LEIDSCHENDAM, NETHERLANDS, 1976
LIVES AND WORKS IN: ROTTERDAM
WWW.ARNOUD.IS.DREAMING.ORG
WORK EXPOSED IN MADRID ABIERTO: TRANSLUCID VIEW

Arnoud Schuurman’s attempt to incorporate art in public space drives him to seek boundaries of experimental possibilities.

"I look constantly to renew a synergy of media and techniques. By this I get ideas that evolves into something refreshing. To visualize something immaterial such as time and space, light and darkness in an object or entity on itself, is for me the ultimate goal".

Mostly I look to plan my ideas for an application in public space. I find this aspect of our surrounding environment exciting, there evolves  for a public art project the possibility to come in touch with a public that is not necessarily out for being confronted with an artwork. I would like my installations to spin off a dialogue with the surrounding environment and architecture. Herein the work generates in its presence with existing surroundings a confronting imaginative force and is contact with public spontaneously and inevitable.’

He lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has exhibited and worked on various public art projects in The Netherlands and various other countries. Amongst them are: Canada, Mexico, Portugal, Cyprus, Belgium, Serbia and Montenegro.

EDUCATION
2000
* Master class: How unique is a city?  By Architect R. Yamamoto / Nai

1999
* Student exchange with Vancouver at Emily Carr Institute, Canada

1996–2000
* Willem De Kooning Academy, R’dam - Visual Art department

Solo exhibitions
2005
* Urban Vitrine. Waterloostraat, Rotterdam

2002
* Structures of Interferente. Casa de la cultura  Morelia, Mexico

2001
* Urban Field. Project space Morgen, Rotterdam

1995
* Found Objects. Gallery Keller, The Hague

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005
* Composites.Patterns.Outcomes. Voorburgstraat Studios, Rotterdam

2004
* Noise-incident. Noise of Coincidence. Yuart Biënale Vrsac, Serbia&Montenegro
* Accidentes Coordinados. Observatorio Morelia, Mexico

2003
* Out of Line. UN-bufferzone between Rep. Cyprus - TKKC
* Endless sequence no. 5. Trans_Hábitos from Rotterdam/ MORGEN. Interdisciplinair festival in Porto
* Descubrir de Europa. NOC project 5.0 Morelia, Mexico
* Noiseobsession’  presentation 3.3.  Noise of Coincidence in Nicoisia, CY

2002
* Send Documents. STROOM, The Hague
* Whats happening. CuCoSa, Rotterdam

2001
* Doormat of the Law. Art tour Rotterdam, City Hall

2000
* Perpetuem Mobile. Kunsthal Rotterdam
* A hot Welcome. Entrance academy, Rotterdam

1999
* Endless Sequence no. 2. Port Coquitlam City Hall, Canada
* Commissions and public art

2005–2006
* Port in the Picture. Katendrecht  - Rotterdam
* 2005-2006
* Shadow Monument. Vosmaerstraat, Rotterdam

2003
* Shadow monument. Polderweg, Amsterdam
* Noisecrossings. Block area-green line-Nicosia, Cyprus

2001
* Spy mirror Monitoring. Witte de Withstraat, Part of the Art Express route in Rotterdam
* Sketch proposal for a work in the new Luxor theatre, Rotterdam

2000
* Confrontation Mirror. A semi-permanent work in Metro station Blaak.  Commissioned by RET, Rotterdam

1999
* Tidal Bed. Public space-project, Vancouver

1997
* Metro-Shelter. Surbröt, Belgium

GRANTS
2005
* Robert Wilson's Watermill Center International Summer Arts
* Program,Long Island, NY - UNESCO Aschberg bursary and The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.

2004
* Internship Edad de Bronce. Morelia, Mexico. CBK Rotterdam bursary

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