About
Artist Statement
Robert van de Graaf (b. 1983, the Netherlands) is interested in exploring the intersection and connections between his inner (spiritual) life, the philosophy of (daily) life, and his reflections on nature or built environments. He is primarily working on his oil paintings, but he is also using drawings and watercolours during the creation process.
Robert works from his inner space outwards to the space that surrounds him. His inner emotional and spiritual reflections find a place in a landscape, which offers him a vehicle to express himself. This complex interplay of visual impressions combined with emotional and spiritual reflection leads to metaphorical paintings, each piece contributing to his ongoing personal journey to find spiritual deepening and inner freedom in life. In his journey, his life and work are inseparable.
The artworks can often be read as inner landscapes, and he wishes the works to feel like an invitation, a spiritual dialogue offering an opening towards introspection and personal deepening, both for himself and for the viewer. His artworks do not merely gaze outward – they gaze back.
At the heart of his practice lies a profound questioning of human destiny and the ways in which individuals can evolve and grow spiritually. Can art open the self, like a door, to something deeper?
Robert likes his work to touch both the personal and the collective, using a visual language that balances between the figurative and the abstract, giving viewers space for both wonder and interpretation.
Robert’s visual language and the character of his work are defined by elements like the sense of structure and balance, the expressive use of colour, and his diverse range of mark making.
His mark making, using brushes and palette knives, is moving from energetic gestural marks to precisely observed delicate ones and from diluted to impasto layers throughout the different stages of the work process.
The oil paintings are layered and structured through tensions between figuration and abstraction, nature and structure, energetic movement and balance, intuition and ratio, observation and reflection.
Robert draws his inspiration from nature, the philosophy of life, ancient mythologies to modern mysticism, spiritual philosophies, and mystical places. He transforms his inspiration into contemporary interpretations while richly referring to artists through all times of art history, such as Caspar David Friedrich, Anselm Kiefer, Joan Mitchell and the old masters.
For Van de Graaf, the act of creation is simultaneously an expression of freedom, an inner reflection, and trust.
Biography
Robert van de Graaf (b. 1983, the Netherlands) is a visual artist living and working in The Hague, the Netherlands. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Architecture (Technical University Delft, 2009). At an early age he enjoyed an intense private painting and drawing training (1996 – 2001) by the Dutch artist Erica Meyster (1949 – 2006).
In 2012 Robert made his career switch and has dedicated himself to the arts again. He has since produced a large body of work that is exhibited in numerous online and physical exhibitions, like his solo exhibition at the ‘Salon des Arts’ in Maastricht, the Netherlands (2023). The exhibition was curated by Ad Himmelreich, curator and former conservator of the Bonnefantenmuseum (Maastricht, NL), who has written an essay about the work of Robert.
His work is displayed on Artsy through gallery Al-Tiba9 Contemporary (Barcelona).
Van de Graaf is interested in exploring the intersection and connections between his inner (spiritual) life, the philosophy of (daily) life, and his reflections on nature or built environments. He is primarily working on his oil paintings, but he is also using drawings and watercolours.
His artworks have a distinguished visual language and are layered and structured through tensions between figuration and abstraction, nature and structure, energetic movement and balance, intuition and ratio, observation and reflection.
Publication highlights include Curatory Magazine, Aesthetica Magazine, Art Magazine Al-Tiba9, Artsin Square Magazine, New Art Project Magazine, and Art Maze Magazine.
His art is held in private collections through the Netherlands, the United States, and France.
Resume
2016 – current
Working as a visual artist, The Hague, The Netherlands
2012 – 2015
Working as a visual artist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010 – 2011
Working at two Dutch architectural firms
2009, July, Master of Science (MSc), Architecture, Technical University Delft, the Netherlands.
2006, bachelor degree Architecture, Technical University Delft, the Netherlands.
August 2006 – September 2007
Internships in Architecture, New York City, New York.
