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  • Biography

     

    Harm van den Berg (1970) is an artist who lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He received his BA from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam in 1996. As a sound artist he investigated for ten years the boundaries between image and language in different forms of representation like film, musical performances, installations and CD's. In recent years, his work gradually shifted from audio works to painting and video. From mainly mental and aural landscapes to landscapes that are visually more defined. He has performed at venues including The Paviljoens in Almere (NL), Zoo Gallery, Nantes (FR), Galeria Klovicevi, Zagreb (HR) and the Crossing Border Festival, Amsterdam (NL). His work is shown at venues including Goethe Institute Amsterdam, Netherlands Media Art Institute, W139, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, De Voorkamer, Lier (B) and AC Institute, New York City (USA) He has received grants from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.

     

     

    Harm van den Berg (1970) studeerde aan de Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, afdeling voorheen audiovisueel. Als geluidskunstenaar onderzocht hij tien jaar lang de grenzen tussen taal, beeld en ruimte. Hiervoor gebruikte hij diverse media, zoals film, muzikale performances, installaties en Cdʼs. De afgelopen jaren is zijn werkterrein verschoven van geluidskunst naar schilderkunst, van primair mentale en auditieve landschappen, naar landschappen die visueel in sterkere mate zijn gedefinieerd. Zijn werk is getoond in o.a. Museum De Paviljoens in Almere (NL), Zoo Gallery, Nantes (FR), Galeria Klovicevi, Zagreb (HR), Nederland Instituut voor Mediakunst (NL), W139 (NL), De Voorkamer, Lier (B) en AC Institute, New York City (USA). Harm van den Berg woont en werkt in Amsterdam.

  • Curriculum Vitae

    Harm van den Berg

    NL, born in 1970

    Lives and works in Amsterdam

     

     

    Grants:

    2018 Residency Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Mondriaan fonds

    2017 Development budget Amsterdams Fonds vd Kunsten

    2013 Projectbeurs Amsterdams Fonds vd Kunsten

    2007 Basisbeurs Fonds BKVB

    2002 Basisbeurs Fonds BKVB

    2000 Basisbeurs Fonds BKVB

    1999 Startstipendium Fonds BKVB

     

    Prizes: 

    2013 Nominated for Jan Hanlo essay prize (film)

     

    Lectureship / advice:

    External advisor Master of Film programme Dutch Film academy:

    advice, sound design for Agnese Cornelio (cum laude), 2014

    advice, sound design for Pablo Nuñez, 2015

     

    advice Jos de Putter for documentary See no Evil , 2014

    advice Petra Noordkamp for documentary for the Guggenheim Museum, NYC, 2014

     

    Curatorial:

    2015 group show Door Schildersogen 2 / From a Painter's Perspective 2, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, NL

    2014 solo show 27 Palms Inn III, video installation Wineke Gartz, Punt WG

    2014 solo show Acousticals 2, sound installation, Arnout Killian, Punt WG

    2014 solo show Taking a day off, installation, Pim Blokker, Punt WG

    2012 group show Door Schildersogen / From a Painter’s Perspective, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, NL

     

    Board positions:

    2015 chairman Door Schildersogen foundation

    2013- 2016 team member Punt WG Amsterdam (artists initiative)

    2007- 2011 partner and co-founder (together with Vincent van Warmerdam) sound studio De Slapende Hond

     

    Education:

    1991 – 1996 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, audio visual department, Amsterdam

    1982 – 1989 Vossius Gymnasium Amsterdam

     

     

    Selected solo / group exhibitions:

     

    * = work in collaboration with Pépé Smit

     

    2017/2018 upcoming:

    Residency Binnenlandatelier Mondriaanfonds Kunstvereniging Diepenheim

    Residency KiK (with solo exhibition), Kolderveen, NL

     

    2016
    Composition in Color at Jahorina Film Festival, BIH *

     

    2015
    Revisiting Nature, Arttraverse, Bilthoven, NL (solo)

    Composition in Color at Internationsl Motion Picture Festival, Cyprus *

     

    2014

    Composition in Color, video installation, Punt WG, Amsterdam, NL* (solo)

    OPENING, video, Witzenhausen gallery, Amsterdam, NL* (solo)

    EXHIBITION, new video work, Kunstrai at Witzenhausen gallery, Amsterdam, NL*

    Art Wynwood, new video work, at Art Wynwood, Witzenhausen gallery*

    Art in Redlight, paintings /video, Beurs van Berlage, booth 12 (solo)

