Henk Peeters
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Born in 1925, The Hague - died in 2013, Hall, The Netherlands
Education 1941-1946 Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunst, The Hague 1946 Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
Solo exhibitions, selection 1959 Galerie Gunar, Düsseldorf, Germany 1960 Kleintheater, Bern, Germany 1960 Galerie Bernhard, Grenchen, Switzerland 1960 Galerie Zinke, Berlin, Germany 1962 Galerie Carette, Glücksburg, Germany 1962 Galerie Wulfengasse, Klagenfurt, Germany 1963 Galleria La Cavana, Triest, Italy 1963 Biënnale VI, San Marino, San Marino 1966 La dernière exposition, Galerie Orez, The hague, The Netherlands 1971 Works 1959 - 1964, Galerie Collection d'Art, Amsterdam, cat. 1974 Henk Peeters 1959-'64, Galerie Collection d'art, Amsterdam 1975 Henk Peeters 1959-'64, Coopmanshûs, Franeker, The Netherlands 1984 Galerie Collection d' Art , Amsterdam 1986 Niet, Galerie Bébert, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1989 Jes Petersen Galerie, Berlin, Germany 1991 Henk Peeters 1960-1990, Galerie Bébert, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1998 Henk Peeters tastbaar, Galerie de Boer-Waalkens, Finsterwolde, The Netherlands 1998 Henk Peeters tastbaar, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beesterzwaag, The Netherlands 2000 alle edities 1960-2000, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, cat.° 2003 Ko, koeienhuiden van Henk Peeters, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden 2003 Rain of Feathers, Straal, De Balie, Amsterdam 2009 Henk Peeters, Radboud Universiteit-UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen 2011 Work from the 1960's, Henk Peeters, The Mayor Gallery. London, England, cat.
2011 Henk Peeters, De Zaal, Delft 2011 Henk Peeters - Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague 2014 Jan Schoonhoven and Henk Peeters, The Merchant House, Amsterdam 2014 Henk Peeters, Founder of the Dutch Zero Group, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA 2015 Henk Peeters - Lolita-detail, Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam, Netherlands Group exhibitions, selection 1958 Niederländische Informelle Gruppe, Galerie Gunar, Düsseldorf, cat. 1958 Niederländische Kunst seit 1945, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, cat. 1960 Niederländische Informelle Gruppe, Galerie Køpcke, Kopenhagen, Denmark, cat. 1960 Niederländische Informelle Gruppe, Galerie Fischer, Bielefeld, Germany, cat. 1960 Niederländische Informelle Gruppe, Galerie Weiss, Kassel, Germany, cat. 1960 Niederländische Informelle Gruppe, New Vision Centre Gallery, London, Egland, cat. 1960 Niederländische Informelle Gruppe, Galerie Kasper, Lausanne, Switzerland, cat. 1960 Prix Suisse de peinture abstraite, Galerie Kasper, Lausanne, Switzerland 1961 Internationale Malerei, Deutsch Ordens-Schloss, Wolrams-Eschenbach, Germany, cat. 1961 Avantgarde 61, Städtishes Museum, Trier, Germany 1961 Groep nul, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1961 Nouvel école européenne, Galerie Kasper, Lausanne, Switzerland, cat. 1961 Zero, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany 1961 Zero, Galerie A, Arnhem, The Netherlands 1962 Nieuwe tendenzen, Galerie Orez, The Hague, The Netherlands 1962 Nul-1, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, cat. 1962 Anti-peinture, Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium, cat. 1962 Punta-2, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain 1962 Europe-1962, New Vision Centre Gallery, London, England 1962 Nul-groep, Galerie Carette, Glücksburg, Germany 1962 Anno 62, Galerie 't Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1962 Nul-groep, Galerie Wulfengasse, Klagenfurt, Germany 1962 Zero, Galerie Schindler, Bern, Switzerland 1962 Liga nieuw Beelden, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1962 Nouvelles tendences, atelier Groupe de recherche d'art visuel, Antwerp, Belgium 1963 Nove tendencije-2, Galeija suvreme umjetnosti, Zagreb, Yougoslavia, cat. 1963 Nul, Galleria la Canava, Trieste, Italy, cat. 1963 VI Biennale, San Marino, San marino, cat. 1963 Esquisse d'un Salon, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France, cat. 1963 Internationales Kleinformat, Galerie Knöll, Basel, Switzerland 1963 Punto, Taiwan Art Hall, Taipeh, Taiwan 1964 Zero, New Vision Centre Gallery, London, England 1964 Tomorrow Today, Centre for Advanced Creative Study, London, England 1964 Micro Zero Nul, Galerie Amstel 47, Amsterdam 1964 Nieuwe Tendenzen, Galerie Orez, The Hague, The Netherlands 1964 Zero-O-Nul, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands, cat. 1965 Zero, Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, USA, cat. 1965 Nul-2, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, cat. 1965 Rickey-collection, Albany Institute, New York, USA 1965 Zero, Atelier Fontana, Milano, Italy 1965 Zero, Galleria del Cavalino, Venice, Italy 1965 