– Steven Learner Studio (Steven Learner, founder of ‘Collective Design Fair’, New York City, New York), worked on ‘the Granary’ (private gallery for the collectors M. Bucksbaum and R. Learsy), Litchfield County, Connecticut and ‘Haunch of Venison’ gallery, New York City, New York
– Rietveld Architects, New York City, New York
Working as a visual artist, New York City, New York. Studio apartment was situated in West Harlem (143rd Street, between Broadway and Riverside Drive)
Exhibitions
2026
Private Studio Exhibitions, for art collectors, The Hague, The Netherlands
2026 Ongoing
‘Works on Artsy’, selection of works are represented on Artsy by contemporary gallery Al-Tiba9, Barcelona, Spain
2025
Private Studio Exhibitions, for art collectors, The Hague, The Netherlands
2024 15 Nov – 15 Dec
‘Beyond Boundaries’, Artsin Square, Group-exhibition, Virtual exhibition, Curated by Artsin Square
‘Untold Stories’, Artsin Square, Group-exhibition, Virtual exhibition, Curated by Artsin Square
2021 1 April – 1 June
2021 1 February – 1 June
Publications
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CURATED SELECTION, Artsy, ‘Visions of the Earth’, April 2026
April 2026
www.artsy.net – Visions of the Earth
My work ‘It Was Faith Opening the Gate of Heaven’ has been selected in this top curated selection by Artsy. The oil painting is in company of great artists like Zao Wou-Ki, Alex Katz, Billy Childish, Katherine Bradford and Gerard Richter.
Visions of the Earth
Celebrate Earth Day with a curated collection of artworks that capture the power and beauty of the natural world. From landscape paintings to art that depicts flora and fauna, these works serve as a visual dialogue between the artist and the environment. Through a diverse range of perspectives, contemporary artists are exploring the world around us, inviting viewers to pause and reconnect with the wilderness. Below, discover earth-inspired works that channel the beauty of the planet.
ARTICLE, written by Ad Himmelreich, 10 March 2023, English version
10 March 2023
Ad Himmelreich, a curator and a former conservator of the Bonnefanten museum (Maastricht, NL), wrote an essay about the work of Robert in celebration of his solo exhibition at the ‘Salon des Arts’ in Maastricht.
To read the article, please scroll down
or click on the link below
– Article written by Ad Himmelreich (English version) –
‘A SELECTION OF RECENT WORKS’
The exhibition is curated by Ad Himmelreich. He also opened the exhibition and presented and discussed the article in his speech.
11 March – 1 May 2023
From 19 March open by appointment
Louis Berkhout
+31 6 51 85 22 63.
Salon des Arts
Keizer Karelplein 18
Maastricht
(nearby the Vrijthof)
Robert van de Graaf *
When I was a child, I was firmly convinced that there were gnomes living in a certain corner of our garden, behind some bushes. How long I stared at them I don’t know. Perhaps it was no more than a single moment. Was this my first mystical experience? I don’t know.
This early memory suddenly resurfaced when encountering Robert van de Graaf’s paintings.
His works refer to specific places, or perhaps better: specific moments. What we see are inner images: visions that he has captured on canvas.
Robert van de Graaf lives on the edge of the North Sea, where the rhythm of ebb and flow and the gently bending horizon make you aware of your own breath and the insignificance of human existence. The landscape character of by far most of the paintings could be explained by this.
A trip to Patmos is equally a source of inspiration. Wikipedia says: According to tradition, the evangelist John was exiled to this island around 95 AD. In the Cave of the Apocalypse, he wrote the Bible book of Revelation or Apocalypse. This makes Patmos a ‘Holy Island’ for many.
More important than the island itself, let alone Christian tradition, is the fact of the vision revealed to one person living in isolation. John’s cave echoes, as it were, in the isolation of the painter’s studio. It is the spiritual state, the moment of complete openness that leads to revelation, that defines the character of the paintings.
