HANS VAN DE BOVENKAMP | abstract sculpture in steel and bronze
HANS VAN DE BOVENKAMP | BIOGRAPHY
Renowned for his monumental sculpture created primarily for open-air public locales, Hans Van de Bovenkamp has been described as an artist-mystic whose work, with its signature power, lyricism, and grand proportions, heightens the viewer's sense of imagination and discovery.
A Dutchman and a youthful immigrant to Ontario, Canada, and then the United States, he was a part of the avant-guard Tenth Street scene in 1960s New York, an adherent of Abstract Expressionism, and has maintained residences in New York City and Sagaponack in the Hamptons.
Van de Bovenkamp has earned an international reputation in the past 55 years for designing, fabricating, and installing over 100 unique commissioned sculptures and fountains in collaboration with architects, cities, museums, and private individuals. His works can be seen in public, civic, corporate and private collections.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2017 | Quogue Gallery, Quogue, NY |
| 2017 | Samuel Lynne Gallery, Dallas |
| 2016 | Alfstad & Contemporary, Sarasota, FL |
| 2016 | Louis Meisel Gallery, New York |
| 2014 | Adelphi University, Garden City, NY |
| 2013 | Samuel Lynne Gallery, Dallas |
| 2012 | Lyceum Gallery, Northampton, NY |
| 2011 | Louis Meisel Gallery, New York |
| 2011 | Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York |
| 2008 | Goldman Warehouse, Wynwood District, FL |
| 2007 | Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco |
| 2007 | Basel Miami Art Fair, Goldman Warehouse, Miami |
| 2007 | Basel Miami Art Fair, Gary Nader Fine Art, Miami |
| 2006 | Danubiana Meulensteen Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 2005-06 | Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ |
| 2003 | Louis Meisel Gallery, New York |
| 2003 | Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York |
| 2003 | Sagaponack Sculpture Fields, New York |
| 1996 | Michener Museum, Doyles Town, PA |
| 1996 | Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL |
| 1994 | Quietude Gallery, East Brunswick, NJ |
| 1993 | Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 1992 | Shidoni Contemporary Gallery, Tesuque, NM |
| 1981 | Tiffany’s, New York |
| 1981 | University of Missouri, Columbia, MO |
| 1979 | Sculpture Center, New York |
| 1976 | Brooklyn Borough Hall, New York |
| 1976 | Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY |
| 1970 | Jacksonville Children’s Museum, Jacksonville, FL |
| 1968 | 10 Downtown, New York |
| 1965 | Glassboro State College, Glassboro, NJ |
| 1963 | New York University, New York |
| 1961 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2017 | ArtZuid, Amsterdam,The Netherlands |
| 2016 | Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY |
| 2016 | Philippe Staib Gallery, Shanghai |
| 2016 | Samuel Lynne Gallery, Dallas |
| 2015 | Illinois Wesleyan University Campus |
| 2015 | Two Sculptors on The Stroll - Vaadia and Van de Bovenkamp, Rockford, IL |
| 2013-15 | Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2014 | Illinois Wesleyan University Campus |
| 2014 | Philippe Staib Gallery,Taipei City, Taiwan |
| 2014 | Art Sarasota, Seafare, Sarasota, FL |
| 2013 | Season of Sculpture, Sarasota Marine Park,FL |
| 2012 | Mark Borghi Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York |
| 2012 | Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton, New York |
| 2011 | Shanghai Art Fair, China |
| 2011 | Gary Nader, Miami |
| 2010 | Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton, NY |
| 2009 | Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton, NY |
| 2009 | ArtHampton, Meulensteen Gallery, Holland, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 2008 | ArtHampton, Louis Meisel Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 2007 | 40 Years of Central Park, Lincoln Center, New York |
| 2007 | Pratt Institute, New York |
| 2006 | Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL |
| 2005 | Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco |
| 2005 | Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY |
| 2000-04 | City of Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 2000-04 | Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY |
| 1996-11 | Elena Zang, Woodstock, NY |
| 1995-09 | Kouros Sculpture Garden, Ridgefield, CT |
| 1994-11 | Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich, CT |
| 2003 | ACA Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2003 | David Floria Gallery, Aspen, NM |
