Bob Donker

About Bob Donker

As a self-taught artist, Bob Donker (1962) made abstract paintings for many years, which he exhibited and sold. Characteristic of this period are the abstraction through a strong, tight division of the surface, an elusive interplay of lines and a dynamic use of colours. For example, the Amsterdam district of Nieuw West/Sloterdijk acquired a monumental work of his for the wedding hall of the district office.

In recent years he has devoted himself to digital art. For him, the technique of this medium is not paramount, but it is a tool to visualize his ideas. He himself says about this: “digital technology should be subordinate to the way of thinking to create something. I see it as a toolbox and not as a resource.”

Bob first develops images in his head and then goes in search of suitable images. His older paintings show similarities with his new digital montages, only the context of the computer-made work is completely different and more layered due to the new added meaning. In a number of cases he also uses his previously made paintings as a basis for new work. In many of his images the emphasis is on what cannot be seen or what is still hidden somewhere.

An important source of inspiration is the unco...

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Bob shows images that are not reality, but seem to refer to it. They tell about the uncomfortable situation in which human society finds itself or is threatened by it.

As a self-taught artist, Bob Donker (1962) has been making art from his early age. In addition to various jobs, he started making paintings, which later became digital collages after he experienced a deep crisis.

2002, solo exhibition complex Kattelaan, Amsterdam.
2006, solo exhibition of paintings: Bob Donker, abstract paintings + minimal ambient act' in the 'Amerhof in Amersfoort.
2006, solo exhibition of paintings: 'The studio of Bob Donker' in the former monastery building Soesterkwartier
2007, Purchase of painting by Stadsdeel Sloterdijk in Amsterdam.
2007, solo exhibition of paintings: 'Elusive lines'
2010, Open studio, Castricum.
2013, Shop window exhibition: 'Open window', Castricum center
2018 Duo exhibition: Bob Donker & Robert Schuurmans Stekhoven, 'De Rozet', Rozenburg-Rotterdam (NL).
2019 Group exhibition: 'Art Connects 2019', Rozenburg-Rotterdam (NL).
2020 Group exhibition: 'Art Connects 2020', Rozenburg-Rotterdam (NL).
2021 Group exhibition February-April: Micksart Galerie, Emmen (NL).