Bob Bonies

Bob BONIES (The Hague 1937)

Sculptor, painter, designer, graphic artist

Education:

Academy of Fine Arts The Hague, Free Academy The Hague, Stockholm Högre Konst Industriëlla Skolan. From 1988 to 2001 he was director of the Free Academy of Arts in The Hague.

Lives and works in The Hague

In the early 1960s, a group of artists emerged who wanted to create abstract art with no deeper meaning. The work had to be systematic, concrete and rational. They opposed the emotional charge of expressionism, and were pioneers in this. Bob Bonies was a prominent member of this avant-garde movement. With the use of contrasting colors and geometric shapes, he seeks balance and order.

Bob Bonies has developed a strong body of work over the years, averse to fashions and trends.

Exhibitions and prizes:

Solo exhibition, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1966 International exhibition Forms of Colours, Amsterdam, Bern, Stuttgart, 1966 Solo exhibition, Gemeente Museum The Hague, 1979 Retrospective exhibition, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, 1981