Hans Van de Bovenkamp sculpture
Manhattan Portal - bronze
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Hans Van de Bovenkmap
ABOUT HANS VAN DE BOVENKAMP
Renowned for his monumental sculpture created primarily for open-air public locales, Hans Van de Bovenkamp has been described as an artist-mystic whose work -- with its signature power, lyricism, and grand proportions -- heightens the viewer's sense of imagination and discovery.
A Dutchman and a youthful immigrant to Ontario, Canada, and then the United States, he was a part of the avant-guard Tenth Street scene in the New York City of the 1960s, an adherent of Abstract Expressionism, and has maintained residences in New York City and Sagaponack in the Hamptons. Mr. Van de Bovenkamp has earned an international reputation in the past 55 years for designing, fabricating, and installing over 100 unique commissioned sculptures and fountains in collaboration with architects, cities, museums, and private individuals. His works can be seen in public, civic, corporate and private collections. Recent solo exhibitions include Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, the Danubiana Meulensteen Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia and Season of Sculpture, Sarasota Marine Park, Florida
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, New York
2014 Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
2013 Samuel Lynne Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2012 Lyceum Gallery, Northampton, New York
2011 Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, New York
2011 Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, New York
2008 Goldman Warehouse, Wynwood District, Florida
2007 Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, California
2007 Basel Miami Art Fair, Goldman Warehouse, Miami, , Florida
2007 Basel Miami Art Fair, Gary Nader Fine Art, Miami, , Florida
2006 Danubiana Meulensteen Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
2006 Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
2003 Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, New York
2003 Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, New York
2003 Sagaponack Sculpture Fields, New York, New York
1996 Michener Museum, Doyles Town, Pennsylvania
1996 Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1994 Quietude Gallery, East Brunswick, New Jersey
1993 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
1992 Shidoni Contemporary Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico
1981 Tiffany’s, New York, New York
1981 University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
1979 Sculpture Center, New York, New York
1976 Brooklyn Borough Hall, New York, New York
1976 Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
1970 Jacksonville Children’s Museum, Jacksonville, Florida
1968 10 Downtown, New York, New York
1965 Glassboro State College, Glassboro, New Jersey
1963 New York University, New York, New York
1961 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Two Sculptors on The Stroll - Vaadia and Van de Bovenkamp, Rockford, IL
2013-15 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Illinois Wesleyan University Campus
2014 Philippe Staib Gallery,Taipei City, Taiwan
2014 Art Sarasota, Seafare, Sarasota, Florida
2013 Season of Sculpture, Sarasota Marine Park,Florida
2012 Mark Borghi Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
2012 Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton, New York
2011 Shanghai, Art Fair, China
2011 Gary Nader, Miami, FL
2010 Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton, New York
2009 Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton , NY
2009 ArtHampton, Meulensteen Gallery, Holland, Bridgehampton , NY
2008 ArtHampton, Louis Meisel Gallery, Bridgehampton , NY
2007 40 Years of Central Park, Lincoln Center , New York, NY
2007 Pratt Institute, NY
2006 Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2005 Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, New York
2000-04 City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2000-04 Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1996-11 Elena Zang, Woodstock, New York
1995-09 Kouros Sculpture Garden, Ridgefield, Connecticut
1994-11 Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut
2003 ACA Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 David Floria Gallery, Aspen, New Mexico
2003 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
1999-09 Shidoni Contemporary Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico
2002 Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, Pennsylvania
1999 Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, New Jersey
1969-99 Lever House, New York, New York
1997 Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor, Florida
1996 Stamford Museum, Stamford, Connecticut
1990-96 Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1994 Cavalier Gallery, Stamford, Connecticut
1993 Cast Iron Gallery, New York, New York
1982-93 Bologna-Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1988-91 Shidoni Contemporary Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico
