Bas De Weerd
Dutch painter Bas de Weerd’s interest is in painting techniques and processes, as well as the ephemeral such as shadow/light, which are inherently linked to a time and place.
Dutch artist Bas de Weerd was born in Eindhoven (NL) in 1990.
ing his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the St. Joost School of Art & Design in s’Hertogenbosch in 2011-2015, he studied applied photography at the Dutch Fotovakschool in Boxtel for one year (2010-2011). From 2018-2019 De Weerd studied Fine Art and Design in Education at Zuyd Hogeschool Maastricht.
Exhibitions / Studio Residencies
- August 2021 Residency & group show. With: Danielle Lemaire, Lennart Creutzburg, Lotte van Lieshout, Jeroen Schampers, Tyrell Kuipers, Jolijn van den Heuvel & Solanyi van Solingen. ACHTERLAND. ZUIVER__ @Kruisruimte, Eindhoven/NL
- December 2020 Residency. With: Witte Rook. WKNDX, Breda/NL
- September 2020 Duo show. With: Ryan Lim Zi Yi. LOOK WHAT THE WIND JUST BLEW IN. Platform LivingRoom, Rotterdam/NL
- September – November 2020 Participation in LIMBURG BIËNNALE ‘20. Semi-annual, 1st issue. Marres, Maastricht/NL
- August 2020 Open Studio, Event of a collective painter happening. With: Willem van Kempen, Sanni Yerna, Tom van Rooij, Pippilotta Yerna, Tessa Politievlogger, Noëlle Jansen, et al. WAX ON, WAX OFF, WAX ON. Cantecleerstraat 89, Maastricht/NL
- July 2020 Guest Collaboration. IT IS PART XVIII AND I’M HERE TO BE PART OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THIS ASSEMBLY IS NO LONGER NECESSARILY CEREMONIAL. With: Bo Stokkermans, Bas van den Hurk & Jochem van Laarhoven. De Fabriek, Eindhoven/NL
- August – October 2019 Artist in residence. With: Diogo Gonçalves, Leandros Ntolas, Risja Steeghs, Reinier Vrancken, Hein van Duppen, Bruno De Marco, Lily Lanfermeijer, Robin Kersten, Jonathan Gaarthuis. DESTINATION UNKNOWN ’19, Weert/NL
- August – September 2019 Residency & Group show/Co-organizer, participant. With: Ian Skirvin, Lisa van Sorge, Wessel Verrijt, Anouk van der Wege, Ruben Mols, Robbert Brinkman, Joey Broekx, Dina Dressen & Iris van Wijk. IN HET MIDDEN 2019. TAC, Eindhoven/NL
- July 2019 Online Residency: 168H 2019, Summer Edition, hosted by Eef Schoolmeesters
- December 2018 – January 2019 Group show. With: Joel Blanco, Millie Herpin, Tarek Beshta, Alice Schiavone, Erwin Thomasse. Curated by: Pernilla Ellens. UNDER THE PAVEMENT, THE BEACH. Wallspace, Eindhoven/NL
- September – November 2018 Solo show: ACT SURPRISED. Café Zondag, Maastricht/NL
- August – September 2018 Residency & Group show. With: Christa te Dorsthorst, Sabine de Graaf, Myriam Gras, Bas van den Hout, Mirron Looijmans, Rebecca Niculae, Romee van Oers, Lisa van Sorge, Brenda Tempelaar, Monique van de Ven, Manon Verkooyen, Iris van Wijk, Annemiek Wolse, Susanne Khalil Yusef. IN HET MIDDEN 2018. TAC, Eindhoven/NL
- March 2018 Group show. With: Mike Moonen, Anke Huntjes, Willem van Kempen, Dina Dressen, Han Rameckers. BEING AT HOME, Wyckerbrugstraat 10, M:OED, Maastricht/NL
- July – August 2015 Group show. With: Kai Chang, Willem van Otterdijk, Thom Brand, Glenn Peeters, Roel Neuraij, Koen Baakman, Ivo van den Elzen, Guido van Amelsfoort & Manuel Marengo de Swaaf. LUCKY MEN, LUCKY ARTIST. Gallerie Mieke van Schaijk, s’Hertogenbosch/NL
Teaching
- 2019 – 2021 Elected faculty representative to the Participation Council of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Maastricht/NL
- 2019 – 2020 Teacher at SKILLS LAB, as part of the regular curriculum of the Zuyd Hogeschool, Maastricht/NL
- May 2019 Masterclass: Cycle, Material, History of Painting. Zuyd Hogeschool, Maastricht/NL
- 2018 – 2019 Initiator and leader of the pilot program: SKILLS LAB, pilot project for autonomous competence development. Zuyd Hogeschool, Maastricht/NL
Publications / Editions
- March 2021 Contributing artist. DESTINATION UNKNOWN 2020, print edition. Limited to 400.
- July 2020 Text contribution. With Dakota Harvard: How To Make An Art | very first edition #1. SEA Foundation, Tilburg. Editions: 50. Design and artwork: Dakota Havard. Curator: Marieke Folkers.
- July 2020 Contributing artist. IT IS PART XVIII AND I’M HERE TO BE PART OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THIS ASSEMBLY IS NO LONGER NECESSARILY CEREMONIAL. With: Bo Stokkermans, Bas van den Hurk & Jochem van Laarhoven. Artist book. 100 editions.
- February 2020 Author & Design. OUT OF THE WINDOW, a visual history of the form of painting. For the Department of Fine Arts and Design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Maastricht. 50 editions.