     

    2013

    Inversion, paintings/video, Punt WG, Amsterdam, NL (solo)

    Landschappen, Buitenplaats Beeckestijn, NL*

    Incubate festival, video Composition in Color, Tilburg, NL*

    Art Southampton, new video work, Witzenhausen gallery, UK*

    Scope Art Basel, new video work, Witzenhausen gallery, USA*

    Composition in Color, De Balie, Amsterdam NL*

    Intersecting Perspectives (duo show), paintings/video, Galerie Brandt, Amsterdam

    Repeat Club #3, video, Witzenhauzen gallery, Amsterdam, NL*

    Raw Art Fair, paintings, galerie Brandt, Rotterdam, NL

    All together Now, videowork "Forever ever after", Witzenhausen gallery, NL*

     

    2012 

    Tentazioni di Natale #2, paintings, Galerie Metis-NL, Amsterdam, NL

    PAN Amsterdam, Galerie Brandt, Amsterdam, NL

    Club A Projects, Loods 6, Amsterdam, NL

    Door Schildersogen/From a Painter’s Perspective, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, NL

     

    2011

    CloudSounds, Lullaby Land, NIMk, Amsterdam, NL

     

    2010

    Lullaby Land, painting/sound, AC Institute, New York City (Chelsea), USA (solo)

    Salon Imaginaire, paintings, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

     

    2009

    Forever ever after, video, Casz zuidas festival, Amsterdam, NL*

    Radio Rood, sound collage for show Moritz Ebinger, Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam

    Radio Rood, sound collage for show Moritz Ebinger, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam

     

    2008 

    VUC, musical performance, Galeria Klovicevi Dvori, Zagreb, HR*

    Fragments & Counterparts, published by Architectura et Natura

     

    2007

    Home is where the heart is, video/sound, De Voorkamer, Lier, B*

    Hier en Daar, sound, Bytheway projects, Amsterdam, NL (solo)

     

    2006

    Nachbarn/Buren, sound, Goethe Institut, Amsterdam, NL (solo)

    Een Gave Avond, performance, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL

    Starting from Scratch,video/sound, De Balie, Amsterdam, NL

    Berg Bergen Kuchlein/Mark Kremer in concert, Agentur, Amsterdam,NL

    Stock for Props, P////AKT, Amsterdam, NL

     

    2005

    Dead Darling Auction, Wittenplaats, Amsterdam

    If I Can’t Dance, project van Joan Billing, Veenfabriek, Leiden

    Music for the Artists, Veemvloer, Amsterdam

    Kleurbeurs, NVvK, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam

     

    2004

    Echo, sound, Het kruithuisje, Apeldoorn, NL, (solo)

    Andere Plaatsen, Watertoren, Vlissingen

    Releases, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

    Aikitwifwirikia, Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam

    Cargo Jaarverslag 2003, Cargo, Almere

     

    2003

    Residency, Mondriaanloft, New York City (USA)

    David Still’s Birthday Party, Cargo, Almere

    Parasite Paradise, performance, Leidscherijn

    Go to Check-Out! Consortium, Amsterdam

     

    2002

    Gesproken Schilderij! Lost and Found, Amsterdam

    Teyler’s Adventure Game, Teylers Museum, Haarlem

     

    2001 

    Opponenten 5, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen

    Trafikant OnTourTainment, Zoo Gallery, Nantes (F)

    Showing a picture, Lost and Found, Amsterdam

    Plezier met Papier, PCM Uitgevers, Amsterdam

    Performance, Archis, Amsterdam

    Performance, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere

     

    2000 

    Boomcar Concertino, Museum de Paviljoens, Almere

    Dubbeltalenten, Crossing Border Festival, Amsterdam

    Dubbeltalenten, Stroom HCBK, Den Haag

    Devotie, W139, Amsterdam

     

    1999

    Black Cube#2, De Balie, Amsterdam

    De Elementen, ABN Amro Collectie, Amsterdam

    Performance, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam

    Ik ben het licht#2, gallery Metis, Amsterdam

    Sad Song for the New Breed, Sandberg Instituut, Hoorn (solo)

    ZT, Wally Openbaar Kunstlicht, Amsterdam

    Kunstrai, gallery Metis, Amsterdam

     

    1998

    A Day at the Races, gallery Metis, Amsterdam (solo)

     

    1997

    Handcomputer, Arti et Amicitiae

     

     

     

     

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