David Risley Gallery || Helen Frik

Born 1960, Worcester, United Kingdom
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Education
1981 B.A. Hons Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton, UK
1981/1983 Ateliers 63, Haarlem, NL
1992 EKWC (european ceramics workcenter), Den Bosch, N

Solo Exhibitions
2006
The Frik Collection, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Döle, Franche-Comté, F
The Girdulent Repugdulent Experience, David Risley Gallery, London, UK

2005
The Frik Collection, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, NL
Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL

2004
Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL

2003
Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL

2001
Look at me? - Look at you!, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL
Grafrik, complete print oeuvre, Forrer Steendrukkerij, Bussum, NL
On top of the world, Galerie Metis.nl, Amsterdam, NL

2000
Haags Gemeentemuseum, presentation of drawing and sculptures, The Hague, NL

1999
Is there a heaven - on earth - is there a hell, Metis Galerie, Amsterdam, NL

1998
Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim, NL
Trek je niets van aan Don't let it bother you, Metis Galerie, Amsterdam, NL

1997
P resentation of sculptures in private house, Amsterdam, NL
Kommer en kwel Girdulent Repudgulence, drawing exhibition, Galerie Metis,
Amsterdam, NL

1996
Hooger op Higher up / move over, installation in Het To rentje, Almelo, NL
It really does matter, drawing retrospective, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL

1995
Feeling with eyes, sculpture retrospective, De Paviljoens, Almere, NL
Galerie Metis, Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem, NL

1994
Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL
Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem, NL

1993
Galerie Schouten & de Vries, Haarlem, NL

1992
Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL
Beelden in de koepel Sculpture in the dome, Gemeente Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, NL

1991
Kontakt met de buiten wereld Contact with the outside world, installation in the Galerie Schouten & de Vries, Haarlem, NL

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Galerie van Rijsbergen, Rotterdam, NL

1988
Galerie van Rijsbergen, Rotterdam, NL
Galerie van Rijsbergen, Eindhoven, NL

Group Exhibitions

2007
Voltashow’, David Risley Gallery, Basel, CH
Citadel 1: Front Room/Killing Room’, David Risley Gallery, London, UK
‘Art Chicago’, David Risley Gallery, US

2006
Into drawing, Instituut Néerlandais, Paris, F, Istituto Universitario Olandese di Storia Dell' Arte, F l o rence, I
Buitenste binnen, Outside - in Enschede City Collection, Enschede, NL
Comic life en de kietel dood, duo with Roland Sohier, Pictura, Dord recht, NL
Art rotterdam, David Risley Gallery, NL

2005
ART futures, Bloemberg SPACE, London, UK
Art Forum Berlin, David Risley Gallery, D
Whisper, Gist Gallery, Brummen, NL
Into drawing, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick, IRE, CODA, Apeldoorn, NL
Volta, David Risley Gallery, Basel, CH

2004
Portraits of Non-humans, David Risely Gallery, London, UK

2003
De grote verbeelding The expansive imagination, de Grote Kerk, The Hague, NL
Tekenen des Tijds (drawing on the wall), KW 14, Den Bosch, NL
Woman by, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL

2002
per saldo, ABN AMRO Bank collection, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, NL
Inside drawing, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL
Sense of drawing II, Gist, Brummen, NL

2000
Huiskamers - schatkamers! Living rooms - treasure troves!
Paleis Lange Voorhout, The Hague, NL
De Voorstelling - Nederlandse Kunst in het Stedelijk Paleis
The Presentation - Dutch art in the Stedelijk Palace, the personal choice of HRH Queen Beatrix, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Institute Nérlandais , Paris, F
KunstRAI art fair, presentation for the West Art of Now: Award winner. Represented by Galerie Metis, Forrer Steendrukkerij, Amsterdam, NL
Flaming Youth, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL

1999
Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, UK

1998
Amsterdamer Bildhauer Amsterdam sculptors, Meinblau Galerie, Berlin, D

1997
Klein sculptuur - Lipchitz en nu Small sculpture - Lipchitz and now,
Stedelijke Musea Gouda, NL
Vrouwen in beeld Women in the picture, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, NL
Out of Drawers, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL
De Bruiloftsreportage The wedding album, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
One Line Drawings, Ubu Gallery, New York, USA
Still, The Old Lead Works, Bristol, UK

1996
Jeanne Oosting Prize, Gemeentemuseum Maassluis, NL
One Line Drawings, Galerie Parade, Amsterdam, NL
Chasé Theater, Breda, NL
Letterlijk en Figuurlijk Literally and Figuratively, Sothebys, Amsterdam, NL

