R o l f   v a n   Ge l d e r

Binnenwiertzstraat 27
5615 HG Eindhoven
The Netherlands
+31-40-2 43 88 52 (private)
+31-40-2 47 45 32 (office)

e-mail:  [email protected]
www: http://www.cage.nl/

born in 1958, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
self-taught artist, living and working in Eindhoven
b i o g r a p h y
1970 - 1982 studies and teaches classical guitar
1978 - 1980 composition of several modern-classical solo pieces for guitar
1978 - 1982 studies electrical engineering at the College of Technology, specialization in information science
1980 - present active as a visual artist, various techniques
1982 - present working as a system developer / Internet specialist at the Eindhoven University of Technology
1989 - present graphic design: the design of corporate styles, logo's, brochures, advertisements and posters for several clients using Quark Xpress, PhotoShop, Illustrator and CorelDraw
1995 creation of the CAGE (Cyber Art Gallery Eindhoven), a virtual gallery at the Internet, in which, apart from the work of Rolf van Gelder, artworks of young artists from all over the world are presented
1995 - present creation of digital artworks
design and production of Internet sites, as

 
participation in many international art projects and collectives, such as
1996 member of the jury for the Eventa-3 International Art Exhibition, Uppsala, Sweden
1997 design and publication of an artbook entitled "Open your Cage and fly...", poems by Krishna Fells (Seattle, USA) based on paintings by Rolf van Gelder
(ISBN 90 9010333 3)
1999 membership of the International Art Beyond Borders artist's collective
publication of the "Golden Promises" painting on the back cover of the Dutch Reader's Digest magazine (July 1999 edition)
2000 founding of a company called CAGE, specialized in webdesign and Internet Consultancy
r e c e n t   e x h i b i t i o n s
2000
  • Galerie Riefel, Maria Enzersdorf a.G. (Vienna), Austria
    (March-April 2000)

  • Galerie Kandinsky, Vienna, Austria
    (April 2000)

  • Solo exhibition, Galeria Proposta, Espinho, Portugal
    (April-May 2000)

  • d{s}eduction dialogue, a cyberart installation by Carmin Karasic & Rolf van Gelder
    Artists Foundation @The Distillery, 516 East Second St. 1st Floor, Boston MA 02127, USA
    (June 3rd - July 8th, 2000)

  • Grillparzerhof, Kirchberg o.d. Donau, Austria
    (July 5th - July 20th, 2000)

  • Galerie Club der Begegnung, Kulturzentrum Ursulinenhof, Linz, Austria
    (July 11th - August 31st, 2000)

  • d{s}eduction dialogue, a cyberart installation by Carmin Karasic & Rolf van Gelder
    Art System Gallery, 327 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada
    (September 27th - October 8th, 2000)

  • Art System Gallery, 327 Spadina Avenue Second Floor, Toronto, Canada
    (September 27th - October 8th, 2000)

  • d{s}eduction dialogue, a cyberart installation by Carmin Karasic & Rolf van Gelder
    Boston Cyberarts Festival Preview Party, Massachusetts College of Art, Tower Gallery, Boston, USA
    (November 6th, 2000)

  • Galerie Kandinsky, Vienna, Austria
    (November 5th-30th, 2000)
1999
  • 2nd Members Show, World Arts Association, UK
    (July 1999)

  • Art-e-mail, MAC21 International Contemporary Art Fair, Marbella, Malaga, Spain
    (July 1999)

  • Cultural Exchanges in our Digital Word, Library of the Government of Upper Austria, Linz, Austria
    (October 1999)

  • Art Beyond Borders, Kulturhaus "Alter Pfarrhof", Hollenstein a.d. Ybbs, Austria
    (October 1999)
1998
  • Glo's, Capitol Hill, Seattle, USA
    (January 1998)

  • 1st Members Show, World Arts Association, UK
    (July 1998)

  • "The Dutch are coming...", The Emerging Collector Gallery, New York, USA
    (August 1998)

  • "International Vignettes", The-R-Tus Gallery, New York, USA
    (October 1998)
1997
  • "Cyberlectual Open your Cage and fly...", solo exhibition, SolArt Gallery, Seattle, USA

  • Vault gallery, Minneapolis, USA

  • Office of the Insurance Commissioner, solo exhibition, Olympia, USA

  • SolArt Gallery, Seattle, USA

  • "Nina's Trashy Art Auction" (with Nina Hagen), Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, USA

  • Online Cafe, Digital Artworks, Norwalk, USA
1996
  • Eventa-3 International Art Exhibition, Uppsala, Sweden

  • Lenwood Gallery, Minneapolis, USA

  • SolArt Gallery, Seattle, USA

  • The Conservatory, Minneapolis, USA
c o l l e c t i o n s
works of Rolf van Gelder can be found in several private collections in The Netherlands, Belgium, USA and Canada

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