Columbia / Netherlands
Mixed media
CURRICULUM VITAE
RaQuel van Haver
Born: 1989, Bogota,Colombia
https://www.instagram.com/raquelvelascomartinez/?hl=en
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Education:
2008 – 2012Hoge School voor Kunsten, Utrecht - Bachelor Fine Arts
2006 – 2008Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Represented by:
2015- Present Gallery Jack Bell, London, UK
2015-2017 RonLangArt, Amsterdam, NL
2012- Present WELIKEART, Haarlem, NL
Special project:
2018- LKBG , Hamburg , DU
2018- Tales no Taboos, DZIM, CBK zuidoost, Thami Mnyele, Galerie 23 and No Mans Art gallery, NL
2017- Dordrechts museum, NL
2017- Park, Tilburg , NL
2016- David Krut, Johannesburg , SA
2016- Dzimbanethe, ZIM
Art collective:
2015-present DRAWMENEARER
2014-present The state of L3
Solo exhibitions:
2018
Jackbell gallery, London , UK
2017
Dordrechts museum, scheffer award 2017
Shrine of a deity, African Artist foundation, Lagos, NI
Definition of a system, Jackbell Gallery, London, UK
2016
Hookers in toilets// dancehall version explicit, RonLangArt, Amsterdam, NL
Doggiestyle, Jackbell Gallery, London, UK
Tell no tales, TaBoo, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, ZIM
2015
Metro 54, Jackbell Gallery, London, UK
Ruwe Bolsters, Gallery 23/SBK, Amsterdam, NL
2014
Cinnamon, Bitterzoet, Amsterdam, NL
Tales by hand, Alice Yard, Port of Spain,Trinidad & Tobago, TT
2013
Reino de los cielos, Appels Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
RaQuel van Haver, Newyork Creations, Tilburg, NL
2012
RaQuel van Haver, Sanquin, Galerie Joghem, Amsterdam,NL
Groups exhibitions:
2018
Dordrechts museum, over view THE DUTCH Painters, overview influential Dutch painters over 250 years.
Tell no tales, TaBoo, Admire Kamudzengerere and Raquel van Haver, and artist in the national gallery of
Zimbabwe, Harare, ZIM
Tell no tales and Taboos, NL version with the Dutch and zimbabwean artist at CBK zuidoost, Thami Mnyele
foundation, Gallery 23 and NO MANS ART gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Art Rotterdam, Mondriaan fonds prospects and concepts, Rotterdam, NL
LKBG gallery, Hamburg, Ge
2017
Salon, Arti Amicitea, Amsterdam, NL
Postcard, We like art, Amsterdam, NL
Latin American cartographies, Bozar , Brussels, BE
Closer to the Sun, RonLangArt, Amsterdam, NL
Art house , Almere kunstlinie, NL
Definition of a system, Jackbell gallery London, UK
Quest icw Igshaan Adams, Park Tilburg, NL
Tell no tales, TaBoo, Prints of the project , galerie 23 and SBK Amsterdam, NL
2016
Artwave , Almere , kunstlinie, NL
National museum of contemporary art and world culture - afrika museum berg en dal, carnival , NL
Royal award for painting, De Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst 2016, Koninklijk Paleis op de Dam,
Amsterdam, NL
Opium torenkamer festival, Vondel cs, Amsterdam, NL
InchxInch, David krut Projects, Johannesburg, SA
Tell no tales, TaBoo, Admire Kamudzengerere, Raquel van Haver, Galerie 23/SBK, Amsterdam, NL
Europese unie, libary, royal club, Brussels , BE
THAT ART FAIR, Cape town, SA
Paper works, Draw me nearer, WM Gallery , Amsterdam, NL
Doggie style serie, Jack Bell Gallery London, UK
2015
Metro54, Jack Bell gallery , London, UK
Size matters, WLA, Enschede, NL
Draw me nearer, DRAWMENEARER , de Slager, Amsterdam, NL
Ancestral Blues, icw, The state of L3, curators Vincent van Velsen and Shaheen Merali,
Framerframed, Amsterdam, NL
Sanquin, Amsterdam, NL
Mom, CBK-zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL
Scribble for Life, TAC, Eindhoven, NL
2014
Into the Zoo, Kers Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
Nieuwe aanwinsten, CBK-Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL
I'm not doing anything until I feel the need, Scheurkalender door Joanneke Meester, DNB,Amsterdam , NL
War, Kers Galerie, Amsterdam , NL
Fiesta del Fuego, Santiago del Cuba, Cu
We Like Art, Westergasfabriek , Amsterdam, NL
Local Heroes, Cbk Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL
Wildlife, The Bishop, New York City, USA
2013
Mom, , duo show with Sheena Rose Barbados ,CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL
Royal award for painting, De Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst 2013, Koninklijk Paleis op de Dam,
Amsterdam, NL
Anton de Kom heeft het laatste woord, OBA, Amsterdam, NL
MOVT nr 5 Routes, door Charl Landvreugd, Art Rotterdam, NL
2012
Vous Etes Ici, WE LIKE ART WALLS, Amsterdam, NL
Royal award for painting, De Koninklijke prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst 2012, Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam, NL
Amsterdam 2.0, Brakkegrond, Amsterdam , NL
Jokers, in samenwerking met Anne Wenzel, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg , NL
Opening, Appels Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Zwart van Roet, MC Theater, Amsterdam, NL
Collection:
Prinses Beatrix & Prins Claus
Sanquin
Otto Schaap
Fairs:
2018
Liste, LKBG gallery
Art Rotterdam, prospects and Concepts, Mondriaan fonds WJT, Rotterdam, NL
2016
Art Rotterdam, RonLangArt NL
THAT ART FAIR, Capetown,Sa
2015
Amsterdam Drawing, RonLangArt, Amsterdam, NL
2014
Amfad Artfair, Amsterdam, NL
Projects and residencies:
2018-2020
AIR IBB, workshops, curacao
La Vulcanizadora, Bogota, CO
Residency at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, ZIM