| 2003 | Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY |
| 1999-09 | Shidoni Contemporary Gallery, Tesuque, NM |
| 2002 | Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, PA |
| 1999 | Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, NJ |
| 1969-09 | Lever House, New York |
| 1997 | Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor, FL |
| 1996 | Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT |
| 1990-96 | Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| 1994 | Cavalier Gallery, Stamford, CT |
| 1993 | Cast Iron Gallery, New York |
| 1982-93 | Bologna-Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY |
| 1988-91 | Shidoni Contemporary Gallery, Tesuque, NM |
| 1987-89 | Nina Owen Limited, Chicago |
| 1988 | Chicago Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago |
| 1987 | Hudson River Museum, Sculptors Guild, Yonkers, NY |
| 1986 | Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, West Palm Beach, FL |
| 1985-86 | Kouros Gallery, New York |
| 1984 | Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1982 | Oakland Museum, Oakland |
| 1969-99 | Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 1981 | Artists Representing Environmental Art, Shidoni Gallery, Tesuque, NM |
| 1978 | PS1 Contemporary Art Museum, Long Island City, NY |
| 1978 | Nassau County Art Museum, Roslyn Harbor, NY |
| 1978 | Medici Berenson Gallery, Miami |
| 1978 | The United States Mission, New York |
| 1977-1978 | Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1977 | National Academy of Design, New York |
| 1976 | American Institute of Arts & Letters, New York |
| 1973-76 | Storm King Art Center, Cornwall, NY |
| 1970 | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT |
| 1969 | Medici Berenson Gallery, Miami |
| 1969 | New York Sculptors Guild, Bryant Park, New York |
| 1968 | Loeb Student Center, New York University, New York |
| 1968 | Picker Gallery, Charles A. Dana Creative Arts Center, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY |
| 1968 | Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT |
| 1964 | Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX |
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
| WR Grace Building, New York |
| Louis Meisel, Watermill, NY |
| Manhattan House, New York |
| Le Jardin, Atlanta, GA |
| 9 Fiddleheads, Stamford, CT |
| Corporate Business Park, Columbia, MD |
| Neiman Marcus, San Diego; Honolulu; Hawaii; Denver; Dallas; Houston; Beverly Hills; Miami |
| The Klein Group, Philadelphia, PA |
| Litwin Building, Wall Street, New York |
| Goldman Properties, 110 Greene Street, New York |
| Mayer Collection, Denver, CO |
| Hyatt Regency, Paris |
| Marina Village, Alameda, CA |
| The Fox Companies, Wayne, PA |
| Amli Realty Corporation, Chicago |
| Robert Martin Company, White Plains, NY |
| Haverstraw Marina, Haverstraw, NY |
| Christiania, Tarrytown, NY |
| Litwin Building, 72nd & 2nd Ave., New York |
| Cargill, Minneapolis, MI |
| Gaslight Tower, Atlanta, GA |
| Georgetown Plaza Building, NY |
| Levitt Headquarters, Lake Success, NY |
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
| Tisch Family, Greenwich, CT |
| Diane and Tom Tuft, Bridgehampton, NY |
| Karen & Harvey Silverman, Wainscott, NY |
| RJ Kirk, Roanoke, VA |
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
| Minature Museum, Amsterdam |
| Guild Hall East Hampton, NY |
| Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ |
| Danubiana Meulensteen Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH |
| Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL |
| Estate of Nelson Rockefeller, Kykuit, NY |
| Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL |
| Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH |
MUNICIPAL COLLECTIONS
| Jing’an Park, Shanghai |
| City of Toledo, OH |
| Mt. Sinai Hospital, Miami |
| Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK |
| City of Ormond Beach, FL |
| City Hall, Voorhees, NJ |
| State Capitol Plaza, Lansing, MI |
| I-80 Nebraska Bicentennial, Sidney, NE |
| Jewish Institute for Geriatrics Care, Lake Success, NY |
UNIVERSITY COLLECTIONS
| City University of New York, Staten Island Community College, NY |
| Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY |
| Texas A&M University, College Station,TX |
| Towson University Art Center, Towson, MD |
| University of Missouri, Columbia, MO |
| Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV |
EDUCATION
| School of Architecture, Amsterdam, Holland |
| 1958 |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Bachelor of Science and Design |
| 1958-61 |