*
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof,
Pretty Dutch*
2006 Claremont,CA, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery.
2005 New York, Garth Clark Gallery- Organic Abstraction –
Part 2 Homage to Ruth Duckworth
2003 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, De Hallen Pavilion-
presentation Ceramics Babs Haenen/ Geert Lap
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum, acquisitions 2002
2002 Gifu, Japan, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art,
New Collection*
Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Craft+ Design,
Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection*
New York, Garth Clark Gallery, Blue+ White= Radical
2001 Sydney, Gallery Janet Mansfield,
Dutch Contemporary Ceramics
1999 Toronto, The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art,
Collects
1994 Maastricht, The European Fine Art Fair,
Gallery Marijke Raaijmakers.
1993 Baltimore, National Museum of Ceramic Art, Facets of the same
Nature’ A survey of contemporary Dutch ceramists *
Tokoname, Museum Tokoname,
The Inax Design Prize for Europeans 1st to 5th *
1992 Paris, Institut Néerlandais, Beyond Tradition,
Contemporary Ceramics in the collection of the
Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen Rotterdam *
1991 Shigaraki, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art,
Recent Acquisitions
1988 Roanne, France, Musée Joseph Déchelette, Vice Versa *
1987 Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Holland in Form*
1984 Philadelphia, Helen Drutt Gallery
COMMISSIONS
2021 Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Wallpaper ‘ Other Cosmologies’ - Jacqui Poncelet-Babs Haenen
Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Fireplace, porcelain tiles,
Production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2020 Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Artwork ‘ Aqua Marine’, porcelain tiles,
production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2008 Haarlem, Theatre, porcelain ornament and tiles,
designs and models for the architect Erick van Egeraat,
production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2005 Kats, Molenaar-Adriaanse, design and production fireplace
2003 Dordrecht, council-hall, Art work- wall piece
1998 Amsterdam, Stichting Het Woningbedrijf Amsterdam,
later Building company Ymere, WAd tile, production
Royal Tichelaar Makkum
COLLECTIONS
Europe:
Amsterdam Nederlandsche Bank
House CorporationYmere
Stedelijk Museum
AkzoNobel Art Foundation
Schiphol NV Airport Schiphol
Dordrecht Council-hall Municipal Dordrecht
Arnhem Museum for Modern Art
Leeuwarden Ceramic Museum Princessehof
Rotterdam Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Eye Clinic Focus
Den Bosch Stedelijk Museum 's Hertogenbosch
Den Haag Ministery of Foreign Affairs
The Hague Municipal Museum
Koninklijke PTTNederland. NV
Haarlem Frans Halsmuseum
Schiedam Stedelijk Museum
Otterloo Nederlands Tegelmuseum
Berlin Kunstgewerbe Museum
Düsseldorf Hetjens-Museum
London Victoria and Albert Museum
USA:
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
Pittsburgh Carnegie Institute Museum of Art
Syracuse Everson Museum of Art
Charlotte Mint Museum of Craft and Design
Houston Museum of Fine Art
Boise Boise Art Museum
Philadelphia Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sacramento Crocker Art Museum
Canada:
Toronto The George R. Gardener Museum of Ceramic Art
Japan:
Shigaraki The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art
Tokoname Inax Corporation, Gifu Museum of Modern Ceramics Art
China: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Beijing
Consulate of the Netherlands, Chongqing
LiLing Ceramics Valley Museum, LiLing
Tongchuan Master Creative Park Art Gallery
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
- Visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art,
London Institute, England
- Dutch board Ceramic Millenium ’99, Rai Amsterdam
- Design committee, advising the Ministry of OCW
for the Premsela Foundation
- Judith Leyster Foundation 1987-1994
- Stichting Beeldrecht 1997-1994
- Stichting Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten
Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, Commissie Basis Stipendia
1993/1994-1995/1996-2000/2003
- Organizing exhibitions:
Ceramics in Architecture with Gallery Binnen, Amsterdam
Goud omrand- the future handmade, Nederlandsche Bank,
Amsterdam,
Form and Sculpture, Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam/
Ministery of Finance, the Haque
Made in China, Nederlandsche Bank/ Ministry of Finance
Salah-ad-Din, Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden
2013
- lecture Slow Craft -BNO, free designers- 2008
- lecture How I shaped a wall - China, Jingdezhen- 2011
- quest curator ‘ Clay! A Century Ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
2014
- audiotour Rijksmuseum
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books and catalogues
Guillaume, Lamia Par le Feu, la couleur Céramiques contemporaines
Musée des Beaux-Arts- Lyon 2021
Ellison Jr Robert A Shapes from Out of Nowhere, August Editions USA
2021
Gasparian, Maria More than Bricks!, tradition and zukunft der
Architekturkeramik- Porzellanikon, Staatliches Museum
fur Porzellan- Selb 2020
Aziza Helene Entre eau et ciel: Amsterdam- Paris mai 2019
Luo Jian The Mode – International Ceramics Art Invitational
Exhibition Liling Ceramic Valley Museum, Hunan,
China- 2016-2017
Auch, Monika Talking Ceramics- sunday morning@ekwc, Stichting
Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum- 2016
Uniquole, N Masterly-The Dutch in Milano – exhibition in Palazzo
FrancescoTurati – Salone del Mobile 2016- Milan
Barnas Maria. Object under/Object below -Sanders Collection 2015
Heslenfeld, M Clay! A century ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
