Erik de Bree (1977, Haarlem) lives and works in Haarlem, The Netherlands.
Playfulness is key in all of de Bree's works. Cheerful colours and unforeseen lines reflects childlike nonsensical purity. The process of the making is an essential part of the final visual result, in the sense that you can still see the buildup of layers and imagine movements of the ripping off. Opposed to structured and calculated proportions, it is the odds that decide the outcomes. Creating a circumstance where coincidences play a crucial role, is a consistent factor in the work of De Bree. They are celebrations of the unpredictability that is life.
Educatie
2005 - 2008 Rietveld academie, Amsterdam
1998 - 1999 Willem de Kooning academie, Rotterdam
Solo exposities
2018 'wishy washy, chitty chatty', C&H Gallery Amsterdam
2017 'The paper trail', C&H Gallery, Amsterdam
2016 'Torn & Teared' kunstverein KJUBH, Cologne, DE
2015 'With perfect nonchalance', C&H Art Space, Amsterdam
2014 'Erik de Bree op Sao Miguel', Christies Amsterdam
2013 'Erik de Bree, schilder' Castellvm Aqvae, Bloemendaal
2012 'solo', ING insurance, Den Haag
2012 'Langolier paintings', Ververs gallery, Amsterdam
2011 'Improved photographs', Apice for artists, Amsterdam
2011 'Rather ripped', Galerie 37, Haarlem
Groepsexposities (selectie)
2019 'CODA paper art', Coda museum Apeldoorn
'It's a small world after all', Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim DE
2018 'SOLO' 25 kunstenaars uit Castellum Aqvea, Vishal Haarlem
'horizonverticaal @ Thisartfair, beurs van berlage, Amsterdam
Art Rotterdam, galerie Martin Kudlek
2017 Amsterdam Art fair (C&H Gallery) duo met Rob Bouwman
Van Vlissingen art foundation presentatie, Singer museum Laren
'Generatieportretten', Museum Waterland, Purmerend
2016. 'Walking the line VII' Gallery Martin Kudlek, Cologne, DE
'Lust for life', We Like Art, Amsterdam
2016 Art Rotterdam, met C&H Art Space
2015. 'Amsterdam drawing', met C&H Art Space
2015 Presentatie van Vlissingen Art Foundation, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam,
2014 'unfair', Amsterdam
2014 'Labyrint', villa zebra, Rotterdam
2013 'Anders!', historisch museum i.s.m. Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem
2013. 'double damaged', Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
2013. 'Bedankt voor die bloemen', Teylers museum, Haarlem
2013 'unfair', Amsterdam
2012 'Horizonverticaal presenteert', kunstvlaai Amsterdam
2012 C.A.R. ,Ververs gallery, Essen (DE)
2011 Zomeropstelling, Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem
2010 'Not so absolute', Apice for artists, Amsterdam
2010 'Restvorm', Horizonverticaal, Haarlem
2010 'Bougie art initiatives', P///////AKT, Amsterdam
2009 'Memento memori', De Vishal, Haarlem
2008 'Koud', De Servicegarage, Amsterdam
2008 'Art olive jong talent 2008', Art olive, Amsterdam
2008 'Kopie-documented now!', de brakke grond, Amsterdam
2006 'Pass the drawing', Horsemove project space, Amsterdam
Prijzen / beurzen
2015 Werkbijdrage bewezen talent, Mondriaan Fonds
2013 inspiratie-reis, 'Van Vlissingen Art Foundation'
2010 Startstipendium, Fonds BKVB
Collecties
Caldic collectie
collectie Fentener van Vlissingen
MAL collection
collectie Pieter en Marieke Sanders
collectie F. Oomen
ING insurance
Dela verzekeringen
SBK amsterdam
Diverse particuliere collecties
Publicaties
monografie; Erik de Bree op Sao Miguel, uitgeverij Waanders (inspiratie reeks 2014)
De Telegraaf, 8 maart 2014
Tableau, maart 2014
Kunstbeeld, december 2011
Financieele Dagblad, 31 maart 2012
nevenactiviteiten
2010 - heden mede-oprichter/curatorvan de artist run-space ‘horizonverticaal’ te Haarlem
