Hans Van Meeuwen

Hans van Meeuwen's body of work includes sculptures, drawings, and five public installations in Europe and the US. He was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and now lives and he recently moved to Co. Donegal Ireland

In 2019 he was awarded a Pollack-Krasner Foundation grant and an Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation grant. More recently, he was a finalist in the Wingless Dreamer 2020 Best illustrator Award Contest.

Hans' most recent public art installation was completed in 2019 as part of the expansion of the light rail system in Phoenix AZ. His earlier four installations were in his home country of the Netherlands (photos available on his website, ).

A collector of his work recently expressed, "Hans’ art always makes me laugh because there is always some kind of disproportion and an improbability that seeds my imagination." Although there is certainly humor and whimsicality in Hans' work, there is also pathos, and mystery. His work comes from deep inside him, and is designed to elicit thought and emotion from deep inside those who see and engage with his work.

1978 - 1983 Royal Academy of Arts and Design, 's-Hertogenbosch,
the Netherlands

solo:
2018 - Foot Note, de Chiara Projects, Kingston, NY
2014 - The Civilized World, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
2013 - "Paris Scope", Mixed Greens, New York, NY
2008 - "Side-Walks", Durst Organization, New York, NY
2008 - "Scraping Skies", Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
2007 - "Movement" Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche,
Osnabrueck, Germany
2007 - "Times of Disquiet" Galerie Deschler, Berlin, Germany
2006 - "20 Drawings", Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
2004 - Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Germany
2002 - "Lucht", Lokaal 01, Antwerp, Begium
2002 - "Ferien", Galerie Deschler, Berlin, Germany
2001 - "Spookrijder", Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn,
Germany
2001 - Hudson D Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2000 - Galerie Deschler, Berlin, Germnay
1999 - "Large steps for Mankind", Kunstverein Baden Baden
1999 - "Large steps for Mankind", Neue Galerie Landshut,
Germany
1998 - Galerie Deschler, Berlin, Germany
1997 - Kunstverein Heinsberg, Germany
1997 - Galerie Carla Stuetzer, Cologne, Germany
1996 - Kunsthaus Essen, Germany1996 "Foerderkoje" Art
Cologne, Germany
1994 - Galerie Annick Ketele, Antwerp, Belgium
1993 - Galerie Carla Stuetzer, Cologne, Germany
1992 - Lokaal 01, Breda, Th...