Casper Verborg

Casper Verborg (Lobith, 1981) graduated from ArtEZ Arnhem in 2003. In 2013 he finished his master of arts education at the KASK in Gent (Belgium). The Prins Berhard Cultuurfonds awarded him in 2016 with the Sieger White Award. In 2017 Museum Arnhem dedicated a solo exhibition to his works. As a result of this exhibition the monography ‘The pink elephant’ appeared.


Pieces of canvas that have been sanded or left blank, a clearly visible brushstroke, and paint drips: Casper Verborg’s paintings are alive. Verborg has developed an idiosyncratic palette with characteristic colors in unexpected combinations. Cheerful at first sight, but at second thought more alarming, toxic even—like that irresistible piece of candy that is actually of chemical substance.
Verborg’s handling of color perfectly matches the ambiguity of the image. Whereas in an earlier stage there appeared groups of figures in enigmatic interiors, meanwhile the scenes have changed and the paintings gained a different focus. Theatrical processions thinned out to just a few characters while the background gained prominence—more explicitly present yet more abstract, and thus more universal. In recent paintings the image can be read as interior or exterior, but also as ...

2011-2013 - KASK | School of Arts - Ghent (MA)
1999-2003 - ArtEZ | Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Arnhem - Arnhem (BA)

Selected solo + duo exhibitions

2018 - A white horse is not a horse | Hoorn & Reniers, The Hague
2017 - The pink elephant | Museum Arnhem, Arnhem
2016 - Horror Vacui | Galerie O-68, Velp
2016 - The pink elephant | Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
2016 - galerie Bart, Amsterdam
2015 - The drawing room plays | Dijkmagazijn, Winssen
2015 - galerie Bart, Nijmegen
2014 - The miracle of shadows | De Glorie, Arnhem
2014 - De Cellen#4 | Het Klooster, Tiel
2014 - De Kleurruimte, Arnhem
2013 - Kunstruimte Bosch, Arnhem
2011 - Blackface Whiteface | De Kijkkasten, Amsterdam
2011 - Galerie Stills, Nijmegen
2009 - Galerie Stills, Nijmegen


Selected group exhibitions

2020 - Appèl | Luycks Gallery, 's Hertogenbosch
2020 - Unlocked | Art Gallery O-68, Velp
2019 - From Gym via Church to Gallery | Art Gallery O-68, Velp
2019 - It's a small world | Hoorn & Reniers, The Hague
2019 - Vouch | Loods 6, Amsterdam
2019 - Praatjes & Plaatjes | Willem Twee, Den Bosch
2019 - Go Figure! | Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
2018 - ZomerExpo | Galerie Bart, Nijmegen
2017 - RCAF@NSJ Festival | with Gallery O-68, Rotterdam
2017 - Galerie Bart, Nijmegen
2016 - GET FED art fair | Arnhem
2016 - Amsterdam Art Fair | Reutengalerie, Amsterda...