Nulgroep, Halfmannshof, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 1965 Nove Tendencij-3, Gradska Galerija, Zagreb, Yougoslavia, cat. 1965 White on white, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, USA, cat. 1965 White on white, Addison Gallery, Andover/Mass., USA, cat. 1966 Zero on Sea, Galerie Orez, The Hague, The Netherlands, cat. 1966 Pro domo, Stadthalle, Neuss/Düsseldorf, Germany 1966 Pop-Op, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany 1966 Kunst-Licht-Kunst, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, cat. 1967 Non-object-art, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands 1967 Expo-67, Montreal, Canada 1967 Serielle Kunst, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany, cat. 1967 Dada-Holland, damals, heute?, Genootschap Kunstliefde, Utrecht, The Netherlands, cat. 1967 Kinetik, Volkshochschule, Cologne, Germany, cat. 1969 Kinetiese Objektsjoo, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands, cat. 1969 Nederlandse beeldhouwkunst, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, cat. 1970 Rickey-collection, University of California, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles; San Francisco Museum, San Francisco, USA, cat. 1971 Rickey-collection, De Cordova Museum Lincoln; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University: State Museum, New Jersey, University of Iowa Museum / Williams College, USA 1975 Nul rond 1960, Kunstcentrum 't Hoogt, Utrecht, The Netherlands, vouwblad 1976 Rondom Nul, Galerie Collection d'art, Amsterdam, vouwblad 1979 Aktie, werkelijkheid en fiktie in de kunst van de jaren zestig, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, cat. 1979 De zestiger jaren, Galerie Fenna de Vries, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1979 Zero-Internationaal-Antwerpen, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen, Belgium, cat. 1979 Tien jaar galerie Collection d'art, Galerie Collection d'art, Amsterdam, vouwblad 1980 België-Nederland, Paleis voor schone Kunsten, Brussel, Belgium, cat. 1981 België-Nederland, Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, cat. 1982 Woord en Beeld, Katholieke Universiteit, Kortrijk, Belgium, cat. 1983 Informele Kunst in België en Nederland, Gemeentemuseum The Hague, The Netherlands, cat. 1983 Informele Groep, Galerie collection d'art, Amsterdam 1984 Mens en Omgeving-4, De Beyerd, Breda, The Netherlands, cat. 1979 Zero-Internationaal-Antwerpen, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen, Belgium, cat. 1985 Rijksaankopen 1984, Huis van de Heeren van Amsterdam, The Hague, The Netherlands, cat. 1985 Suchen und begegnen/Sammlung Westermann, Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany, cat. 1986 Kunstenaars zien Egypte, Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde, The Netherlands 1986 Veiling Amnesty International en Aida, De Gele Rijder, Arnhem, The Netherlands 1986 Rijksaankopen 1985, Huis van de Heeren van Amsteradam, The Hague, The Netherlands, cat. 1986 Ooghoogte, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 1987 Overhemden-projekt, Galerie Coumans, Utrecht, The Netherlands 1987 Het overhemd leeft, Confectiecentrum, Amsterdam 1987 Kunstenaars zien Egypte, Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam 1987 Exhibition-5, American Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA 1987 Kunstenaarsboeken, Galerie Hooghuis, Arnhem, The Netherlands 1988 Een nieuwe synthese, abstrakte kunst '45-'60, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede; Galerie Bernhard, Grenchen, Princessehof, Leeuwarden; De Lakenhal, Leiden; De Beyerd, Breda, The Netherlands, cat. 1988 Gruppe Zero, Galerie Schoeller, Düsseldorf, Germany 1988 Die Kunst der 60er jahren in Gelsenkirchen, Städtisches Museum, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 1988 Vertrekpunt nul, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, cat. 1988 Small scale, Galerie Bébert, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1989 Nul Gruppe, Galerie Im Winter, Bremen, Germany 1989 Gelderland in poëzie en prent, Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, The Netherlands 1989 Sammlung Westermann, Rathaus, Fellbach 1989 Amro-collectie, Drents Museum, Assen, The Netherlands, cat. 1989 Gruppe Nul, Galerie Jes Pedersen, Berlin, Germany 1989 Nul en de Nieuwe Stijl, Letterkundig Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands cat. 1990 .31, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, cat. 1991 Unter Null, Museum Industriekultur, Neurenberg, cat. 1991 Unter Null, Stadtmuseum, München, cat. 1991 Multiple Indefinite, Galerie Bébert, Rotterdam 1991 Kerstbomen, Hooghuis, Arnhem 1992 Koelkasten, De Oceaan, Arnhem, The Netherlands 1992 Zero, Galerie Neher, Essen, Germany, cat. 1992 Zero, Galerie Hesseler, München, Germany, cat. 1992 Zero, Mittelrhein Museum, Koblenz, Germany, cat. 1992 Collectie Citroen, de Commanderie, Nijmegen, cat. 1992 Verstilde momenten, Caldic-collectie, Rotterdam 1993 Sammlung Westermann, Galerie der Stadt, Sindelfingen, Germany 1993 Gruppe Nul, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany, cat. 1993 Nul-groep, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, cat. 1993 Neuerwerbungen, Schwörhaus, Esslingen, Germany 1993 Nul, Galerie Apunto, Amsterdam 1994 Biënnale Gelderland, Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem 1994 Gruppe Nul, Galerie Schoeller, Düsseldorf 1994 Het beeld van de Sun, de Commanderie, Nijmegen, The Netherlandscat. 