Gertjan Scholte-Albers
Born in Valthermond, 1971 in The Netherlands. During his studies decided Gertjan to leave the concept of painting in a studio and embraced the rich experience of painting ‘en plein air’. For fifteen years he has been painting outdoors, riding his bicycle, to use the elements in feeding his experience of the landscape.
“I experience the changing atmosphere, the direct light and the vast spaces. They give me a feeling of joy.” Scholte-Albers paints in the woods or on the high grounds of Groningen where he lives. He is capable to convert the joy he feels when working outside into his own colour harmonies. He calls this: “an urge to satisfy the joy of my eye.” Remarkable is that his landscapes are not realistic. He paints with colours, which hardly occur in nature. He converts the contrasts of light and dark that he sees in the landscapes into his own bright colours. Scholte-Albers tries to combine intuitive choices of colour with the experiments of his own designed colour circles. The constant need for these investigations and experiments play a major role in his work.
AWARDS / HONOURS
Gerrit van Houten Prize
Nominated MS Research Prize
Buning Brongers Prize
Basisstipendium Fonds voor beeldende kunsten vormgeving en bouwkunst
EXTRA
Vpro Radio interview by Gijsbert van der wal “de Avonden”
Buning Brongers prize catalogue
'Kunstenaar zonder atelier' Twentse courant Tubantia; Herman Haverkate
Niederländische Landschaften: Sieben Künstler sehen den Norden, Kunst- und Kulturkreis Rastede
Landscapes of Holland, Oblast Art Museum Kemerovo
Er is Weinig aan de Lente Veranderd, dichtbundel Jane Leusink
Het landschap herzien (Rob Perrée en Tieneke Verheijen)Uitgeverij Loos / Galerie 14-16 Posthuys Texel,
Embassy of Malaysia 'Brushwork Odyssey in Malaysia: A Dutch Retelling' The Hague
Sint-Pieters geTEKENd "Mijn wereld - My world
De oude kerk Geschilderd, Katwijks Museum, Katwijk
'De Renaissance in het Noorden', Published Art Revisited
Education
AKI Academy of Visual Arts and Design, Enschede
Applied Design 'Deva' Almelo
School of Graphic Arts, Groningen
Solo exhibitions (selected)
2015 Dutch Wilderness - Morren Galleries, Amsterdam
2015 Landscapes – Gallery de Vis, Harlingen
2014 Gallery Walravens - Leuven, Belgium
2014 Gertian Scholte-Albers – Gallery Witt, Dordrecht
2013 Dutch Woods – Morren Galleries, Amsterdam
2012 Gertian Scholte-Albers – Ann’s Art, Groningen
2011 Changing atmospheres – Gallery de Vis, Harlingen
2010 Landscapes – Morren Galleries, Amsterdam
2010 To revocate the landscape– Pulchri Studio, The Hague
2009 To revocate the landscape (With book presentation), Gallery Posthuys, Texel
2008 The joy of the eye – Morren galleries, Utrecht
2007 Gertjan Scholte-Albers – Pulchri Studio, The Hague
2006 Groninger Landscapes - Gallery de Groninger Kroon, Finsterwolde
2005 Gertian Scholte-Albers - Gallery Albion Putti, Groningen
2003 Contemporary Landscapes – OCBK, Zwolle
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2015 Sounds of Silence – Coda museum Apeldoorn
2014 Landscapes – CBK Groningen, Groningen
2013 The Evolution of Arts II – Pulchri Studio, The Hague
2012 The Artery Show – Tem Tem artspace, Enschede
2011 New Assets – SBK Amsterdam KNNSM, Amsterdam
2010 In the open air – Stadsmuseum Woerden, Woerden
2010 Naturelly Different – Kunstcentrum Zaanstad, Zaandam
2009 Painter Odyssey at Malaysia - Pulchri studio, The Hague
2008 Harrie Gerritz, Gerrit Benner, Gertjan Scholte-Albers, a.o. – Gallery de Vis presentation on Art Amsterdam
2007 NOK Art from Northern Netherlands - Rijtuig museum Leek
2006 Contemporary christmas cribs and more, Gorcums museum, Gorichem
2005 New Light – Boterhal, Hoorn
2004 Addendum – Gallery Albion Putti, Groningen
2003 Mirjam de Rijcke and Gertjan Scholte-Albers: Entering the Forest – AYACS, Amsterdam
Collections
UMCG Groningen
ROC Ede
SBK Amsterdam
CSM Groningen
Friesland Bank
ING
Rabobank Roden/Leek
Art to lend; Voorburg, Alkmaar, Gouda, Leeuwarden, Zaanstad, Enschede, Groningen, Hengelo, Hardenberg
Katwijks Museum
Awards
Gerrit van Houten prijs
Nominatie MS Research prijs
Buning Brongers Prijs
Basisstipendium Fonds voor beeldende kunsten vormgeving en bouwkunst
UTRECHT
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A-stok Cadmium Red
100 x 190 cm
Oil on canvas
3.900,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Allersma Cadmium Spring
100 x 195 cm
Oil on canvas
3.900,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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V-Bergen 23
100 x 195 cm
Oil on canvas
3.900,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Viridian T- Sky
75 x 75 cm
Oil on canvas
1.900,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Ultramarine Hogweed
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm
2.500,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Second city pig hogweed
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm
2.500,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Magenta pig hogweed
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm
2.500,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Red Small Hogweed
Oil on canvas
50 x 100 cm
1.900,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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V - Bergen Cadmium Background
100 x 195 cm
Oil on canvas
3.900,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Blue pond
100 x 180 cm
Oil on canvas
3.800,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Winsum up to the nines 2
100 x 140 cm
Oil on canvas
3.400,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Winsum up to the nines 3
100 x 140 cm
Oil on canvas
3.400,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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B-put 21.4
100 x 195 cm
Oil on canvas
3.900,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Veentje links
100 x 140 cm
Oil on canvas
3.400,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Oldenzijl
90 x 180 cm
Oil on canvas
3.400 Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Up to the nines manipulation
75 x 150 cm
Oil on canvas
3.100,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Hoge Berg 21.1
30 x 220 cm
Oil on canvas
2.500,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Just am Birches
Oil on canvas
50 x 100 cm
1.900,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Ezinge
30 x 180 cm
Oil on canvas
2.300 Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Morren Galleries in gesprek met Gertjan Scholte Albers