Hans van der Ham, Oil on Canvas, Untitled,

Hans van der Ham


Human figures frequently appear on his canvases. Figures are sometimes reminiscent of tribal art, sometimes of Picasso or a 17th-century French portrait.In such a jumble of historical references, Van der Ham manages the stratification his paintings possess. Everything on the canvas becomes one, the thick oil paint, the communication between the figures and the facial expression on the faces of his protagonists. Cheerful it almost never becomes; it seems as if the figures still wait to occupy the space between them.

Hans van der Ham, Oil on Canvas, The fall of flesh, 2024

THE FALL OF FLESH, 2024

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THE FALL OF FLESH

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Hans van der Ham, Oil on canvas, Untitled, 2022

UNTITLED, 2022

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UNTITLED

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Hans van der Ham, Oil on canvas, Untitled, 2022

UNTITLED, 2022

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UNTITLED

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Hans van der Ham, Oil on Canvas, Conspiracy of the supernaturals, 2024

CONSPIRACY OF THE SUPERNATURALS, 2024

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CONSPIRACY OF THE SUPERNATURALS

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Hans van der Ham, Oil on Canvas, Study for a portrait V, 2024

STUDY FOR A PORTRAIT V, 2024

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STUDY FOR A PORTRAIT V

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Hans van der Ham, Oil on Canvas, The secret in the old barn, 2024

THE SECRET IN THE OLD BARN, 2024

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THE SECRET IN THE OLD BARN

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Hans van der Ham, Oil on Canvas, Untitled,

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UNTITLED

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Hans van der Ham

CV :

  • Hans van der Ham: Born 1960 in Eindhoven.
  • 1989-present: Founder, Studio Hans van der Ham, Rotterdam.
  • 2012-2015: Curator/Artistic Director, Garage Rotterdam.
  • 2017-2018: Guest Curator, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.

Education:

  • 1984-1989: Academy of Visual Arts, Rotterdam.
  • 1981-1984: Utrecht Conservatory, Utrecht (Piano Major).
  • 1978-1981: Royal Conservatoire, The Hague (Piano Major).

Solo Exhibitions (Selection):

  • 2024: FACING HUMANOIDS, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam.
  • 2023: THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE, duo with Anton Cotteleer, galleri KANT, Copenhagen.
  • 2023: Friends and Acquaintances, duo with Bobbi Essers, Stigter Van Doesburg
  • 2018: SHADOW ARCHIVE, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague.
  • 2011: WHEN DOGS DON’T BARK, Galerie Lutz, Delft.
  • 2010: HERMETIQUE THEATER, 71 drawings 1990-2010, CBK Rotterdam.

Group Exhibitions (Selection):

  • 2023: THE ANATOMY LESSON REVISITED, Beringen (B).
  • 2022: HANDLE WITH CARE, Princessehof Ceramics Museum, Leeuwarden.
  • 2019: L'AGE D'OR, Sexyland, Amsterdam.
  • 2016: AMSTERDAM DRAWING 2016, Witteveen visual art center, Amsterdam.
  • 2015: THE EBONY TOWER, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague.

Publications:

  • 2025 : To be published monograph
  • 2017: Erik Bos, LOSKIJKEN, book with letters and interviews.
  • 2016: Monique Tolk, INDIVIDU EN MASSE, Kadmium, Delft catalog for duo exhibition Marilou van Lierop.
  • 2013: Erik Bos/Monique Tolk, PERSONAE, catalog for solo exhibition Nouvelles Images.

Curated Exhibitions: (Selection):

  • 2017/18: Museum Boijmans van Beuningen: ANIMA MUNDI.
  • 2016: Route du Nord, Rotterdam: RITUAL AND THE SACRED.
  • 2015: Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag: THE EBONY TOWER – summer exhibition.
  • 2015: Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam: ABOVE REALITY.