Tobias De Haan

I was born in 1980 in Utrecht, a city in the Netherlands.It is this city I grew up in and the cities and places I came across since that I let me inspire me in my work mostly.As I painter I choose to paint in 1 style only: realism or magic realism. For me as an autodidactic painter, it is the most interesting style to express myself in. architecture plays a very important role in my work and buildings and cities, often painted in a strongly exaggerated perspective, are a returning theme in my paintings.

-September 2000 I started studying at the Art Academy of Utrecht, The Netherlands. This study was, for me personally, to much focused on only the abstract forms of art.Because my personal interest in arts always lay more into the more realistic styles it wasnt a great success. I quit my study four months later than I started it to became a autodidact art painter.- The 2nd of April till the 7th of July 2004 first exposition at the SFB Bank, Amsterdam.-The 1st of October till December the 1st exposition at the SVB Bank in Zaandam.-The 9th of January till the 3rd of March 2005 Exposition at Gallery Walls, Amsterdam.-The 1st of December till the 22nd of 2006 exposition at the Rembrandt tower, Amsterdam.-The 9th of January till the 1st of March 2006 Exposition at the Volkskrant newspaper, Amsterdam.-The 1st of December till the 9th of December 2007 Exposition at the Florence Biennale, Florence Italy.Out of the 1300 participating artists I won the 5th price in the category best art painters, it was an important impulse for my career as an artist.-The 1st of March till the 10th of March 2008 exposition at the Dolmabahce palace, Istanbul Turkey.-The second of February till the 29th of February 2008 exposition at Gallery Vriend van Bavi...

2015 | Gallery Ben Navaee | Toronto
2014 | Galerie De burgerij | Vorden
2013 | Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam | Amsterdam
2013 | Group exhibition at galerie Ikiz | Zaandam
2012 | Group exhibition Vesting museum | Naarden
2012 | Parallax Art Fair | London
2012 | PB and de Haan at ArtVisie | Amsterdam
2011 | Marziart Internationale Galerie | Hamburg
2011 | National Art Fair | World Fashion Centre Beursplaza | Amsterdam
2010 | Kunsthuis Verse Vis: Blom en de Haan | Utrecht
2010 | Blom and de Haan at the Martinekerk | Doesburg
2010 | The American Womens Club | Den Haag
2010 | Galery Vriend van Bavink | Amsterdam
2009 | Galery Vriend van Bavink | Amsterdam
2009 | De Heeren van Voorburg | Deventer
2009 | Galerie/Grand Cafe Dante | Breda
2008 | Galerie Buuf | Amsterdam
2008 | Galery Vriend van Bavink | Amsterdam
2008 | Dolmabahce Palace | Istanbul
2007 | Florence Biennale / Fortezza da basso | Florance Italië
2006 | de Volkskrant | Amsterdam
2005 | de Rembrandttoren | Amsterdam
2005 | Walls Galerie | Amsterdam
2004 | SVB Bank | Zaandam
2004 | Cordares | Amsterdam