1995
Les paroles confuses, Marktzeventien, Enschede, NL
Ideal standard summer time, Lisson Gallery, London, UK

1994
Mr. & Mrs., installation in Hotel Pullitzer, Amsterdam, NL
Sieraden van Beeldhouwers jewelry by sculptors, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, NL
Schets/Beeld sketch/sculpture, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL
Op papier On paper, KCB Bergen, NL
De huid van ons huis The skin of our house, Gouverneurstuin, Assen
Tekenend Drawn, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, NL

1993
Papier per se paper per se, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, NL

1992
KunstRAI art fair, Galerie Schouten & de Vries, Amsterdam, NL

1991
Fétes divers, Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, NL
Beeldhouwerstekeningen Sculptors drawings,
Galerie Schouten & de Vries, Haarlem, NL
Galerie van Rijsbergen, Rotterdam, NL
Prix NI, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL

1990
Beeldhouwerstekeningen Sculptors drawings,
Galerie Schouten & de Vries, Haarlem, NL
Gemengd Bedrijf Mixed Business, Haags Gemeentemusuem, The Hague, NL
KunstRAI art fair, Galerie van Rijsbergen, Amsterdam, NL
Multiple choice, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL
Bevrijdingen Liberation, Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Achter het Beeld Behind the picture, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL

1989
Het Parool newspaper print presentation, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, NL
Acht in opdracht Eight commisioned, Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg, NL
Gemeente Aankopen Amsterdam City Council purchases,
Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, NL
Galerie van Rijsbergen, Rotterdam, NL
Stedelijk Museum Gouda, NL

1987
KunstRAI art fair, Susan Biederburg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Contour, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, NL

1986
Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL

1985
Mens en omgeving People and surroundings , De Beyerd, Breda, NL
Ateliers 63, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, NL

1983
Galerie Biederburg-Müller, Amsterdam, NL

Commissions
2005
Proposal for Rembrandt circulation coin, Royal Dutch Mint, Utrecht, NL

2004
Proposal for Theater Hanzehof, Zutphen, NL

Eight indoor art works for LNV expertise center building
(advice center to the ministry of agriculture,fisheries and nature conservation), Ede, NL. Commissioned by the state building commission,
The Hague, NL

2003
Sculpture for outdoor balcony, and indoor version in bronze for the sight impared, De Marke de Meenthoek home for the elderly, Huizen, NL

2002
Existing bronze sculpture sited outdoors in new residential area,
Bergschenhoek Council, NL

2000
Outdoor sculpture (bronze, ceramic, iron) for refurbished residential boulevard, Zeist Council, NL

edition in bronze, for personel Rabobank Nederland, NL

1997
Outdoor bronze sculpture to commemorate the Jewish writer Carry van Bruggen in her childhood residential area, Zaanstad Council, NL

Outdoor bronze and cement sculpture for residential area, Apeldoorn, NL

1994
Temporary outdoor sculpture for The Governers Gardens, Assen, NL

1991
Outdoor bronze and corten steel sculpture for viaduct by Velserbroek,
North Holland, NL

Outdoor bronze and stone sculpture for the Maliebaan, Utrecht, NL

1989
Indoor sculpture for the theme of liberation, Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, NL

Litho/etching print edition for readers of Het Parool newspaper, Amsterdam, NL

1988
Indoor sculpture, Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg, NL

1986
Invitation to develop a proposal (not chosen), Bergen op Zoom council, NL

Prizes
2001 Sandbergprijs, Amsterdam Council Art Fund
2000 West Art of Now Award
1996 Jeanne Oosting prize for watercolours
1989 Amsterdam Council Art Fund prize

Catalogues
2004
Micky Piller, Kamers, collection catalogue, Kennedy van der Laan,
Amsterdam, NL.

2003
Hester Alberdingk Thijm, Pietje Tegenbosch, Dirk van Welden, Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, Proof of Principle, collection catalogue, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Arnhem, NL
De grote verbelding, De Grote Kerk, The Hague, NL
Women by, exhibition publication, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
Hans den Hartog Jager, sign of the times, exhibition catalogue, KW14, Den Bosch, NL

2002
Een collectie / a collection: een keuze uit de verzameling van de ABN AMRO bank, collection catalogue, ABN AMRO bank, Amsterdam, NL
Holland 2002 Dutch Artists - A Sovereign Selection, Spalder & Norvell Jefferson, Naarden. Diplomatic buro agenda, Foreign Information Division, ministry of Foreign Affairs, Den Haag, NL

2001
De Amsterdamse Kunst Prijzen 2001 The Amsterdam Art Prizes 2001, Gemeente Amsterdam, NL
Bedrijven verzamelen Companies Collect, Waanders publishers.
25 Dutch corporate collections, NL

