BIOGRAPHY - ROB VAN DEN BOOM
General:
· Born in Breda, The Netherlands in 1951.
· Studied landscape architecture, tropical agriculture and public development administration.
· Has some 38 years of working experience in international development cooperation:
· Since 1st of July 2015 retired as a public servant, at the same time intensifying his artistic program.
About the arts:
· Various courses in the 1990-2008 period at the Volksuniversiteit/Voorschoten, Volksuniversiteit/Voorburg and Ars Aemula/Leiden;
· During the 2008-2012 period, master classes with the well-known Bolivian artist Alberto Medina Mendieta, and participation in a drawing group with Bolivian artists;
· From 2012 up t0 2018 art courses at ARS, Leiden.
. From September 2018 onwards enrolled in the Academy of Arts Haarlem-Leiden.
Exhibitions:
- 1990-2008 Participation in various group exhibitions at the Volksuniversiteit/Voorschoten, Volksuniversiteit/Voorburg and Ars Aemula/Leiden
- 2010 Solo exhibition at the gallery of the Ministry for Culture in La Paz, Bolivia
- 2012 Exhibition with the Bolivian artist Ivan Castellon at a private gallery in La Paz, Bolivia
- 2014 Solo exhibition at the occasion of the Leiden ‘Art Route 2014’
- 2015 Solo exhibition at the Graphic Centre LIFO, Leiden (January-February)
- 2015 Solo exhibition at BplusC, Course Center, Leiden (March-April)
- 2015 Solo exhibition at RAP100, Center of the Ecumenical Student Ekklesia, Leiden (June-July)
- 2015 Participation in the collective exhibition "Schetsen uit de map", SIDAC, Leiden (July)
- 2015 Solo exhibition at the occasion of the Leiden 'Art Route 2015' (end of September)
- 2016 Solo exhibition at the occasion of the Leiden 'Art Route 2016' (end of September)
- 2017 Participation in a group exhibition at the Covent Garden EU Building (DG Research and Innovation), Brussels (March)
- 2017 Participation in a group exhibition at ARS, Leiden, the students exhibition (April)
- 2017 Solo exhibition at the occasion of the Leiden ‘Art Route 2017’ (23-24/09/2017)
- 2017 Participation in the 'Leidse Stijl' group exhibition at the Lokhorst church, Leiden (23-24/09/2017)
- 2018 Participation in the exhibition 'Kunst is Masker van de Werkelijkheid', Leiden (24-25/02/2018)
- 2018 Participation in a group exhibition at ARS, Leiden, the students exhibition (April)
- 2018 Participation in the Art Market, Hooglandsekerkgracht, Leiden (June)
- 2018 Participation in the 'Leidse Stijl' group exhibition 'Apocalypse Now', organised with the Leiden Ecclesia (19/9-19/10/2018, Leiden)
- 2018 Participation in the 'Leidse Stijl' group exhibition in the Lokhorst church Leiden at the occasion of the Leiden ‘Art Route 2018’ (22-23/09/2018)
- 2018 Participation in the 'Leidse Stijl' group art sale at the Red Carpet Lounge, Leiden. (30/11-23/12/2018)
- 2019 Participation in the 'Art Route/Kunst Route' in the Lokhorst church, Leiden (21-22/09/2019)
- 2020 One day exposition at the Art Academy Haarlem-Leiden (planned March 4, 2020)
- 2020 One day sale at the Spring Art Market, Leiden (planned June 28, 2020)
- 2020 Participation in a group exhibition, Art Academy Haarlem Leiden (December 2020)
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