Biography
Paul Smulders,
born 6-12-1962
Living and working in Amsterdam
1983-1987
Akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1987-1988
La Nuova Accademia delle Bell’ Arti di Milano, Italy
SOLOEXHIBITIONS:
1990 Kon Ned Vliegtuigfabriek FOKKER NV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1990 Broeckhove Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1991 Herenhuis Galerie, Enkhuizen, The Netherlands
1991 Kunstgalerij Duphar Chemie NV, Weesp, The Netherlands
1992 Galerie CM Kooring, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993 Galerie CM Kooring, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994 Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1995 KunstRai Art Fair,Galerie CM Kooring, , Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996 Galerie Contempo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1996 Galerie Nijehove, Diepenheim, The Netherlands
1996 The Gallery, Laren , The Netherlands
1997 Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
1998 Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1999 The Gallery, Laren , The Netherlands
1999 Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2000 Galerie Willy Schoots, Chasse Theater ,Breda, The Netherlands
2000 Galerie Danoise, Parijs, France
2001 Galleri NB, Viborg ,Denmark
2001 Goethe Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002 Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2002 Rosklide Gasvaerk NB galleri, Roskilde, Denmark
2002 Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2003 Galerie Gora, Montréal,QC, Canada
2003 Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 Galleri NB, Viborg ,Denmark
2004 KunstRai Art Fair,Galerie Willy Schoots, The Netherlands
2004 Kunstkabinet,werken op papier, Galerie Willy Schoots,NL
2004 Galerie de Compagnie, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2004 Galleri NB, Gasvaerk, Roskilde, Denmark
2005 Gemeentehuis Diemen, The Netherlands
2005 Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2005 Lithographic Studio Aad Hekker,Lithos 1998-2005,Amsterdam
2007 Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2007 Galerie De Boog, IJsselstein, The Netherlands
2007 Galleri NB, Gasvaerk, Roskilde, Denmark
2008 Galerie De Groene Poort, Middenbeemster, The Netherlands
2008 Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2009 Kunstgalleriet, Stavanger, Norway
2010 URBAN TOPICS, Galleri NB,Gasvaerk, Roskilde, Denmark
2010 ART AT TRADITION, Beaufort House, London, United Kingdom
2011 LANDMARKS, Galleri NB, Viborg, DK
2011 Galerie Buanca Landgraaf, Laren, NL
2011 Galerie de Boog, IJsselstein, NL
2011 Brushdays, Galleri NB, Copenhagen,DK
GROUPEXHIBITIONS:
1988 Accademia delle Bell’Arti di Milano, Italy
1988 Villa Reale, Monza, Italy XXIIIe Premio di Arti Plastiche per giovani artisti
1989 City Museum Alfons Blomme, Roeselare, Belgium
1989 Cultural Centre Boechout, Antwerp, Belgium
1990 Cultural Centre “de Nieuwe Slof”, Beverwijk, The Netherlands
1991 City Museum Alfons Blomme, Roeselare, Belgium
1991 Galerie Lambert, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands
1993 Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1993 The European Fine Art Fair, Galerie Willy Schoots, Maastricht,The Netherlands
1993 Art Fair Autotron, Galerie Willy Schoots, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
1994 Galerie Willy Schoots, “ Confrontatie op formaat “, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1994 PAN- Amsterdam, Galerie Willy Schoots, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1995 Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1996 KunstRai Art Fair, Galerie Nijehove, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996 Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
1997 KunstRai Art Fair,The Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997 ART Copenhagen Art Fair, Galleri NB, Denmark
1997 100 young Dutch Painters ,Isle of Ameland, The Netherlands
1998 ART Kunstmesse Herning, Galleri NB, Denmark
1998 “30 Years Galerie Willy Schoots “, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1999 KunstRai Art Fair, The Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999 ART Copenhagen Art Fair, Galleri NB, Denmark
1999 Millenniumproject,Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2000 Summerexhibition Galerie Danoise, Paris , France
2001 Floor-Wall-Ceiling,Galerija Vartai, Vilnius,Lithuania
2002 After the Chrysalis, Galerie des Künstlershaus Hamburg , Germany
2002 Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 “Het kwaad in Beeld”, Worldwar II memorial , Cityhall Diemen, The Netherlands
2002 “De Publikaties”, Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2003 “From Topos to Topos “, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya City, Japan
2003 “Tot hier en verder”, 35 years Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2004 “FUSION”, Gallery Katharsis, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005 Gerechtsgebouw Rotterdam (Court) icw Philip van Tol, The Netherlands
2006 Art Copenhagen, Galleri NB, Denmark
2006 VII International Graphic Triennale,Chamalière, France
2006 Museum Nagele, Nagele, The Netherlands
2006 Marienlyst Castle, Helsingore, Denmark
2007 Art Herning, Galleri NB, Denmark
2007 "Bite Open Art", 3rd International Workshop, Klaipeda, Lithuania
2007 Art Copenhagen, Galleri NB, Denmark
2008 Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation, Dubai, UAE
2008 REALISME '08, Galerie Willy Schoots, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Art Copenhagen, Galleri NB, Denmark
2008 "QUANT À MOI ", 40 years Gallery Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2009 REALISME '09, Galerie Willy Schoots, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009 Art Herning, Galleri NB, Denmark
2009 TRANSMISSION, Galerie Willy Schoots, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010 REALSME ´10, Galerie Bianca Landgraaf, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Art Herning, Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2010 Archaeopterix Jubilee Exhibition, ISS, The Hague, The Netherlands
2010 Archaeopterix Jubilee Exhibition, Gerechtsgebouw Rotterdam, The Netherlands
REALISME '11, Galerie Bianca Landgraaf, Amsterdam, NL
2011 Art Herning, Galleri NB, Viborg, DK
2011 "Dusty Days", Serieuze Zaken Studioos/Rob Malasch, Amsterdam, NL
2011 Art Copenhagen, Galleri NB, Copenhagen, DK
ABOUT:
From 1998 onwards Paul Smulders investigated in his own way the boundaries between the photographic and the painted image
With the aid of photocopies he transformes photographs into screen patterns Such “transfers” and painted sections were alternately put on top of another, resulting in layered images
The introduction of new picture elements and graphic forms finds its counterpart in a renewed passion for painting itself Although he also uses oil colours and spray paints, the painter uses above all (industrial) acrylic paint
Most of the time he will paint wet into wet without caring that particular paints react aggressively to one another and the mixture seems to curdle, but he knows how to use these unpredictable reactions to his advantage
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