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Ronald van Tienhoven Da Costakade 158 +31 (0) 20 6853853 | +31 (0)6 42045823
The Hague 1956 1053 XC Amsterdam (NL) tien@xs4all.nl
Education
Ateliers '63, Haarlem 1978-1979 (post-graduate art institute for visual arts)
Exhibitions/presentations (selection)
1990
Aleph Contemporary Art, Almere (solo) (cat. ‘Uitsnede - Work 1988-1990’)
Rijksmuseum Twente, Enschede (group) (cat.)
Maria Chailloux Gallery, Amsterdam (group) (cat.)
1991
Central Museum Utrecht | The Oud-Amelisweerd Mansion, Bunnik (group) (curator: Atte Jongstra)
1992
Beatrix hospital, Gorkum (group) (curators Oxenaar & Stoop) (publ. ‘AHHA-Brain Internal Affairs’)
1993
The Rietveld Pavillion, Amsterdam (solo) (publ. ‘The Segers Cabinet’)
Metis Gallery, Amsterdam (group)
1994
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam (group) (publ. ‘Cinema Actuel’)
1995
Sint Lucas Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo) (publ.)
Archipel Foundation, Apeldoorn (group)
1996
De Vleeshal, Middelburg (with architects Ton Venhoeven and Johan de Koning) (publ.)
1997
Arti & Amicitiae, Amsterdam-Spinoza-project I (group) (publ. ‘Spinoza - A Stone in Flight’)
Institut Néerlandais, Paris - Spinoza-project II (group) (cat. ‘ La Connaisance de la Liberté’)
De Paviljoens, Almere (group) (cat.)
1998
Mary Magdalene Church, Goes (group) + lecture Noli me Tangere-Tange Me (publ.)
De Utrecht Salon - bookshop Broese Kemink (group) (curator: Jos Bongers)
Berlin Art Space, Berlin, Germany (group)
1999
Hortus Spinoza project, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam (Amsterdam Foundation for the Arts)
Watertoren AK, Vlissingen (group)
2000
Curator/designer InfoArcadia - On the Design of Information, Stroom Den Haag (in collaboration with
Maarten de Reus) (flyers and essays)
Curator/designer InfoArcadia - On the Design of Information, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry - U.K. (in
collaboration with Maarten de Reus) (flyers and essays)
Vedute Foundation, Amsterdam - design Spatial Manuscript no.153 (publ.)
2001
OEHOE, nightly slide show, Vondelpark, Amsterdam (CD-Rom, Website)
Arti & Amicitiae, Amsterdam (group), projects in the public realm, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
Initiator/curator/designer The Münchhausen Syndrome, Outline Foundation, Amsterdam
2002
Stroom Den Haag, Four short documentaries during the exhibitionWays Out to Find New Ways In: OECD-
Kyong Park-Nils Norman-One Architecture/Berend Strik, with Boris Gerrets/Naked Eye Video
2003
Cargo Foundation, Almere (group) (publ. The Arc)
Stadsgalerij Heerlen (group) (publ. Nabeelden)
2004
Societé Gallery Den Haag, Den Haag (group)
Grants
1989-1991-1997-2000
Grant from The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
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Public Commissions and projects in the Public Realm
1990
Public Commission RIAGG Zuid-Kennemerland, Haarlem (comm. Bureau for Art in the Public Realm (PBK)
1993
Public Commission Flevo Hospital, Almere (comm. PBK) (completed 1994)
Public Commission for inner courtyard, The Red Orphanage complex, Groningen (completed 1995)
1994
Public Commission for the Aa-Church, Groningen (comm. PBK) (publ.)
1995
Public Commission/proposal Haarlemmer Square, Amsterdam, The Amsterdam Arts Fund (publ.)
