BIOGRAPHY / CV GRACIA KHOUW, Delft NL 1967
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EXHIBITIONS & In situ projects
UPCOMING 2024/25
> Galerie Van den Berge, Goes, CHANGER, May 11 - June 15 (g)
> Gallery WIHH, Amsterdam, LOOP, a multi-media exhibition, May 24 - June 24, (g), curated by Anneke Bosma, Lon Godin & Henriëtte van ‘t Hoog.
> Museum Het Prinsenhof, KunstParade - Hedendaagse ‘’Delftse’’ kunstenaars, opening 17 october, 18/10/2024 - 05/01/2025 (g)
2024
Galerie de Zaal, Delft, het is nooit stil / it is never silent - paintings and word images, January 21 - March 3, 2024, solo
Bouwput Gallery, Amsterdam, CIUM-ZOEN-KISS - presentation of the project HEEL KORT HEEL EVEN/ CUMA KATA-KATA/HERE HEAR, February 1-3
2023
Huis de Pinto, Amsterdam, BUKU - BOEK - BOOK - a selection of word images from the publication, October 15 - December 2, 2023 > Book Launch: October 21
Espace Censuré Protogé, Bruges (BE), project by Jan Verhaeghe, June 21 - September 21, 2023
Beschermen >< Vrijgeven / Protect >< Release
de/cipher, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, April 21 - May 21, 2023
de/cipher, gkg-bonn (DE) curator Susannah Cremer-Bermbach, with Marjorie Welish, José Heerkens, Johanna Reich, a.o. > January 22 - April 16, 2023 (cat.)
2022
Galerie Van den Berge, Goes, WHITE SPACES, with Ab van Hanegem, 6/11 - 18/12/2022
2021
Omstand, Arnhem – GEEN DADEN MAAR WOORDEN, Korrie Besems (curator)
Huis de Pinto, Amsterdam, Waar ik nu ben / Where I am now (s), project with wall installation, curator: Jacqueline Verhaagen
La Distance Entre Deux Lignes de Croisement (partie 2), Abstract Project, Paris (FR)
The Distance Between Two Intersecting Lines, ARTSPACE Arti et Amicititae, Amsterdam - with Gerda Kruimer
2020
Galerie de Zaal Delft, Methode, Thema en Keuzevrijheid (g), curated by Jaap van den Ende
Galerie Ursula Walter Dresden, Contemporary Contemplations #6 (g) curators Gerda Kruimer+Rene Eicke
De Cacaofabriek Helmond, DNA IKEA, November-December (g) curators Guda Koster + Frans van Tartwijk
Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), Santa Anna (US), Social Distance Haiku and You, initiated by Alan Nakagawa / SoundCloud
De Vishal, Haarlem - Kleine Zaal, Alice’s Question
2019
PHK18 Rotterdam, CC#4 (g), site-specific work /wall painting Conversation Piece (g)
Pictura, Dordrecht, Het Woord Remembrance of 400 years Synod of Dordt, with Tanya Smit and Niels Post
ACEC Apeldoorn, Contemporary Contemplations #5, curators Gerda Kruimer and Rene Eicke (g)
ISCP > FALL BENEFIT AUCTION 2019 > 01/10 - 16/10 on Artsy and event at Nancy Hoffman Gallery NY (g)
2018
Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NY Prints, curator Ewerdt Hilgemann (s)
Galerie N-Z in Arendonk (B), Constructor, curators Luc Hoekx and Arjan Janssen (17/11 - 06/12 (g)
ACEC, Apeldoorn, AWP Retrospect, curator Jasper van der Graaf (g)
De Meerse, Hoofddorp, Billy Combinaties, curators Guda Koster and Frans van Tartwijk (g)
10-Years-IS-Projects Leiden, curators Iemke van Dijk and Guido Winkler (g)
2017
Transmitter, Brooklyn NY (US) OPPLER (g)
OPENLUCHT MUSEUM DE LAKENHAL, Leiden 100 JAAR NA DE STIJL (g)
ACEC, Apeldoorn, ABSTRACT WALLPAINTINGS III (g)
2016
Rijnstate, Arnhem, UBI PUS - site specific work (s)
2015
Galerie Werfkade, Hoogezand, Vrijheid van geest / MANWRK - site specific work (g), curator Saskia Monshouwer
Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia (US), Territory of Abstraction (g)
Stichting IK (IK Foundation), Flushng (NL), Collection of Ferdi Koelega
WeinerWalls, Amsterdam (s) XXXL - site specific work
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, (US), Doppler Shift (g)
2014
De Vishal, Haarlem, Klaar! / CROSSOVER - site specific work (g)
Heden, The Hague, Mediaheyhey - site specific work (s)
Gigant, Apeldoorn, Sound Flick (g) animation
2013
Parallel Art Space, NY (US), DOPPLER (g) RAW Art Fair, Rotterdam, Galerie Hein Elferink (g)
ParisCONCRET, Paris (FR), Flat Colour (g)