2000
Richard Fernhout, Colin Huizing, Het Nederlandse Kunst Boek The Dutch Art Book, Waanders Uitgevers, NL
Collection catalogue 1998/1999/2000, Gemeente Enschede, NL
Rudi Fuchs, Nederlandse kunst in het Stedelijk Paleis: De Voorstelling
Dutch Art in the City Palace: The show, exhibition catalogue, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL.
Text by Pier van Leeuwen, Anjo Kan, Zaanse beeldenwijzer Zaanland sculpture guide, outdoor public sculpture in Zaanstad, NL
De Kunstaanbieding 2000 The Art Offer 2000, Rabobank Nederland
Bertine Bosch, Myrna Joy Hofman, Platform 1 Platform 1, Delden, NL.
Review of council exhibitions

1998
The test of time, edition written by, and circulation limited to,
collectors of Helen Friks work Lien Heytink, Alles behalve mode Everything but fashion, Suplement magazine NRC Handelsblad, NL.

1997
Hans Vogels, Small Sculptures: Lipchitz and now, exhibition catalogue, Stedelijk Museum Gouda, NL.
Vrouwen in beeld, exhibition catalogue, museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, NL
Lia Gieling, Een keuze uit de collectie almere - almere cahier 1 A choice from the collection of AlmereCouncil, accompanying the exhibition in/out, De Paviljoens, Almere, NL.
Bert Jansen, De bruiloft reportage The wedding Album, Overview of ten years collection of drawings
Centraal Museum / Province of Utrecht, in the Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL.
Still, Exhibition catalogue, Bristol, UK. Organised by the University of the
West of England

1996
Helen Frik, It really does matter, monography accompanying solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL.
Maarten Bertheux, Bulletin Stedelijk Museum, exhibition publication, Stedelijk museum Amsterdam, NL.
Overkant Other side, exhibition catalogue, Kortenhoef, NL.
Kunsteditie voor Duchenne art edition for Duchenne, The Parent Project, NL
Jeanne Oosting prize, presentation Museum Maassluis, NL

1995
Middle pages for periodical Ruimte, NL

1994
Bert Jansen, De hid van ons huis The skin of our house,
outdoor sculpture exhibition catalogue, Assen, NL.
Tekend - tekeningen van Nederlandse kunstenaars uit de collectie Becht Drawn - drawings from Dutch artists in the collection Becht, exhibition catalogue, Apeldoorn, NL

1991
Nederlandse kunst: rijksaankopen 1990 Dutch art: state purchases 1990, collection catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, NL
The via Papyrus, exhibition catalogue, Bergkerk, Deventer, NL
Erik Bos, Mirjam Westen Have you seen this? Have you even looked?, monography.

1990
Ton van Gestel Acht in opdracht Eight commisioned, exhibition catalogue,Netherlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg, NL.
Een collectie: een keuze uit de verzameling van de ABN AMRO bank
A collection: a choice from the ABN AMRO bank colletion, collection catalogue, ABN AMRO bank, Amsterdam, NL
Franz Kaiser, Gemengd bedrijf Mixed business, exhibition catalogue Haags Gemeentemusuem, The Hague, NL.
Hetty Berg, Bevrijdingen Liberation, exhibition catalogue, Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, NL.

1989
Janneke Wesseling, Contour, exhibition catalogue, Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, NL.

Work in the collections of
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Teylers Musuem, Haarlem
Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Gouda
Province of Utrecht
Gemeente Museum Arnhem
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
City of Amsterdam
Coda, Apeldoorn
The Home Office, Netherlands
Instituut Collectie Nederland (State Art Collection)
NOG Insurances Collection
ABN AMRO Bank
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation
RaboBank Nederland
De Nederlandsche Bank
FRAC Franche - Compté, France
Bouwfonds Nederlandse Gemeenten
Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague
And in private collections in Europe and USA

Teaching
since 1985 tutor sculpture at the AKI-Artez academy, Enschede, NL
Guest at: University of Ulster, Belfast; University of West England, Bristol; Sunderland Polytechnic, Newcastle, Gray’s
school of art, Aberdeen UK.
and: Rietveld academie, Amsterdam; academie Minerva, Groningen; academie Den Bosch, NL

Committee Membership
1996-1999   Sitting jury member for individual subsidies, Netherlands Foundation for Art, Design and Architecture
1998             Projet group member, advisory function to ministry of education
1988             Touche sculpture prize
1986            Utrecht CIty Council purchases

Monographs
1992             ‘Have you seen this?’
1996             ‘It really does matter’(accompanying exhibition of the same name at Stedelijk Museum exhibition)
2006             ‘The Frik Collection’ (accompanying exhibition of the same name at Gemeentemuseum Dan Haag /                                                                                              Musée des Beaux Arts de Dôle)