Exhibition Municipal Museum The Hague,
2014 Waanders Uitgevers.
Strengers, A In Sight, Vision and Focus, Collection in perspective
De Nederlandsche Bank, Art Committee,
Kamermans J. Verglaasde Charme, De schoonheid van de
Nederlandsche tegel SPA uitgevers Zwolle, 2013
Clark,Garth
Strauss,Cindy Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics,
Collection Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Yale University Press with the Museum
of Fine Art, Houston, 2012
de Waal, Edmund The pot book , the Phaidon Press Limited 2011
Brouwer, Marcel J.W.N.van Achterbergh, Een gedreven verzamelaar,
Stichting van Achterbergh-Domhof, 2011
Boom,Irma
De Vries,Mariette Present, Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum Uitgeverij 010,
Rotterdam 2010
van Winden,W. Fusion, Sun 2010 Bedrijfscollecties Nederland, NAI
uitgevers Rotterdam 2009
de Wagt,Wim Het Geschenk, Stadsschouwburg Haarlem,
1918-2009 HDC Media 2009
de Jong,Koos Keramiek & Architectuur , EKWC, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2009
Augustijn,Piet Hedendaagse Keramiek in Nederland ,Nederlandse
Vakgroep Keramiek-NVK,2008 Amsterdam
Janssen,Hans XXste Eeuw, Waanders uitgevers Zwolle,
Gemeentemuseum den Haag, 2008
Auch,Monica Vrije Vormgeving, mapping Dutch conceptual crafts,
BNO 2008 Amsterdam
Leclercq,Anne Triennale Europeenne, ceramique, Verre,
WCC.BF, Mons 2007
Strengers, A. Eigenlijk Eigentijds , Art Collection
Nederlandsche Bank’1982-2007
Trumpie,Ank Pretty Dutch, 18de-eeuws Hollands Porselein,
Princessehof Leeuwarden, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam
2009
Clark, Garth Shards, Garth Clark on Ceramic Art,
DAP 2004, USA
Dietz,Ulysses G. Great Pots, Contemporary Ceramics from function to
fantasy,The Newark Museum, New Ark, New Yersey
2003
-The legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, The Museum of Modern Ceramic Art,
Gifu, Japan, 2003
Rijk, Thimo de Designers in Nederland, Ludio Amsterdam, Gent, 2003
Cooper E. Ten thousand years of pottery , the Britisch Museum
Press, 2002
Boot, M. The Turbulent Vessel. Babs Haenen –
Keramiek/Ceramics 1991-1998 Amsterdam:
Stedelijk Museum 1998
Crommelin, L. Keramiek in het Stedelijk/Ceramics ,Amsterdam:
Stedelijk Museum1998
-Verborgen collectie, KPN, Koninklijke PTT Nederland NV
‘s Gravenhage 1995
-Catalogue of the Collection 1992. Shigaraki,
Contemporary Ceramic Art 1993
Del Vecchio,Mark Postmodern Ceramics. London: Thames&Hudson 2001
Dormer,Peter. The New Ceramics - Trends and Traditions.
London: Revisit edition1994
Douglas,Mary F. Allan Chassanoff Ceramic Collection. Charlotte,
N.C.: Mint- Museum of Craft+Design 2000
Clark,Garth. Babs Haenen. tien jaar werk/a decade of work,
Leeuwarden: Museum het Princessehof 1991
Spruit-Ledeboer Nederlandse Keramiek 1975-1985.
Amsterdam
Staal, G. Holland in Vorm, Vormgeving in Nederland 1945-1987.
