1986 – 1988 
DEVA Vakschool Almelo
(illustratieve vormgeving)
1990 - 1995 
AKI Academie voor beeldende kunst Enschede
(schilderen en tekenen)
1995 – 1996 
Pedagogisch Technisch Hogeschool Zwolle
(2e graads lerarenopleiding)

CV: 1995 -1997 docent grafiek
1997 -2002 dessinontwerper Texoprint.
2002 -2005 hoofd design Novo-Wallco.
2005 - 2020 zelfstandig ontwerper/colorist
2020 - kunstschilder

1995 -AKI groepstentoonstelling
Broerenkerk Zwolle
1996 - solotentoonstelling galerie Ferdinand, Kampen
december 2024 - groepstentoonstelling kunstruimte Concordia, Enschede.
mei - juni 2026 - 'Mein Vater war Elektriker
Concordia053 Kunstruimte - Kunstnonstop
“Ik heb dit schilderen moreel nodig. 
Het is een soort afreactie.”
 R.D.K. 1975
The moment I catch myself resorting to showmanship or trying too hard to appear interesting, I destroy the image immediately. If you are skilled with a brush, that danger is always lurking. Perhaps it is better to be incapable of doing anything at all. Although that carries another danger: that everything you make is automatically deemed good simply because of your complete lack of skill.
I prefer to steer — or rather, to direct — a certain awkwardness, both in the image itself and in the use of materials. But achieving a satisfying result in this way is, in my opinion, the most difficult thing there is. There is no clear point of reference. It is neither abstract nor figurative. It is nothing and everything at the same time.
I find my subjects close at hand. I look out of my window and paint what I see: the roof of a building, filled with imposing and inexplicable installations: pipes, conduits, air-conditioning units and other objects. I am fascinated by their forms, forms that can be beautiful to look at, but were never designed with that intention.
Perhaps that is the thread running through my work: an attention to unintended beauty.
picture: Cyril wermers, 2025.




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