Herman Kuypers
Fifty-five years ago I was born as the eldest son on a farm in Velden in North Limburg (the Netherlands). 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 since my two brothers and my sister also used them. Paper could not be taken for granted either. Scraps here and there and backs of envelopes. Sometimes an uncle who worked at printercompany Océ brought a pile of tinted A4 sheets. Fortunately, in keeping with the Limburg tradition, the baker came to bring the pie for Sunday every Saturday. Mom would then immediately remove the usually still virgin white cardboard plate from under the pie, so that I could draw on it on occasion.
Due to unfamiliarity with the material it took three years before Sinterklaas honored my request for a paint box: one of the Hema.
Fortunately, there was also (a lot) of physical and especially mental space at the same time. It was therefore no problem that I eventually wanted to go to art academy and I got full 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.
Education
- 1984
- Atheneum B
- 1990
- Akademie voor Beeldende Vorming Tilburg; 1e degree drawing
- (spec.: drawing and painting).
- 1995
- Business Knowledge & Skills for the visual arts; MBO-college Den Bosch
Expositions & collections
Duo- and solo-exhibitions
2007
Achter de Zuilen, Bloemendaal
Muzelinck cvk, Oss
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
Works in collections
PPCL BV Montfort
Helin Projectinrichting BV Arnhem
David Ganucheau, Houston (V.S)
Artlease Alkmaar
Kunstloc Brabant
Koninklijke Martens BV Oosterhout
Arthotheek 18 Roosendaal
Artlease Breda
Artlease Etten-Leur
Artlease Helmond
Artlease Den Bosch
Artlease Utrecht
Artlease Eindhoven
Artlease Tilburg
Gemeente Krimpen a/d IJssel
Several companies
private persons
Group-exhibitions
2007
Kunstschouw Westerschouwen
“Format 40” Kunstverein Emmerich [D]
KIM Arnhem
2011
Open Stal kunst en kijkroute, Oldeberkoop
2013
Kunstroute Middenbeemster
Salon de l’Aquarelle Namen (B)
Kunstmoment Diepenheim
2015
TIAS Tilburg University, Tilburg
Art The Hague (Van Spijk art books)
Salon de l’Aquarelle Brussel (B)
ArtArnhem
2016
Goereese Kunstdagen, Goedereede
Art The Hague (Van Spijk art books)
Art Arnhem
2017
KunstRai (Van Spijk art books)
Goereese kunstdagen, Goedereede
Art The Hague (Van Spijk art books)
PAN Amsterdam (Wonderwood)
2018
Art The Hague’18
2019
Huntenkunst’19 Ulft (sinds 1995)
Art The Hague (Van Spijk Art books)
2021
Art The Hague (Van Spijk Art books)
“Recognition and alienation meet in Herman Kuypers' work. Fascinated by the laws of perspective, he intervenes in the apparently unambiguous meaning of his direct living environment. Are the chairs and tables from his own or another world?”
Jos Wilbrink
in catalogue ‘Kunstenaars exposeren in Zwembad Oost’, nov. 1995