Maurice van Tellingen, ‘Zolder’ , MDF, hout, alcyd verf, led spot. b.42 – h.25 – d.23 cm.
About
Maurice van Tellingen (1957) is a visual artist whose work balances between sculptural work and painting. His spatial works seem to be images of a memory or atmosphere that is recognizable but which the viewer cannot immediately place. Maurice van Tellingen studied at the Rietveld Academy and the Rijksacademy in Amsterdam. His work is part of the collections of AKZO-Nobel, KPN, and the De Groen Collection, among others. The tension is palpable in spatial works where the actual event still seems to be about to happen or has just ended. The works appear to be images of a memory or atmosphere that is recognizable but which the viewer cannot immediately place. Van Tellingen works with everyday spaces where little or nothing happens and where time seems to loop back on itself. He takes us from the stage where the human drama unfolds directly into the wings. He shows us a mysterious space that poetically portrays the backstage of our society. An art that explores the language of things and then uses it to find a new poetry. Interested in identity, he focuses on boundaries, the edge where one thing meets another.
Artworks
Curriculum Vitae
Maurice van Tellingen / artist website
Education
Rietveld Academy for visual arts.
Rijks Academy for visual arts.
Solo exhibitions
2025
Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Homo Ludens, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Promise me that you sing about me, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2023
Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Before the scenes, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Van den Berge Gallery, Kleine Kamerpresentatie, Goes, Netherlands.
2022
Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Vier en dertig ondergaande zonnen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2021
Die RaumGalerie, Die Welt im Model, Stuttgart, Germany.
This Art Fair, Kromhouthal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2020
Melklokaal, All day, every day, Heerenveen, Friesland.
2019
Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Black Box/Green Grass with R. Broekhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Kunstgemaal, Haunted House, Bronkhorst, Netherlands.
Kunsttraject, Shopwindows Staadsliedenbuurt, Joost Vermeulen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2018
Witteveen Visual Art Centre, Eigen Haard, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2017
Van den Berge Gallery, Dual, Goes, Netherlands.
2016
Witteveen Visual Art Centre, Poezie van de Dingen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Het Kunstgemaal, Vervreemding en Poëzie, Bronkhorst, Netherlands.
2015
Witteveen Visual Art Centre, Interval, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Van den Berge Gallery, Rewind&Replay, Goes, Netherlands.
2014
Petra Nostheide-Eÿcke Gallery, Positions Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
2013
Ron Mandos Gallery, Heimlich, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2012
Amphia Ziekenhuis, Office, Breda, Netherlands.
Petra Nostheide-Eÿcke Gallery, Lux, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2010
Petra Nostheide-Eÿcke Gallery, Nettetal, Germany.
2009
Petra Nostheide-Eÿcke Gallery, Nettetal, Germany.
2008
Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
DeakErika Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
2007
Van den Berge Gallery, Goes, Netherlands.
2006
Architektur Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Ron Mandos Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2005
doArt Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
2004
Ron Mandos Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2002
Kontor Gallery, Koeln, Germany.
2001
Museum van Naghsael, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2000
Het Fries Museum, Kabinetten, Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
1999
De Expeditie Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Group exhibitions
2025
Museum IJsselstein, Nieuw Begin, IJsselstein, Netherlands.
Fenix Museum, Alle Richtingen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Post Modern Collection, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Gallery Vriend van BAvink, ArtRotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2024
Kunsthal KAdE, Slaap, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
Gallery De Kapberg, Egmond aan de Hoef, Netherlands.
Vouch, Loods 6, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Art Rotterdam, Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2023
50PK, Doorgaans, Ede.
Vishal, Uitzicht zonder horizon, Haarlem, Netherlands
Gallery Wilms, Shifting Perspectives, Venlo, Netherlands
Van den Berge Gallery, Kleine Kamerpresentatie, Goes, Netherlands
Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Before the scenes, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum Belvedére, Heerenveen, Netherlands
Ledententoonstelling Kunsttraject, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022
ThisArtFair, Kromhouthal, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Van den Berge Gallery, ArtRotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Anningahof, Seizoen 2022, Zwolle, Netherlands.
Collectie de Groen, Show 19, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Collectie de Groen, Setup 6, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Het Kunstgemaal, Plankgas, Bronkhorst, Netherlands.
2021
Anningahof, beelden 2021, Zwolle, Netherlands.
ARWE gallery, We Are Home, Gouda, Netherlands
2020
De Groen Fine Art Collection, The Model, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Biederberg Gallery, Double Up, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Van den Berge Gallery, Reasons to be cheerful, Goes, Netherlands.
Vriend van Bavink Gallery, This Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2019
Pan Amsterdam, van den Berge Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Kunstgemaal, 5 jaar Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst, Netherlands.
Anne van As, C.A. Wertheim, House for Sale, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Kunstverein Neureut, Art Shoes (Nostheide Eycke Gallery), Karlsruhe, Germany.
KunstRAI, van den Berge Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2018
De Groen Fine Art Collection, Say No More Trust, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Kunst Centrum Haarlem, Ons Huis, Haarlem, Netherlands.
