Jan van de Pol, sculptor

Born: Turnhout, Belgium 13-07-1952

Education:

Sculpting in wood: G. Engels (1984)
Sculpting in stone: worked from 1985 till 1990 in the studio of L. van Eerden in Lierop
Bronze: M. de Greef (1992)
Opleiding grafiek. Academie Arendonk (B), 2018-2023, met diploma

Individual exhibitions in the Netherlands

1987-1992-1998-1999 Gallery Het Oude Raadhuis, Beek en Donk
1991-1997-2002 Gallery Gijzenrooi - Covalenco, Geldrop
1992 Gallery Onder de Watertoren, Roosendaal
1996 Gallery Retouche, Volkel (Uden)
1997 Tifra Art Gallery, Maastricht (Tableau, nov. ´97)
1998 Gallery De Kunstkamer, Hoogeloon
1999 Gallery Anton Gidding, Den Hague
1999-2002-2004-2008 Gallery de Groene Els, Eindhoven
2005 Le Garage, Kunstzinnige zaken, Eindhoven
2009 Gallery Bogaard Art, Helmond
2009 Gallery Flipside, Eindhoven
2011-2015 Gallery Art & More, Eindhoven,NL
2020 Gallery Perron 15 Aarle/Rixtel

Group exhibitions in the Netherlands

1987-1988-1989-1990 Lux et Terra, Lierop
1990-1993-1995-1997-1999-2001 De Stenen Poort Valkenswaard
1992 County hall, ´s Hertogenbosch
1993 Gallery Newways, Mariaheide
1996- 2000 Gallery Artiforum, Den Hague
1996 Gallery Groeneweg, Almelo
1997-1999 Art Manifestation " Sittard ´97/´99 ", Sittard (catalogue)
1997 Castle of Heeze
1998 Holland Art Fair, The Hague (catalogue)
1999 Light, Jubileumtentoonstelling Gallery De Groene Els, Eindhoven
1999 Gallery Sous Terre, Lithoijen
1999 "De ontmoeting", project monumental, Valkenswaard (catalogue)
1999 Stad Beeld Eindhoven, De Witte Dame, Eindhoven
1999 Virus, Technical University, Eindhoven
2002 Kunstmarkt, individual exhibition in the EIPA, Maastricht
2003 Voorjaarsexpositie, Atelier Keramieke, Geijsteren
2003-2004-2005 Gallery Artisjoke, Maastricht
2003 De 1ste Voorburgse Salon, Gallery Artiforum, Voorburg, Den Hague
2003- 2004- 2004a- 2004b- 2004c Gallery Donkersvoort, Beek en Donk
2004 "Weer zien", Jubileumtentoonstelling, Gallery De Groene Els, Eindhoven
2005 Small Monuments I - Gallery Donkersvoort - Beek en Donk
2006 Small Monuments IV - Gallery Peter Schuijren, St. Geertruid.
2006 Gallery De Oude Pastorie, Macharen.
2007 Galerie Bovenloon, Overloon.
2007 World Art House. Expositie in de tuinen van Mien Ruys.
2009 Kunstroute Laarbeek
2009 Kunstbanieren Laarbeek (catalogus)
2011-2013-2015 Kunstroute en groepstentoonstelling kunstenaars Laarbeek (catalogus)
2011 Open Gallery Helmond
2012 De Kaarsenfabriek, tentoonstelling n.a.v. "Heel Helmond Dicht", Helmond
2013-2014-2015-2016 Tuinterras De Dommel, De Zwaan, Borkel en Schaft
2013 Stichting De Vaart, Atelierroute Valkenswaard, Valkenswaard
2013 Anonymous Drawings, Temporary Art Centre ( TAC) , Eindhoven
2014 Beeldentuin Malden ,Weekendexpositie Jutte, Malden
2014 Beeldentuin Mil ,Weekendexpositie, Bijers - Geurtsen , Mil
2015 Kunstroute Warande, Helmond
2015 Huisdiamanten, Jubileumtentoonstelling Stichting Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam
2015-2016 Winter- en Zomerklank, Klokkengieterij, Aarle-Rixtel
2016 Voorjaarsexpositie, Kasteel Geldrop
2016 Glas, Brons, Keramiek, Galerie GSA, Hilversum
2017 Jubileumexpositie 150 jaar Oude Raadhuis, Beek en Donk
2017 5e Biënnale Artimosa, Reuver
2018 Brugwachtershuisje zoekt een beeldhouwer, Cacaofabriek, Helmond
2018 Eibra, tentoonstelling werk van psychiatrische patienten en kunstenaars tegen stigmatisering, Eindhoven
2018 Coconart, groepsexpositie, Helmond
2019 Perron 15 , Bella Italia, Aarle-Rixtel
2021 See things in perspective, Int. Print Mail Art Project, Purmerend (catalogus)
2021 Groepstentoonstelling Laarbeekse kunstenaars, Oude Raadhuis, Beek en Donk
2021 Free as a Bird, Mail Art Project Alex Witters ,Jonckbloetplein 24, Den Haag
2022 Meeting up, Stichting Grafein, Purmerend (catalogus)
2023 Imagine , Stichting Grafein Purmerend (catalogus)