‘s-Gravenhage:
-Inax Design Prize III. Tokyo: Inax Corporation 1992
Articles
Van der Ven. Eight , Living with Chinese Art, No 2- November 2022
Augustijn Piet. Mooie rol voor Nederlandse keramiek, Korean
Internationale Ceramic Biennale 2021- Klei maart 2022
Reinewald Chris. Ontvaasde onstuimigheden, Vormen uit Vuur 244
Oktober 2020
Van der Stelt. G Klei!, tentoonstelling in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Klei- keramiek magazine januari 2013, no 1
Van Kester.Peter Rietveld Academie, 100jaar kneden, glazuren en kleien
Collect, Art and Antique journal Nr8- November 2014
Heslenfeld, M Keramiek van de Rietveld Academie- Vormen uit
Vuur- 2014/2
Van der Stelt Omsloten ruimte, Babs Haenen, Keramiek- jaargang
40-2
Heslenfeld, M De Pottenkijker, de nalatenschap van een bevlogen
Verzamelaar, Vormen uit vuur 202-2013/1
Schampers,Karel Maskerade, losbandigheid en heilzame werking
Halszaken, Frans Hals Museum/De Hallen, no.32/2012
Put,Roos Expo, Babs Haenen, Amsterdam ‘ En Route’
Kunstbeeld, nr.4 -2012.
Hulsman,Bernard De terugkeer van het ornament, Kunstschrift, april-mei
2010
Hulsman,Bernard Versieren is geen misdaad meer, Cultureel supplement
NRC 13-3-2009.
Reinewald,Chris Hand, hoofd en hart: het ambacht en de
Vrijevormgeving ,Designgeschiedenis Nederland
Juni 2009.
Faber,Bernard Keramische klimop, Haarlem- Stadsschouwburg,
gevelbouw- jaargang 5, nr 2, juli 2008.
van Kester,Peter Oude dame in een hedendaags jasje PI, Project en
Interieur, December/Januari-2008,
numer 6- jaargang 19
Reinewald,Chris IJspaleis met keramiek, Items 6+- 2008
Ter Borch,Ine Gestolde golven aan de gevel,Detail in Architectuur,
Jan./febr. 2004, Ten Hagen & Stam BV
Born 1948, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Studio in Amsterdam since 1979
Teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam 1994-2013
EDUCATION
1974-1979 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
AWARDS/GRANTS
2020 Van Achterbergh Prize
2005 Nominated for the Dutch Ceramic Prize 2005
1991 Inax Design Prize for Europeans, Japan
2012 Mondriaan Fund, Visual Arts and Cultural Heritage
2003/1990 Fonds BKVB, the Netherlands Foundation for
Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
EXHIBITIONS (*catalogue)
One Person
2022 Brussels, The Solo Project Contemporary Art,
Taste Contemporaray ( with Beppe Kessler)
2021 Geneva, Taste Contemporary - Pas de Deux
(with Beppe Kessler)
2020 Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Van Achterbergh Prize exhibition
2018 New York, Hostler Burrows gallery *
Geneva – Taste Contemporary *
Amsterdam, Frozen Fountain
2017 Shanghai, Two Cities gallery- En Route *
Purmerend, Waterland Museum- The Silk Road
( with Wil van Blokland)
2015 Beijing, Beijing Design Week , Ubi Gallery (with Peter Hoogeboom)
2014 Rotterdam, gallery VIVID, series Scholar’s Rock
2012 Amsterdam, gallery van Krimpen- En Route
2008 Haarlem, De Hallen- Frans Halsmuseum,
Haarlem, ABC- architectural center, Babs Haenen
2002 New York, Garth Clark Gallery *
Additional Years: 1999, 1995, 1992, 1989, 1987
1998 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, The Turbulent Vessel.
Ceramics1991-1998 *
1991 Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum/Deutsches Keramikmuseum *
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof- A decade of Work *
1984 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum
Selected Group
2023 Galerie Ramakers, Reach for the Stars + PAN Amsterdam
East Hampton, Onna House, Nature/Nurture, Lisa Perry
London, Cromwell place- In Residence III, TingYing gallery
and Oliver Siers gallery.
