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RAAF VAN DER SMAN
 
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Raaf Van Der Sman
1973 born in Groningen, Netherlands
Lives in Berlin,germany And Amsterdam, Netherlands
Education

1996 – 1998....De Ateliers (Ateliers ’63), Amsterdam
1992 – 1996....Gerrit Th. Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
1995...............Cooper Union, New York


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Grants

2010
Residency at De Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond

2009
Basisstipendium, Dutch Foundation for the Arts, Design and Architecture

2006
Production Stipend, Dutch Foundation for the Arts, Design and Architecture

2002
Royal Prize for Painting (winner)

Basisstipendium, Dutch Foundation for the Arts, Design and Architecture

2001
Residency at Kunstcentrum Haagweg 4, Leiden


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Solo Exhibitions

2012

Noisome Fly, August Art Gallery, London

2011

Fischerle, Cussler, Berlin

2010

Remote Control, Ozean, Berlin

De Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond

2004

Inlandsexpedition, Tanya Rumpff Gallery, Haarlem


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Group Exhibitions

Selection

2012

Erkenntnis der eigenen Unfreiheit, Galerie Sandra Bürgel, Berlin

Door Schildersogen/ From a Painter’s Perspective , curated by Arnout Killian, Harm van den Berg and Frenk Meeuwsen, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

The dog days of entropy, nationalmuseum project space, Berlin, Germany

Thekillerrabitranchrodeo curated by Klaus Auderer, Studio Norrmann, Biberbach, Germany

Thekillerrabitranchrodeo curated by Klaus Auderer, nationalmuseum project space, Berlin, Germany

Choses vue a guache et a droite, sans lunettes curated by Anke Völk, Gunna Schmidt, Mani Hammer and Nicola Stäglich, l’Oiseau Presente, Berlin, Germany

2011

Pure Freude curated by Johnny Mullen, nationalmuseum project space, Berlin, Germany

Impressionismus ausserhalb Frankreichs curated by Klaus Winichner, Studio Winichner, Berlin

Chessdrawings (a project by Klaus Auderer and Robert Gfader), Agora Bar ‘Art, Entertainment & Desire’, Basel, Switzerland

Pop Hits, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany

Fresco Mondo Return, Forgotten Bar Project / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany

The Raising of Lazarus nationalmuseum project space, Berlin, Germany

Pop Hits, Tanzschule Projects, München, Germany


2010

Paranoia (David Edward Allen, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Ben Cottrell, Matthias Dornfeld, Fabian Fobbe, Andrew Gilbert, John Hodany, Jeroen Jacobs, Daniel Jensen, Natasja Kensmil, Michael Kirkham, Donya Saed, Raaf van der Sman, Lars Monrad Vaage, Klaus Winichner), De Cacaofabriek, Helmond. The Netherlands

Seismograph (Tjorg Douglas Beer, Emanuel Geisser, Stef Heidhues, Arturo Herrera, Sally Lewis, Jens Nordmann, Kirstine Roepstorff, Raaf van der Sman, Malte Urbschat, Claudia Wieser), Forgotten Bar Project / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany

Defending Our Values, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria

2009

Defending Our Values (Julieta Aranda, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Marc Bijl, Monica Bonvicini, Gregor Hildebrandt, Christian Jankowski, Terence Koh, Josephine Meckseper, Yoko Ono, Martha Rosler, Thomas Schütte, Katharina Sieverding, Andreas Slominski, Franz Stauffenberg, Malte Urbschat, Costa Vece etc.), CCA Andratx, Andratx, Mallorca

Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander; Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin

Lucio Auri, Lutz Braun, Andrew Gilbert, Donya Saed, Raaf van der Sman, Klaus Winichner; Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin


Tabledancing (Michael Kirkham, Raaf van der Sman, George Barber, Sebastiaan Schlicher, Geeske Bijker, Hadassah Emmerich, Jukka Korkeila, Alex Tennigkeit, Jeroen Jacobs), Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin

Out Of Wedding, Uferhallen, Berlin

Diesseits der Alpen: Hunger Jenseits der Alpen: Durst (curated by Klaus Winichner and Lutz Braun), Hadlichstrasse, Berlin

2008

Wer Ficken Will Muss Freundlich Sein (Iris van Dongen, Undine Goldberg, Michael Kirkham, Jukka Korkeila, Eva Maria Wilde, Klaus Winichner, Ina van Zyl etc.), Nationalmuseum, Berlin

Festliche Abendmusik: Grand Reopening, Nationalmuseum, Berlin

They Told The Future Backwards (Tjorg Douglas Beer, Sebastian Dacey, Olav Christopher Jenssen etc.), Nationalmuseum, Berlin

Precurse, Nationalmuseum, Berlin

Our Project presents: Our Project (Lucio Auri, Jeroen Jacobs, Michael Kirkham, Riccardo Previdi, Jenny Rosemeyer, Suze Weber etc.), Room 417, Brooklyn, New York

2007

Mock Duck, Modezentrum, Berlin (Lucio Auri, Jeroen Jacobs, Natasja Kensmil, Donya Saed, Lars Monrad Vaage)

One Night Wonder, Rosengarten, Berlin

Full Nelson, WestGermany, Berlin (Lucio Auri,Ben Cottrell, Andrew Gilbert, Jeroen Jacobs, Michael Kirkham, Riccardo Previdi, Jenny Rosemeyer, Suse Weber, Dominic Wood etc.)

2006

Viewing club, London

Viewing club, Berlin

Kreisis, Galerieigeneschlafzimmer, Berlin

2005

George Barber, Mount Bank, Mani Hammer, Raaf van der Sman, Galerieigeneschlafzimmer, Berlin

Es werde heller, Rosengarten, Berlin

2004

12th Van Bommel Van Dam Triennial Prize for painting, Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Venlo

2003

Is De Schilder Happy?(New Acquisitions of the OCE Collection, 1995 – 2003), Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Venlo

2002

Royal Prize for Painting (winner), Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag

2001

Royal Prize for Painting, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag


11x Dutch Art, National Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia (Michael Kirkham, Matthew Monahan, Lara Schnittger, Tanya Yassievich etc.)


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Bibliography

Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander; Anlässlich der Ausstellung erscheint eine Publikation im Verlag der
Buchhandlung Walther König. 2009

Verblijven in Berlijn (text: Zeger van Herwaarden), Lucha Libre Publishing in association with Voixeditions. 2009


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12e Van Bommel Van Damprijs 2004, Museum Van Bommel Van Dam

Is De Schilder Happy?(New Acquisitions of the OCE Collection, 1995 – 2003), OCE Technologies B.V., ISBN 90-807341-2-8

Koninklijke Subsidie voor de Vrije Schilderkunst 2002 (Royal Prize for Painting 2002), Stichting Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam, ISBN 90-72080-29-7

Links

www.nationalmuseum.nl
www.raafvandersman.com

Contact
Tanya Rumpff Gallery
Spaarnwouderstraat 74
2011 Haarlem
The Netherlands
Email: raafsman@zonnet.nl