Born 1986, Enkhuizen, The Netherlands
Thijs Zweers graduated from the Artez art academy (Arnhem, The Netherlands) in 2010. Since then he has focused on a very peculiar translation of digital imagery to detailed graphite drawings. This almost anachronistic act brings about intriguing images of a reality that Zweers finds to be autonomous. While the digital world is a product of mankind, the individual now has little to no influence on its workings. One is subject to the laws and outward appearance of this alternate reality. The graphite drawings themselves look like elaborate studies by an internet-biologist. Supposing that everything put online stays online – and that everything online is connected to everything – one can see the digital world as an autonomous biotope. A domain in which a continual dialectic process creates a whole the individual 'user' only catches glimpses of. Zweers' impressions of these weightless images historicize the digital world that is so difficult to catch in time.
Thijs Zweers
10 Mar 2018 - 7 Apr 2018
Thijs Zweers
16 Apr 2016 - 21 May 2016
Thijs Zweers
4 Jun 2020 - 20 Jun 2020
Thijs Zweers
24 Oct 2020 - 14 Nov 2020
Thijs Zweers
17 Jun 2021 - 31 Jul 2021
Thijs Zweers
30 May 2024 - 29 Jun 2024
2019 – Tijdgenoten / De School x Patty Morgan / Amsterdam
2018 – Frozen Fountain / Torch Art Gallery / Amsterdam
– Into The Wild Blue Yonder / Torch Art Gallery / Amsterdam
– Zomerwinkel / Patty Morgan / Amsterdam
– Zes Voor Zes / Loods6 / Torch Art Gallery / Amsterdam
– Solo: UNREAL / Torch Art Gallery / Amsterdam
– Unfair X Christie's Auction / Arti et Amicitiae / Amsterdam
2017 – This Art Fair / Solo presentation / Beurs van Berlage / Amsterdam
– Witteveen Drawing / Loods6 / Amsterdam
– Amsterdam Art Fair / Torch Art Gallery / Amsterdam
2016 – Unfair X Christie's Auction / Christie's / Amsterdam
– Art Rotterdam Art Fair / Torch Art Gallery / Van Nelle Fabriek / Rotterdam
– Unfair Amsterdam Art Fair / Zuiveringshal Westergasfabriek / Amsterdam
– Solo: The Land of Virtually Nothing / Torch Art Gallery / Amsterdam
– Out Of My Hands / SIGN / Groningen
– Uprooted with Jasper de Beijer / TZR Gallery / Düsseldorf (DE)
2015 – Waar de hand zingt / Drawing Center / Diepenheim
– This Art Fair / Torch Art Gallery / Beurs van Berlage / Amsterdam
2014– Art Rotterdam Art Fair / Mondriaan Fonds Prospects & Concepts /
– Van Nelle Fabriek / Rotterdam – Galerie Walravens / Leuven (BE)
– IN TRANSIT / VU Exposorium / Amsterdam
– El Hombre ha Muerto / Casa de Cultura de Tabasco / Mexico City (MX)
– 30 Years Of TORCH Art Gallery / Amsterdam
– Unfair X Christie's Auction / Christie's / Amsterdam
– EpossPress Prize / Gallery Vous Etes Ici / Amsterdam
– Amsterdam Drawing Art Fair / Torch Art Gallery / NDSM / Amsterdam
– Unfair Amsterdam Art Fair / IJ-hallen NDSM / Amsterdam
2013 – Unfair Amsterdam Art Fair / Loods6 / Amsterdam
– Teekarte - Drawing Exhibition / Galerie Jaap Sleper / Utrecht
– Drawing Cabinet / Gallery Maurits van de Laar / Den Haag
– KunstRAI Art Fair / MILK Gallery / RAI / Amsterdam
– Duo Show with Merel van Beukering / Torch Art Gallery / Amsterdam
– Solo: Immersed / Kunstvereniging Diepenheim
– Contemporary Art Auction to benefit MAG (Mines Advisory Group) /
– BE-PART / Waregem (BE)
– El Hombre ha Muerto / Groningen University / Groningen
– X10 Beelddragers / Overhoekstoren / Amsterdam