Seoul Cyper University, Netherlands-Korea-
Invitational Ceramic Exhibition
London, Cromwell place- The Value in Things, TingYing gallery
2022 New York, Salon Art + Design, Hostler Burrows gallery
Geneva, Artgenève, gallery Taste Contemporary
Sacramento, Mills Station Art and Culture Center
‘Beneath the Surface: Origin Stories’ :
2021 New York, Salon Art + Design , Hostler Burrows gallery
London, Eye of the Collector, Two Temple Place, TingYing gallery
Heist op den Berg, CC Zwaneberg ‘This is the sound of C’,
curated by Kris Campo
London, Collect- International Art Fair for Contemporary Craft and
Design ,TingYing gallery
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art -Shapes from Out of
Nowhere, Ceramics from the Robert A.Ellison Jr. Collection.
London, London Art Fair, Viewing Room TingYing gallery
London, Crafting a Difference, Soshiro, TingYing gallery
Jingdezhen- International Ceramic Art Biennale
the Spirit of Porcelain New Art Museum of Jingdezhen Ceramic
University
2020 London, Gallery Catherine Prevoust, Group show of Women Artists
‘Time Suspended’ , presentation by TingYIng gallery
London , Eye Viewing Room, Eye of the Collector, TingYing gallery
London, Somerset House, Collect- International Art Fair for
Contemporary Art and Design, TingYing gallery
Los Angeles, Hostler Burrows ‘ Forest Primeval’, inaugural group
exhibition
Geneva, Sotheby’s, Taste Contemporary ‘Stillness and Movement’.
Geneva, Artgenève, Taste Contemporary
London, V&A museum, Blanc de Chine, a continuous conversation
2019 London, V&A museum, Blanc de Chine, a continuous conversation
Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum,
Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics
Paris, Helene Aziza, Entre eau et ciel: Amsterdam
Den Bosch, Design Museum ‘ Ghosts of Sunday Morning ’*
EKWC
New York, Tefaf NY Spring, Hostler Burrows gallery
San Francisco, Fog Design + Art, Hostler Burrows gallery
2018 Miami, Design Miami, Hostler Burrows gallery
New York, The Salon Art + Design, Hostler Burrows galley
Den Bosch, Design Museum ‘Show Yourself’,
ceramic collection Benno Premsela
Shenzhen, China, Rich-Z gallery
Leeuwarden, Ceramic museum Princessehof , Made in Holland
400 year world brand
2017 Amsterdam, PAN Art Fair , Hotel Panorama, lobby conservator
Piet de Jonge
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Change the System
Jingdezhen, China, A City in Dialoque with the World, collection of
Artworks by ‘Jingpiao’ International Ceramists, curator Zhu Legeng
LiLing, China, Classics Revivid, International Ceramics Design
Invitational exhibition, Liling Ceramics Valley Museum
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag , China Caracter
Shigaraki- Japan, the Museum of Contemporary Art
the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park- the Dramatic Vessel *
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Dublin, Vase- Function reviewed , Farmleigh House
2016 Miami, Design Miami, gallery VIVID
Liling, China, the Mode-International Ceramics Arts Invitational
Exhibition, Liling Ceramic Valley Museum
Liling Ceramics Valley Museum
Leeuwarden, Sexy Ceramics , Princessehof National Museum of
Ceramics
Kilkenny, Vase- Function reviewed, National Craft Gallery
Monaco, Artmonte-carlo 2016, Taste Contemporary Craft
Milan, Palazzo Francesca Turati, project Masterly,
‘The Dutch in Milano’ by Uniquole.
