Rob Van Doeselaar

Born in The Netherlands, I have been an independent artist since my training at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. I paint with oil and acrylic, and make digital drawings and paintings on iPad or iPhone. I have lived in many places around the world and made paintings in India, the United States, Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique and Switzerland. I have been able to show them at many important exhibitions in almost all those countries. Currently I live in The Hague, back in my home country.
It goes without saying that I’m influenced by the Dutch Masters from a young age. But during my education at the Academy of Art I visited already many important exhibitions in London, Paris, Amsterdam and more. I was very much attracted to modern painting. When moving to India and the African continent, the local art was also very inspiring to me. 
With every new painting, I embark on an adventure of unfamiliar routes using my own style, perception, and sense of color. Making a painting is a personal journey as well. Layer-by-layer, a piece of art with its own soul arises. The impressions and experiences of travelling were important for my development as an artist. Each new location had its own unique lighting and angle of incidence. I exp...

Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art in Amsterdam, painting and graphic art (1983)

2023 “Going Dutch in Elmina”, Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague
2023 “De la neige à l’eau”, Galerie d’art Esquisse, Nyon, Switzerland (with Jacqueline van der Grijn)
2022 “Strijd van de sneeuw”, Dunatelier, Katwijk (solo)
2021 “Organische krachten”, Haagse Kunstkring (with Annemarie Spijkerman and Theo ten Have)
2021 '“Hoog in de bergen”, Grote Kerk, ‘s Hertogenbosch
2021 Galerie d’art Esquisse, Nyon, Switzerland (with Jacqueline van der Grijn)
2019 "No Jardim", Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague (solo)
2019 "Schilderijen van de hemel", Haagse Kunstkring (solo)
2018 "Vertreden", Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague
2018 "Almas Cruzados" Galeria Kulungwana, Maputo, Mozambique, (with Simões Ferreira)
2018 Een brug van fluweel (boek), iPad paintings included
2018 Fundação Fernando Leite Couto, Maputo, Mozambique (solo)
2017 ARTzaanstad, Zaandam
2016 "Bach in Beeld", Sint Joriskerk, Amersfoort (solo)
2016 Kunst in de Zaak, The Hague
2016 Haags KunstKookboek (production and design)
2015 "Zomergasten", Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague
2015 Artibrak, Voorburg, (with Rineke Kop and Yves de Block)
2014 Shell Summer Expo, The Hague
2014 "Drawing" Artibrak, Voorburg & Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague
2014 "All inclusive", Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague (solo)
2013 "Leve ...