Barbara Vanderkruk

Barbara van der Kruk was born in Nieuwer Amstel (near Amsterdam). After highschool she was admitted to the Rietveldacademie in Amsterdam to study arts. Despite this fact she decided to study English language and literature at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. In this period she took art classes with J. Ploos van Amstel. Inspired by his classes, she quit her study of English, and resumed her study in arts (VLVU, arts and textiles) After graduation she became an art director for several leading international advertising agencies. (Saatchi & Saatchi, DDB, Young & Rubicam) During this period she kept on painting. Her passion for painting is still a prominent part of her life.

Written and painted groups of people. Sometimes recognizable, sometimes more abstract. Contemporary man caught in rhythm and dimension, far away or very near. The uniform individual, fluent in movement.About the paintings of Barbara van der KrukThese pictures are showing contemporary man questioning his life, maybe in a profound way, but these questions are building the basis for getting an art of living, if this art should not be an art of a simple surface.Wilhelm Schmid Author of The Philosophy of the Art of Life.www.barbaravanderkruk.com,

Le Petit Musée, Haarlem 2010
Singer Museum/artotheek, Laren 2010
303 Grand St. Brooklyn New York, USA 2010
Museum Casteelse Poort, Wageningen 2010
Art House Gallery, Atlanta, USA 2009
Kunstlijn, Haarlem 2009
Singer Museum/artotheek, Laren 2009
Museumgalerie Pietershuis, Haarlem 2009
Chang Hai International, Beijing 2008
Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad, India 2008
Kunst in de Kring, Aerdenhout 2008
Kunstlijn, Haarlem 2008
Dauphine, Amsterdam 2008
Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Nijmegen 2007
Galerie Walls, Amsterdam 2007
ITAF kunstbeurs, Amsterdam 2007
Galerie Petra Spuijbroek, Haarlem 2007
De Tuyter OC, Gemeente Krimpen a/d IJssel 2006
Galerie de Portretwinkel, Haarlem 2006
Galerie Sidac Studio, Leiden 2006
Kunstlijn, Haarlem 2006
Singer Museum Artotheek, Laren 2005
Galerie Achter de Zuilen, Overveen 2005
Galerie de Keuken, Amsterdam 2005
Galerie de Lelie, Amsterdam 2005
Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Nijmegen 2005