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Geneva, Artggeneenève 2016, gallery Taste Contemporary Craft
2015 Amsterdam, Pan Amsterdam, gallery VIVID
Antwerp, AD Gallery, the Beautiful Object
Miami, Design Miami, gallery VIVID
Beijing, Chinese National Treasure Museum of Arts,
World Tour Art Exhibition, Simon Ma, Julian Lennon,
Robert Zucherman, Babs Haenen, Zheng Juke
Milano, Jingdezhen Greenland Group, Ceramic culture and art
Exhibition* KIP International Pavilion, Expo Milan
‘New China from China’
Basel, Design Miami Basel, gallery VIVID
Schiedam, Museum Schiedam ‘ Kunst uit Huis, collectie Wilploo*
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
Rotterdam, gallery VIVID, ‘Melancholia’
San Francisco, Fog Design+Art, gallery HostlerBurrows
2014 New York, gallery Hostler Burrows, The Salon Art+ Design
The Hague, Municipal museum,
Clay! A century ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy*
New York, gallery Hostler Burrows, ‘ Six Women’
Dublin, Peppercanister Gallery at the Coach House gallery,
Dublin Casle, Europe & Beyond, 12 artists in clay
Basel, Design Miami/Basel, gallery VIVID
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, gallery VIVID
2013 Pecs, Hungary, Muzeum LeSecet Magyarorszag
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof,
Salah-ad-Din- Mysterious Green
teachers and students Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2012 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum/ De Hallen, Maskerade’*
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts,
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics*
2011 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Temporary Stedelijk 2
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof, presentation
Modern Ceramics , collection JWN van Achterbergh*
Frankenthal( Pfalz), Kunsthaus Frankenthal, Perron-
Kunstpreis, in der sparte porzellan
Amsterdam, Rai- Art Amsterdam, gallery van krimpen
Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam, artfair, gallery van krimpen
2010 Rotterdam, Kunsthal,’Kleikunst, Steengoed’ ceramics from
the collection of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Eigentijds
Contemporary glass and ceramics
Amsterdam, Rai- Art Amsterdam, gallery Van Krimpen
België, Leuven, Cypres gallery, de kom
2009 Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof
- nieuwe liefdes
2008 The Haque, Haags Gemeentemuseum, ‘XXth century ‘
London, Barrett Marsden Gallery,
Well-meaning cultural commodities
2007 Belgium, Mons, Les Anciens Abattoirs,
European Triennale for Ceramics and Glass*
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum Princessehof,
Pretty Dutch*
2006 Claremont,CA, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery.
2005 New York, Garth Clark Gallery- Organic Abstraction –
Part 2 Homage to Ruth Duckworth
2003 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, De Hallen Pavilion-
presentation Ceramics Babs Haenen/ Geert Lap
Leeuwarden, Ceramic Museum, acquisitions 2002
2002 Gifu, Japan, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art,
New Collection*
Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Craft+ Design,
Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection*
New York, Garth Clark Gallery, Blue+ White= Radical
2001 Sydney, Gallery Janet Mansfield,
Dutch Contemporary Ceramics
1999 Toronto, The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art,
Collects
1994 Maastricht, The European Fine Art Fair,
Gallery Marijke Raaijmakers.
1993 Baltimore, National Museum of Ceramic Art, Facets of the same
Nature’ A survey of contemporary Dutch ceramists *
Tokoname, Museum Tokoname,
The Inax Design Prize for Europeans 1st to 5th *
1992 Paris, Institut Néerlandais, Beyond Tradition,
Contemporary Ceramics in the collection of the
Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen Rotterdam *
1991 Shigaraki, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art,
Recent Acquisitions
1988 Roanne, France, Musée Joseph Déchelette, Vice Versa *
1987 Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Holland in Form*
1984 Philadelphia, Helen Drutt Gallery
COMMISSIONS
2021 Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Wallpaper ‘ Other Cosmologies’ - Jacqui Poncelet-Babs Haenen
Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Fireplace, porcelain tiles,
Production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2020 Megève, private estate Rigo Saitta collection,
Artwork ‘ Aqua Marine’, porcelain tiles,
production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2008 Haarlem, Theatre, porcelain ornament and tiles,
designs and models for the architect Erick van Egeraat,
production Royal Tichelaar Makkum
2005 Kats, Molenaar-Adriaanse, design and production fireplace
2003 Dordrecht, council-hall, Art work- wall piece
1998 Amsterdam, Stichting Het Woningbedrijf Amsterdam,
later Building company Ymere, WAd tile, production
Royal Tichelaar Makkum
COLLECTIONS
Europe:
Amsterdam Nederlandsche Bank
House CorporationYmere
Stedelijk Museum
AkzoNobel Art Foundation
Schiphol NV Airport Schiphol
Dordrecht Council-hall Municipal Dordrecht
Arnhem Museum for Modern Art
Leeuwarden Ceramic Museum Princessehof
Rotterdam Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Eye Clinic Focus
