Rob Moonen

Born in 1958 in Schaesberg, Netherlands. Visual artist, “anti-sculptor”, photographer and gallerist.

Numerous grants, including: artists residence Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 1991; project grant cultural office Dresden 1991 und 1993; art foundation Kunstfonds Bonn 1994; Art foundation of Saxony 1995; Berlin Senate 1995; Deutsche Bahn, Stuttgart 1996; Siemens, Munich 1996; project grants Tilburg 1997 und 1998.

Awards: Karl Hofer Prize of the Berlin University of the Arts 1993; 1st prize for best design at International Books Fair, Frankfurt 1994 (for catalog “Camera silens”) and 1995 (for catalog “Buna 4”).

Exhibitions include: Galerie Bagger, Tilburg 1985; Galerie Tegenbosch, Eindhoven 1988; Stichting Duende, Rotterdam 1990; “White Noise”, Akademie Schloss Solitude 1993; “Achse Solitude Stammheim” (with Olaf Arndt), Akademie Schloss Solitude & Karlsruhe 1993, Tilburg, Halle, Bremen, Hanover, Berlin 1994; “Camera silens” (with Olaf Arndt), Karlsruhe 1994, Berlin 1995; “Buna 4 – Bauformen der Vernichtung” (with Olaf Arndt and Nils Peters), Dresden 1995, Hanover 1996; “Deep Storage”, Nationalgalerie, Berlin 1997, Haus der Kunst, Munich 1997, Washington, New York, Düsseldorf 1998; “Overexposed”, Tilburg 1998; “Die Waffe Mensch”, Volksbühne, Berlin 1999; “Het werkpaleis”, Tilburg 1999.

As participant of a special programme at Solitude.