Roberto Voorbij

Roberto Voorbij (1974) lives and works in Amsterdam, holds a bachelor degree in Visual Arts and Art History from the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht and has attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he took classes from a.o. Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle during the late 1990s. Voorbij is a multidisciplinary artist, apart from working with ‘ready made’ materials, he works with 3D Software, (digital) collage and video.

Besides (national) identity are public space and religion recurring themes in Voorbij's work. The latter interest is motivated by a Catholic upbringing, which contrasts with an ever-increasing secularization in the Netherlands. From this perspective also his 'Artist Portraits' can be interpreted - besides the clear reference to the art world - more spiritually. As a form of animism the question arises whether a work of art itself can become inspired, how the maker resonates and transforms into the creation he or she leaves behind.

In addition to a representation by online gallery Saatchi Art, Voorbij is represented by Leontia Gallery in London. In 2020 his work was part of the International Biennial of Asunción, Paraguay. As part of a group show his short ‘Without clear purpose’ screened at Museum of the M...

1993-1998 Bachelor of Education in Visual Arts and Art History, Utrecht School of the Arts

1996 Advanced Sculpture, Computer-Imaging, Welding, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2024-2027: Video installation - 'Carte Blanche'- as part of 'Wait For It - The One Minutes' - at CitizenM Austin Downtown, US, February 2024-27

2025: NATIONAL STUDIO WEEKEND, Studio Roberto Voorbij: Ben van Meerendonkstraat 172, Amsterdam 8 & 9.11.2025

2025: SCREENING: One Minute Silence @ VAFT – Video Art Festival Turku, Finland 13.11-16.11.2025

2025: SCREENING: One Minute Silence @ Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival (SMIFF) 25.09-24.10.2025

2025: Group exhibition 'Telling you how it is' - Debsaysyes - official selection of ROTTERDAM ART WEEK @ Magreeth Olsthoorn - MO2, Rotterdam 27-30.03.2025

2025: Group exhibition 8-15.03.2025 + Art Auction 'stART' (Both works sold) 14.03.2025 @ Factor IJ, Amsterdam

2025: Screening of '#PeopleChurchNobility' as part of 'The Anthropocene Foundry' @ Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA 18.01-01.03.2025

2024: Factor IJ Kunstmarkt, Pampuslaan 11 Amsterdam 15.12.2024

2024: Screening of 'One Minute Silence' @ 60Seconds Festival - I CRY and I CRY, Copenhagen, Denmark 15-24.11.2024

2024: Screening of 'Carte Blanche' @ International Short Film, Video and Photography Symposium - THIEF video screening, Istanbul 25-27.10.24

2024: Screening of '#PeopleChurchNobility' at The Open N...