Den Bosch Stedelijk Museum 's Hertogenbosch
Den Haag Ministery of Foreign Affairs
The Hague Municipal Museum
Koninklijke PTTNederland. NV
Haarlem Frans Halsmuseum
Schiedam Stedelijk Museum
Otterloo Nederlands Tegelmuseum
Berlin Kunstgewerbe Museum
Düsseldorf Hetjens-Museum
London Victoria and Albert Museum
USA:
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
Pittsburgh Carnegie Institute Museum of Art
Syracuse Everson Museum of Art
Charlotte Mint Museum of Craft and Design
Houston Museum of Fine Art
Boise Boise Art Museum
Philadelphia Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sacramento Crocker Art Museum
Canada:
Toronto The George R. Gardener Museum of Ceramic Art
Japan:
Shigaraki The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art
Tokoname Inax Corporation, Gifu Museum of Modern Ceramics Art
China: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Beijing
Consulate of the Netherlands, Chongqing
LiLing Ceramics Valley Museum, LiLing
Tongchuan Master Creative Park Art Gallery
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
- Visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art,
London Institute, England
- Dutch board Ceramic Millenium ’99, Rai Amsterdam
- Design committee, advising the Ministry of OCW
for the Premsela Foundation
- Judith Leyster Foundation 1987-1994
- Stichting Beeldrecht 1997-1994
- Stichting Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten
Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, Commissie Basis Stipendia
1993/1994-1995/1996-2000/2003
- Organizing exhibitions:
Ceramics in Architecture with Gallery Binnen, Amsterdam
Goud omrand- the future handmade, Nederlandsche Bank,
Amsterdam,
Form and Sculpture, Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam/
Ministery of Finance, the Haque
Made in China, Nederlandsche Bank/ Ministry of Finance
Salah-ad-Din, Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden
2013
- lecture Slow Craft -BNO, free designers- 2008
- lecture How I shaped a wall - China, Jingdezhen- 2011
- quest curator ‘ Clay! A Century Ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
2014
- audiotour Rijksmuseum
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books and catalogues
Guillaume, Lamia Par le Feu, la couleur Céramiques contemporaines
Musée des Beaux-Arts- Lyon 2021
Ellison Jr Robert A Shapes from Out of Nowhere, August Editions USA
2021
Gasparian, Maria More than Bricks!, tradition and zukunft der
Architekturkeramik- Porzellanikon, Staatliches Museum
fur Porzellan- Selb 2020
Aziza Helene Entre eau et ciel: Amsterdam- Paris mai 2019
Luo Jian The Mode – International Ceramics Art Invitational
Exhibition Liling Ceramic Valley Museum, Hunan,
China- 2016-2017
Auch, Monika Talking Ceramics- sunday morning@ekwc, Stichting
Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum- 2016
Uniquole, N Masterly-The Dutch in Milano – exhibition in Palazzo
FrancescoTurati – Salone del Mobile 2016- Milan
Barnas Maria. Object under/Object below -Sanders Collection 2015
Heslenfeld, M Clay! A century ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
Exhibition Municipal Museum The Hague,
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Strengers, A In Sight, Vision and Focus, Collection in perspective
De Nederlandsche Bank, Art Committee,
Kamermans J. Verglaasde Charme, De schoonheid van de
Nederlandsche tegel SPA uitgevers Zwolle, 2013
Clark,Garth
Strauss,Cindy Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics,
Collection Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Yale University Press with the Museum
of Fine Art, Houston, 2012
de Waal, Edmund The pot book , the Phaidon Press Limited 2011
Brouwer, Marcel J.W.N.van Achterbergh, Een gedreven verzamelaar,
Stichting van Achterbergh-Domhof, 2011
Boom,Irma
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2009
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Stedelijk Museum 1998
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-Catalogue of the Collection 1992. Shigaraki,
Contemporary Ceramic Art 1993
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Heslenfeld, M Keramiek van de Rietveld Academie- Vormen uit
Vuur- 2014/2
Van der Stelt Omsloten ruimte, Babs Haenen, Keramiek- jaargang
40-2
Heslenfeld, M De Pottenkijker, de nalatenschap van een bevlogen
Verzamelaar, Vormen uit vuur 202-2013/1
Schampers,Karel Maskerade, losbandigheid en heilzame werking
Halszaken, Frans Hals Museum/De Hallen, no.32/2012
Put,Roos Expo, Babs Haenen, Amsterdam ‘ En Route’
Kunstbeeld, nr.4 -2012.
Hulsman,Bernard De terugkeer van het ornament, Kunstschrift, april-mei
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Hulsman,Bernard Versieren is geen misdaad meer, Cultureel supplement
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Reinewald,Chris Hand, hoofd en hart: het ambacht en de
Vrijevormgeving ,Designgeschiedenis Nederland
Juni 2009.
Faber,Bernard Keramische klimop, Haarlem- Stadsschouwburg,
gevelbouw- jaargang 5, nr 2, juli 2008.
van Kester,Peter Oude dame in een hedendaags jasje PI, Project en
Interieur, December/Januari-2008,
numer 6- jaargang 19
Reinewald,Chris IJspaleis met keramiek, Items 6+- 2008
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Jan./febr. 2004, Ten Hagen & Stam BV
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