Petrus Nelissen

I have been born in the city of Oss in the Netherlands where I went to college. I worked and lived in Eindhoven, studied political sciences at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, worked for United Nations in Mexico and Costa Rica, was managing director of a Dutch-Latina American solidarity association and deputy secretary general for the international trade union organization WCL.

Formal education: Secondary school, university course on journalism, social and political sciences at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, university course on economic development. Artistically -photography and painting- I am self-taught. At the age of 17 I started with photography and went on until today. I became a documentary street photographer influenced by the photographers of Farm Security Administration, Diane Arbus and many others. As a painter I am influenced by Dutch painters, the old as well the contemporary masters, especially Vermeer and Piet Mondriaan. Member of the Circle of Artist of my actual hometown Oss.

Solo exhibition in San Jose, Costa Rica, National Theater 1979, Solo exhibition 'Caramba Mexico' in Galeria del Arte in Pachuca and Huasca, Mexico 2019, Participation in exhibitions in royal palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn and Royal Palace Soestdijk in Soest with portrait of Queen Beatrix, participation in Summer Collection of the Art Museum of The Hague in 2013 (Nude Landscape with Bowler Hat) and 2014 (New Minimalism Number 14, Antwerp 2013). A variety of exhibtions in Art Gallery K26 in Oss, Netherlands.