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
2015–2023 — 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)
Year Type Title Venue
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 — currently running Mathematische Fachbibliothek, TU Berlin (D)
2025–2026 (S) MODULATIONS ON PAPER Prototype Gallery, Amsterdam
2025 (G) MODULATIONS FOA25, Berlin (D)
2024–2025 (D) LOVE YOUR WORK (Guest: Sibylle Gröne) Prototype Gallery, Amsterdam
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
2024 (G) 5 GÄSTE + 5 DUJARDINS Atelierhaus Dujardin, Krefeld (D)
2024 (S) OPEN STUDIO Atelier, Amsterdam
2024 (G) LENTE SALON Amstelkerk, Amsterdam
2023 (G) ABSTRUCTION II Noordeinde 36, Den Haag
2023 (G) KUNSTRUIMTE 411 Seinpost, Haarlem
2023 (G) IJ KUNST COLLECTIEF NDSM-Fuse, Amsterdam
2023 (G) MULTIPLES LOSDOK, Amsterdam
2023 (G) ABSTRUCTION De Bouwput, Amsterdam
2023 (S) ACHTER DE RAMEN Borneo, Amsterdam
2023 (G) 11 IN DE KAPEL Art Chapel, Amsterdam
2022 (S) TIME TOOLS AND PRACTICE (Guest: Vladimir Skoda) BMB Projectspace, Amsterdam
2020 (S) BEHIND GLASS Mirck, AmsterdamYear Type Title Venue
2020 (G) ART AROUND (cancelled event) Art Chapel, Amsterdam
2020 (S) LE MOTIF PROGRESSIF (Guest: Vladimir Skoda) La Chapelle de Clairefontaine
2019 (S) CODED BRICKS Permanent Art in Public Space, Amsterdam
2019 (G) NEW LIGHT DDW 2019 Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2018 (G) SOCIAL GENERATOR (online event) We Make The City, Amsterdam
2018 (G) PERMANENT COLLECTION Hotel Jakarta, Amsterdam
2018 (S) FORM/FORMEL AFF SPACE Galerie, Bern
2017 (G) ARTA ART ALGIERS (cancelled event) Algiers, Algeria
2017 (G) WINTER SALE SBK Galerie, Amsterdam
2017 (S) PERMANENT COLLECTION Borneo Architecture Centre, Amsterdam
2017 (S) FORM FOLLOWS FORMULA Borneo Architecture Centre, Amsterdam
2007 (S) DOT MORPHING MATRIX One Works, Milano
1995 (G) STROOMOPWAARTS Vertrekhal Holland Amerika Lijn, Rotterdam
1993 (G) HANS BIEZEN LEERSCHOOL DER PHOTOGRAFIE Lokaal 01 / Breda Fotografie
1992 (G) 5 JAAR CBK Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam
1991 (G) Dr. Brewster HAL / Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam
1990 (S) SCHWARZ WEISS & BRAUN Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam
1989 (G) HET DENKEN DAT ZIET De Krabbedans, Eindhoven
1988 (S) PAUL OUWERKERK Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastrich