Richard Bouwman

painting - drawing - graphics

My work currently consists of making paintings and works on paper. I mainly work in series where, after inner reflection, works arise around certain themes. I try to approach and explore these themes in different ways. In addition to intuition and emotion, spontaneity and vitality are the motives for me to express my personal vision. In my work I strive to integrate the conceptual and the intuitive. World literature, poetry, ancient myths and painting itself are a source of inspiration for my work. In my work there is a combination of abstraction and figuration. Language, in the form of words, core concepts and text parts relevant to me, play a role in the works. The language elements mark the images and in turn evoke images themselves. There is also a certain erotic tension in a large part of my work, which, as it were, forms an undertone of the work.


In the Light of Dionysos / Eros and Psyche 2022

Exhibition / presentation

Back to the future 2021

Exhibition / presentation

  • 17-07-2021 t/m 29-08-2021
  • Location: Livingstone gallery, The Hague
  • Group exhibition on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of Livingstone gallery in The Hague.
  • http://www.livingstonegallery.nl

Die Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf 2021

Exhibition / presentation

  • 26-06-2021 t/m 25-07-2021
  • Location: Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
  • I participate in this group exhibition with the painting Eros and Psyche XXVII, acrylic on linen, 200 x 155 cm from 2019
  • http://www.kunstpalast.de

Art on Paper 2019

Exhibition / presentation

  • 26-09-2019 t/m 29-09-2019
  • Location: Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
  • Art fair

Die Grosse Kuntsausstellung NRW Düsseldorf, 2017

Exhibition / presentation

Angels and Demons, 2014

Exhibition / presentation

Art fair Art The Hague, 2014

Exhibition / presentation

Timelines - the way of expression, 2006

  • Location: Livingstone Gallery, The Hague
  • Group exhibition, 2006, The Garden of Hypnos X, 2003, 200 x 155 cm, acrylic on linen and The Garden of Hypnos IV, 2002, 200 x 160 cm, acrylic on linen
  • http://www.livingstonegallery.nl

Die Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, 2007

Exhibition / presentation

Boomer's Art, 2015

Exhibition / presentation

  • Location: WTC Art Gallery, Rotterdam

Solo exhibition The Garden of Hypnos and Abundance, 2006

Exhibition / presentation

  • Location: The Elzenveld, Antwerp

Solo exhibition Imago Magica, 2010

Exhibition / presentation

Abundance/Richard Bouwman

Other

  • Abundance/Richard Bouwman, 2008, catalogue, 30 x 23 cm, 64 pages Text Ernest van Buynder, chairman of the Museum of Contemporary Art, MuHKA, Antwerp This catalog is included in various libraries, including those of the Museum of Contemporary Art, MuHKA, Antwerp, the Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Rijksmuseum Library in Amsterdam, the Cultural Heritage Agency and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History in The Hague

The Garden of Hypnos/Richard Bouwman

Other

  • The Garden of Hypnos/Richard Bouwman, 2003, catalog published by the Gemeentemuseum Maassluis, 34 x 24 cm, 48 pages, text Marije van Rijnswou, curator of the museum and Ernest van Buynder, president of the Museum of Contemporary Art, MuHKA, Antwerp This catalog is included in various libraries, including those of the Museum of Contemporary Art, MuHKA, Antwerp, the Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Library Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

La chasse spirituelle/Richard Bouwman

Other

  • La chasse spirituelle/Richard Bouwman, 1999, catalogue, 30 x 21 cm, 64 pages, published by the Musée Arthur Rimbaud, Charleville-Mézières, FR, text by Christophe de Voogd and Alain Tourneux, director of the Musée Arthur Rimbaud. The catalog is included in the Musée Arthur Rimbaud, the Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Centre Pompidou Paris, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Collection Jacques Doucet, Paris, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Traces of Fortune, 2012

Other

  • Traces of Fortune, 2012, edition consisting of twelve giclee prints on paper, printed in an edition of twenty copies. The Traces of Fortune edition is included in the collections of the Center Pompidou/Bibliothèque Kandinsky and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris.

Title page Traces of Fortune, 2012

Other

  • Title page of the edition Traces of Fortune, 2012, 57 x 42 cm, giclée print on paper. In his memoirs “Histoire de ma Vie” Giacomo Casanova sketched his life in a very vivid and evocative way. The life and person of Casanova (1725-1798) inspired Richard Bouwman to make the "Traces of Fortune" edition, which consists of a series of twelve giclée prints.

Delirium/Delires, 1994

Other

  • Delirium/Délires, edition of 7 lithographs and four serigraphs, printed in an edition of 40 copies. The edition is included in the collections of the Center Pompidou / Bibliothèque Kandinsky and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Museum of Contemporary Art, MuHKA, in Antwerp, Museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar, the Musée Arthur Rimbaud in Charleville- Mézières, FR, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, Brussels and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague.

