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





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

December 2016 / March 2017
SCHUNCK*
Museum

‘Parkstad Limburg Prijs 2016′

Dave is nominated for the Parkstad Limburg art prize. You can visit the exhibition with all nominees and the winner of the Parkstad Limburg prize 2016 at the Schunck* Museum for contemporary art in Heerlen.

award ceremony on saturday 10-12-2016 at 18:00
11-12-2016 till 19-03-2017

Events

October 5, 2016

the being alone

pencil on paper sculpture
40 x 30 x 60 cm
2016

Drawings, work

August 26, 2016

portrait of two legs with feet

90 x 50 cm
oilpaint on canvas
2016

private collection – Rotterdam

Paintings

June 14, 2016

dissection

160 x 190 cm
oilpaint on canvas
2016

collection FS groep – Hilversum

Paintings, work

June 2, 2016

Grabbed Girl

108 x 86 cm
pencil and oilpaint on coloured paper
2016

Drawings

May 27, 2016

June 2016
KunstRai
Art Amsterdam

Exhibition with recent works at KunstRai art fair in Amsterdam, with Peergallery
(stand 56)

01-06 till 05-06 2016

Events

May 10, 2016

uncut timelapse untitled mural
video

mural for the exhibition ‘Florish in Paint’ at Villa Mondriaan Museum

Video

March 13, 2016

‘girl without cigarettes’ and ‘staring young mother with jacket’

108 x 86 cm
pencil and oilpaint on coloured paper
2016

Drawings

March 12, 2016

they dance in the deep

250 x 180 cm
oil on canvas
2015

collection Bremen bouwadviseurs – Heerlen

Paintings

March 11, 2016

Pictures of
‘Flourish from paint’
Villa Mondriaan museum

impression of an exhibition with contemporary artists alongside mondriaan at the Villa Mondriaan Museum in Winterswijk.

Galleries

March 10, 2016

September 2015 / February 2016
Villa Mondriaan
Museum

‘UIT DE VERF’

exhibition with contemporary artists alongside mondriaan at the Villa Mondriaan Museum in Winterswijk.

Opening on saturday 19-09 from 16:30
19-09-2015 till 28-02-2016

Events

February 28, 2016

bathing girl

80 x 180 cm
oil on canvas
2016

Paintings

February 19, 2016