1987-89 Nina Owen Limited, Chicago, Illinois
1988 Chicago Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1987 Hudson River Museum, Sculptors Guild, Yonkers, New York
1986 Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, West Palm Beach, Florida
1985-86 Kouros Gallery, New York, New York
1984 Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1982 Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
1969-99 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
1981 Artists Representing Environmental Art, Shidoni Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico
1978 PS1 Contemporary Art Museum, Long Island City, New York
1978 Nassau County Art Museum, Roslyn Harbor, New York
1978 The United States Mission, New York, New York
1977-78 Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977 National Academy of Design, New York, New York
1976 American Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, New York
1973-76 Storm King Art Center, Cornwall, New York
1970 University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
1969 & 78 Medici Berenson Gallery, Miami, Florida
1969 New York Sculptors Guild, Bryant Park, New York, New York
1968 Loeb Student Center, New York University, New York, New York
1968 Picker Gallery, Charles A. Dana Creative Arts Center, Colgate University, Hamilton, Ny
1968 Stamford Museum, Stamford, Connecticut
1964 Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
Selected Corporate Collections
2014 WR Grace Building, New York, New York
2011 Louis Meisel, Watermill, New York
2009 Manhattan House, New York, New York
2006 Le Jardin, Atlanta, Georgia
2005 Stamford, Connecticut (9 Fiddleheads)
2001 Corporate Business Park, Columbia, Maryland
2001 Neiman Marcus, San Diego, California; Honolulu, Hawaii
2000 Neiman Marcus, Denver, Colorado; Houston, Texas
1997-99 Neiman Marcus, Beverly Hills, California
1997 The Klein Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996 Neiman Marcus, Paramus, New York
1995 Litwin Building, Wall Street, New York, New York
1995 Goldman Properties, 110 Greene Street, New York, New York
1995 Neiman Marcus, Miami, Florida
1994 Neiman Marcus, Dallas, Texas; Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1993 Mayer Collection, Denver, Colorado
1992 Hyatt Regency, Paris, France
1990 Marina Village, Alameda, California
1989 The Fox Companies, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1988 Amli Realty Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
1988 Robert Martin Company, White Plains, New York
1986 Haverstraw Marina, Haverstraw, New York
1984 Christiania, Tarrytown, New York
1980 Litwin Building, 72nd & 2nd Ave., New York, New York
1977 Cargill, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1967 Gaslight Tower, Atlanta, Georgia
1966 Georgetown Plaza Building, New York, New York
1966 Levitt Headquarters, Lake Success, New York
Selected Private Collections
2012 Tisch family, Greenwich, Connecticut
2007 Diane and Tom Tuft, Bridgehampton, New York
2006 Karen & Harvey Silverman, Wainscott, New York
2005 RJ Kirk, Roanoke, Virginia,
Museum Collections
Minature Museum, Amsterdam, Neatherlands
Guild Hall East Hampton, New York
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
Danubiana Meulensteen Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
Estate of Nelson Rockefeller, Kykuit, New York
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Municipal Collections
2011 Jing’an Park, Shanghai, China
2001 City of Toledo, Ohio
1999 Mt. Sinai Hospital, Miami, Florida
1992 Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1988 City of Ormond Beach, Florida
1988 City Hall, Voorhees, New Jersey
1983 State Capitol Plaza, Lansing, Michigan
1976 I-80 Nebraska Bicentennial, Sidney, Nebraska
1972 Jewish Institute for Geriatrics Care, Lake Success, New York
University Collections
City University of New York, Staten Island Community College, New York, New York
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
Texas A&M University, College Station,Texas
Towson University Art Center, Towson, Maryland
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia
Awards
2003 - Best Sculpture Award, Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York
1996-04 - Listing, Who Is Who in American Art
1996 - Sanctuary Design Competition, Omega Holistic Health Institute, Rhinebeck, New York
1976 - Exhibition, American Institute Arts & Letters, New York, New York
1976 - Nebraska Bicentennial Sculpture Competition, Sydney, Nebraska
1964 - Emily Lowe Sculpture Award, New York, New York
Selected Professional Associations
Advisory Board member - Institute for Symbolic Studies
Advisory Board member - Omega Institute
Member - International Sculpture Center
Member - New York Sculptors Guild
Member - Royal Society of British Sculptors
Film Documentation
1995 - “Art Farm”, Nat Boxer
1988 - “Hans Van de Bovenkamp”, John Frank
1978 - “Tillson Farm”, University of Missouri
1972 - “Barn on the Road”, New York University
Education
1958 – School of Architecture, Amsterdam, Holland
1958-61 – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Bachelor of Science and Design