Residency at Cbk zuidoost , thami mnyele foundation with the group of Zimbabwean artist icw National Gallery
of Zimbabwe, Amsterdam , NL
2017
Magazine a deity of a shrine, Lagos, NG
Residency at the AAF, Deity of a Srine, Lagos, NG
Residency at the national gallery , folktales taboos project , Harare, ZIM
African art in venice forum, hotel Monaco, Artist talk, Venice biennale, IT
Residency at the AAF, Lagos, NG
Participant of the culture summit 2017, Abu Dhabi , UAE
Quest, park duo show with Igshaan Adams SA, Tilburg , NL
2016
Residency at the national gallery , folktales taboos project , Harare, ZIM
More than a muze , international Women's day, Stedelijk museum Amsterdam, NL
Torenkamer NPO1, Amsterdam, NL
Residency at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, ZIM
Workshop at David krut , Johannesburg, SA
2015
DRAWMENEARER, Museumnacht, Amsterdam, NL
Design, Gsus store, Westerstraat/ Magnaplaza, Amsterdam, NL
2014
Design, Logo BB Halbebier , NL
Design, Tshirts, op the Block festival, HV all day, Open Art Route, Amsterdam, NL
Residency, Viviart, Havana, Cuba, CU
Lecture, University of Art, Port of Spain, Port of Spain, Trinidad, TT
Alice Yard, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago , TT
Lecture, Zwartwit, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
2013
MagaZine, magazine design icw Richard Koek, New York City, USA
Design, drawing in commission of Tropen museum, project Keti Koti, Amsterdam, NL
Curator, Anton de kom heeft het laatste woord icw SRM and ijzerengordijn, OBA, NL
Publications:
2018
Kunstmagazine
Financieel dagblad, bijzonder talent 2018
Kunstuur, 21 januari
Bijmer stijl, 3 februari
2017
Nieuwe aankopen, MetropolisM
Volksrant, Robert vuistje
Parool, interview Raquel van haver
AD, Dordrechts museum
Catalogue Shrine of a Deity 2017, African artist foundation, Lagos
Grote nederlandse kunst kalender 2017
Somethingweafricansgot #2
Afrobrusselscity, raquel van Haver dans lexposition Collective latin american cartographies.
AAVF.com venice , artist beyond their practice icw Adama Sanneh, Ayana Jackson and Joel andrianomearisoa.
More than a muze, funix,Short promo film , Stedelijk museum , Amsterdam, NL
More than a muze, Interview Parool
More than a muze, Interview Volkskrant
2016
Interview, Parool, September
Forbesmagazine, 30under30
Torenkamer interview, NPO1, amsterdam
Catalogue no1, overview work produced by Raquel van Haver
2015
Documentary : "RaQuel van Haver"
Maarten van Aken (director) Icw Halbe
Platformplatvorm
Rob Perree, africanah.org
De grote Amsterdamse Kunst kalender
2014
Marsha Pierce , arcthemagazine
Kunst kalender Joanneke meester , i am not doing anything untill i feel the need
Complex, young emerging artist
Nominations:
2017
FD talenten 2018
Culturesummit Abudhabi
De schefferprijs 2017, dordrechts museum
Bijdrage Talentontwikkeling in Internationale Context, Mondriaan
2016
Werkbijdrage Jong talent, Mondriaan Fonds
30under30 Forbes listed, Most influential Young artist under 30
Nomination Royal award for painting, Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
2015
Long list nomination Prix the Rome
2013
Nomination Kunstliefde award
Nomination Royal award for painting, Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
2012
Nomination Royal award for painting, Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
Nomination Buning Brongers award
Nomination Jan Zumbrink award
RAQUEL VAN HAVER, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, B. 1989
Van Haver works on burlap, often combining oil paint, charcoal, resin, hair, paper, tar and ash in
heavily textured compositions. She is interested in race and identity, drawing from African, Western,
Caribbean and Latin American cultures within her community in the South-East of Amsterdam,
Netherlands. Her painting is raw and masculine, at times monumental and energetic, at others dark
and ominous.
Recent works continue to deal with social hierarchies and negotiations between ‘self’ and ‘othe The
artist skilfully fuses great traditions of painting and current practices of graffiti in her local
surroundings. Her brutal visual language confronts contemporary society and the difficult
relationships between authority and marginalised neighbourhoods.
Van Haver begins by collecting imagery, either found or from her own photography and sketches.
These are then deconstructed and fragmented through collage to create new narratives. Surface and
subject are finally sculpted into relief using thick layers of paint. The stories they tell are recognisable
to the viewer, but left open and inviting interpretation.
Van Haver was born in 1989 in Bogota, Colombia. She lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Her work is currently included in ‘Latin American Cartographies’, a group exhibition at BOZAR,
Brussels. Van Haver graduated from HKU, Fine Arts, Utrecht, in 2012. She has recently been
nominated for the prestigious Dutch Royal Prize for Painting in the year 2012,2013 and 2016. She was
listed on the 30under30 Forbes list as a talented young artist to watch. She did several projects
across the globe, from Zimbabwe to Nigeria. FromAmsterdam to port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
She currently works on a project with area boys on Lagos Island, Nigeria and on Folktales and Taboos
in Zimbabwe and the Netherlands.