1998
Public commission/proposal Essential Substances, Leiden - collaboration with DRFTWD/Arno van der Mark
2000
Public commission, Landscape project Leidschenveen, municipality of Leidschendam
2001
Public commission, Den Engh penitentiary, Government Buildings Agency (with Maarten de Reus)
Public commission, proposal Starrenburg II and III, municipality of Voorschoten
2003
Proposal art project Vinex location Meerpolder, municipality Berkel & Rodenrijs (1st Draft) (with Anna Spohr)
Public commission, design for a cemetery for the municipality of Lingewaal, with Louwrien Wijers and Mike
Tyler (completed 2004)
2004
Public commision Carnisseveste shopping mall main building, Barendrecht (completed 2006)
Vision/proposal Design Central Campus Square, Twente University, Enschede
2006
Art proposal and scenario for Vlaardingen Broekpolder
2008
Art proposal and scenario for Zoetermeer Oosterheem
2008-2009
Design and realization Commemorative Euro coin 400 Years Netherlands-Manhattan, commisioned by the
Dutch Ministry of Finance
Advisory activities/consultancy for Art in the Public Realm
1992-1997
Member Art in the Public Realm advisory board, Stroom The Hague Centre for the Arts
1993-1997
Internal Consultant/curator Praktijkbureau Beeldende Kunstopdrachten, Mondrian Foundation, Amsterdam
1998-1999
Member advisory board, Visual Arts Foundation/De Vleeshal, Middelburg (with Lex ter Braak, Bart de Baere
and Jeanne van Heeswijk)
2000-2001
Guest consultant new layout National Concentration Camp Memorial, Vught
Consultant Visual Arts Center (CBK), Rotterdam - Giessen Square project and kop van Zuid project
For/with these institutions and patrons I co-initiated and realised the following public projects and
commissions (selection)
For Stroom Den Haag:
Den Haag City Hall (arch. Richard Meier) Photo project by Marin Kasimir, artwork by Ben van Os
High School, Den Haag – Mural by Henri Jacobs
For Praktijkbureau Beeldende Kunstopdrachten:
Amsterdam 2.0 project - Huib Schreurs, Gerald van der Kaap, Paul Perry, Maurice Nio
Beelden op de Berg, Wageningen - Mike Tyler, davidkremers, Paul Perry
Griftpark Utrecht - Thomas Schütte
Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem - Marc Ruygrok, Rombouts/Droste
VPRO Villa, Hilversum (arch. MVRDV) - Gerald van der Kaap
Ooststellingwerf: In Verbelinge - Job Koelewijn, Sjaak Langenberg, Allen Ruppersberg, Georgina Starr, a.o.
Diepenheim Urban Project/Kunstvereniging Diepenheim - Arno van der Mark/DRFTWD & Christian Rapp
RIAGG Amsterdam Noord - Arno van der Mark
RIAGG Amstelveen - Lisa May Post and Carlo Mistiaen
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Senior Nursing Home De Poort, Amsterdam - Mirjam de Zeeuw
Goes Municipality - Harmen de Hoop
Kunstbaan Zeewolde (initial setup, 2nd phase)
Emmen Municipality - QS Serafijn, Joke Robaard
Nijmegen Psychiatric Clinic (PCN) - Tom Claassen
Senior Home, Heerlen - Peter Zegveld
RIAGG Rotterdam – Piet Hein Eek
Tilburg Housing Corporation – herman de vries
For the Visual Arts Foundation/De Vleeshal, Middelburg
Fountain Ilya & Emilia Kabakov
Lectures and presentations (selection)
1990
Lecture, Where I Am Now, Where I Am Going, Academy for the Arts, Den Bosch
1991
Lecture Dove Ogni Passo è una Memoria I, The Dark Room Cultural Society (CGDDK), Amsterdam
1992
Lecture Architecture and Melancholy I, SLAA-lecture programme, De Balie, Amsterdam
Lecture Inscriptions In Architecture, commissioned by the Bureau for Art in the Public Realm (PBK)
1993
Lecture Memory/Memorials, SLAA lecture series, De Balie, Amsterdam
1996
Lecture Dove Ogni Passo è una Memoria II, Arti & Amicitiae, Amsterdam
1997
Lecture Spinoza - Alvearium, University of Amsterdam
Lecture Ensemble, Case Study House, Utrecht
1998
Lecture The City as Information Landscape, Utrecht School of the Arts
1999
Lecture Spinoza Public during seminar Sites-Situations, Willem de Kooning academy, Rotterdam (publ.)
2000
Lecture series Royal Academy for the Arts, Studium Generale, The Hague (with Maarten de Reus)
Lecture in connection with UN Studio/Berkel & Bos design for a new central railway station, Arnhem
Lecture/programme for the Vedute Foundation Salon, Amsterdam (bulletin)
Lecture The Garden as Aphrodisiac, Studium Generale, Gerrit Rietveld Academy for the Arts (bulletin)
2001
Lecture IKT congress (IKT-International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art), Siena, Italy
Lecture Dante’s The Divine Comedy and Giuseppe Terragni’s Danteum, Rietveld Academy (bulletin)
Lecture Architecture and Melancholy II Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (bulletin)
Lecture My Work, College of Multimedia, Amsterdam
2002
Lecture Hard Data/Soft Matter, Re-cast symposium, Jan van Eyck academy, Maastricht (with M. de Reus)
Lecture InfoArcadia, Arnhem Art academy, OK5 department for art in the public realm
Lecture and film screening about the Dutch public realm, De Balie, Amsterdam
Lecture On perception in Literature and Art, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (bulletin)
2003
Lecture Buckminster Fuller versus ARCAM, Studium Generale, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Lecture CityScapes-DataScapes, Studium Generale, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (bulletin)
2004
Lecture Art & Architecture After the Blast, Dutch Art Institute, Enschede
Lecture The Metaphysics of Furniture, Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam
2007
Lecture Density 19.3, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (bulletin)
Lecture The Boy in the Bubble, the Bubble in the Boy, Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam (bulletin)
Lecture Buckminster Fuller, Anticipatory Design Scientist, IM Masters, Design Academy Eindhoven
Introduction/presentation for ETAC (Emerging Technology and Art Carousel), Eindhoven (publ.)