1994 Tekeningen & tekeningen, Galerie van Gelder 1994 De eeuw van Mondriaan, Museum Paleis Lange Voorhout, Den Haag, The Netherlands 1995 20 Jahre Sammlung Westermann; Städtische Galerie, Rastatt, Germany 1995 Haut, Galerie Cornelius Hertz, Bremen, Germany 1995 Nul 1960-'65, Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, The Netherlands 1995 Retrospektiv Schoonhoven, Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany 1996 Unidentified objects, Hooghuis, Arnhem, The Netherlands 1996 Shit of collectors (of Manzoni's-)shit, Crozier Fine Arts, New York, USA 1996 Nieuwe Aanwinsten, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 1996 Querdurch, Galerie im Winter, Bremen, germany 1996 Sammlung Westermann, Kohinor art Gallery, Karlsruhe, germany 1997 Ereleden G.B.K, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands, cat. 1997 Koetekendagen, Galerie de Boer-Waalkens, Finsterwolde, The Netherlands 1997 Projekt conservering moderne kunst, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam 1997 Postzegels voor Vermeer's 'Liefdesbrief', Galerie von Oberbach, Arnhem, The Netherlands 1998 Zéro-International, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France, cat. 1998 Mixed-media, Galerie Im Heppächer, Esslingen, Germany 1998 Sensual abstraction, Stichting City Thoughts, Amsterdam 1998 Losse werken, rake klappen, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1998 Kunst im Aufbruch/Abstraktion zwischen 1945 und 1959, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany, cat. 1998 Zero, Galerie Neher, Essen, Germany 1999 00, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1999 Flash, World Wide Video Festival, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, cat. 2000 Flash, CCA, Vilnius; Transmediale International Arts Festival, Berlin; Living Art 2000 Museum, Reykjavik; SMAK, Gent; CBK Marres, Maastricht; Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam; 2000 Videoex., Zürich; Cross Over Festival, Enschede; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England * 2000 Century of Innocence, The History of the White Monochrome, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden 2001 Biënnale Leuven; De Keeshond hapt, Leuven, Belgium, cat., curator Kees van Gelder 2001 NEW ZERO, Sammlung Daimler Chrysler, Berlin, Germany 2001 From the low countries, Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark, cat.* 2002 De Grote Hoop. Nederlandse kunst 1960-2001, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, cat.* 2002 De Grote Hoop. Nederlandse kunst 1960-2001, SDtedelijk Museum, Schiedam, The Netherlands, cat.* 2003 Flash, Listasafn, Reykjavíkur Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, Iceland 2003 Kunst op Kamers, De Rijp 2003, De Rijp, The Netherlands 2003 The DaimlerChrysler Collection, ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany 2003 On the Edge: Contemporary Art from the DaimlerChrysler Collection, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA 2004 The DaimlerChrysler Collection, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2004 Social Minimalism, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2004 DaimlerChrysler Collection for South Africa, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa 2004 The Daimler Art Collection, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, USA 2005 Maura Biava, Helgi Thorsson, Henk Peeters, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2005 Antipodes (tegenvoeters), Cornelius Rogge en Henk Peeters, Galerie De Zaal, Delft, The Netherlands 2005 Confrontations in Black - White, Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam 2005 Winterkou / Winterly cold, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2006 3 m unter Normal Null - 12 Künstler aus den Niederlanden, Städtische Galerie, Bremen, Germany 2006 Conversation with Art, on Art - Bauhaus to Contemporary Art, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2006 Zero - Internationale Künstler-Avantgarde der 50er/60er Jahre, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany 2006 Zéro, Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France 2006 Hommage aan Mondriaan, Art Center Artonivo, Bruges, Belgium 2007 Colour First, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2007 Nul = 0, Borzo Modern & Contemporary, Amsterdam 2007 Nul= 0, mixed media works, The Mayor Gallery, London, Great Britain 2007 Das Bauhaus (Agora!), MASP / Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Brazil 2008 ZERO in New York, Sperone Westwater, New York, U.S.A., cat. 2008 Is it tomorrow yet?, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Republic of Singapore 2008 Small Works, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen, Netherlands 2008 Maximin, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain 2008 W.J.M. Kok, Guido Münch en Henk Peeters, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen, The Netherlands 2009 In-finitum - Museo Fortuny, Venice, Italy 2009 Art Minded V: Ron Klein Breteler collection - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, The Netherlands 2010 Speed Bump, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands 2010 Personal Structures: Time – Space – Existence, Galerie Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria 2010 Personal Structures | Time - Space - Existence, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis BV-BKV, Bregenz, Austria 2010 Lebt Theo?, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany 2010 Bilder über Bilder, MuMOKMuseum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria 2010 Abstract, almost abstract, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2011 The Ephemeral, Galerie Arndt, Berlin, Germany 2011 remakes, Galerie de zaal, Delft, Netherlands 2011 In Between, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2011 Nul=Zero and contemporaries, Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam 2011 Nul = 0, Dutch avant-garde in an international context, 1961-1966, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands 2012 To make a show it takes a thought..., Part I, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2012 Nieuwe kunst in Antwerpen 1958-1962 - # 5 Maar het zien zelf, MuHKA / Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium 2012 To make a show it takes a thought and more than one word..., Part II, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2012 Spirits of Internationalism; 6 European collections, 1956 - 1986, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands 2012 A for artists / E for Exhibitions, Part I and II, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2013 Zero + -, White Box, New York, USA 2013 Novecento Mai Visto - Highlights from the Daimler Art Collection: from Albers to Warhol to now, Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy 2013 Dit en Dat en Dat / This and That and That, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2013 Zero, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil 2013 Bianco Assoluto - White, Kanalidarte, Brescia, Italy 2013 Zero, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil 2014 The Art of Zero: Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Günther Uecker & Friends, Neuberger Museum of Art / State University of New York, Purchase, NY, USA 2014 Zero: Countdown to tomorrow; 1950s - '60s, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA 2014 Zero, Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, Brazil 2014 Turn Me On: European and Latin American Kinetic Art 1948-1979, Christie’s Mayfair, London, Great Britain 2015 Zero: Let Us Explore The Stars, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, cat. 2015 À Bout De Souffle, Cortesi Contemporary, Lugano, Switzerland 2015 NulNu, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, with Lu Xinjian, Annesas Appel and Herman de Vries 2015 Silence out loud - tentoonstelling Joost Zwagerman, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, NH, Netherlands 2015 Atmosfera Zero. Great Expectations #2, Cortesi Contemporary, London, Great Britain 2015 Zero, die Internationale Kunstbewegung der 1950er und 60er Jahre, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany 2016 Wedges, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2016 Serielle Formationen - Frankfurt 1967, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany 2016 Kunst in Europa 1945-1968, ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany 2017 Socle du Monde Biennale, Herning, Denmark 2017 Humour. 101 Years of Laughing at Art / Humor. 101 jaar lachen om kunst, Frans Hals Museum / De Hallen, Haarlem, Netherlands, cat. 2017 Serielle Formationen 1967/2017, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany 2018 Stage of Being, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Netherlands
* exhibition on tour
Selected bibliography 1993 Nul, Edition Cantz, Stuttgart 1998 Henk Peeters tastbaar,Uitgeverij Sun, Nijmegen, Netherlands 2001 The Henk Peeters Collection, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, auction catalogue
Articles 2000 Er is alleen buitenkant, Betty van Garrel, NRC Handelsblad, 21 april 2000 Revival, Riki Simons, Villa d'Arte, nr 2, mei/juni 2001 'Haar', 'haarprojekt' Truus Nienhuis en Henk Peeters vanuit Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Opium, tv-programma Avro, 28 jan. 2002 Gesprek met Henk Peeters , Gazet, Christian Megert nummer jan. 2002