International solo exhibitions

1989 Gallery De Boekanier, Hasselt, Belgium
1996 Gallery Baltija, Jurmela, Latvia
1997 Gallery Kämpe, Turku, Finland
1997 Gallery Asuna, Riga, Latvia
1998 LDS Medaliu Galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 Ecomuseum dell´Alabastro, Castellina Marittima-Pisa, Italy (catalogue)

International group exhibitions

1998 The Queen Elisabeth II Centre, London, England
1999 De vrouw als muze, Castel of Aldenbiezen, Belgium
1999 Gallery Peda, Kleipeda, Lithuania
1999 Int. Art Fair, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (catalogue)
1999 Anugherah Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2000 Gallery Het Ei, Zoersel, Belgium
2000 Kunst op straat, Stokrooi-Hasselt, Belgium (catalogue)
2000 Artland Gallery, Nakatsugawa City, Japan
2001 5th Annual Stone Carver´s Exhibition,The Redstone Art Center, Redstone, Co., U.S.A.
2001 Exhibition 2o Concorso di Scultura, Comune di Castelraimondo, Italy (catalogue)
2001 The Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture 2001 at Miyazaki, Japan (catalogue)
2002 New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.A. (Honorable Mention Award)
2002 The Napa Valley Visual Art Exhibition, Napa, California, U.S.A.
2002 1. International Art-Schau, Schreibenberg, Germany
2002 James Baird Gallery, St. John´s, N.F., Canada
2002 Town Hall, Wells, Somerset, England (catalogue)
2002- 2003- 2004 Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Australia (catalogue)
2002 "L´Autrui", Het keerpunt, Borgerhart, Borgerhout, Belgium (catalogue)
2003 Bedfort Gallery - Shikiski- Walnut Creek, California, U.S.A.
2003 Can. Warplane Heritage Museum- CWC- Mount Hope/Hamilton, Canada
2003 Gallery Fase 2, Mortsel, Antwerpen, Belgium
2003 Tela Art Gallery, F. Pessoa, Amadora, Portugal
2003- 2004 Nat. Spectraal Competition, Kunstkelder "De Gouden Pluim", Gent, Belgium
2003 Colorado Prevention Center: Fundraising exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
2003 Spatiostudio, H. Hesse, Milaan, Italy
2003 Art Contest J. Brel, Library Evergem, Belgium
2003 SAA Artist of the Year 2003, Newark, Notts, England
2003-2004-2005-2006-2008 Int. Woodcarvers Congres, Bettendorf, Iowa, U.S.A.
2003 Sala Consiliare, San Bennedetto del Tronto, Italy
2003-2004 Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, North Carolina, U.S.A.
2003 Beeldhouwkunst 2003, Cultureel Centrum Heist op den Berg, Belgium
2004 Greater Midwest Int. Exhibition XIX, Warrensburg, Missouri, U.S.A. (catalogue)
2004 Int. Biennale IMAB, Salle Augustin-Chénier, Ville-Marie, Quebec, Canada
2004 Borgerhart, « Dummy », Borgerhout, Belgium
2004 Ieshima-Isla Int. Sculpture Project Ieshima, Japan
2004 1e Concorso Int. Di Arti Visive Em Arte 2004, Pisa, Italy
2004 El Dorado Fine Arts Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.
2004 World Peace Exhibition, University of Colorado, U.S.A
2004 2e Concorso G. Manzú, « La femminilita oggi », Aprillia, Italy
2004 26. Int. Hollfelder Kunstausstellung, Kunst & Museum, Hollfelder, Germany
2005-2007 Kunstperron 62a, Eernegem, Belgium
2005 Kameyama International Sculpture Garden, Gifu, Japan
2005 Red Dot Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
2005 Gallery Louise-Carrier, Levis, Quebec, Canada.