KunstRai Amsterdam, Witteveen Visual Art centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2017
Witteveen Visual Art Centre, A Temporary Farewell Show, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Collectie de Groen, Almighty Modest, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Landgoed Anninghof, Beelden 2017, Zwolle, Netherlands.
Zes voor Zes, Art fair organized by Witteveen Visual Art Centre, Loods 6, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Städtischen Galerie Viersen, Art Shoes, Viersen, Germany.
2016
Big Art, Capital C, Diamantbeurs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Van den Berge Gallery, Gallery Warming, Goes, Netherlands.
Landgoed Anningahof, Beelden 2016, Zwolle, Netherlands.
MOTI Museum, van Gogh’s Mini’s, Breda, Netherlands.
Rotterdam Art, Van den Berge Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Van den Berge Gallery, Argentum II, Goes, Netherlands.
2015
Raum für Cage … mit Cage, John Cage Orgel Kunst Project, Halberstadt, Germany.
Landgoed Anningahof, Beelden 2015, Zwolle, Netherlands.
Circa…dit, Full Swing, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Amsterdam Drawing, Van den Berge Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2014
Amsterdam Drawing, van den Berge Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Petra Nostheide-Eÿcke Gallery, Art Shoes, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Landgoed Anningahof, Coup de Foudre, curated by Pim Trooster, Zwolle, Netherlands.
Kennedy van der Laan, Maurice van Tellingen en Dirk Kome, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Art Rotterdam, Ron Mandos Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2013
Circa…dit, Homerun, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Room for Cage…with Cage (in conjunction with J. Cage Organ Project), Halberstadt, Germany.
John Cage Organ Project, Burchardikloster,Halberstadt, Germany.
KIK, Play around, Kolderveen, Netherlands.
Art Karlsruhe, Petra Nostheide-Eÿcke Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Smith&Visssers Gallery, Claustrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2012
Copenhagen Art Festival, Listen to your city, Knippelsbro, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ron Mandos Gallery, 6 x Rijks Akademie Alumni, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2011
Tonspur expanded, Der Laudsprecher, Museums Quartier Wien, Vienna, Austria.
‘Voorkamer, II’, Aux Brasseurs, Luik, Belgium.
De Maan, We are ‘hear’ to stay, Mechelen, Belgium.
Schunck, I treurend om een punt, Heerlen, Netherlands.
Van den Berge Gallery, Sugar Mountain, Goes, Netherlands.
KadE, MärklinWorld, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
Akkuh, Licht, Hengelo, Netherlands.
2010
Art Brussels, Ron Mandos Gallery, Brussel, Belgium.
Art Amsterdam, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ron Mandos Gallery, Reality and it’s double, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Montag Stiftung, The world as a model, Bonn, Germany.
Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Zweierlei, Basel, Switzerland.
2009
Art.Fair 21, Petra Nostheide-Eÿcke Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen-Geestgronden, Bergen, Netherlands.
Kunsthal 52, Intern&extern, Den Helder, Netherlands.
2008
Art Forum Berlin, Ron Mandos Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Heden, Het huis, de kamers 2, Den Haag, Netherlands.
Künstlerhaus Wien, Zeitramzeit, Vienna, Austria.
Stedelijk Museum Aalst, Papier Biënnale, Belgium.
TONSPUR expanded, Von klang der kunst, Museums Quartier Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Art Rotterdam, Ron Mandos Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
K13, Velp, Het huis, de kamers, Netherlands.
2007
Van den Berge Gallery, Over een titel wordt nog nagedacht, Goes, Netherlands.
Hogeschool Sint-Lucas, Meerspraak, departement Beeldende kunst, Gent, Belgium.
Architektur Galerie Berlin, Kunstsalon, Berlin, Germany.
Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery, Stopover, Bielefeld, Germany.
Nostheide-Eycke Gallery, Niederlandische 3D, Nettetal, Germany.
Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Something to write home about, Heerlen, Netherlands.
Voorkamer, Home is where the heart is, Lier, Belgium.
Prinsenhof Museum, Contour, Delft, Netherlands.
Stuk Art Centre, Artefact Festival, Leuven, Belgium.
Ron Mandos Gallery, Gala of the year, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2006
25 year Brakke Grond, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Berliner Festspiele, Sonambiente, Berlijn, Germany.
Witteveen Visual Art Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Marijke Scheurs Gallery, Thinking about animals, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Satellite of love, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Ron Mandos Gallery, Gala of the year, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2005
Art Fair Amsterdam, Ron Mandos Gallery, RAI, Netherlands.
Ron Mandos Gallery, Gala of the year, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2004
Artoteek Schiedam, Kunst en wonen, wonen met kunst, Netherlands.
Art Forum Berlin, Ron Mandos Gallery, Germany.
De Toonkamer Gallery, Bliksem, ‘Bliksem’, Stedum, Netherlands.