Galerie Hein Elferink, Space, Expanding (g) with Henriëtte van ‘t Hoog, Mischa Rakier, Sonia Rijnhout
2012
Kunstvlaai/Festival of Independents 2012, Omelette Optimism - site specific work
Kunst & Complex, R’dam/ AGA, A’dam/ Fluctuating Images, Berlijn/Trenutak.39, Zagreb (HR) Dopplerstop (g)
RAW Art Fair, Rotterdam, Galerie Hein Elferink (g)
Supermarket 2012, Stockholm (SE), (g) in collaboration with IS Projects
Museum Le Secet, Mural, (g), different locations
2011
Art Amsterdam, Galerie Hein Elferink (g)
Art Karlsruhe (DE), Galerie Hein Elferink (g)
Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst, with Torgeir Husevaag (d)
Kunstcentrum Bergen, Taal en Teken 2 (Language and Sign part 2) (g)
Arti et Amicitiae, AMICUS site specific work (g)
ACEC, Apeldoorn, Patronen (Patterns) (g)
Graphos Biennale, ‘t Kruithuis, Den Bosch (g)
2010
gkg Bonn (DE), Lebt Theo? (g)
Artwalk Amsterdam, Superstrak (g), ARIA- 5 site specific work
Phoenix, Brighton (UK), Hot Plate (g)
2009
Galerie Hein Elferink, with Elisabeth Sonneck (d)
Galerie Hein Elferink, START (g)
CCNOA, Brussels (BE), KT site specific work in projectspace (s)
Pictura, Dordrecht – Drukwerk buiten de marge, SWINDEN - animation
DOK, Delft – The Painting Says “Pring” (s)
2008
Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Valence (FR), - Project Papier Peints (g)
2007
Museum Prinsenhof/Nusantara, Contour 2007, site specific work (g)
Blaak 10, WdK Galerie, Rotterdam – Watching the River Flow, (g)
2006
CBK Apeldoorn, BILLBOARD #3 / DINGDING (s) site specific work
Groothandelsgebouw, Rotterdam, Chaos en Orde (Chaos and Order) (g)
outLine, Amsterdam, AMUT TUMA, (s)
SAFE, Dalfsen, SAINTE VICTOIRE #1, met Sonia Rijnhout (d)
2005
FW: Painting, L.O.F.T Berlin (DE), (g)
FW: Painting, Montanus 5 Diksmuide (BE), (g)
Galerie Jan Colle, Ghent (B), with Ward Denys (d)
2004
TENT. CBK Rotterdam, prospecten van nooit vermoed schoon…(g)
Archipel, Apeldoorn, ECHO #1, with Arjan Janssen en Jan Maarten Voskuil
2003
Galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam, ladenkastproject (flatfiles project), 3 drawings (g)
2002
Erasmus Universiteit, AHAHA, site specific work (s)
2001
De Kromme van TENT.CBK Rotterdam, TAKKAT, site specific work (s)
2000
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, De Salon (g)
(s) solo (d) duo (g) group
Public art / commissions
2024 - Barney Agerbeek, writer & poet, commission for poems
2020 - City of Delft, sketch design for Halstraat, in collaboration with 38 CC + Zoetmulder Architects
2020 - City of Amsterdam/Bureau of Statistics, Information and Reasearch, designs for glass panels
2017 - 2018 - Gemeente Zaanstad, banner for Czar Peter area, Zaandam
2016 - Gemeente Zaanstad / Prorail, Sketchdesign Kogertunnel (Koog-Zaandijk Railway station)
2015 - Barney Agerbeek/In de Knipscheer, artwork ‘Rood. Wit met blauw’, cover collection of poems, ISBN-978-90-6265-874-9
2015 - Wit Industries, artwork for mudguard design
2012 - 2014 Municipality Heusden-Zolder, (BE) – design for glass panels, in collaboration DMT Architects, Antwerp
2011 - GGD Amsterdam, sketch design for air pollution station
2010 - Stroom DH, infographics in publication DH// – ‘Mapping Hague Artists’
2009 - DOK Library Concept Center, Delft – site specific work on glass windows
2007 - 2009 Municipality of Heemskerk & Beverwijk, Broekpolder – ZOADW, public art commission for KPN Broadband
2009 - Biotext, Nijmegen – TOEN, sketch design for public artwork
2005 - CBK Rotterdam – RAIRIARAU, design for multiple
2002 - 2003 Woonbron Rotterdam, Glaura, artwork for entrance office building of housing cooperation
2000 - WBR West Rotterdam – sketch design for public artwork in Rotterdam West
Curatorial projects + Collaborations
2022-2023 Collaboration with Susannah Cremer-Bermbach gkg Bonn and Wjm Kok,
leading to De/cipher Amsterdam exhibition at Arti et Amicitiae
2019 - 2021 Project X, a collaboration with Marjorie Welish, leading to two accordion-fold
prints housed in box (digital prints, limited edition of 14)
