Dave de Leeuw (Heerlen, 1981) is an artist from the Netherlands. He studied at the academy of fine arts in Maastricht and graduated in 2008.
De Leeuw’s oeuvre contains paintings, drawings, sculptures, murals, videos and installations. His developing multi-disciplinary work was
introduced to the art public by collector Henk Pijnenburg and museum director Wim van Krimpen. His works are included in public collections:
a.o. Gemeentemuseum The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Achmea collection, FS group collection, Rotterdam and Maastricht university and
private collections a.o. Hugo & Carla Brown collection London, Pieter & Marieke Sanders Haarlem, van ‘t Hof collection Bosch en Duin.

Curriculum Vitae

Download my full CV (January 2020) here in PDF format

selection of exhibitions

2019 Call to Action
• Gemeentenmuseum Helmond, Helmond, the Netherlands, group exhibition
2019 Melting Pot
• Cacaofabriek, Helmond, the Netherlands, group exhibition
2019 Mumbling the phrases
• Hoorn & Reniers gallery, The Hague, the Netherlands, solo exhibition
2018 On Paper
• Hoorn & Reniers gallery, The Hague, the Netherlands, group exhibition
2017 Amsterdam Art fair
• Gerhard Hofland gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, group exhibition
2016 Parkstad Limburg Prijs
• SCHUNCK museum, Heerlen, the Netherlands, group exhibition
2016 Art Amsterdam
• Peergallery, Maastricht, the Netherlands, solo exhibition
2016 The Reader
• Peergallery, Maastricht, the Netherlands, solo exhibition
2015 Art The Hague
• WTC the Hague gallery, The Hague, the Netherlands, solo exhibition
2015 Uit de Verf
• Villa Mondriaan Museum, Winterswijk, the Netherlands, group exhibition
2015 Dreckiges Geschaft
• Kunstverein Graz, Regensburg, Germany, group exhibition
2014 Innosense
• AdHocPad artspace, Vienna, Austria, duo exhibition
2013 Donker Bed
• Wim Van Krimpen gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, solo exhibition
2013 Art Rotterdam
• Wim Van Krimpen gallery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, solo exhibition
2012 Amerikaanse topmodellen en andere stukken
• Gemeentemuseum Helmond, the Netherlands, group exhibition
2012 The Hunter
• FeldbuschWiesner gallery, Berlin, Germany, solo exhibition
2011 Videoinstallatie 004
• museum Het Domein, Sittard, the Netherlands, group exhibition
2011 Sweet Mother Again
• Wim Van Krimpen gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, solo exhibition
2010 Soms gebeurt het
• Cacaofabriek, Helmond, the Netherlands, solo exhibition
2010 prive domein
• Art Pijnenburg, Deurne, the Netherlands, solo exhibition
2009 d’RAW
• SCHUNCK museum, Heerlen, the Netherlands, group exhibition, curator

Collections

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Gemeentemuseum Helmond
Achmea kunstcollectie
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Maastricht University
FSgroep Hilversum
The Minds Eye collection Amsterdam
Atrium MC Heerlen
• and more public and private collections in the Netherlands and abroad.

Education

• january 2008
Bachelor of art: Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design (MAFAD), the Netherlands

Prizes

• nominee for Parkstad Limburg Award 2016





Artist Talk at The Hague Contemporary

View the artist talk here (dutch)

Curator Stephanie Afrifa in conversation with Inge Aanstoot and Dave de Leeuw at The Hague Contemporary art weekend.

Video

August 3, 2018

sisters

140 x 100 cm
oilpaint on canvas
2018

Paintings, work

June 14, 2018

married with the mongers

180 x 250 cm
oil on canvas
2018

Paintings, work

June 13, 2018

mama the beast

240 x 125 cm
pencil and arylic paint on paper
2018

Drawings, work

June 7, 2018

flower girl

180 x 150 cm
oilpaint on canvas
2018

Paintings, work

May 1, 2018

figure observing feet

30 x 20 cm
oil on canvas
2018

Paintings, work

January 31, 2018

all this playtime is over

lacquer-paint on wall, Frontensingel te Maastricht 2017

Murals, Paintings, work

July 28, 2017

celebrate calibrate
video

time lapse process video of a private mural in Bosch en Duin, the Netherlands

Paintings, Video

July 25, 2017

bacon for my fish

acrylics and charcoal on wall at Amsterdam Art fair 2017

Murals, Paintings

May 25, 2017

Suppressor

125 x 200 cm
pencil and arylic on paper
2017

Drawings

May 20, 2017

de vriend

45 x 30 cm
oil on canvas
2016

private collection – Nijmegen

Drawings, Paintings

February 14, 2017

Sphinx

80 x 90 cm
pencil on paper
2016

Drawings

November 28, 2016

man rubbing fish

100 x 70 cm
pencil and acrylics on paper
2015

private collection – Maastricht

Drawings

November 16, 2016

making the Heerlen Heron
video

Short video on the making of a mural by Dave and Vincent Lancee. The project was crowfunded through voordekunst.nl thanks to streetartheerlen.nl and an exceptionally awesome group of anonymous tuupen from Heerlen.

Video

October 30, 2016

the being alone

pencil on paper sculpture
40 x 30 x 60 cm
2016

Drawings, work

August 26, 2016