Auke de Vries
gallery
Biography

1937

born in Bergum, the Netherlands (NL)

1972–1986

Professor at the Royal Academy of the Vusial Arts, The Hague (NL)

1986–1996

Professor at the National Arts Academy, Amsterdam, NL Lives in The Hague (NL)

up till now

Artist/advisor for the reconstruction of the town of Esslingen on the Neckar

Member of the committee of experts for the future Mercedes Benz Brandcenters in Europa

Lives and works in The Hague

Exhibitions

 

Permanent Sculptures in public space:

2005

Ede (NL), Sculpture for the City The Hague (NL), Sculpture for the 25th jubilee of Queen Beatrix? government

2004

The Hague (NL), Re-Designing entrance-area of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2002

Berlin, Sculpture for Potsdamer Platz

Aberdeen (UK), Sculpture at Tyrebager

NL, Sculpture for the Floriade 2002

2001

Birminhgam (UK), Project for the Milleniumpoint

Leliestad (NL), Sculpture for the Palace of Justice

2000–2001

Holzhausen, Tower project

2000

Hannover, Sculpture for Expo 2000

Collections

since 2000:

2007

Sculpture for Park Sytwende, Leidschendam-Voorburg (NL)

2006

Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Sculptures and Drawings

Stroom Den Haag, The Hague (NL), After the Rain/Slow Speed Paradise

2005

Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague (NL), Sculptures and Drawings

2004

Aedes, Berlin, After the Rain, a commentary on the city of Istanbul, Sculpture

Kunstmuseum Kloster Unserer Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Living in tress, Sculptures and Drawings

Galerie B. Hassner, Wiesbaden, Sculptures and Drawings

2003

Galerie Novelles Images, The Ha gue (NL), Sculptures and Drawings

Galerie Tegenbosch, Heusden (NL), Sculptures and Drawings Aedes, Berlin, After the Rain,

2002

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire (UK), Living in Trees

De Zonnehof, Amersfoort (NL), Sculptures and Drawings

Institut Neelandais, Paris (F), Sculptures and largescale projects

2000

Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (NL), Uniforms for a Frisian Army