2012 Space, Expanding concept groupshow (cat.)
2010 Oog in oog (Eye to Eye), a project with 7 Amsterdam artists for the Police of
Amsterdam-Amstelland: meeting, presentation catalog
2009 TRANSIT, In Between Leaving and Arriving concept and groupshow with site
specific work + artist talk, Retort Projectspace, Amsterdam,
www.transit-retort.blogspot.com
2007 Gruppenbild, a group show with 22 Belgian and Dutch painters;
in collaboration with Luc Hoekx and Arjan Janssen (cat.)
Residencies
2017 ISCP (International Studio Curatorial Program) , Brooklyn NY (US)
2010 Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee (BE)
Collections Kunstuitleen Utrecht
CBK ZuidOost, Amsterdam
Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden
UMC Utrecht
Heden, Artotheek Den Haag
DOK Kunst, Delft
Artotheek CBK Rotterdam
Private collections Amsterdam, Leiden, Rotterdam, Groningen, Ghent, Vienna
New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Jakarta, Solo
Grants & Crowdfunding Project
2023 Jaap Harten Fonds for publication HEEL KORT HEEL EVEN (…) four letter words
2022 Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AfK), Project Grant
2022 Tijl Fund (Prince Bernhard Culture Fund) for publication HEEL KORT HEEL EVEN (…) four letter words
2021 Mondrian Fund, Project Grant
2018 Fonds Kwadraat, material loans for artists
2016 Mondrian Fund, Stipendium Program for Established Artists
2016 Voor de Kunst, crowdfunding residency ISCP New York
2010 Stokroos Foundation, grant for publication
2010 Materiaalfonds, material loans for artists
2007 Fund BKVB, Basic Stipend
2004 - 2009 Scholingsfonds voor kunstenaars (Fund for Educational support for artists)
2001 Center for the Arts (CBK) Rotterdam, Project Grant
Publications/ catalogs
2023 BUKU-BOEK-BOOK, Uitgeverij De Zwaluw, texts by Maaike Drescher, Alex de Vries,
book design: Jan Willem den Hartog, book launch 21/10/2023 Huis de Pinto - Amsterdam
2021 #130 – The Distance Between Two Intersecting Lines, Gracia Khouw & Gerda
Kruimer, Abstract Project Gallery, Paris (FR), catalog
2021 GEEN DADEN MAAR WOORDEN, Omstand, space for contemporary art, Arnhem,
issue accompanies the group exhibition, 12/06-18/07, texts by Korrie Besems,
Fenne Saedt
2020 Methode, Thema en Keuzevrijheid’, Jaap van den Ende, catalog, published by
Galerie De Zaal, ISBN 978-90-809747-0-8
2017 ‘FIVE FOUR, MORE LESS’, BK-Info (column) about ISCP-NY residency, nr 6-2017
2017 ’INSITU’, werk op locatie en een gesprek met /site-specific work and a
conversation with Ine Dammers, ISBN/EAN: 978-90-826877-0-5,
Self Published
2014 Doppler Shift, catalog, The Visual Arts Center Of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2013 ‘Broek’, Magazine Over Kunst In De Broekpolder, Beverwijk-Heemskerk,
teksten Nanon Soeters en Jan Samsom
2012 Insitu 2006 - 2012, catalog, self published
2011 'Lebt Theo?'- Niederlandische Kunst 80 Jahre Nach Van Doesburgs Manifest
Zur Konkreten Kunst, Dahlhausen, Christoph / Dr. Cremer-Bermbach,
Susannah, Catalog, 2011, gkg Bonn; ISBN 978-3-00-033551-8
2010 Graphos Biennale, catalog, Ansgar Editions ISBN 978-94-91010-04-0
2010 Gracia Khouw’ . Recent Work 2008 - 2011, Catalog, Text By De Vries, Alex,
Published By Hein Elferink Gallery, ISBN 978-90-70680-77-0
2011 Jaarverslag 2010/Annual Report, Frans Masereel Centrum, What Does
Language Look Like? Gracia Khouw, artist statemant
2007 ‘Fw: Painting, Triptiek' - , catalog with essays by Tanguy Eeckhout,
Thibaut Verhoeven, Bernard Dewulf, published by FW: Painting, (BE)
2007 'Contour. Continuiteit' Heden en verleden met 111 Hedendaagse Nederlandse
Kunstenaars in drie Delftse Musea, catalog, ISBN-10: 90-400-8365-5
2007 Artstore, Kunstambassade Rotterdam, Catalog
