MICHAEL BERKHEMER (22-3-1948 - 15-8-2022)
ACADEMY OF FINE ART, ARNHEM, THE NETHERLANDS
Artist's statement
My art stems from a translation of the visual impressions that surrounds us, like reflections, and shadows, dark and light. This translation is not a literal one. I distil these impressions into sober compositions of line and colour. However the underlaying structure is complex. Underneath the apparent calm they exude, the paintings as well as the wallsculptures, reveal a dynamic process of many layers of paint in a multitude of colours.
In addition to paintings and wallsculptures I have printed monumental collagraphs in cooperation with Wildwood Press, St. Louis, USA.
Solo Exhibitions (selection) |
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2022 | Art The Hague | |
2021 | Jan Six Fine Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
2019 | Kunstruimte KuuB, Utrecht, The Netherlands | |
2016 | Unquiet Calm, S1 Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
2015 | Minder/meer, galerie Oranjerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
2013 | - | 2014 Thema's & Variaties, Landgoed Leusderend, Leusden, The Netherlands |
2008 | - | 2009 Michael Berkhemer, retrospective, Museum Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, The Netherlands |
2007 | Galerie Billing Bild, Baar, Switzerland | |
A Print Retrospective, Wildwood Press, St. Louis, MO, USA | ||
2005 | Galerie Clement, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
Museum Waterland, Purmerend, The Netherlands | ||
2004 | Galerie Billing Bild, Baar, Switzerland | |
2001 | Parallele Universien, Gruppe Grün, Bremen (duo), Germany | |
2000 | William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA | |
Galerie Billing Bild, Baar, Switzerland | ||
Ingenieurbüro Laqua, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany | ||
1999 | Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam (duo), The Netherlands | |
Nicolette Brink Kunstzaken, Nieuwerbrug (duo), The Netherlands | ||
1997 | Interferenties, Museum Henriëtte Polak, Zutphen, The Netherlands | |
Het Oude Raadhuis, Aalsmeer, The Netherlands | ||
1996 | Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
1994 | Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
1973 | - | 1993 Various solo exhibitions |
Group Exhibitions (selection) |
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2020 | Groepstentoonstelling "vier", Haagse Kunstkring, Den Haag, The Netherlands | |
2020 | Contemporary Art Stuff - Collector's Selection II, Galerie Billing Bild, Baar, Switzerland | |
2018 | KunstRai, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
2017 | Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA USA | |
INK Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL USA | ||
2016 | Arti Salon, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
INK Miami Art Fair, (Wildwood Press), Art Basel, Miami, FL USA | ||
Wildwood Press 20 years, The Mitchell Museum, Cedarhurst Art Center, Mt. Vernon, IL USA | ||
This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage (S1 Gallery), Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ||
Natura Mystica, Kunsthal Almelo, The Netherlands | ||
Museum Waterland veertig jaar, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, The Netherlands | ||
KunstRai (Galerie Oranjerie), Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ||
Rotterdam, Contemporary Art Fair (Galerie Oranjerie), Rotterdam, The Netherlands | ||
2014 | Natura Mystica, Landgoed Leusderend, Leusden | |
INK Miami Art Fair, Wildwood Press, Art Basel, Miami, FL USA | ||
Kleinbeeld , Museum Waterland, Purmerend | ||
2013 | 'Het oog van de meester', Museum Henriëtte Polak, Zutphen, The Netherlands | |
Art Karlsruhe, Germany, (Bruijstens, Modern Art), Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ||
2012 | Mark Making, prints from Wildwood Press, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, MO, USA | |
2011 | ‘Colour Matters’, K 09 Groningen (NL) | |
'In abstracto', Galerieartipoli, Noorden, The Netherlands | ||
'A printer's spotlight. 15 years of Wildwood Press, Gallery 210, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, USA | ||
'Island Press. Three decades of printmaking', Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA | ||
'Printer/Publisher/Artist/Patron. Courtney Obata and Wildwood Press', Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA | ||
2010 | Kunst Zürich (Galerie Billing Bild), Switzerland | |
Bagagehal Loods 6 Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ||
2009 | - | 2010 Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam The Netherlands |
2009 | Art Chicago 2009 Merchandise Mart Chicago, IL USA | |
