SEET VAN HOUT
Van Hout’s experimental approach reflects the vivid, interdependency and serendipity of the world through abstract art, informal and surreal elements into allegorical depictions. She combines these elements, differentiates, complements, arranges, forms, feels, senses and therefore allows space for coincidences to affect her work. Art serves her as a transforming and transcendent medium on different levels of consciousness.
Large-scale installations, two-dimensional works and ceramics present an holistic approach, which connect philosophy, science and religion with experiences and portraits of the mystics, of modern research and everyday life. In the spirit of the ultimate goal of alchemy, her work inspires and transcends the being toward the perfection and purification of the soul. Accordingly, the artist accepts the three goddesses of fate and destiny. They hold the threads of peoples’ lives in their hands: the first spins the thread, the second measures it and the third cuts it off.
Artist Info
Biography
Born in 1957 in Nijmegen/NL
Lives and works in Nijmegen/NL
Education
1999
European Ceramic Factory, Den Bosch/NL
1980-1984
Academy of Fine Arts, Arnhem/NL
1975-1977
Academy of Fine Arts, Den Bosch/NL
Awards
International Lucas-Cranach-Prize 2015, nominee
Selected solo exhibitions
2018
“Back Up”, Het Valkhof Nijmegen, Nijmegen/NL
2016
SEET VAN HOUT and REINOUD VAN VUGHT, Galerie Dom’Arte, Rucphen/NL
2015
Divine Garden, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague/NL
De Cellen, Museum het Klooster, Tiel/NL
Münsterlandfestival pArt, Kunstverein Coesfeld/DE
2014
Red Greenhouse, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
The Exchange, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen/NL
2013
Thinking the Garden, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague/NL
2012
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag/NL
2011
Melancholy Girls, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine/DE
Red Greenhouse, AKKUH, Hengelo/NL
Stadtmuseum Siegburg/DE
2010
Galerie Arteversum, Dusseldorf/DE
Art Amsterdam, presented by Galerie Gist and Nouvelles Images, Amsterdam/NL
Slick Art Fair, Galerie Gist, Paris/F
Stadtmuseum, Beckum/DE
Bittersweet, Galerie Gist, Amsterdam/DE
2009
Melancholy Girls, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore/USA
Red-Greenhouse, Galerie Gist, Amsterdam/NL
Art Amsterdam, Campagnebeeld, Galerie Gist, Haarlem/NL
Small Works XIII, Ram Foundation, Rotterdam/NL
2008
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag/NL
2007
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag/NL
Geborduurde Politiek, Perscentrum Nieuwspoort, Den Haag/NL
Melancholy Girls, Galerie Gist, Brummen, Amsterdam/NL
2006
JELÄNGERJELIEBER, Kunstforum PAN, Emmerich/DE
2005
daar stond hij op de drempel van het geheugenpaleis, in zijn geborduurde schoenen, Kunstcentrum Hengelo/NL
2004
Rood draad, Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst/NL
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag/NL
2002
Blumenzucht, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag/NL
2001
anatomische collectie, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen/NL
Dürers Traumgesicht, Galerie Anette Roehr, Osnabrück/NL
2000
Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst/NL
1999
Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst/NL
1998
Gehirn mit Zubehör, Galerie Christopher Grau, Hamburg/DE
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag/NL
Tüchfühlung, Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten/DE
1997
Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen/NL
diamanten en kleefrijst, Streekmuseum, Gennep/NL
1995
Dagtekeningen, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag/NL
the 732 colours of India Varnasagara, Art Gallery, Trivandrum/IN
1994
Coincidentia Oppositorum, Rijnoeverhuys, Arnhem/NL
Kunstcentrum Markt 17, Enschede/NL
1992
Kunstcentrum Markt 17, Enschede/NL
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag/NL
De Boterhal, Hoorn/NL
1989
Hollandsche Spoorweg, Nijmegen/NL
Galerie Gruppe Grün, Bremen/DE
Künstlerhaus Weidenallee, Hamburg/DE
1987
Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia/USA
1986
Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen/NL
1985
Galerie Liesbeth Lips, Delft/NL
Galerie Gang/De Tuin, Beuningen/NL
1984
Galerie Goem, Nijmegen/NL
Selected group shows
2019
The X – Part II, WHITECONCEPTS Gallery, Berlin/DE
Seet Van Hout, Frauen über Frauen, Deschler Gallery, Berlin/DE
2018
Jacob van Maerlantstraat, Seet Van Hout, IK WORDT Stadsfestival, Damme/BL
99+1, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen/NL
2017