2005 Rosemay P. Miller Gallery, "Carved in Stone", Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A
2005 The Kenmore Art Show, Kenmore, Washington, U.S.A.
2006 Gallery Exelmans - Small Monuments II - Neeroeteren, Belgium
2006 Gallery MK21 - Small Monuments III - Hamburg, Germany
2007 Gifu Prefectural Museum, Seki, Gifu, Japan
2008 d.Art Gallery, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A
2008 Sala República de Italia, Roldan, Santa Fe, Argentina
2008 John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.
2008 Riverside Art Gallery, Nyack, New York, U.S.A.
2009-2014-2015-2016 New Arts Program, Invitational Salon Exhibition, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
2010 Art Fever, LAL, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
2011 Best carving design contest, East Petersburg , Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
2011 Cuentas Perdidas , Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
2011 Small Sculpture Show, Sculpture Square Gallery, Singapore (catalogue)
2011 Small World, Small Works, Chico Art Center , Chico, California, U.S.A.
2011 Fishing for a cure, The Kyrie Foundation, Studio 2131, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A.
2012 Small World, Small Works, Carter House Gallery , Redding, California, U.S.A.
2012 Small World , Small Works, Centennial Cult. Center , Oroville, California, U.S.A.
2012 Small World , Small Works, Butte College Glen Center, Orland, California, U.S.A.
2012 Small World , Small Works, Southside Art Gallery, Sacramento, California , U.S.A.
2012 Artevent , Namur, België
2012 St. Patricks’s Birdhouse Contest, Dublin, Georgia, U.S.A.
2012 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, Toorak Village, Australia
2012 SkulpTUR12 ,Hyldesspjaeldet, Albertslund, Denmark
2012 Off The Wall, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.A.
2012 Sculpture Biennale 2012, Kings Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Galleri Granborg Gaard, Norre Alslev, Denmark
2012 6 x 6 x 2012, Rochester Cont. Art Center, Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
2012 Bienal de Escultura Peña de Martos, Martos, Espagna
2012 No printing Necessary, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, U.S.A.
2013 4x6 postcard exhibit, Mesa University Art Gallery, Gr. Junction, Co, U.S.A (catalogue)
2013 Beelden in het Middelpunt, Voorjaarsexhibitie, Opdorp, Belgium ( catalogue)
2013 Anonymous drawings, Galerie Nord/kunstver. Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
2013 Poetry of Elements, Skulptur 6 Oelgod, Oelgod, Denmark (catalogue)
2013 Fête Picasso, Small Art Objects , Gallery Aqui Slam Ben, Vallauris, France (catalogue)
2014 The Colbert Bump, Sleeth Gallery, Buckhannon , West Virginia, U.S.A.
2014 Small Monuments Museum Castle Hamburg - Bergendorf, Hamburg, Germany
2014 Small Monuments Gallery Müllers & Petzinna, Lübbeck, Germany
2014 Small Monuments Gallery Mucha , Schwarzenbek, Germany
2014 Small Wonders, Targent Gallery, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
2014 Pacific Art League Gallery, Small Works, Palo Alto , California, U.S.A.
2015 Artcards to connect , Tenri Cultural Institute Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2015 100 under 100, 3rd on 3rd Gallery, Jamestown, New York, U.S.A.
2016 Image and Illusion, Martha Gault Gallery, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
2016 Kyoto Int. Woodprint Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan
2016 Verstilde Beelden , De Notelaer, Bornem, Belgie ( catalogue)
2016 Art Revolution Taipei / X-Power Gallery, Tapei , Taiwan
2016 Five by Five, Tampa Museum of Art, Florida, U.S.A.
2016 International Art-Glass Exhibition, Zwiesel, Germany
2017 Animal House Exhibit, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, California, U.S.A.
2017 Square Foot Show, Arts of Live, Genview, Illinois, U.S.A.
2017 6x6x2017, Rochester Cont. Art Center, Rochester, New York, U.S.A
2017 “Fire for effect”, Small Art Objects 2017, A.I.R.Vallauris, Vallauris, France
2017 Surprise, artAZ, Athens, Greece
2018 Zwieseler Glastage, Zwiesel, Germany
2019 Moth Art Donation, We all belong, Sisters, Oregon, U.S.A.
2019 TAE, Twitter Art Exhibit, Edinburg, Scotland
2019 Louisville visual art Gallery, Art Squared, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
2019 Centre|3| and Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2019 A6, Luva Gallery, London, England
2019 AIMAE, Fed. of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
2019 Homo Migrans, Olgod, Denemarken
2019 Glitches and Defects, Loosenart, Millepiane ,Rome, Italy.
2019 Small Works, Taube Museum of Art, Minon, North Dakota, U.S.A.
2019 Project Gallery, 10 year of Surprise, Athens, Greece.
2020 Postcards from the Present, Rockport Art Association and Museum, Rockport, U.S.A.
2021- 2022- 2023 Cézanne`s closet, Union Gallery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
2021 Unprecedented Journey, Lexington Art League, Lexington , Kentucky, U.S.A.
2021 Altered book exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, Ca, U.S.A.
2021 Regeneration, Postcard print exhibition , Hazelhurst Gallery, Menai, Australia
2021 Ex!poesia, 2021, Mailart around Juan Larrea, Sestao, Spain
2021 Sweet Miel Art, Perugia, Italia
2021 Postmodern, Mail Art, Fac. Fine Arts Exhibition Hall, Selcuk University, Turkey
2021 La nature se révolte, `Nature Rebels`, Mail art, Bibliothéque , Landiras , France.
2021 Postcard Perspectives, ARTSPACE, Untitled, OK, U.S.A.
2021 Napaperi, Print Exhibition and exchange, Gallery 83, Kyiv, Ukraine (catalogue)
2021 Green Pea Press Print, Low Mill Arts, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A.
2021 Print Exchange and exhibition, The Makers Studio,Chittaway Bay, NSW Australia
2021 Not so mini Printmaking Exhibition and exchange, A/P Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2022 Selfcare and care for others, Mail art, Fondatione Pistoletto, Cittadellarte, Biela, Italy
2022 Tribute to Nel Amaro. Mail Art Project. Int.Museum Electrography, Cuenca , Spain
2022 16 Nicholsonstreet Galley, Auction for Ukraine, Glasgow, Schotland
2022 `Kloster`, Klostergalerie Zehdenick, Zehdenick, Germany
2022 Lockdown…awareness, INO Association, Florence, Italy.
2022 Self Portrait, Uppsala Konstnärsklubb, Uppsala, Sweden
2022 Postcard print exchange and exhibition, Gallery 181, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.
2022 Off the Wall, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
2023 In the sign of Women, Aula Consiliare, Roncello, Italy
2023 `Habla`, De Souza Gallery, Cervera del Maestre, Castellon, Spain.