Likewise, he feels permanently drawn to the bustling city that, as the song puts it, never sleeps. Certainly a metropolis like New York, where Robert worked for a year as an architect (at Steven Learner Studio*) and as an artist, has places of extreme silence and spiritual enlightenment. A series of small paintings in the exhibition are inspired by these specific locations, where the intimate focus on details of the structures suggest the grandeur of the whole. Like an immense neo-Gothic church in Harlem, incidentally still under construction: Cathedral Saint-John the Divine. Coincidentally or not, the same saint turns up here.
His paintings reveal that Robert van de Graaf seeks the divine experience within himself. Without pressure from any religion, which by definition represents a community. Everything in him seems to point to a yearning for inner liberation. In this, I suspect a certain kinship with spiritual movements from the turn of the century, around 1900, which in turn were important for modern art.
Here I am thinking in particular of Theosophy, which seeks a better understanding of reality and truth behind external phenomena. This is based on the assumption that consciousness precedes manifestation. Robert van de Graaf is not an adept of this, but a certain kinship is undeniably present, if only because of the underlying quest for inner freedom.
With him, the aforementioned consciousness translates into a fundamental openness, which makes it possible for yourself to open up new spaces.
The paintings in this exhibition appeal to our capacity for openness. But first of all, look for the child within yourself.
Ad Himmelreich
Maastricht, March 10, 2023
*) Robert van de Graaf (born 1983) lives and works in Scheveningen. He was trained as an architect. Besides being a visual artist, he is above all a poet. At a young age he took private lessons in drawing and painting with Dutch artist Erica Meyster (1949 – 2006).
For further information: www.robertvandegraaf.com
**) At Steven Learner Studio, he worked on art-related projects such as the ‘Haunch of Venison’ gallery (Rockefeller Center) and ‘The Granary’ (private gallery of collectors M. Bucksbaum and R. Learsy), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA. After many years of running his design firm, Steven Learner established his creative consulting practice (www.stevenlearner.com).
ARTICLE, written by Ad Himmelreich, 10 March 2023, Dutch version
Ad Himmelreich, a curator and a former conservator of the Bonnefanten museum (Maastricht, NL), wrote an essay about the work of Robert in celebration of his solo exhibition at the ‘Salon des Arts’ in Maastricht.
To read the article (Dutch version), click here or please scroll down
‘A SELECTION OF RECENT WORKS’
The exhibition is curated by Ad Himmelreich. He also opened the exhibition and presented and discussed the article in his speech.
11 March – 1 May 2023
From 19 March open by appointment
Louis Berkhout
+31 6 51 85 22 63.
Salon des Arts
Keizer Karelplein 18
Maastricht
(nearby the Vrijthof)
Robert van de Graaf *
Als kind was ik er zelf stellig van overtuigd, dat in een bepaalde hoek van onze tuin, achter een paar struiken, kabouters woonden. Hoe lang ik ernaar heb staan staren, weet ik niet. Misschien was het niet meer dan een vluchtig ogenblik. Was dit mijn eerste mystieke ervaring? Ik weet het niet.
Deze vroege herinnering kwam ineens weer naar boven bij de ontmoeting met de schilderijen van Robert van de Graaf.
Zijn werken verwijzen naar specifieke plekken, of misschien beter: momenten. Wat wij zien zijn innerlijke beelden, zeg: visioenen die hij op doek heeft vastgelegd.
Robert van de Graaf woont aan de rand van de Noordzee, waar het ritme van eb en vloed en de licht buigende horizon je bewust maken van je eigen adem en de nietigheid van het menselijk bestaan. Het landschappelijke karakter van veruit de meeste schilderijen zou men hieruit kunnen verklaren.
Een reis naar Patmos vormt evenzeer een bron van inspiratie. Wikipedia vermeldt: Volgens de overlevering werd de evangelist Johannes rond 95 na Chr. verbannen naar dit eiland. In de Grot van de Apocalyps schreef hij het Bijbelboek Openbaring of Apocalyps. Hierdoor is het Patmos voor velen een ‘Heilig eiland’.
