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ELS VAN DER GRAAF

1946 born in Heelsum, The Netherlands
1964/69 Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Arnhem
1973/75 Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
1983 Studio in Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
1989 Studio in the Marais, Paris, France
1991 Studio in the “Centre de Gravure Contemporaine”, Geneva, Switzerland
Lives and works in Amsterdam and in Nouic, France

Solo exhibitions (a selection)

1980 Galerie de Gele Rijder, Arnhem
1981 Galerie Jack Visser, Amsterdam
1982 Atelier Singel 281, Amsterdam
1983 Galerie O5T, Amsterdam
1984 Cultureel Centrum de Krabbedans, Eindhoven
1985 Cultureel Centrum de Marienburg, Arnhem
1985 Galerie Mariza Vader, Amsterdam
1988 Galerie Ruine, Geneva, Switzerland
1989/90 Galerie d'Eendt, Amsterdam
1993 Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
1997 Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
2004 Malmö Festival, installation, Malmö, Sweden
2004/05 Stichting EDU–ART, Arnhem
2005/06 Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
2007 Solos, installation, Amsterdam
2011 Galerie Josine Bokhoven, book presentation, Amsterdam

Group exhibitions (a selection)

1981 Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1981 International Drawing Triennale, Wrozlaw, Poland
1982 Nederlandse Kunststichting, Amsterdam
1983 Het Kruithuis, 's Hertogenbosch
1983 Galerie Suspect, (Aschenbach), Amsterdam
1984 De Meervaart, Amsterdam
1985 Poëtische Entwendung, Köln, Germany
1986 Gemeente Museum, Arnhem
1986 Arti et Amicitić, Amsterdam
1986 Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem
1987 Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo
1987 Cultureel Centrum De Vaart, Hiversum
1987 Stichting de Krabbedans, Eindhoven
1988 WG-manifestatie, Amsterdam
1989 Galerie BMW Hochhaus, München, Germany
1991 Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
1992 Le Génie de la Bastille, Amsterdam and Paris
1993 Kunst-manifestatie Tricolore. Amsterdam
1994 La Jeune Peinture, Espace Eiffel-Branly, Paris
1995 A Preview, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam
1996 A Wider Canvas, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1996 Lignes d'Horizons, Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montréal, Canada
1997 Mendelsom, Kunsthuis Kampen, Kampen
2000 Papiers d’Europe, La Grande Arche, Paris
2000 Le Génie de la Bastille, Maison des Métallos, Paris
2002 Emergo manifestation, Amsterdam
2003 Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
2004 Meeting in Diversity, Public Space With A Roof, Amsterdam
2004 Artist to Artist, Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, Sweden
2006 Primavera, Tara Bryan Gallery , London
2006 Terra Incognita, Amsterdam
2006 APT Studios, London
2006 Artist space Punt, Amsterdam
2007 Primavera 2007, Artist space Punt, Amsterdam
2007 Objects/Rooms, Ground's Art Gallery, Parma, Italy
2008 Perpetuum Mobile, APT Gallery, London
2009 AnArt India in Kulturzentrum Gasometer, Lichtenstein
2009 Art manifestation Blind Spots, Amsterdam
2013 WG OK, open studios, Amsterdam
 

Catalogues/publications (a selection)
1981 The Second International Drawing Triennale, Poland
1984 De Krabbedanskrant, Harry Ruhé
1984 Opzij, Mirjam Wester, Amsterdam
1985 Publication Poëtische Entwendung, Boris Nieslony
1987 Grafiek 87, Salco Tromp Meesters
1987 Gemeenteaankopen, Amsterdam
1988 Film for TV Suisse Romande, Pierre Maillard, Geneva, Switzerland
1989 Beroepskostenvergoeding, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
1991 Ode, Atelier WG, Amsterdam
1993 Manifestation Tricolore, Amsterdam
1994 La Jeune Peinture, Paris
1996 Triangle Update, Calgary, Canada
1996 WG Associatief, Amsterdam
1997 Kunstbeeld 3/1997, Anne Berk, Amsterdam
2002 Emergo catalogues, Amsterdam
2004 Kunstbeeld 2/2004, Aernout Hagen, Amsterdam
2005 Do not display Objects of Desire, artist book
2007 Kunstbeeld 4/2007, Amsterdam
2007 Primavera 2007, Amsterdam
2007 Objects/Rooms, Parma, Italy
2008 Perpetuum Mobile, London
2008 Blind Spots website, Amsterdam
2011 Signes d'Ailleurs/tekens van elders, book




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