Herman Kuypers

Fifty-five years ago I was born as the eldest son on a small farm in Velden in North Limburg. For as long as I can remember I have been drawing, always with the materials that were available. Some colored pencils and markers, which always ran out too quickly. Especially because three other children also used them. Paper was always scarce. Leftovers here and there and backs of envelopes, sometimes an uncle working at copiercompany Océ brought a pile of tinted A4 sheets. Fortunately, in the Limburg tradition, the baker brought the pie for Sunday every Saturday. Mom would immediately remove the usually still pristine white cardboard plate from under the flan, so that I could draw on it on occasion.
As a result of unfamiliarity with the material, it took three years for Sinterklaas to honor my request for a paintbox.
Fortunately, there was also (a lot of) physical and especially mental space at the same time. So it was no problem that I eventually wanted to go to art academy and I got all the cooperation from Mom and Dad. As they have always respected our choices.
It became the Academy for Visual Education in Tilburg. In addition to the arts, I also got to know Sofia with whom I now live in Tilburg with our children Puck and Kobus.

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Educations

  • 1984
    Athenaeum B
    1990
    Academy for Visual Education Tilburg; 1st degree drawing
    (spec.: drawing and painting).
    1995
    Business Knowledge & Skills BK; MBO college Den Bosch

Exhibitions & collections

Duo and solo exhibitions

2007

Achter de Zuilen, Bloemendaal

Das Altstadthaus, Bad Bentheim

2008 

Galerie De Heeren van Voorburg, Deventer

2012

Kunstkring Het Gelders Eiland Aerdt

Museum Kasteel Wijchen

 

2014

Opening atelier Tilburg

2015

Galerie La bonne Heure, Oosterhout

 

2016 

Hilvaria Studio’s, Hilvarenbeek

Kunstuitleen Alkmaar

 

2017

Prinsenhof Delft i.s.m. TU Delft

Goltziusgalerie, Venlo

 

2018

De Kijkdoos, Bennekom

Jacobskapel, Venlo

2019

Catharinakapel, Harderwijk

De Kunstpraktijk, Veldhoven

De Maaskamer, Rotterdam

Lochal, Tilburg

2023

Galerie De Kapberg, Egmond aan den Hoef

KEG/Spectrum Schijndel (October)

Work in collection

 

PPCL BV Montfort

Helin Projectinrichting BV Arnhem

Koninklijke Martens BV Oosterhout

 

 

Kunstuitleen Alkmaar

Kunstloc Brabant

 

 

David Ganucheau, Houston (U.S.A.)

Mason Murphy, Independance (U.S.A.)

Martin Brühne, Emmerich (D)

 

Arthotheek 18 Roosendaal

Kunstuitleen Breda

Kunstuitleen Etten-Leur

Kunstuitleen Helmond

 

 

Kunstuitleen Den Bosch

Kunstuitleen Utrecht

Kunstuitleen Eindhoven

 

Kunstuitleen Tilburg

Gemeente Krimpen a/d IJssel

 

 

Various companies and

private individuals

Group exhibitions

2007

“Format 40” Kunstverein Emmerich [D]

2011

Open Stal kunst en kijkroute, Oldeberkoop

2013

Kunstroute Middenbeemster

Salon de l’Aquarelle Namen (B)

2015

TIAS Tilburg University, Tilburg

Art The Hague (Van Spijk art books)

Salon de l’Aquarelle Brussel (B)

2016

Goereese Kunstdagen, Goedereede

Art The Hague (Van Spijk art books)

Art Arnhem (also in 2015)

2017

KunstRai (Van Spijk art books)

Goereese kunstdagen, Goedereede

Art The Hague (Van Spijk art books)

PAN Amsterdam (Wonderwood)

2018

Bankside gallery Londen

Art The Hague’18

2019

Art The Hague (Van Spijk Art books)

2021

Art The Hague (Van Spijk art books)

2022

Kunstmoment Diepenheim

2023

Kunst10daagse, Bergen aan Zee

2024

Huntenkunst'24  Ulft (sinds 1995)

Kunstschouw Westerschouwen

 

“Recognition and alienation meet in the work of Herman Kuypers. Fascinated by the laws of perspective, he intervenes in the apparently unambiguous meaning of his direct living environment. Do the chairs and tables come from his own or another world?”

Jos Wilbrink

in catalog 'Artists exhibit in Swimming Pool East', Nov. 1995

Want to know more?

06 1623 6535
info@hermankuypers.nl