Belangrijker dan het eiland zelf, laat staan de christelijke traditie, is het gegeven van het visioen, dat is geopenbaard aan één in afzondering levend persoon. De grot van Johannes echoot als het ware door in de afzondering van het atelier van de schilder. Het is de geestelijke staat, het moment van volkomen openheid, die leidt tot openbaring, die het karakter bepaalt van de schilderijen.
Net zozeer voelt hij zich blijvend aangetrokken tot de bruisende stad die, zoals het in het lied heet, nooit slaapt. Juist een metropool als New York, waar Robert een jaar lang heeft gewerkt als architect (bij Steven Learner Studio*) en als kunstenaar, bezit plekken van extreme stilte en spirituele verlichting. Een reeks kleine schilderijen in de expositie is geïnspireerd op deze specifieke locaties, waar de intieme focus op details van de bouwwerken de grootsheid van het geheel suggereren. Zoals een immens grote neogotische kerk in Harlem, overigens nog altijd in aanbouw: Kathedraal Saint-John the Divine. Toevallig of niet duikt hier dezelfde heilige op.
Uit zijn schilderijen blijkt, dat Robert van de Graaf de goddelijke ervaring zoekt in zichzelf. Zonder druk van enige religie, die per definitie de gemeenschap vertegenwoordigt. Alles in hem lijkt te wijzen op een verlangen naar innerlijke bevrijding. Daarin vermoed ik een zekere verwantschap met spirituele bewegingen uit de eeuwwende rond 1900, die op hun beurt van belang zijn geweest voor de moderne kunst.
Hierbij denk ik met name aan de theosofie, waarin men op zoek gaat naar een beter begrip van de werkelijkheid en naar waarheid achter de uiterlijke verschijnselen. Daarbij gaat men uit van de veronderstelling dat bewustzijn voorafgaat aan de manifestatie. Robert van de Graaf is geen adept hiervan, maar een zekere verwantschap is onmiskenbaar aanwezig. Al was het door de achterliggende zoektocht naar innerlijke vrijheid.
Het bovengenoemde bewustzijn vertaalt zich bij hem in een fundamentele openheid, die het mogelijk maakt voor jezelf om nieuwe ruimtes te openen.
De schilderijen in deze expositie vormen een appèl op ons vermogen tot openheid. Maar zoek allereerst het kind in jezelf.
Ad Himmelreich
Maastricht, 10 maart 2023
*) Robert van de Graaf (1983) woont en werkt in Scheveningen. Hij werd opgeleid tot architect. Naast beeldend kunstenaar, is hij vooral ook dichter. Op jonge leeftijd volgde hij privélessen tekenen en schilderen bij de Nederlandse kunstenares Erica Meyster (1949-2006).
Voor verdere informatie: www.robertvandegraaf.com
**) Bij Steven Learner Studio werkte hij aan kunst-gerelateerde projecten als de ‘Haunch of Venison’ galerie (Rockefeller Center) en ‘The Granary’ (privé-galerie van de verzamelaars M. Bucksbaum and R. Learsy), Litchfield County, Connecticut, VS. Na vele jaren van het leiden van zijn ontwerpbureau heeft Steven Learner zijn creatieve consultancy-praktijk opgericht (www.stevenlearner.com).
PUBLICATION, international art magazine, NEWARTPROJECT, Issue 4, November 2024
November 2024
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ARTICLE, written by Bianca Kann of the international art platform AATONAU, 10 April 2024
10 April 2024
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Bianca Kann from the international art platform AATONAU wrote an article about the work of Robert.
AATONAU is a platform dedicated to promoting talented artists worldwide.
Our mission is to provide a platform for artists to showcase their work to a global audience and connect with art lovers, collectors, and curators. We believe that art has the power to transform lives and enrich our world, and we are passionate about giving artists the exposure they need to share their unique creations with the world.
PUBLICATION, in the international Artsin Square Magazine, Issue 5, 12 November 2023
12 November 2023
-About Artsin Square–
Artsin Square is an independent artist-run and ad-free international print and online platform dedicated to showing emerging artists and mid-career creatives from around the world. Each volume showcases the diversity of fresh ideas, new aesthetics, and unique technique with a wide range of mediums that artists are exploring. Also, each volume includes interviews with selected artists and it will have published on our online platform. We believe each artist brings new topics to the world and we welcome to show and publish on our platform.