2008 | Pulchri, Den Haag, The Netherlands | |
Aqua Art Miami Wynwood Distict Miami, FL USA | ||
Art Chicago 2008 Merchandise Mart Chicago, IL USA | ||
Works in Progress/Prints From Wildwood Press Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa USA Curator Dan Strong | ||
2007 | Art at the Hilton, Dubai, Onderneming en Kunst, Emirate of Dubai | |
Art Amsterdam (Galerie Clement) The Netherlands | ||
Wildwood Press/Ten Years Bennington College Usdan Gallery Bennington, Vermont USA | ||
2006 | Convoi Exceptionelle, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
Klein Grafiek van Grafiek Nu, Museum de Buitenplaats, Eelde and Voerman Museum, Hattem, The Netherlands | ||
Flow, Satellite Fair, Art Basel Miami Beach (Wildwood Press) USA | ||
Galerie Clement, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ||
Art Amsterdam (Galerie Clement) The Netherlands | ||
2005 | Kunst Zürich (Galerie Billing Bild) Switzerland | |
2004 | Kunst Zürich (Galerie Billing Bild) Switzerland | |
Galerie Clement, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ||
2003 | - | 2008 Represented repeatedly at Art Chicago (Wildwood Press, St. Louis, MO), USA |
2003 | Galerie Clement, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
De verborgen Kindertekening, Het Oude Raadhuis, Aalsmeer, The Netherlands | ||
2002 | Editions 2002, Chelsea (Wildwood Press) New York, NY, USA | |
Grafiek Nu, Singer Museum, Laren, The Netherlands | ||
2000 | - | 2005 Represented at Art Fairs in Frankfurt and Cologne (Octagon)Germany |
2000 | Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO, USA | |
Into Gold, De Vishal, Haarlem, The Netherlands | ||
1998 | Colour – Matter – Energy, Nederlandse Bank and Hoge School van Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
1996 | Galerie Jansen en Kooy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
Art Fair Stockholm (Galerie Jansen en Kooy) Sweden | ||
Multiples, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ||
Art Multiple, (Galerie Jansen en Kooy) Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
1995 | Bewogen Verleden, Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, The Netherlands | |
Colour – Matter – Energy, Kunsthalle Oberhausen, Germany | ||
Groeten aan Dordrecht, Pictura, Dordrecht, The Netherlands | ||
1994 | KunstRai, Colour – Matter – Energy (Galerie Maria Chailloux) Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
1993 | KunstRai (Galerie Maria Chailloux) Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
Stichting 40 - 45, Headquarters Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ||
1992 | Galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
Colour - Matter - Energy, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ||
1973 | - | 1991 Various group exhibitions |
Commissions |
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2012 | 5 Wallsculptures, Media Buying Systems, Amsterdam | |
2008 | Design for a Wall, silkscreen on aluminium, three parts: 251 x 573 cm, 163 x 160 cm, and 251 x 573 cm, Cruise Ship Solstice, commissioned by International Corporate Art, Oslo, Norway | |
2008 | Wall Sculpture, oxidated copper leaf on wood, ? 150 x 4 cm, Corporate Collection, The Netherlands | |
2006 | Two Paintings, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, 120 x 100 cm, ING Headquarters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
2003 | Installation of Wall Sculptures for three interior spaces: 7 wall sculptures, 130 x 13 x 3 cm; 5 wall sculptures, 60 x 4 x 3 cm; 10 wall sculptures, 30 x 10 x 3; all gold leaf on wood, Cruise Ship Serenade of the Seas, commissioned by London Corporate Art, London, England – Oslo, Norway | |
2002 | Installation of 5 Wall Sculptures, gold leaf on wood, 50 x ? 15 cm, Joost en Marcelle Kuiper-Gerlach, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
2002 | Two Silkscreens, 74 x 56 cm, edition of 50 each, Royal Nederland Levensverzekeringen, Utrecht, The Netherlands | |
2002 | Installation of Wall Sculptures for three conference rooms: 10 wall sculptures, platinum leaf on wood, 170 x 28 x 3 cm; 10 wall sculptures, gold leaf on wood, 80 x 18 x 3 cm; 13 wall sculptures 80 x 30 x 3 cm, gold leaf on wood, Loyens & Loeff, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
2002 | Installation of 11 Wall Sculptures, gold leaf on wood, 90 x 20 x 3 cm, Cruise Ship M.S. Statendam V, commissioned by Onderneming & Kunst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
1999 | Installation of 28 Wall Sculptures, gold leaf on wood, 28 x 18 x 2 cm; Painting, acrylic on canvas, 390x 210 cm, Bravilor Bonamat BV, Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands | |
1998 | Design of the color scheme for the facades of Het Fort, Schilderswijk, The Hague, commissioned by de Principaal via Maria Chailloux, The Netherlands | |
