<\/a>\t<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”30″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs color=”white” spacing=”” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Introduction” tab_id=”1446550376236-13482bf6-fb05″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nRobbie Cornelissen <\/strong>(1954) has a reputation for making gigantic drawings which, apart from their dimensions, are especially impressive because of their abundance of detail. In the libraries, cities or halls depicted by him man is absent; consequently, the architectural fantasy retains a certain neutrality so that the observer can wander round the rooms undisturbed. The library is a recurring theme in his work. Not only as a metaphor for the power of knowledge or a collective memory, but also as some kind of giant computer that seems to be developing into a living creature with organic forms. Over the last years Robbie Cornelissen pushes the boudaries of the medium by experimenting with computer aided design in animations as The Capacious Memory<\/em> and The Labyrinth Runner<\/em> or by having the audience participate in his work.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]In 2011 he invited visitors and students in making a twenty meter long, horizontal line drawing during his solo exhibition Studio Vertigo<\/em> at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, The Netherlands. In his animation The Black Room <\/em>he concentrates on the basics of drawing. Using only charcoal on paper he investigates the aspects of perspective and space, abstraction and figuration and the transition from two to three dimensional. In total sixty animations are linked up together. They are meant to be shown simultaneously on three screens in a u-shaped space in a constantly varying compilation, allowing the work to continuously rejuvenate itself. In 2015 he won the professional jury award for this work at the Holland Animation Film Festival.<\/p>\nwww.robbiecornelissen.nl<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1446550376391-ff69b5bd-e33e”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n
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\n<\/td>\n | \neducation<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1973 -1980<\/td>\n | Biology and Ecology, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, NL<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1982 – 1984<\/td>\n | Vrije Academie, The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1984 – 1987<\/td>\n | Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | lives and works in Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | \nsolo exhibitions<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2024<\/td>\n | Nordic Artist Centre Dale, \u2018Open Studio\u2019, Dale, Norway<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2022<\/td>\n | The Undertow, <\/em>Galerie Art M\u00fbr, Montr\u00e9al, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2021<\/td>\n | Terra Nova,\u00a0<\/em>Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany \nPlaces We Have Never Been Before, <\/em>with Karin van Dam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2020<\/td>\n | The Compacted Line, <\/em>Artspace Kuub, Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2019<\/td>\n | Ayumi Gallery\/Cave, T<\/em>okyo, Japan \nArt on Paper, <\/em>Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2018<\/td>\n | The Battle of Hernen’, <\/em>Castle of Hernen, Hernen, NL \nThe Other Room, <\/em>Art M\u00fbr, Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2017<\/td>\n | The New Room, <\/em>Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2016<\/td>\n | The Life of Lines, <\/em>Drawing Centre Diepenheim, NL \nHaven’s Factory, <\/em>Kogan Gallery, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015<\/td>\n | Galerie Art Mur, Montreal , Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2014<\/td>\n | The Black Room 2014, <\/em> Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL \nKennedy van der Laan, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2013<\/td>\n | Anticipation<\/em>, Kogan Gallery, Paris, France \nGod is in the Details<\/em>, Stedelijk Museum, Kampen, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2012<\/td>\n | M\u00e9moires \u00e0 venir<\/em>, Kogan Gallery, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2011<\/td>\n | The Capacious Memory<\/em>, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, NL \nStudio Vertigo<\/em>, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL \nGalerie Art Mur, Montr\u00e9al, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2010<\/td>\n | Pueblo<\/em>, Bacinol, Delft, The Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2009<\/td>\n | Art Amsterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2008<\/td>\n | Living Room<\/em>, Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2007<\/td>\n | The Capacious Memory<\/em>, Galerie Art Mur, Montreal, Canada \nHet Grote Geheugen<\/em>, CBK Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2006<\/td>\n | Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2005<\/td>\n | Galleria Astuni, Pietrasanta, Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2004<\/td>\n | Stichting KIK, Kolderveen, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2003<\/td>\n | Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL \nMotive Gallery, Haarlem, NL \nCBK Provincie Utrecht, Amersfoort, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2001<\/td>\n | Archipel, Apeldoorn, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1997<\/td>\n | VB Galerie-Kunstuitkijk, Deventer, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1996<\/td>\n | Grafisch Atelier, Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1992<\/td>\n | A. Wulfse startgalerie, Amersfoort, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1991<\/td>\n | Galerie Bert Mertens, Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1990<\/td>\n | Galerie Trajekt, Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | \ngroup exhibitions<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2025<\/td>\n | Somewhere over the yellow sea<\/em>, Jeonnam International Ink Biennale, South Korea \nSch\u00f6ner Wohnen ‘Architectural Visions\u2019<\/em>, Kunsthalle T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2024<\/td>\n | CROWD, <\/em>artists of the gallery, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL \nArt on Paper Brussels, <\/em>with Susanna Inglada and Dirk Zoete, Brussels, Belgium \nHandle with Care<\/em>, Espacio Solo Museum, Madrid, Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2023<\/td>\n | The Undertow, <\/em>with Karin van Dam, Museum Rijswijk NL \nDrawing Now,<\/em> Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2022<\/td>\n | MOVING UP<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL \nTerra Nova,<\/em> Galerie Art M\u00fbr, Estonian Pavilion Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy \nPar\u00e9idolie<\/em>, Marseille, France \nD\u00e9part, 30 year anniversary Galerie Maurits van de Laar, <\/em>The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2021<\/td>\n | Equipe II, 30 year anniversary Galerie Maurits van de Laar,<\/em> The Hague, NL \nTerra Nova<\/em>, Galerie Art M\u00fbr, Montr\u00e9al, Canada \nConstructing Worlds, <\/em>De Vishal, Haarlem, NL \n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2020<\/td>\n | Falling Ashes, <\/em>with Liedeke Taen, Plaatsmaken, Arnhem, NL \nUtrecht Down Under, <\/em>Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2019<\/td>\n | Karachi Biennale, <\/em>installation with Karin van Dam, Karachi, Pakistan \nThis Must Be The Place, <\/em>with Rik Smits, Dirk Zoete, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2018<\/td>\n | De Line Up, <\/em>Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2017<\/td>\n | Art The Hague Drawing, <\/em>Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL \nKantelpunt (Tipping Point)<\/em>, with Karin van Dam, Cacaofabriek, Helmond, NL \n6 \u00e8me Biennale du Dessin, <\/em>Mus\u00e9e des Beaux Arts de Mont-Saint Hilaire, Canada \nDrawing Now Paris<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2016<\/td>\n | Track & Trace I & II, 25 years Galerie Maurits van de Laar, <\/em>The Hague, NL \nDrawing Rooms II, <\/em>Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany \nInner City, <\/em>Cityscapes Foundation, Amsterdam, NL \nAmsterdam Drawing<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL \nThe Inconstancy of Space, Struggle for Identity, <\/em>Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL \nMove the Line<\/em>, Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, Germany \nVan Gogh’s Mini’s, <\/em>Moti Museum, Breda, NL \nLe Contemporain Dessin\u00e9<\/em>, Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs au Louvre, Paris, France \nDrawing Now Paris<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France \nArt Rotterdam<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015<\/td>\n | Constructeurs d’Absurde, Bricoleurs d’Utopie<\/em>, CAC Meymac, France \nArchi-Sculptur<\/em>, Fondation Villa Datris, Isle sur La Sorgue, France \nAnders Abstract, <\/em>Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, NL \nHenk van Os komt thuis, <\/em>Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, NL \nUrbane Beelden, <\/em>KuuB ruimte voor kunst, Utrecht, NL \nUtrecht Down Under, Under Control, Gevangenis Wolvenplein, <\/em>Utrecht, NL \nMove ON, 100 years of Animation Art<\/em>, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2014<\/td>\n | De stad in mij (The City within me),<\/em> Museum IJsselstein, NL \nGeest van de Plek<\/em>, Museum Arnhem, NL \nAmsterdam Drawing, <\/em>Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL \nTime Being Time<\/em>, Museum of Contemporary Art Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina \nThe City<\/em>, Museum IJsselstein, NL \nSurreal Worlds<\/em>, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL \nStaged City,<\/em> Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2013<\/td>\n | World in Images<\/em>, Kunstpodium ZaalZuid, , Hengelo, NL \nI love Holland,<\/em> Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL \nMooove,<\/em> Villa Zebra , Rotterdam, NL \nCall of the Mall<\/em>, Art Manifestation, Utrecht Central Train Station, Utrecht. NL \nZoetermeer Utopia<\/em>, Townmuseum Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2012<\/td>\n | Scope New York<\/em>, Galery Art Mur, New York, USA \nLiving-Being<\/em>, Songzhuang Art Gallery, Beijing, China (cat.) \nArte Buenos Aires<\/em>, Galerie Mirta Demare, Buenos Aires, Argentina \nArt Rotterdam<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2011<\/td>\n | Une terrible beaut\u00e9 est n\u00e9e, <\/em>La 11e Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France \nSCOPE Basel<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Basel, Switzerland \nArt Amsterdam<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL \nDrawing Now Suite<\/em>, Paris, France \nAll about Drawing<\/em>, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2010<\/td>\n | De Ketelfactory, Schiedam, NL \nTexture Maps<\/em>, NEST, The Hague, NL \nDiepsel<\/em>, Galerie 37 Spaarnestad, Haarlem, NL \nSalon du Dessin Contemporain<\/em>, Galerie Maurits vd Laar, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2009<\/td>\n | Towing the Line, Drawing Space<\/em>, White Box, New York, USA \nStressed Spaces<\/em>, KW 14, Den Bosch, NL \nClose Encounters<\/em>, Blokhuispoort, Leeuwarden, NL \nAllemaal Engelen<\/em>, Museum het Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, NL \nSalon du Dessin Contemporain, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2008<\/td>\n | Paradise Lost<\/em>, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL \n<\/em>Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2007<\/td>\n | Art Rotterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL \nUnder Control<\/span>, Vrije Academie, The Hague, NL \nContour 2007<\/span>, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, NL \nComfort – Discomfort<\/span>, Stedelijk Museum, Den Bosch, NL \nArt Amsterdam, Galerie Dubble B, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2006<\/td>\n | Art Rotterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL \nKunstfort Vijfhuizen, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2005<\/td>\n | Galerie Loerakker, Amsterdam, NL \nTekeningen zomer, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL \nTeekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht (with Hans de Wit), NL \nPapier, schaar, steen<\/span>, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2003<\/td>\n | Tekenen des tijds<\/span>, Stichting KW 14, , Den Bosch, NL \nKunstRAI, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL \nTussen droom en daad<\/span>, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL \nIntravention<\/span>, W 139 in Onze lieve heer op zolder, Amsterdam \nInclinations<\/span>, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2002<\/td>\n | Motive Gallery, 4 x tekeningen, Haarlem, NL \nGalerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL \n4e salon van Utrechtse kunstenaars en vormgevers, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2001<\/td>\n | Artis, Den Bosch, NL \nGalerie Tegenbosch, Heusden aan de Maas, NL \nGalerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2000<\/td>\n | Zinnenprikkelend<\/span>, CBK Provincie Utrecht, Amersfoort, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1999<\/td>\n | Kunstmanifestatie De dubbelkamer, Schiedam, NL \nGalerie Outline, Stichting ZET, Amsterdam, NL \nKunst boven de bank<\/span>, Archipel, Apeldoorn, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1998<\/td>\n | 3e Salon van Utrechtse Kunstenaars en vormgevers, Centraal Museum (Stadhuis), Utrecht, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1996<\/td>\n | Past transparencies<\/span>, Nouvelles Images, The Hague , NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | \n | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |