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GUST ROMIJN
Biography
1922
Born
October 3 in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands
1942
First
drawings and sculptures. Working in Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Maastricht.
1945 First
exhibition in gallery Van Zanten, Rotterdam. Joins “Venster” group in Rotterdam.
1954
– 1955 Stays
in Paris. Contact with Alechinsky and Tajiri; active in Stanley Hayters’
workshop.
1955
“Nationale
5 mei Grafiekprijs.” Joins the “Liga Nieuw Beelden” in Amsterdam.
1957 “Prix
Susse” in Paris.
1958
– 1959 Stays
in Milan with Pierro Manzoni.
1963
– 1964 Stays
in New York.
1965
– 1975 Steel
sculptures in color, neon sculptures, and installations.
1970
– 1983 Teaches
at the Rotterdam Academy of Arts.
1973
– 1983 Guest
professor at University of Victoria and Elizabeth Carr College, Vancouver,
Canada.
Selected
Exhibitions
| 1991 |
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Barry
Friedman Gallery, New York, NY.
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| 1990 |
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Art
fairs in Chicago and Los Angeles, USA.
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| 1989 |
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Kunstrai,
Gallery Maris, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Basel
Art Fair.
Gallery Maris, Basel, Switzerland.
Gallery
Brockstedt, Hamburg, Germany.
Keulen,
Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
De
Venstergroep.
Kunstcentrumt Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Gallery
Galerij, Zierikzee, The Netherlands.
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| 1988 |
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Gallery
Maris, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Basel
Art Fair.
Gallery Maris, Basel, Switzerland.
Gallery
Den Hoek, Assenede, Belgium.
Kunstmesse,
Basel, Switzerland.
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| 1987 |
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Aanwinsten
’87. Zeeuws
Museum, Middelburg, The Netherlands.
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| 1986 |
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Gallery
47, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands.
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| 1979 |
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Stadsschilderingen. Expositiezaal De Doelen,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Beelden
op de Berg. Wageningen,
The Netherlands.
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| 1973 |
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Rond
de Venstergroep.
Stichting Open Kunst, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1972 |
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Koete
Rotterdammers.
Expositiezaal De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1971 |
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Nederlandse
Zeefdrukkunst.
The Hague and Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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| 1970 |
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Uit
Schroot Gegroeid.
Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Zeven
Rotterdamse Kunstenaars. Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands.
Anstracte
Kunst. Gallery
Orez, The Hague, The Netherlands.
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| 1969 |
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Gallery
Pribaut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1968 |
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Beelden
Buiten. Under
the auspices of Gallery Orez, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Beelden
in de Bilt III.
Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Kinetische
Kunst. Vleeshal,
Haarlem, The Netherlands.
Expositiezaal
De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1967 |
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Beelden
en Bouwen. Gallery 20, Arnheim, The Netherlands.
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| 1966 |
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Gallery
Le Zodiaque, Brussels, Belgium.
Expressions
et Recontres.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Neuchâtel, France.
Gallery
Delta, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1964 |
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Gallery
Margarethe de Bouvée, Assende, Belgium.
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| 1963 |
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Zonnehof,
Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Galerie
20, Arnehim, The Netherlands.
Gallery
Margaretha de Bouvée, Gallery Numag, Assende, Belgium.
Gallery
Le Zodiaque, Brussels, Belgium.
Gallery
De Boog, Curacao.
Forum
63. Ghent, Belgium.
Holland:
The New Generation (traveling exhibition). Jewish Museum, New York;
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Lijnbaan. R. K. S. Expositiezaal,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1961 |
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Biennale
Middelheim.
Antwerp, Belgium.
Contour. Delft, Belgium.
Gallery
Orez, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Rotterdamse
Kunstkring, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Wat
wil Romijn? Municipal
Museum, Schiedam, The Netherlands.
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| 1960 |
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Beelden
in het Heden.
(traveling exhibition) Municipal Museum, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
Gust
Romijn und Jaap Wagemaker. Gallery Gunar, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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| 1959 |
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Zonnehof,
Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Beelden
in het Heden.
Municipal Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Biennale
Middelheim. Antwerp,
Belgium.
Zero
Nederland. Hessenhuis,
Antwerp, Belgium.
Contour. Delft, The Netherlands.
Holländische
Plastik der Gegenwart.
Germany.
Zero
Olanda. Galleria
Appica Antica, Rome, Italy.
De
Rotterdamse Zero-groep. Rotterdamse Kunstkring, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1958 |
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World
Fair. Dutch
Pavillion, Brussels, Belgium.
Contour. Delft, The Netherlands.
Nieuw
Werk van Gust Romijn.
Rotterdamse Kunstkring, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1957 |
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Xilon. (traveling exhibition)Città
di Portogruaro, Italy.
Contour. Delft, The Netherlands.
Il
Exposition Internationale de Gravure. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Gust
Romijn. Municipal
Museum, Schiedam, The Netherlands.
Le
Canard, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1956 |
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Liga
Nieuw Beelden.
Municipal Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Le
Canard, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Contour. Delft, The Netherlands.
Biennale
of Lithography.
(traveling exhibition) USA.
Nationale
Tentoonstelling 5 Mei. Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands.
Rotterdamse
Kunststichting, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1955 |
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Biennale. Sao Paolo, Brazil.
International
Exposition of Graphic Art. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
E
55. Ahoyhal,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1954 |
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Kunstzaal
Plaats, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Moderna
Galerija. Ljubljana,
Slovenia.
Schielandshuis,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1953 |
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Biennale
(Dutch Graphic Art).
Kamakura Museum, Japan.
Biennale. Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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| 1952 |
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Biennale. Venice, Italy.
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| 1950 |
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Ahoy.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1949 |
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Rotterdamers
in the Stedelijk Museum. Municipal Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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| 1945 |
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Art
Gallery Van Zanten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ons
Huys, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Selected
Collections
Stedelijk
Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cincinnati
Art Musuem, Cincinnati, OH
Gem.
Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Museum
of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan
Museum
Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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