JEroen henneman

About

Jeroen Henneman (b. 1942) is a Dutch painter, draughtsman and sculptor. Henneman’s work is part of the visual collective memory of the Netherlands. His distinctive style and artistic choices are familiar and iconic to many, sometimes without people being consciously aware of it.

For more than half a century, Henneman has explored, with a sharp eye, the possibilities of drawing and the power of visual representation. His practice cannot easily be contained within a single discipline. Drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and work in public space are all part of an extensive oeuvre. An impressive productivity and an inexhaustible drive to work have been at its foundation. For decades, he has drawn, painted and constructed objects that come directly from everyday life. Objects everyone knows, but which in his hands acquire a kind of quiet monumentality. With a clear visual language, Henneman creates his own universe, playing with perspective, space and, above all, emptiness, leaving room for the viewer’s imagination.

Artworks

Curriculum vitae

Jeroen Henneman (b. 1942, NL) / artist website

Education

1959 – 1961

Instituut voor Kunstnijverheid, Amsterdam, NL

1964

Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, BE

Exhibition

2026

Solo exhibition ‘Een overzicht’ at Vriend van Bavink gallery, NL

2022

Exhibition ‘Het leven der dingen’ in Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen

2018

Exhibition in Stedelijk Museum Kampen, NL

2017

De Doos, Amsterdam, NL

2015

Portrait of Leo Vroman, Gouda, NL

2007

De Schreeuw, monument for Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam, NL

2006

Potlood en papier in Zwolle, NL 

2006

De Kus, in Apeldoorn, NL

2003

Portrait of King Willem I in Breda, NL

2003

Exhibition in Museum Beelden aan Zee, Den Haag, NL

2000

Portrait of Queen Beatrix

2000

De Lamp, in Zwolle, NL

1996

Het Wiel installed at the tax office in Amsterdam, NL

1982

De Kus revealed in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, NL

1966

First exhibition