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

EXHIBITIONS, a selection of recent shows

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

2024: Screening of '#PeopleChurchNobility' at The Open Nights Festival vol. 9, Larissa, Greece, 10.2024

2024: Screening of '#PeopleChurchNobility' at Mister Vorky, Ruma, Serbia, 20-23.06.2024

2024: Atelierroute IJburg + group exhibition Factor IJ, Amsterdam 25-26.05.2024

2024: Screening of 'Carte Blanche' - The One Minutes at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 05.05.2024

2024: Group exhibition at ZAMEN, Amsterdam, 12.04-05.05.2024

2024: Winter Market, Amsterdam Castle Muiderslot 24-25.02.2024

2023: MAJA MERCADO, Museum ‘t Kromhout, Amsterdam 10.12.2023

2023: Group exhibition: Christmas Sale - WG Kunst, Amsterdam 08-17.12.2023

2019-2022: Group exhibition: 'The World of Frida’ traveling exhibition USA, 2019-2022 Organized by Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, USA



2022: Vrij Paleis Open, Amsterdam, 06-08.05.2022 



2022: Screening of 'Amsterdam, Central Station (Tram Stop)' at Short Movie Sunday, Volkshotel, Amsterdam, 03.20.2022



2021: Group exhibition [online] Love Is Not An Ideology - Charity Exhibition, Zebra One Gallery,...