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PUBLICATION, Aesthetica Magazine, Issue 113, p. 142, June / July 2023
June / July (2023), Issue 113
Visit the Artist Directory during June and July 2023 on Aesthetica Magazine – Artist’ Directory .
PUBLICATION, Aesthetica Magazine, Artist Directory & Publication, December / January (2023)
December / January (2023), Issue 110
Visit the Artist Directory during December and January on Aesthetica Magazine – Artist’ Directory
Click here for video of the Artist’ Directory – Aesthetica Magazine
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, ’Tendencies in Painting’, by London Paint Club, November 2022
The exhibition features 28 international artists. Van de Graaf is presenting works from the ‘Stories of Transition’ series.
Visit the exhibition – London Paint Club
INTERVIEW, ‘COLLECTOR'S VISION INTERNATIONAL ART AWARD’, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, March 2021
Publication artworks, ‘COLLECTOR BOOK | NEW PERSPECTIVES’, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, April 2020.
April 2020
Collector Book | New Perspectives / Hard cover and soft cover
Sold at various bookstores and distributed to gallery owners, museum directors and collectors
PUBLICATION ARTWORK, Vind Magazine nr. 31, September 2018
Magazine hardcopy
PUBLICATION ARTWORKS, Publication Artworks on website, Circle Foundation for the Arts
PUBLICATION ARTWORK, Announcement Exhibition Artfair ADAF, Online Galerij
Online announcement art fair on website
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INTERVIEW, Curatory Magazine, Volume 16, pp.39 - 44, May 2026
May 2026
www.curatorymagazine.com – Volume 16
PDF interview Curatory Magazine – Volume 16
Curatory is a contemporary art publication and international collective. Our aim is to share compelling work and ideas from across the global art community. We highlight artists at different stages in their careers and feature projects that reflect the shifts, questions, and conversations shaping art today.
Through profiles, interviews, and curated features, Curatory offers space for artists and writers to speak in their own voice. We focus on clarity, relevance, and thoughtful context, working with a wide network of contributors including freelancers, curators, and creative practitioners.
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PUBLICATION, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 21, June 2026
June 2026
Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine – Issue 21
ISSUE21 brings together a curated selection of 55 visual artists, designers, and performers from across the globe. Carefully conceived and produced, this edition offers a distinct platform where each contributor becomes both the voice and the medium of their own creative expression. The magazine continues Al-Tiba9’s commitment to amplifying bold contemporary perspectives through a visually compelling and critically engaging format.
Front cover Priyanka Pulijal – Back cover features Lorenzo Epis – Highlight covers Lynne Roberts-Goodwin.
Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine reflects modern society and its environment through the works of experimental contemporary artists, showcased for their innovation and vision in photography, sculpture, performance, painting, installation, design and architecture, and fashion. The Magazine features selected artists from around the world who embody in their work a spirit of inspired forward-thinking and vision, provoking conversation and action. The ISSUES are a unique space where individual artists and designers can express their vision and become the original media themselves. Those featured in the ISSUES enjoy the full international reach of Al-Tiba9’s extensive network of galleries, museums, art dealers, collectors, art professionals, art lovers, and academics all over the world while engaging daily with followers through social media, print, website, and digital publication. The ISSUES are also recommended for the Doctoral degree in Design at Japan’s TAMA Art University.
Al-Tiba9 Contemporary is proud to have a cultural partnership with one of the world’s most influential contemporary art fairs ARCOmadrid, ARCOlisboa, Zsona Maco Mexico City, ArtsLibris Barcelona, ArtsLibris A Coruña and Arte Santander Editorial. The magazine will be showcased as a limited edition ArtBook in Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, and distributed worldwide.
PUBLICATION, ARTLO International Art Magazine, Issue 6, April 2026
April 2026
This issue of ARTLO examines how images construct power, identity and meaning, moving between historical analysis and contemporary artistic practice.
