work
making long walks through town and country, seeing paintings and sculptures, hearing music, talking with people nourished george degenhart and made him develop as a person and artist.
in this he finds his inspiration for his recent abstract paintings in which he loosely uses geometric shapes, materials and colours.
george degenhart
born in 1936 in amsterdam (nl)
lived and worked in the years ’60 - ’70 in zeeuws vlaanderen (nl)
lives and works since 1973 in amsterdam (nl)
education
george degenhart is autodidact and frequented:
2 years in the evening the rijksacademie van beeldende kunsten in amsterdam (nl)
2 years instituut voor kunstnijverheidsonderwijs (currently rietveld academy) in amsterdam (nl)
exhibitions
solo and group exhibitions:
2011 in atelier in amsterdam (nl)
2009 fw:bk (frederick willems beeldende kunst) in amsterdam (nl)
2008 fw:bk (frederick willems beeldende kunst) in amsterdam (nl)
2006 k’hoff 34 in amsterdam (nl)
2005 rivm in bilthoven (nl)
2004 kunstraam in amsterdam (nl)
1998 wg-expozaal in amsterdam (nl)
1998 galerie outline in amsterdam (nl)
1995 diner-expo in maarsbergen (nl)
1995 galerie outline in amsterdam (nl)
1993 kunstraam in amsterdam (nl)
1991 in own management in squat in amsterdam (nl)
during the seventies and sixties solo and group exhibitions among others in amsterdam (nl), gent (be), groningen (nl), hulst (nl), middelburg (nl), rotterdam (nl), valkenburg (nl)
gallery 9 presents his works since 2013:
2018 summer exhibition in the gallery
2018 winter exhibition in the gallery
2017 summer exhibition in the gallery
2016 kunstrai in rai, amsterdam (nl)
2015 summer exhibition in the gallery, amsterdam (nl)
2015 a-a-f (after art fairs) - exhibition in the gallery, amsterdam (nl)
2015 kunstrai in rai, amsterdam (nl)
2014 summer exhibition in the gallery (nl)
2014 kunstrai in rai, amsterdam (nl)
2014 jubilee presentation 25 years gallery 9 at kunstrai, amsterdam (nl)
2014 jubilee presentation 25 years gallery 9 at art breda, breda (nl)
2014 raw art fair in cruiseterminal, rotterdam (nl)
2014 jubilee presentation 25 years gallery 9 at raw art fair, rotterdam (nl)
2014 jubilee exhibition 25 years gallery 9 in the gallery, amsterdam (nl)
2013 summer exhibition in the gallery, amsterdam (nl)
2013 raw art fair in warehouse santos, rotterdam (nl)
2013 reopening exhibition gallery 9 keizersgracht 548 in the gallery, amsterdam (nl)
art fairs
gallery 9 presents his works since 2013 on art fairs:
kunstrai 2016, 2015, 2014 in rai, amsterdam (nl)
raw art fair 2014 in cruise terminal, rotterdam (nl)
raw art fair 2013 in warehouse santos, rotterdam (nl)
jubilee presentation in 2014 at
raw art fair, rotterdam (nl), art breda, breda (nl) and kunstrai, amsterdam (nl)
collections
works of george degenhart are in several private collections and in the public space included in ede (nl) and rotterdam (nl)
commissions
1997 sculpture in new district in ede (nl)
1989 mural in elderly club in amsterdam (nl)
1988 serial relief on courtyard in rotterdam (nl)
1988 serial plastic art at ‘hofpleintheater’ in rotterdam (nl)
1987 plastic art at employment office in alkmaar (nl)
1985 relief and painting in prisonhuis in middelburg (nl)
1984-1981 visual art project in urban renewal area ‘agniesebuurt’ in rotterdam (nl) in association with wim van der horst:
- design courtyard
- mural
- light object
- shaping neigbourhood festival with exhibition and printed matter
- final exhibition in 1984 in fine arts center in rotterdam (nl)
1982 mural in amsterdam (nl)
1981-1977 participation in visual art projet in urban renewal area ‘dapperbuurt’ in amsterdam (nl):
- murals
- children’s farm
- neigbourhood festival with exhibition and printed matter
- exhibition bk-project in museum ‘fodor’ in amsterdam (nl)
1977 mural in amsterdam-east (nl)
1976 mural in amsterdam-west (nl)
1975-1974 participation in collective mural around subway construction in ‘nieuwmarktbuurt’ in amsterdam (nl)
awards and nominations
1965 willink van collen competition (1st prize winner)
administrative activities
2002 project manager visual art manifestation ‘de plek’ in delft (nl)
2001-1998 policy employee visual art in the municipality of delft (nl):
- policy note visual art 2000-2004
- elaboration note 2001-2004
- note studio policy
1998-1990 chairman advisory visual art delft (nl)
1994 selection committee documentation file province south holland (nl)
years 80’s and 70’s:
member commission visual art culturele raad north holland (nl)
member commission visual art velserbroek (nl)
member commission visual art heemskerk (nl)
member commission visual art amsterdams arts council (nl)
member commission art in the neighbourhoods amsterdams arts council (nl)
other activities
2013- regional manager dvn, region amsterdam-haarlem (nl)
2006-2002 chairman departmental board political party ‘groen links’ (nl)
2002-1998 policy employee culture municipality of delft (nl)
1994-1992 polderboard member ‘amstel en vechtstreek’ (nl)
2002-1990 member district council ‘oost watergraafsmeer’, amsterdam (nl)
1990-1984 chairman neighbourhood development institution ‘dapperbuurt’ (nl)