Jan Hendriks

(When some works are not for sale, that is only temporarely, because they are out for an exhibition!)

I work with simple forms (squares, lines) and materials (paper, art board, wood, mdf, foam board) in simple rhythmic compositions. Everything that is not important or redundant, can be left out. Simple also means: no colour, white.
I prefer to work in a language of minimal elements: a repetition of the same element, sometimes with little shifts or distortions. Sometimes there are more elements, that amplify each other but not confuse and in that way form a new element. The handwriting that takes shape during the process, just exists and can be there.
It is a continuing investigation of what is possible with these minimal means and their shape properties. With these minimal elements endless structures take shape, with no accents, no main issues, no side issues. I show a strong image of emptiness, of silence and peacefulness in a meditative atmosphere.
My work does not point to existing realities, nor is it a picture of that reality. There are no statements, no meanings, symbols or messages. My work does not pretend to be more that itself: a composition of forms. That is why my work matches best with definitions, that are bein...

Academy of Fine Arts, Tilburg, (NL) 1967-1969
Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam (NL) 1977-1981,

2017
• Gallery de Natris, Nijmegen (NL)
• Broft Gallery, Leerdam (NL)
2016
• Grooots Art Design, Heusden (NL)
• Gallery Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg (Fr)
• Galerie Nasty Alice, Eindhoven (NL)
• Kunstruimte W45, Goes (NL)
• Galerie Bos Fine Art, Utrecht (NL)
• Galerie Stijl, Arnhem (NL)
2015
• Gallery Stijl, Arnhem (NL)
• Gallery Leidse Lente, Leiden (NL)
• Gallery Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg (Fr)
• Galerie Ars Longa, Gorinchem (NL)
• Symposion Gorinchem 2015, Gorinchem (NL)
• Gallery Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, (Fr)
• E.M. Gallery, Drachten (NL)
2014
• Gallery Grang de Paul, 's Hertogenbosch (NL)
• Het Weefhuis Zaandijk (NL)
• Gallery De Kapberg, Egmond aan den Hoef (NL)
• Gallery Bos Fine Art Utrecht (NL)
2013
• Gallery Radial Art Contemporain Strasbourg (Fr)
• Gallery Bigorna, Wanroij (NL)
• Museum van Bommel van Dam Venlo (NL) (Collection Manders)
• Het Weefhuis Zaandijk (NL)
2012
• Gallery Bos Fine Art Utrecht NL)
• Museum Waterland Purmerend (NL)
• De Waag Haarlem (NL)
• Gallery T Middelburg (NL)
• Gallery Bos Fine Art Antwerp (B)
2011
• Gallery Bos Fine Art Antwerp (B)
• Gallery De Salon Amsterdam (NL)
• Gallery Bos Fine Art Utrecht / Lelystad (NL)
• T...