2004 ‘ECHO #1,2,3’ - Publication By Archipel, with essays by Mischa Andriessen,
Ad van Rosmalen and Evert van Straaten, Apeldooorn
Bibliography (selection)
2023 Von Schoenebeck, Gudrun, General Anzeiger, 27/01/2023,
‘Strörung im Zeichensystem’
2018 Timmers, Jaap, Haarlems Dagblad, 19/04/2018, ‘Hippe aanval op ’t uniforme’
2015 Monshouwer, Saskia, Raam Publicatie Vog Grafiekplatform, Nr. 15 # 3
2014 Koome, Kees, Tentoonstellingen In Den Haag, Heden, (14 February)
2014 Faassen, Egbert Van, Den Haag Centraal (March 7)
2014 Mattera, Joanne. ‘A Walk Through Doppler Shift’ Joannematteraartblog.com
(October 2)
2013 Leij, Machteld, 'Taal als lokmiddel', Interview, Kunstbeeld Nr. 6, june
2013 Van Der Beek, Wim, 'Onbegrensde Ruimtelijke Ervaringen', Meppeler Courant
12-12-2013
2012 Schaeps, Jef, 'Woordkunst van Gracia Khouw', Omslag 2012/Nr.1/
Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden
2011 Gourvil, Olivier, 'Peinture, Réseaux, Terriers' Paru Dans Le N°7
De La Nouvelle Revue D'esthétique '(In) Actualité De La Peinture'
- Olivier Gourvil / Editions Puf, August 2011
2011 Gollifer, Sue, Digital Creativity, ‘Art Space: Hot Plate’ - Published by
Routledge Taylor Francis, Volume 13 Number 34, 12/2011
2010 DH// - Magazine, Infographics, Published by Stroom Den Haag
2006 Zijlmans, Canis, Algemeen Dagblad, 15/08/06 'Chaos En Orde In Het
Groothandelsgebouw
Education
1987 - 1991 Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
1985 - 1987 Design Academy, Eindhoven (formerly known as Academie Industriële
Vormgeving - AIVE)
Art related activities (selection)
2023 - present advisor grants Centre for Visual Arts (CBK) Rotterdam
2011 - present freelance website + digital assistant for Studio KeesdeKort.com
2023 guest tutor seminar, HKU (college of art Utrecht) Games and Interaction
2013 - 2019 advisory group BBK (Dutch union of visual artists) and visibility on FB
2011-2016 freelance website + digital assistant for Jo Baer
2004 - 2012 freelance advisor and researcher for Stroom Den Haag
2009, 2010 lectures and workshops for MK Start Amsterdam, DOK Delft
2010 member of the board of Stichting 57 poort, artist studios Amsterdam
2005 - 2007 member of artist group ‘FW: Painting’, 10 Belgian and Dutch painters
2006 - 2007 member Platform Kunstenaars CBK Rotterdam
2002 - 2005 advisory committee Stroom Den Haag, presentation grants
2000 - 2001 member of the board ‘Het Gezelschap’, network group for artists and other
professionals, with Fleur Groenendijk
1998 - 2005 advisory committee Stichting Kunst Accommodatie Rotterdam
(foundation artist studios) chairwoman, 2002 – 2005
2001 – 2004 manager Documentation & Information Centre, Centre of the Arts (CBK)
Rotterdam, (part time assistant 1996-2001)
Affiliations
Platform Beeldend Kunst
Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
(1991 - 2020) BBK - Beroepsvereniging Beeldende Kunstenaars
WEB
https://www.graciakhouw.com/
www.graciakhouw.nl
https://www.dezaal.nl/nl_NL/kunstenaar/50/gracia-khouw
https://galleryviewer.com/en/gallery/79/galerie-van-den-berge/artists/5193/gracia-khouw
https://vimeo.com/147343545
https://vimeo.com/147334938
https://www.omstand.nl/activiteiten/geen-daden-maar-woorden/
https://www.galerieursulawalter.com/064-contemporary-contemplations-6
https://murals-inc.com/exhibitions/phk18-17-cc-4-contemporary-contemplations
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/record?query=khouw&start=0
https://www.digitaalkunstbeheer.org/kunstenaar/gracia-khouw/
https://iscp-nyc.org/resident/gracia-khouw
https://www.bkinformatie.nl/en/columns/gracia-khouw-five-four-more-less/
http://graciakhouw.blogspot.com/
https://www.arti.nl/leden/kunstenaars/