Hans Van de Bovenkamp, Dutch (1938 - )

Hans Van de Bovenkamp is an architectural designer and a sculptor. He has earned an international reputation over the past 40 years for designing, fabricating, installing and maintaining unique sculptures and fountains in collaboration with architects and designers. His works can be seen in public, civic, corporate and private collections. He has executed over 100 commissions.

ABBREVIATED RESUME

Education:
1958 School of Architecture, Amsterdam, Holland
1958-61 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ml (BS Science & Design)

Selected Exhibitions
2007 *Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh , New York
2007 *Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, California
2007 *Goldman Warehouse, Miami, Florida
2007 *Gary Nader Fine Art, Miami, Florida
2007 *Auberge du Soleil, Napa, California
2007 40 Years of Central Park, Lincoln Center , New York, New York
2007 Pratt Institute, New York
2006  Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
2006  Danubiana Meulensteen Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
2006  Westchester Sculptor’s Guild, White Plains, New York
2005-06   Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
2005  Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005  Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, New York
2003  Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, New York
2003  Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, New York
2003  Sagaponack Sculpture Fields, New York, New York
2000  City of Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1999  Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1996  Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
1996  Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA
1982  Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1988  Chicago Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1981  *University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1979  *Sculpture Center, NYC
1978  Nassau County Art Museum, NY
1978  PS1 Contempory Art Museum, Queens, NY
1977  National Academy of Design, NYC
1976  American Institute of Arts & Letters, NYC
1976  *Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
1973-76  Storm King Art Center, Cornwall, NY
1970  University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1968  Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
1965  Colgate University, NY
1964  Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
1963  New York University, NYC
1961 *University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ml
* Indicates one man shows

Selected Public Collections
Youngstown Museum, Youngstown, OH
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Nebraska Bicentennial, Sidney, NE
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
State Capital Plaza, Lansing, Ml
Estate of Nelson Rockefeller
Towsend Museum of Art, Towsend University, MD
Lowe Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Museum of Fine Art, Miami University, OH
Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK
Boca Raton Museum of Fine Art, FL
Staten Island Community College, Staten Island, NY
City of Ormond Beach, Ormond Beach, FL
City of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Awards
2003 Best Sculpture Award, Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York
1996-04 Listing, Who Is Who in American Art
1996 Sanctuary Design Competition,
          Omega Holistic Health Institute, Rhinebeck, New York
1976 Exhibition, American Institute Arts & Letters, New York, New York
1976 Nebraska Bicentennial Sculpture Competition, Sydney, Nebraska
1964 Emily Lowe Sculpture Award, New York, New York

Selected Major Commissions
2006 Le Jardin, Atlanta, Georgia
2006 Private, Bridgehampton, New York
2006 Private, Roanoke, New York
2001 Corporate Business Park, Columbia, MD
1998 Mt. Sinai Hospital, Miami, FL
1997 Neiman Marcus, Beverly Hills, CA
1996 Neiman Marcus, Paramus, NJ
1993 Mayer Collection, Denver, CO
1990 Marina Village, Alameda, CA
1988 Spring Lake, Chicago, IL
1986 Haverstraw Marina, Haverstraw, NY
1984 Christiania, Tarrytown, NY
1980 Litwin Building, 72nd & 2nd Ave., NYC
1977 Cargill, Minneapolis, MN
1974 Parker Towers, NYC
1972 Jewish Institute, Lake Success, NY
1966 Levitt Headquarters, Lake Success, NY

Selected Professional Associations
Advisory Boardmember - Institute for Symbolic Studies
Advisory Boardmember - Omega Institute
Member - International Sculpture Center
Member - New York Sculptors Guild
Member - Royal Society of British Sculptors

Film Documentation
1995 “Art Farm”, Nat Boxer
1988 “Hans Van de Bovenkamp”, John Frank
“Tillson Farm”, University of Missouri
1972 “Barn on the Road”, New York University

Film Archives
1989 Allan/Lavalin Art Show, Montreal, Canada (Dorothy Gillespy)
1988 AMLI Installation, Itasca, Illinois
“Hans’s 50th Birthday Party”
Installation Trinity, Kingston, New York           
MoosArt Gallery, Miami, Florida
1987 City Hall, City of Voorhees, New Jersey
1986 Documentary, Meredith La Port, Channel 17, Miami, Florida
Menos Sculpture Installation, Texas A&M Univ.
Menos Sculpture Presentation, Texas A&M Univ.
Opening, Shidoni Gallery, New Mexico