Zeebelt Filmhuis, Paal en Perk, Den Haag, Den Haag, Netherlands.
2003
Gist Gallery, Microscopium, Brummen, Netherlands.
Melkweg Gallery, Met het oog op een ander, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2002
NICC, Consortium, Not I, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Telescopium, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Arti et Amicitiae, Not I, Consortium, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Museum of Installation, Scale, London, UK.
Planetarium, Lazy Marie, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Artspace SYB, Virtuele ruimtes, Beetsterzwaag, Netherlands.
2001
Cinema de Balie, Black Cube, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Consortium, Until Tilt, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Centraal Museum Utrecht, Mangistan, Oud Amelisweerd, Bunnik, Netherlands.
Veemvloer, Mnemosyne, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2000
Het Consortium, Can We Start Again, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
CBK Nijmegen, Hotel, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Het Consortium, Not I, London, Belfast, UK.
Museumboerderij Vreeburg, St. Topos, Schagen, Netherlands.
CBK Groningen, Interieur, Groningen, Netherlands.
1999
Het Consortium, Not I, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Kunstvlaai ‘99, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Begane Grond, 1:2000, Utrecht, Netherlands.
KW 14, Kamerschatten, Den Bosch, Netherlands.
Cobra Museum, van Kandinsky tot Corneille, Amstelveen, Netherlands.
1998
Case Study House Omega, Behind closed doors, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Veemvloer, Automobiliteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1997
W139, Genuin Fiction, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Museum of Installation, Box Project, London, UK.
1996
W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
St. Atol, van den Berge Gallery, Middelburg, Netherlands.
Publications
2018
Pandora Magazine, issue 3, Ik wil kunst maken, interview by Lizan van Dijk en Ruud Vermeer.
2017
Deconarch online magazine on artitecture, interview by Simone Kraft (http://www.deconarch.com).
2013
Catalogue, Heimlich, M. van Tellingen.
2011
ELEPHANT Magazine, issue 8, Imitation of Life, interview by Marc Valli.
Catalogue, MärklinWorld, KadE, Amersfoort, Robert Roos, Judith van Meeuwen.
2010
Catalogue, Update-Die Welt als Modell, Stefan Rasche.
2009
Catalogue, Maurice van Tellingen, ‘Works 2005-2009’, M. van Tellingen.
Catalogus, Bergen Geestgronden, Museum Kranenburg, M. van Tellingen.
2008
Cataloque, Zeirramzeit, Künstlerhaus.
Catalogue, Het huis, de kamers 2, Heden, Peter Nijenhuis.
Catalogue, Papier Biënale Aalst, Stedelijk museum Aalst.
2007
Catalogue, Meerspraak, Hogeschool St. Lucas, Volkmar Mühleis.
Catalogue, Niederlandische 3D, Petra Nostheide-Eycke Gallery.
Catalogue, Museum van Naghsael.
Catalogue, Contour, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Jan Hein Sassen.
2006
Catalogue, Sonambiente, Georg Weckwerth.
2004
Catalogue, Maurice vanTellingen, selected works 2004, Flos Wildschut.
2003
Installation art in the new millenium, Nicolas de Oliveira.
2002
Catalogue for exhibition, Telescopium, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Ute Riese.
Catalogue for exhibition, Scale, Museum of Installation, Nicolas de Oliveira.
Kunstforum, June-July, 2002, Sabine Maria Schmidt.
Catalogue, Maurice vanTellingen, Anna van Driel, Merel Bem, Merlijn Schoonenboom, Paola van der Velde, Rutger Ponzen.
2001
Catalogue for exhibition, Black Cube, Cinema de Balie.
De Telegraaf, Het Mysterie Mangistan.
2000
Sculptors Society of Ireland, Sculpture in Context, Dave Duggan.
Catalogue for exhibition, Interieur, CBK Groningen, Rutger Pontzen.
Catalogue for exhibition, Hotel, CBK Nijmegen.
1999
Zimmermann, een feuilleton, series of short story’s for HTV de IJsberg.
Catalogue for exhibition, Kamerschatten, Anna van Driel.
Guest Lectures
2017
Schaal, BNO ING LAB, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam.
2013
On reversed perspective, Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst, Sint Lucas Beeldende Kunst Gent.
Projects
2009
Poiesis, Reflections on the art praxis, Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst, Sint Lucas, Gent/ K.U. Leuven.
Committees
2006
CBK Rotterdam O&O committee member.
Commissions
2004
Design for entrance Imagine IC, Imagine IC and Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.
2002
Curating series of exhibitions in ‘de Hortustunnel’, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.
2001
Curating series of exhibitions in ‘de Hortustunnel’, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.
1998
Design for garden Rex Theater, building corporation de Key.
Proposal for studends housing UVA, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.
Works in collection of
Ministry of Economical Affairs of the Netherlands, Rijksacadamy Art Collection, AKZO-Nobel, KPN, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, City of Almere, CBK-Groningen, Atlantic University Boca Raton Florida, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Collection De Groen, and many private collections.