Work in public places

1996 "Commanster", GGZE, Location Hospital De Grote Beek, Eindhoven, NL
1999 "Peace", Sculpture Park Ma´alot Tarshiba, Israel
1999 "Eternity", Zorg- en Verpleegcentrum De Wilgenhof, Eindhoven, NL
2000 "De ontmoeting" Sculpture group De Stenen Poort, De Hofnar, Valkenswaard, NL
2001 2nd sculpture in black marble for De Wilgenhof, Eindhoven, NL
2002 Fotoatelier Kweens, Aarle-Rixtel, NL
2004 "Hollebuik", Zorg- en Verpleegcentrum Welstaete, Veghel, NL
2008 "House of Prayers", Gemeente Valkenswaard, NL
2008 "Barca", Centro de la Cultura, Roldan, Santa Fe, Argentina
2008 Family Grave Van der Linden, Cementary Leende, NL
2009 "Barca de la Suerta", Museum of Contemporary Art, Roldan, Argentina
2012 "Torso", Travdertin, Sculpture Park at Aeglgeret, Holbaek, Denmark

Prizes:

1999 "Peace", Symposium work in cristallino marble, Ma´alot Tarshiba, Israel, 2nd price
2002 "Memories I", Marble marble, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.A. : Honorable Mention Award by William Zimmer, art critic and journalist of the ´New York Times´.
2003 "Ik ben lang en straal als de zon", wood carving, Int. Woodgravers Congress, Bettendorf, U.S.A., 4th price
2004 "King", Sculpture in wood, Int. Woodgravers Congress, Bettendorf, U.S.A., 2nd price
2004 "Birth", Alabaster, 1e Concorso Int. Di Arti Visive Em Arte, Pisa, Italy: 2nd price

International symposia:

1991-1992-1994-1996-1998-2000-2002-2004-2006-2008-2010-2012-2014-2016 International sculpture symposium in stone, Borkel en Schaft, The Netherlands (catalogue)
1995 2e symposium international de sculpture de pierre, Morges, Zwitserland
1997 2e symposium de sculpture monumentale, Comblain-au-Pont, Belgium, (catalogue)
1999 Sculpture symposium Ma´alot Tarshiha , Israel (2nd price)
2001 13th Marble / marble symposium, Marble, Denver, Colorado, U. S. A.
2003 Int. Symposium "Scultura Viva", San Bennedetto del Tronto, Italy (catalogue)
2005 De Breukrand. National symposium in stone, Nistelrode, The Netherlands
2003-2007-2009-2011-2013-2015-2017 Intern. Sculpture Symposium Rencontres Sculptural, Helmond, NL
2008 International Sculpture Symposium, Ciudad de Roldán, Argentina
2009 Trondheim stone festival, Trondheim, Norway
2013 Stone sculpture festival, Lincoln, England
2015 International wood sculpture symposium, Brienz, Switserland
2016 European Sculpture Festival, Salzburg, Austria
2017 European Stone Sculpture Festival, Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary
2018 European sculpture festival, Saverne, France
2018 Rencontres autour de `La Pierre, Duclair; France

Publications:

2006 Beeldende kunst en objectconstantie. Metaforum , Scientific Magazine of GGzMB & GGZE

Lectures:

1998 "Psychoanalysis and Art", Faculty of Psychology, University of Riga, Latvia.
2006 "Psychoanalysis and the Van Abbe Museum", Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Camille Claudel, Séraphine de Senlis, Aloise Corbaz. Drie beroemde patients, Afscheidssymposium GGZE

Memberships:

Member of the committee International Sculpting symposium in stone, Borkel en Schaft, The Netherlands.
Member of the Affiliated Wood Carvers, Bettendorf, Iowa, U.S.A.
Organiser of "Small Monuments" - International
Organiser Intern. Symposium "Rencontres Sculptural", Helmond, NL
IUOMA, International Union of Mail Artists