Education:
1976-1981 Koninklijke Academie voor Kunst en Vormgeving te ’s-Hertogenbosch
Department: vrij schilderen (fine arts). Professors a.o. Lei Moulin, Jef Diederen, Ger Lataster.
Studies, inspiration, recidencies:
1980 Parijs- Frankrijk
1981 Grenada- Spanje
1982 Casablanca-Marokko
2000 London -UK
2004 Moskou- Sint Petersburgs- Rusland
2005 NewYork- USA
2007 Berlijn- Duitsland
2010 Budapest-Hongarije
2011 Istanbul- Turkije
2012 Venetie - Italie
Travelling around in diverse Countries to experience culture, AO:
1976 Turkije – Griekenland
1977 IJsland -Faeröer eilanden
1979 Sicilië- Italie
1982 India-Sri Lanka- Indonesie
1996 Noorwegen
1997 Australie
1998 Kenya
2001 Mexico
2003 Cuba
2004 Spanje – Portugal
2005 Thailand- Cambodja
2007 Vietnam
2008 Zuid Afrika
stopped travelling around because of the environmental damage…..
Upcoming:
2023 Covered by beauty | Galerie Franzis Engels
2023 De lekkere dood | museum ‘Tot zover’ (the delicious death | museum until so far)
Exhibitions:
2023
- Kunstrai Art Amsterdam
2022
- Art Miami with Chiefs and Spirits gallery
- Worship his frivolity, duo with Eelke van Willegen | galerie Franzis Engels
- Art The Hague
- KunstRai Art Amsterdam
- Solo project Art Brussels
- Go for 2022 | Galerie Franzis Engels
2021
- Art Rotterdam | galerie Franzis Engels
- Kunstrai | galerie Franzis Engels
- Museum Heerenveen, Brooks, van der Tuin en de Vries
- Escapes Oblivion | galerie Franzis Engels
2020
- Big Art Hembrug terrain
- Unlocked/reconnected, an exhibition about what corona did to us with all the galleries and musea in The Netherlands
- Hieke Luik en Kees de Vries | galerie Franzis Engels
2019
- Art Fair Kunstrai Art Amsterdam
- Art Park Hoher Berg (Germany)
- Het stille wit (White is silent)| Galerie Franzis Engels
- Galerie Loof Jubbega
2018
- Arti Amecitia , Amsterdam ,” goud onder het ijs” (Gold under the ice)Group, Salt works installation
- Art Amsterdam, Kunstrai,Amsterdam | Galerie Franzis Engels (salt works)
- Art Fair Karlsruhe (D) | Galerie Franzis Engels, (paintings)
- Janine Schimkat en Kees de Vries, (saltworks) Galerie Franzis Engels, Duo presentation
- ”Plato’s Grot” ((Plato’s cave) SBK, Amsterdam, group | presentation book with 11 interviews
door Gerrit Hoogstaten,(paintings)
- Collectors presentation Zero, (saltwordk)Artpark, Schermbeck, (D)
- Presentation catalog saltworks and paintings
2017
- ART Paris, Grand Palais, Parijs,(F) Duo Willem van Weeghel, Kees de Vries, (saltworks)
with naming and picture in the catalog
- Art Amsterdam, Kunstrai, Amsterdam SOLO, saltworks and paintings
- Art Fair Karlsruhe (D) SOLO (paintings), naming in catalog with picture |
- Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, group
- Galerie Loof, Jubbega , group, Saltworks
2016
- ART Fair Koln, Koln (D) | galerie Franzis Engels,(Paintings)
- Art Amsterdam, Kunstrai, Amsterdam SOLO (Paintings)
- Art Fair Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (D) (Saltworks)
- ‘Signed’ | galerie Franzis Engels Amsterdam
- Vishal Haarlem, group (Saltworks)
2015
- ‘Under construction | Galerie Franzis Engels
- Art fair Breda
- Art Karlsruhe (Germany)
- Kunstrai Art Amsterdam
- Art fair RAW Rotterdam
2014
- Art Fair RAW Rotterdam Galerie Franzis Engels
- Kunstrai Art Amsterdam
2013
- AAF Hamburg
- Art 2013 Utrecht.
- Raw art fair Rotterdam
2012
- WG-KUNST, Amsterdam.
- Vishal, Haarlem
- Artists platform Kunstiskunst Amsterdam.
- Artantique Jaarbeurs, Utrecht
2011
- Miljonair Fair, Rai Amsterdam
- WG Kunst, Amsterdam.
- Galerie 59 Amsterdam.
2010
- Artists platform Kunstiskunst, Amsterdam
- Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam
2009
- Artist platform KunstisKunst Internationaal met Karen Birnholz en Jassu Kaneko
2008
- Artist platform KunstisKunst, Amsterdam
- Open Art Fair Utrecht | Galerie Novanta Nove Amsterdam
2007
- ITAF Amsterdam
2006
- Galerie Novanta Nove Amsterdam
2005
- Art fair AFA Rosmalen
- Art fair Kunst in Ahoy Rotterdam
- Kunstevent Antwerpen
2004
- Art Fair AFA Rosmalen
- Art Fair Kunst in Ahoy Rotterdam
- Galerie Novanta Nove Amsterdam
- Galerie ’t Weefhuis Nuenen
2003
- Galerie Novanta Nove Amsterdam
- Artist driven Kunstmanifestatie Oostelijke eilanden VanGendthallen Amsterdam
- Art fair Kunst in Ahoy Rotterdam
- Art Fair Kunst in Expo, Antwerpen
2002
- Art Fair Art Rotterdam 3
- Galerie Novanta Nove.
- The Gallery, Laren
2001
- The Gallery, Laren
- Art Fair Art Rotterdam 2, met The Gallery
2000
- Holland Art Fair Den Haag
- Art Fair Kunst Rai Art Amsterdam
- Galerie Novanta Nove, Amsterdam
As from 1982 has been represented by different galleries, had annual exhibitions with them, participated at different art fairs each year.
Represented in private collections, organizations and Government in:
The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Swiss, UK, Italy, USA, Canada, Australia, China.