2008
Lecture R.F.B. Anticipatory Design Scientist, IM Masters, Design Academy Eindhoven
Lecture Traps and Pitfalls to be Avoided, Design Academy Eindhoven, Masters SOURCE Lecture
Lecture The Boy in the Bubble, the Bubble in the Boy II, Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam
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2009
Multimedia presentation Coded Bodies, Mr.Motley’s (Volks)kunst, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
Writings (selection)
1996
Essay In Defense of Chain Smoking, publication ‘Praktijkbureau – art projects 1991-1995’
1998
Essay/Interview in OK-Ortsbezug (publ. Zentrum Für Gegenwartskunst, Oberösterreich)
1999
Article Hortus Spinoza, before and beyond in kM, magazine for artist’s materials, Amsterdam
2000
Three short essays for publication PBK - Projects 1995-2000, SKOR, Amsterdam
2001
Essay en artist's contribution in Studio magazine (art & architecture), Tel Aviv, Israel
Essay ‘The OK5 flight simulator, Art in the Public Realm’, publication Academy for the Arts, Arnhem
Essay in publication Industries of Vision, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum (Vestkunst), Sorö, Denmark
Three short essays for Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen youth catalogue, Rotterdam
2002
Essay in publication on photography Nabeelden (After Images), edited by Rein Jelle Terpstra
Two short essays for SKOR, Foundation for art in the public realm, Amsterdam
Article Edward Rolf Tufte in art magazine Metropolis M (with Maarten de Reus)
2006
Article Edward Tufte en de schoonheid van het bewijs for art magazine Mr.Motley
2007
Article Mantra Tool for art magazine Mr.Motley
Article Visual Futurists for art magazine Mr.Motley
2008
Article Clowns in Transit for art magazine Mr.Motley
2009
Article San Simón for art magazine Mr.Motley
Education
1986-1990
Design Tutor and lecturer Rotterdam Academy of Architecture
1990-2001
Guest teacher and external examiner several departments Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
1990-1991
Guest teacher Academy for Art And Industry (AKI), Enschede
1992-1995
Guest teacher and lecturer Rotterdam Academy of Architecture
2002-2005
Coach/lecturer & 2nd year coordinator Industrial Design Department, Technical University, Eindhoven
2005-2008
Coach/lecturer Masters Industrial Design, Technical University Eindhoven
2006-2008
Domain Manager Domain Play, Industrial Design Department, Technical University Eindhoven
2009-2010
Coach/lecturer Bachelors & Masters Industrial Design Department, Technical University Eindhoven
1994
Guest teacher Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany
1995
Guest teacher Dasarts, post-graduate program Theatre School, Amsterdam
1996
Guest teacher Groningen Academy for Architecture
Guest teacher INternational DEsign SEMinar, Delft Polytechnic, Department for Architecture
1999
Guest teacher Media GN - postgraduate course New Media, Groningen
Guest teacher postgraduate course graphic design Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem
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2002
External examiner Willem de Kooning academy, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
Guest teacher & external examiner Arnhem art academy, OK5 department for art in the public realm
2003
Mentor Sustainability Workshop, Design Academy Eindhoven
2004
Guest teacher, Funlab Masters Department, Design Academy Eindhoven
2005
External examiner, Architecture Faculty, Technical University Eindhoven
Guest teacher and writer, Dutch Art Institute, Enschede
2006
Mentor & Examiner Academy of Architecture Rotterdam
Guest Mentor IM Masters, Design Academy Eindhoven
Guest teacher and writer, Dutch Art Institute, Enschede
2007
Tool Kit Sessions - 4 Workshops about (Re-) presentation, Dutch Art Institute, Enschede
Mentor & Examiner Academy of Architecture Rotterdam
2008
Tool Kit Sessions - 4 Workshops about (Re-) presentation, Dutch Art Institute, Enschede
Mentor & Examiner Academy of Architecture Rotterdam
Guest Mentor IM Masters, Design Academy Eindhoven
Visiting lecturer SIOO (Interuniversitair centrum voor organisatie en veranderkunde)
Other activities
1975-1978
Assistant organization Foundation for New Music and Festival New Music,
Assistant organization Conference and Workshop programme Forum ’77, Middelburg
Assistant various exhibitions en manifestations, De Vleeshal, Middelburg
1979-1980
Travels in South and Central America
1980-1981
Carpenter for Viking Log Homes building contractors, Eagle, Colorado (USA)
1983
Initiator dance project Shusaku & Dormu dance theatre, Tetterode Complex, Amsterdam
1983-1986
Various graphic design commissions
1985-1987
Board member artist’s initiative Aorta foundation, Amsterdam
Initiator dance project Circumstantial Evidence, dance group Cloud Chamber, Aorta foundation, Amsterdam
Initiator dance project Monochromes, Shusaku & Dormu dance theatre, Stichting Aorta, Amsterdam
2004
Temporary member Amsterdamse Arts Council
Premsela Foundation – Participant conference on the strategy and programme of the Premsela Foundation
2005
Five months travels through India, with numerous visits to arts and design institutes
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