1995 | Installation of 7 Wall Sculptures, 140 x 20 – 110 x 5 cm, acrylic on canvas on wood, Gemeentelijke Geneeskundige en Gezondheidsdienst, City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
1994 | Silkscreen, 60 x 46 cm, edition of 175, TC TeamConsult, The Hague, The Netherlands | |
1993 | Silkscreen, 35 x 30 cm, edition of 10 , Stichting 40 – 45, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
1991 | Painting (5 panels), acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, Antonius Verpleeghuis, IJsselmonde, The Netherlands | |
1991 | Painting (5 panels), acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, commissioned for a public space by the City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
Selected Bibliography |
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Colour Matters, part 3, Stichting Kunstruimte 09, Groningen, NL, 2011, pp. 28-31 |
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Veranda, Atlanta, U.S.A. march 2011, ps 111-113 |
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C. Homburg (ed.), Michael Berkhemer, with essays by C. Homburg, E. van Uitert, interview by J. Klein, eng/ned, 160 ps, 2008, Waanders Publishers, ISBN 978-90-400-8520-8 |
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C. Homburg, ‘I am not a printmaker, I am a painter who makes prints’, and J. Klein, Interview with Michael Berkhemer in: Michael Berkhemer: A Print Retrospective, St. Louis MO, USA (Wildwood Press) 2007 |
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klein Grafiek van Grafiek Nu , exhib. cat. Eelde, (Museum de Buitenplaats) / Hattem (Voerman Museum) 2006/07, p. 12 |
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R. Ayers, ‘Art Basel Miami: The new fairs, part 2: Flow’, www.artinfo.com, 8 December 2006, |
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M. Visser, ‘Serenade of the Seas’, Kunstbeeld, 9 (2003) p. VI |
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Royal Nederland. Kunstcollectie, 2002/03, Utrecht 2003, pp. 13-15 |
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Grafiek Nu 10, exib. cat. Laren (Singer Museum) 2002, p. 34 |
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H.-J. Manske, ’Franz Immoos und Michael Berkhemer’ in: P.-J. Splettstösser, 30 Jahre Gruppe Grün 1971-2001, Bremen 2002, pp. 165-167, 222-4 |
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E. van Uitert, ‘Een kunstschilder die zijn objecten patineert met bladgoud’, Kunstschrift, 45 (2001) 6, pp. 42-45 |
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A.W. Lloyd, ‘Art under the Arch’, Art in America, July 2001, pp. 43-47, 112 |
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F. Hirsch, ‘Make it Big’, Art on Paper, 6 (2001), p. 25 |
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T. Stierli, ‘Abstraktion und Expression,’ Neue Zuger Zeitung, 8 September 2000 |
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J. Daniel, ‘Michael Berkhemer, Recent Works on Paper’, Saint Louis Post Dispatch, 30 January 2000 |
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M. van Ark, Het Fort. Schilderswijk behoudt karakteristiek complex, Den Haag 2000 |
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R. Adam, C. Robertson, Intaglio: Acrylic-Resist Etching, Collagraphy, Engraving, Drypoint, Mezzotint, London 2000, pp. 228-229 |
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R. Kulschewsky, Austragungsort. Verein für Aktuelle Kunst Ruhrgebiet e.v. 1982-1997, Oberhausen 1997, p. 103 |
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A. den Ridder, ‘Michael Berkhemer exposeert in Museum Henriëtte Polak. Schilden van gestold licht’, Gelders Dagblad, 5 February 1997 |
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L. Delfgaauw, Bij het werk van Michaël Berkhemer. Interferenties. Schilderijen van Michaël Berkhemer, Zutphen (Museum Henriëtte Polak) 1997 |
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B. Jonckheer, De kunstenaars van AXA-Leven, Den Haag 1996, pp. 4-7 |
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A. Matena, Bewogen verleden, Zwolle 1995, pp. 18-19 |
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F. Op de Coul, ‘Expositie Berkhemer in Heusden. Sterke beleving van materie en vormen’, Brabants Dagblad, 19 April 1993 |
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Eric Beets, ‘‘Magische’ gouaches en ‘Wintertent’ in het KCB’, Alkmaarse Courant, 9 January 1986 |
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N. Scheepmaker, interview met Michael Berkhemer, Avenue, April 1976, pp. 30-33 |
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