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David Bade<\/strong> (1970) saw his career get off to a flying start with a.o. exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and SMAK in Ghent. His art is characterized by a strong social commitment that has become increasingly significant over the years. In 2006, together with Tirzo Martha, he founded the Instituto Buena Bista in Cura\u00e7ao, a place where young people aged 15 to 24 can develop their artistic talents. Through the IBB, he organizes projects such as All You Can Art<\/em> and For Life<\/em>, which center on the engagement with the local community. In his own work, he addresses actual social themes\u2014such as discrimination, social inequality, and economic power structures which he portrays in an infectious and provocative, absurdist manner. The humor in his work makes these weighty subjects accessible, offering a way to approach social issues positively.<\/p>\n

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In his three-dimensional work, Bade often employs existing everyday objects, joining and balancing them using plastic, metal, and wood. Fried Air<\/em> (Gebakken Lucht<\/em>), for instance, consists of a stack of frying pans, hats, textiles, and gloves balancing on a wooden pedestal. More recently, he has combined religious statues with plastic objects and forms. A layer of colored epoxy that binds the components together and gives them dynamism. His paintings and drawings also bring together various elements that collectively tell a social story. Wolves, chickens, and birds rise up against the bio industry, or an alternative mass is performed in honor of the Mother, the Daughter, and the Holy Animal. Bade intends these to be infectious images that align with what he calls his science of happiness<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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education<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1979 – 1984<\/td>\nRijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Selected solo exhibitions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2023<\/td>\nTHE INTUITION, <\/em>Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Den Haag, NL
\nInstallation Life and Death, <\/em>Piet Killaars and Fransje Killaars, Museum Beelden aan Zee , Scheveningen NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nInstallation Death and Someone’s Life, <\/em>Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem NL
\nInstallation Daily Life<\/em>, Alex 51 Gallery, Maastricht NL<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nInstallation Figures Colours First no 2, <\/em>Centraal Station Utrecht, Stichting Polderlicht, Utrecht NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nTextile Colour Fields, <\/em>GEM, The Hague, NL
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2013<\/td>\nColor at the Center, Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
\nColor at the Center, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine, USA<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2023<\/td>\nBetween Borders, <\/em>Museum Arnhem, Arnhem NL
\nImage of Power<\/em>, Textiel Biennale, Museum Rijswijk, Rijwijk NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nMarres, <\/em>Limburg Biennale, Maastricht NL
\nBetween Nowhere and Elswhere<\/em>, Kunstenaarsboeken Museum Weserburg, Bremen DE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nSEPTEMBERGRAS , <\/em>Beverwijk, Landgoed Akerendam Stichting Kunst & Cultuur Beverwijk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020\/2021<\/td>\nCOLORUP, <\/em>LUMC, Leiden, curator Marianne Roodenburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nSOFTART loods 6, Amsterdam CBK21<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nSOTT, Museum Jan Cunen , Oss
\nWe Wonder Where The White Went, Arti & Amicitae, Amsterdam curator Marianne Roodenburg<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nKleur & abstractie, Generaties in Dialoog, Textiel museum, Tilburg
\nRozentuin, Installatie Figures and Panels, Kunst Rai , Amsterdam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2022-2023<\/td>\nGuest curator Piet Killaars 100 jaar Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013-2014<\/td>\nGuest teacher HKU, School of the Arts, Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009-2012<\/td>\nGuest teacher Design Academy, Eindhoven, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nTeacher Textile and Fashion department KABK\/Royal Art Academy, Den Haag, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nGuest teacher Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nMember advice commission Textile and Fashion department, KABK\/Royal Art Academy, Den Haag, NL
\nExaminator and guest teacher Sint-Lucas Art Academy, Gent, BE
\nGuest teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nExaminator Art Academy AKV\/St. Joost, \u2018s- Hertogenbosch, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997-1998<\/td>\nTeacher post graduate painting classes, Minerva Academy, Groningen, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984-1994<\/td>\nassistant Sol LeWitt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1997<\/td>\nThe Best Book Designs, Stichting de Best Verzorgde Boeken, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nThe Best Book Designs, Stichting de Best Verzorgde Boeken, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nThe Best Book Designs, Stichting de Best Verzorgde Boeken, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nTouche Prijs, Kunststichting Touche, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; <\/span>Kunstmuseum, Den Haag, NL; <\/span>Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, NL; <\/span>Centraal Museum, Utrecht<\/span><\/p>\n

Issey Myake , Tokyo JP; <\/span>Stadsgalerij, Heerlen, NL; <\/span>Museum Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo, NL; <\/span>Ziekenhuiscollectie, MUMC,Maastricht, NL<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum voor moderne kunst Arnhem, NL; <\/span>De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL; <\/span>Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL<\/span><\/p>\n

DSM, Heerlen, NL; <\/span>UMC, Utrecht, NL; <\/span>Rabobank Nederland, NL; <\/span>Akzo Nobel Nederland, NL; <\/span>Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam, NL<\/span><\/p>\n

Bates College museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine, (USA); <\/span>Dortmunder U, Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, DE;\u00a0 <\/span>ABN AMRO Bank,\u00a0 Amsterdam.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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