Hendrik Kolenberg C.V.

Biography

Hendrik (Cornelis Gijsbertus) KolenbergĀ  born Rotterdam 31 July 1946 to Gijsbertus Anthonius Kolenberg & Wilhelmina Maria Kolenberg nee Schellaars; arrived in Australia October 1952

Attended Black Forest Primary, Forbes Primary, Plympton High School, Adelaide.
Private lessons in oil painting from Carl Lock, Adelaide, 1962-63, and Kas Vandelaar, a relative, in Adelaide 1964.
Studied at SA School of Art & Western Teachersā€™ College, Adelaide, 1965-67 (Diploma in Teaching Art 1968); taught art in secondary schools in S A 1968-71 (Angle Park Boys Technical High School; Kimba High School), Education Officer at Art Gallery of SA, Adelaide, 1972

Lived in Rotterdam, then London & taught art p/t at Tooting Bec Comprehensive 1973.
Netherlands Government Scholarship 1974 to study 19th century Dutch art in Print Rooms of Dutch museums & at the RKD, The Hague
Returned to Australia, taught art at Glenunga High School, School, Adelaide 1975

Assistant Curator; Curator of Prints and Drawings, Art Gallery of W A, Perth, 1976-80
Curator of Art, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 1980-1988
Harold Wright & Sarah and William Holmes Scholarships at Print Room, British Museum, London 1982
Curator; Senior Curator of Australian Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, Art Gallery of N S W, Sydney 1989-2012

Hendrik Kolenberg

Solo and joint exhibitions

Tony Palmer Fine Art, Sydney 1996, 1997, 1999
Anne von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle 2000
ā€˜At homeā€™, Sydney 2002, 2006
Het Kunstmagazijn, Dordrecht, August 2003
ā€˜Walking about in Sydneyā€™ Manly Art Gallery, Sydney May 2008
ā€˜Roofscapesā€™ A-M Gallery, Sydney 17 July-10 August 2013
ā€˜Hendrik Kolenberg in Delft and Rotterdamā€™ A-M Gallery, Sydney 5-29 November 2014
ā€˜Hendrik Kolenberg, two citiesā€™ Gallery Klei, Sydney 7-28 April 2017
ā€˜Hendrik Kolenberg & Evan Salmonā€™ May Space, Sydney 29 January-16 February 2020

Group exhibitions

ā€˜They came to Australiaā€™ Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 5 September-14 October 2001
ā€˜The Europeansā€™ Taylor Galleries, Sydney July 2008
ā€˜Seventh Drawing Biennaleā€™ Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, November-December 2008
ā€˜Christmas exhibitionā€™ Taylor Galleries, Sydney 2008, 2009, 2010
ā€˜Song of the swanā€™ (Farewell exhibition) Taylor Galleries, Sydney January 2010
ā€˜Seven artistsā€™ (selected by Max Taylor) Artsite, Sydney 11-27 February 2011
ā€˜Drawingā€™ King Street Gallery on William, Sydney 17 February-15 March 2014
ā€˜Still lifeā€™ Gallery Klei, Sydney 7-18 October 2016
ā€˜The Watters giftā€™ UTS Gallery, Sydney 20 May-21 July 2020

Publications

Meryl Ryan ā€˜Weekend art – Change in the windā€™ Newcastle Herald 26 February 2000
ā€˜Stadsgezichten gezien door Australische ogenā€™ De Dordtenaar (Dordrecht, Netherlands) 28 Augustus 2003
Elizabeth Fortescue ā€˜Steps of life in the back streetsā€™ Daily Telegraph, Sydney 18 April 2008
Hendrik Kolenberg Walking about in Sydney 2008 (self published booklet)
Elizabeth Cross Seventh drawing biennale Drill Hall Gallery Canberra 2008
Michael Fitzgerald ā€˜Open Gallery ā€“ Roofscapesā€™ Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald10-11 August 2013
Tania Creighton The Watters gift UTS Gallery, Sydney 2020 p35 (illus in colour p59)

Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra;
State Library of NSW,
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart;
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery,
University of Technology, Sydney