Paul Ouwerkerk
Visual Artist · b. Geleen, 1963
Amsterdam, the Netherlands · paulouwerkerk.nl
Education
1986–1988 — Jan van Eyck Academy Post Graduate, Maastricht
1982–1986 — Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam
Work Experience
2015–2026 — Visual Artist Studio (digital/analog)
1995–2017 — Active in graphic design and visual communication (Graphic Language), working with architecture and design offices including OMA, MVRDV, and Claus en Kaan
1988–1995 — Visual Artist Studio (analog/digital)
Exhibitions — Solo (S) / Group (G) / Duo (D)
2026 (S) SOLO EXHIBITION La Ligne Galerie, Basel (CH)
2026 (S) THE OXFORD VARIATIONS Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford (UK)
2026 (S) PAINTING BY NUMBERS — Mathematische Fachbibliothek, TU Berlin (D)
2025–2026 (D) MODULATIONS ON PAPER Prototype Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2025 (D) MODULATIONS FOA25, Berlin (D)
2024–2025 (D) LOVE YOUR WORK (With Sibylle Gröne) Prototype Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2024 (G) GROUP SHOW Galerie Wolff Galentz, Berlin (D)
2024 (G) ZOMEREXPOSITIE (Summer Show) Galerie JoLi, Berg a/d Maas (NL)
2024 (S) PAUL OUWERKERK — PAINTINGS 2019–2024 Prototype Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2024 (G) 5 GÄSTE + 5 DUJARDINS Atelierhaus Dujardin, Krefeld (D)
2024 (S) OPEN STUDIO Atelier, Amsterdam (NL)
2024 (G) LENTE SALON Amstelkerk, Amsterdam ((NL)
2023 (G) ABSTRUCTION II Noordeinde 36, Den Haag (NL)
2023 (G) KUNSTRUIMTE 411 Seinpost, Haarlem (NL)
2023 (G) IJ KUNST COLLECTIEF NDSM-Fuse, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 (G) MULTIPLES LOSDOK, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 (G) ABSTRUCTION De Bouwput, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 (S) ACHTER DE RAMEN Borneo, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 (G) 11 IN DE KAPEL Art Chapel, Amsterdam (NL)
2022 (S) TIME TOOLS AND PRACTICE (Guest: Vladimir Skoda) BMB Projectspace, Amsterdam (NL)
2020 (S) BEHIND GLASS Mirck, Amsterdam (NL)
2020 (G) ART AROUND (cancelled event) Art Chapel, Amsterdam (NL)
2020 (S) LE MOTIF PROGRESSIF (Guest: Vladimir Skoda) La Chapelle de Clairefontaine (F)
2019 (S) CODED BRICKS Permanent Art in Public Space, Amsterdam (NL)
2019 (G) NEW LIGHT DDW 2019 Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL)
2018 (G) SOCIAL GENERATOR (online event) We Make The City, Amsterdam
2018 (G) PERMANENT COLLECTION Hotel Jakarta, Amsterdam (NL)
2018 (S) FORM/FORMEL AFF SPACE Galerie, Bern (CH)
2017 (G) ARTA ART ALGIERS (cancelled event) Algiers, Algeria
2017 (G) WINTER SALE SBK Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
2017 (S) PERMANENT COLLECTION Borneo Architecture Centre, Amsterdam (NL)
2017 (S) FORM FOLLOWS FORMULA Borneo Architecture Centre, Amsterdam (NL)
2007 (S) DOT MORPHING MATRIX One Works, Milano (I)
1995 (G) STROOMOPWAARTS Vertrekhal Holland Amerika Lijn, Rotterdam (NL)
1993 (G) HANS BIEZEN LEERSCHOOL DER PHOTOGRAFIE Lokaal 01 / Breda Fotografie (NL)
1992 (G) 5 JAAR CBK Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam (NL)
1991 (G) Dr. Brewster HAL / Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam (NL)
1990 (S) SCHWARZ WEISS & BRAUN Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam (NL)
1989 (G) HET DENKEN DAT ZIET De Krabbedans, Eindhoven (NL)
1988 (S) PAUL OUWERKERK Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL)