Hendrik (Cornelis Gijsbertus) Kolenberg 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 Teachers’ 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