Michael Bom

Dit experimentele kunstwerk, geïnspireerd door beweging in de natuur verkent de abstractie van de realiteit. Bom zocht naar een nieuwe manier om de kijker op een meeslepende en interactieve manier te betrekken. Deze filmische installatie belichaamt het concept van absolute film: een pure, non-narratieve beeldtaal waarin beweging en vorm centraal staan. Michael Bom verlegt hiermee de grenzen van kinetische kunst en nodigt ons uit om die op een nieuwe manier te ervaren.

My first major solo exhibition, ‘Abstraction in Motion’, where I will present a collection of approximately 40 works created over the past six years.
To be seen in the exhibition are a kinetic film, 4 kinetic machines, 2 kinetic objects, a large number of optical paintings and screenprints which I produced in the last 6 years. This includes recent creations that have never been displayed before. Also on show is the largest work I have made till now called Notions of Space IX, Acrylic on canvas,

The 23 artists who joined Pulchri in 2024 will present their work in a joint exhibition. This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the latest members of Pulchri Studio and to admire their works of art. For this exhibition I showed a kinetic machine, an optical object, paintings from my Notion of Space and Kong Lor series and a 5 days of rain screenprint.

At the end of the year, the Amsterdam artists’ association Arti et Amicitiae holds the members’ exhibition The Salon. More than 200 member artists show their recent work in the Salon. Be surprised by the versatility and individuality of the works.

One of my latest paintings: Notions of Space VII was on show in this exhibition, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, 2024.

Open studios in the Ackersdijkstraat 20 during the Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend 2024.

About this group exhibition:
The stone in the pond. With the realization that when you throw a stone into the water a circle is created, and a circle around it again and again until the effect becomes invisible to us, but is there, we believe that visual art with beauty comforts and can bring positivity. Especially in the current times. Even small ripples have an effect.

Radio Brutus is a pop-up radio station that broadcasts live from Brutus art institution. The space features an exhibition with screen prints from Mesh Print Club members. During the show I was interviewed on the radio about my artistic background and how I use screen printing in my work.

An exhibition with work by Michael Bom Michael Bom makes optical kinetic installations, screen prints and paintings. His works arise from shapes, rhythms and movements that he observes in nature and are reduced to the essential. “It is not a representation of nature that I am trying to achieve, but an energy and force that I feel and is part of our subconscious.” This exhibition features two works in which color and movement predominate. With this minimal representation of overlapping dots he in

Nieuw werk leden tentoonstelling Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

For this group exhibition by members of the Mesh Print Club. Michael will be presenting unique screen prints from his series ‘5 days of rain’. Observations of natural phenomena together with their rhythms and movements are his inspiration. By only employing dots he creates works from a basis of simplicity and limitation. Repetitive use of the same image in overlapping layers, colours and positions lead to these expressions of energy and movement.

Open ateliers in de Ackersdijkstraat 20.

A hybrid exhibition of abstract and conceptual art by artists with a clear substantive profile and their own language. A combination and deformation of space, rhythm and composition. Between analog and digital, construction and deconstruction, the hard and soft boundaries. This exhibition is the result of an international collaboration of galleries and art spaces (DE/BE/NL).

Exhibition MINIM.AL, with a growing number of minimalist artworks & objects by Rotterdam, Dutch and European artists and designers.

NFT group show in Venice, Los Angeles, showing a number of my NFTs and some printed work. Here I expanded on my existing concepts by implementing computer animation software to realize new animated work.

Visie tekst ARCHITECTURE OF ZERO

Groepsexpositie met werk van: Michael Bom, Rolf den Duinen, Saminta Ekeland, Marieke Pruis, Matthijs van Zessen en Jan de Bruin.

In de betekenis: bouwstenen van ZERO kunst. De kunstenaar is een hele specifieke schepper en bouwmeester. Er is bijvoorbeeld geen opdrachtgever. Geen functionaliteit eisen. Geen locatie. Geen bestek. Architectuur wordt dus opgevat in de zin van schepper, bouwer, architect, grondlegger van kunst.

Tropicana Fest- Group show with 15 participating artists. Art and music manifestation in an abandoned swimming pool.

Michael Bom has been researching the work of Piet Mondriaan from the period 1908-1915, in which Mondriaan often stayed in the vicinity of Domburg, Zeeland. In this research, Michael has mainly focused on Mondrian’s use of color and his methods of depicting rhythm and movement.

‘The surface of things gives delight, their inwardness gives life” Piet Mondrian, Notebooks 1912-14

Michael Bom has been researching the work of Piet Mondriaan from the period 1908-1915, in which Mondriaan often stayed in the vicinity of Domburg, Zeeland. In this research, Michael has mainly focused on Mondrian’s use of color and his methods of depicting rhythm and movement.

‘The surface of things gives delight, their inwardness gives life” Piet Mondrian, Notebooks 1912-14

De Salon, the annual members' exhibition of the artists' association Arti et Amicitiae. Recent works by more than 150 artists members of Arti.

The kinetic optical installation 'Time Patterns I' by Rotterdam based artist Michael Bom has been nominated for the 6th International André Evard-Art Award by the Kunsthalle Messmer in Germany.

For the sixth time, the Kunsthalle Messmer will be awarding one of the world's most important art prizes in the field of concrete-constructive art. The work of the 101 nominated artists can be seen in the museum from 3 December 2021 - 27 February 2022.

Michael Bom is gefascineerd door reflectie, beweging en ritme van grote water oppervlaktes zoals dat van de Maas en de Noordzee. Tijdens zijn observaties zijn er momenten die hij ‘magisch’ noemt. De energie van zo’n magisch moment inspireert hem om nieuwe werken te maken. Afgelopen zomer heeft hij onderzoek gedaan, op locatie schetsen gemaakt, en in zijn atelier nieuwe werk gemaakt. De werken die je hier ziet waren het vertrekpunt voor dit onderzoek. 24/7 in de ramen van G126 te zien.

Michael Bom is gefascineerd door reflectie, beweging en ritme van grote water oppervlaktes zoals dat van de Maas en de Noordzee. Tijdens zijn observaties zijn er momenten die hij ‘magisch’ noemt. De energie van zo’n magisch moment inspireert hem om nieuwe werken te maken. Afgelopen zomer heeft hij onderzoek gedaan, op locatie schetsen gemaakt, en in zijn atelier nieuwe werk gemaakt. De werken die je hier ziet waren het vertrekpunt voor dit onderzoek. 24/7 in de ramen van G126 te zien.

Michael Bom is gefascineerd door reflectie, beweging en ritme van grote water oppervlaktes zoals dat van de Maas en de Noordzee. Tijdens zijn observaties zijn er momenten die hij ‘magisch’ noemt. De energie van zo’n magisch moment inspireert hem om nieuwe werken te maken. Afgelopen zomer heeft hij onderzoek gedaan, op locatie schetsen gemaakt, en in zijn atelier nieuwe werk gemaakt. De werken die je hier ziet waren het vertrekpunt voor dit onderzoek. 24/7 in de ramen van G126 te zien.

Installation 'kinetic film' with soundscape.

The 27 artists of the Ackersdijkstraat studio complex take part in ‘Expanding the Frame’, a self-initiated exhibition with cinema as the guiding theme. The artists and specially invited guests present work using cinematographic elements such as time, movement, narration, light, sound and scenography.‬

Arti et Amicitiae - New Members group exhibition with works by:
Sophie Bekkering, Michael Bom, Bob Bunck, Teun Castelein, Joyce van Dongen, Jaap Kamsma, Emily Kocken, Jacqueline Kooter, Lotje van Lieshout, Hans Mosman, Claudia Mulder, Miles Phillips, Jan Theun van Rees, Rob Schrama, Willem Speekenbrink, Philine van der Vegte and Catharina van de Ven.

De Salon, the annual members' exhibition of the artists' association Arti et Amicitiae. Recent works by more than 150 artists members of Arti.

Open studio met 14 kunstenaars tijdens de Art Rotterdam Week in de Ackersdijkstraat Ateliergebouw.

Duo show met werk van Michael Bom & Chris Idema.

Presentatie van drie kinetische installaties en meerdere prints. Stand gedeeld met twee andere kunstenaars.

Groeps expositie met zeefdruk-werk van Michael Bom, Touw van Eck en Josja Caecilia Schepman

The fifth time, kunsthalle messmer awarded one of the world’s most important art prizes in the field of Concrete-Constructive Art. The 100 selected works provide a deep insight into the current and international work of the concrete-constructive scene.