Title page edition Delirium, 1994

Other

  • Title page edition Delirium, 1994, lithograph and silkscreen on paper. Based on the poetry and figure of Arthur Rimbaud, Richard Bouwman made a series of seven lithographs, paper size 70 x 51 cm, numbered and signed 1 to 40.

Acknowledgments

    Scholarship
  • Basic stipend of the Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture

  • 1994
    Scholarship
  • Basic stipend of the Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture

  • 1998
    Scholarship
  • Basic stipend of the Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture

  • 2002
    Scholarship
  • Basic stipend of the Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture

  • 2006
    Scholarship
  • Center for Visual Arts Rotterdam, Temporary Work Contribution Production, Presentation and Research

  • 2021
    Scholarship
  • Dream and Deed Foundation, Rotterdam

  • 2021
    Collection
  • Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

  • 2014, Amsterdam
    Collection
  • Collection Jeanne and Arnoud Braat

  • 2015,
    Collection
  • Museum Voorlinden

  • 2012, The Hague
    Collection
  • Fries Museum

  • 2018, Leeuwarden
    Collection
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, MuHKA

  • 2007, Antwerp
    Collection
  • Center Georges Pompidou / Bibliothèque Kandinsky

  • 2001, Paris
    Collection
  • National Library of France

  • 1995, Paris
    Collection
  • Museum Arthur Rimbaud

  • 1999, Charleville-Mezieres, France
    Collection
  • National Office for Cultural Heritage

  • 1982, The Hague
    Publication
  • Abundance/Richard Bouwman

  • 2008
  • Personal catalog
  • Thieme MediaCenter Rotterdam - Ernest van Buynder, President of the Museum of Contemporary Art, MuHKA, Antwerp
    Publication
  • The Garden of Hypnos / Richard Bouwman

  • 2003
  • Personal catalog
  • Municipal Museum Maassluis - Ernest van Buynder and Marije van Rijnswou
    Publication
  • La chasse spirituelle / Richard Bouwman

  • 1999
  • Personal catalog
  • Musée Arthur Rimbaud, Charleville-Mézières, France - Alain Tourneux and Christophe de Voogd
    Publication
  • Die Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf 2017

  • 2017
  • Group catalog of exhibition at the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf
  • The Grosse Kunstausstellung - The Grosse Kunstausstellung
    Publication
  • Profession Artist

  • 1990
  • Group catalog
  • Foundation Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture - Foundation Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
    Publication
  • Tribute

  • 1984
  • Group catalog
  • National Office for Visual Arts - National Office for Visual Arts, text Kees Broos
    Publication
  • Self image

  • 1982
  • Group catalog
  • Dutch Art Foundation - Dutch Art Foundation, text Cato Cramer
    Publication
  • As Beauty in Abundance should look like

  • 2007
  • Newspaper article, review exhibition Abundance in Livingstone gallery, The Hague
  • Newspaper Trouw - Cees Straus
    Publication
  • Plants and Gardens That Intoxicate You

  • 2003
  • Newspaper article, review exhibition The Garden of Hypnos in Gemeentemuseum Maassluis
  • Rotterdams Dagblad - Peter Ouwerkerk
    Publication
  • Shudder extends Poetry Bouwman

  • 2001
  • Newspaper article, review exhibition La chasse spirituelle in Galerie Alliance Francaise, Rotterdam
  • Newspaper Trouw - Cees Straus
    Publication
  • Inspired by Rimbaud

  • 2001
  • Newspaper article, review exhibition La chasse spirituelle in Galerie Alliance Francaise, Rotterdam
  • The Financieele Dagblad - Peter Kattenberg
    Publication
  • Desperate text was the impulse for impressive lithographs

  • 1999
  • newspaper article, review exhibition Delirium in Gallery Erasmus, Rotterdam
  • Rotterdams Dagblad - Dolf Welling
    Publication
  • The world of poet Arthur Rimbaud as a source of inspiration

  • 1999
  • newspaper article, review of the exhibition La chasse spirituelle in Maison Descartes, Institut Francais des Pays Bas, Amsterdam
  • NRC Handelsblad - Margot Dijkgraaf
    Publication
  • Chasse spirituelle sur les traces de Rimbaud

  • 1999
  • newspaper article, review exhibition La chasse spirituelle in Musée Arthur Rimbaud Charleville-Mézières, France
  • L'Union-Ardennais - L'Union-Ardennais
    Publication
  • Abstracción, ritmo y mitología

  • 1990
  • Newspaper article, review of the Diez and Diez exhibition, in the Nave Diez gallery, Valencia
  • Hoya del Lunes, Valencia - Fernando Arias