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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