Spiegel WIJ, Museum van alle Tijden, Beugen/NL
Handmade, Gallery Deschler, Berlin/DE
LOSKIJKEN, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague/NL
Cohesive Art Fair, Yangon/Myanmar
2016
NATURE MYSTICA, Kunsthal Hof 88, Almelo/NL
Up Memory Lane (Part 2), ramfoundation, Rotterdem/NL
KunstRAI, with WHITECONCEPTS and Galerie Dom’Arte, Amsterdam/NL
CULTURE OF COLORS, AkzoNobel Essential Art Space, Amsterdam/NL
55 Years, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag/NL
2015
Through the looking glass and what i found there, De Vishal, Haarlem/NL
Die Textile, Kunsthaus Alte Mühle, Schmallenberg/DE
Rozet, Museum Arnhem and Plaatsmaken, Arnhem/NL
International Lucas-Cranach-Prize 2015, Exerzierhalle, Lutherstadt Wittenberg/DE
International Lucas-Cranach-Prize 2015, Festung Rosenberg, Kronach/DE
2014
The inner wealth, Conference of the Visionaries, Berlin/DE
Art Market Budapest, with WHITECONCEPTS, Budapest/HU
Retido na retina – The Mind´s Eye, National Museum of Contemporary Art – Anastacio Goncalves, Lisbon/PT
KunstRAI, represented by Galerie Nouvelles Images, Amsterdam/NL
CKOM, ram foundation, Rotterdam/NL
Just Fair, WHITECONCEPTS, Berlin/DE
Nothing But Good Art, PARK, Tilburg/NL
Art Rotterdam, represented by We like Art, Rotterdam/NL
2013
Tijdloos Eigentijds, Museum Flehite, Amersfoort/NL
EYES ON, EYES OFF, Rosalux, Berlin/DE
HOE=HET NU, ACEC, Apeldoorn/NL
Komplizen, Ostrale, Dresden/DE
2012
24 Stunden-Stipendium, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin/DE
2010
In-visible, Archief Synergie, Amsterdam/NL
Tegendraads, LUMC, Leiden/DE
Art Amsterdam, represented by galleries Gist and Nouvelles Images, Amsterdam/NL
Gist-Rising, Galerie Gist, Brummen/NL
50 years, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Amsterdam/NL
2009
Münsterland Museum Burg Vischering, Lüdinghausen/DE
Run-up, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag/NL
Art Amsterdam, represented by Galerie Gist and Nouvelles Images, Amsterdam/NL
Small works, Ram Foundation, Rotterdam/NL
2008
Smaak en Kraak, Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur, Tegelen/NL
2007
Book structure, Museum Institute of Technology, Kyoto/JP
Imagining the Book, Biennale, Bibliotheca Alexandria/EG
2006
Reis door mijn kamer, Stichting KIK, Kolderveen/NL
Monnikenwerk, De Refter, Beek/Ubbergen/NL
2005
Rijke uren, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen/NL
Twee aan twee – 45 years, Galerie Nouvelle Images, Den Haag/NL
De keuze van Guusje, CBKN, Nijmegen/NL
2004
Artists’ Book Biennale, Bibliotheca, Alexandria/EG
Here and Now, Xi’An Academy Museum, Xi´an/CN
KunstRAI, Galerie Hein Elfernik/NL
Galerie Ram, Rotterdam/NL
Tekst+Beeld, Steendrukkerij, Amsterdam/NL
2003
Kunstrei, Galerie Hein Elfernik/NL
2002
Art Twente, Galerie Hein Elfernik/NL
2001
Nieuwe aanwinsten kunstenaarsboeken, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam/NL
Best verzorgde boeken 2000, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam/NL
2000
Blutrot, Kloster-Kunst-Landschaft, Malgarten/DE
Inside cover, London Print Studio, London/GB
Inside cover, Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax/GB
1998
tuchfühlung, Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten/DE
Glas in uitvoering, Museum het Oude Raadhuis, Leerdam/NL
The Third Eye, Kloster/Schloss Bentlage, Rheine/DE
1997
Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen/NL
1996
different people, Galerie Ram, Rotterdam/NL
Rotterdam on line, Galerie Ram, Rotterdam/NL
Brandnew, Hollandsche Spoorweg, Nijmegen/NL
1995
Made for Arolsen, Schloss Arolsen/DE
1990
Ladenkastproject, Galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam/NL
1989
Beeld van een galerie, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede/NL
1985
Galerie Liesbeth Lips, Amsterdam/NL
Royal Exhibition grant, Amsterdam/NL
Public collections
ABN AMRO, Den Haag/NL
Achmea Kunstcollectie, Zeist/NL
Aegon, Den Haag/NL
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam/NL
Bibliotheca Alexandria/EG
Brecht collection
CODA, Apeldoorn/NL
European Patent Office, Den Haag/NL
Gelderland Art Collection
Hogeschool Windesheim, Zwolle/NL
Ministerie van Buitenlandse zaken, Den Haag/NL
MS Eurodam, Holland America Line
Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen/NL
Museum of the Kyoto Institute of Technology/JP
Nederlanse Waterschapsbank, Den Haag/NL
NOG collection / SNS Reaal Fonds
Provincie Gelderland, Amhem/NL
Rabobank
Sanders collection
Sparkasse Emmerich/DE
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam/NL
Stichting Pensionenfonds huisartsen, Utrecht/NL
Theodoor Gilissen Bank, Amsterdam/NL
UMC collection Utrecht/NL
Universiteit Twente, Enschede/NL