At the core of this issue is a major study of Hans Holbein the Younger, focusing on portraiture within the Tudor court as a visual strategy through which authority and political identity are actively constructed.
The issue also brings together a series of contributions that connect past and present. These include Dr Casilda Fernández’s analysis of Saturn in Rubens and Goya, exploring two distinct conceptions of violence and historical consciousness, as well as reflections on creativity as a transformative force and the continued relevance of iconology in the interpretation of works such as Dürer’s Melencolia I.
Further sections address key figures such as Frida Kahlo, examining the body as a site of perception and identity, alongside major exhibitions, institutional developments, and editorial coverage of Art Madrid 2026.
Recommended books, international artists, and a curated selection of contemporary practices complete the issue.
PUBLICATION, Art Celebrity Magazine, Issue dedicated on Robert van de Graaf, August 2025
August 2025
PDF of the ‘Art Celebrity Magazine’
Created by Contemporary Art Collectors, Art Celebrity Magazine breaks away from the traditional art world. It is fresh. It is bold. It’s made for today’s audience — celebrating artists not just as creators, but as the new influencers and cultural celebrities of our time.
Each issue is a complete, collectible magazine — dedicated to a single artist.
Curated. Designed. Dropped with precision.
This is art publishing reimagined.
This is not just a magazine. It’s a movement. A cultural pulse.
We are spotlighting the most talented and promising contemporary artists of today — voices and visions that define the present.
Issues will be available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, WHSmith, Foyles, Blackwell’s, Baker & Taylor, and other major retailers worldwide.
The Art Celebrity Team
PUBLICATION, international art magazine, Issue 016, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, September 2024
September 2024
Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine reflects modern society and its environment through the works of experimental contemporary artists, showcased for their innovation and vision in photography, sculpture, performance, painting, installation, design and architecture, and fashion. The Magazine features selected artists from around the world who embody in their work a spirit of inspired forward-thinking and vision, provoking conversation and action. The ISSUES are a unique space where individual artists and devsigners can express their vision and become the original media themselves. Those featured in the ISSUES enjoy the full international reach of Al-Tiba9’s extensive network of galleries, museums, art dealers, collectors, art professionals, art lovers, and academics all over the world while engaging daily with followers through social media, print, website, and digital publication. The ISSUES are also recommended for the Doctoral degree in Design at Japan’s TAMA Art University.
Al-Tiba9 is proud to have a cultural partnership with one of the world’s most influential contemporary art fairs ARTSLIBRIS Barcelona, ARCOmadrid, and ARCOlisboa. The magazine will be showcased as a limited edition ArtBook in Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, and distributed worldwide.
INTERVIEW, Selected for ‘Meet the Artist’ curatorial project by Artsin Square, 28 February 2024
28 February 2024
Artsin Square – Robert van de Graaf
“✍️🏼Meet the Artist is the new part of the Artsin Square curatorial project that spotlighted selected artists via “ MEET THE ARTIST OPEN CALL” provided interviews, featuring works and promoting the artist across all our platforms such as Instagram, email campaign and the interface of our website.
🔳 AS: Your background includes a Master of Science degree in Architecture. How does your architectural education influence your artistic process and the themes you explore in your artwork?
✍️🏼 RG: “I guess my architectural education plays a role in the way I approach my process of art making, working with a story board, getting an idea for a painting, turning that into a drawing. In architecture there is also something very powerful about the initial sketch of an idea, sometimes the whole project is already embedded in that simple first sketch. And in my experience the first study sketches for a new work are usually the best in terms of the accuracy of the core of the idea….”
-About Artsin Square–
Artsin Square is an independent artist-run and ad-free international print and online platform dedicated to showing emerging artists and mid-career creatives from around the world. Each volume showcases the diversity of fresh ideas, new aesthetics, and unique technique with a wide range of mediums that artists are exploring. Also, each volume includes interviews with selected artists and it will have published on our online platform. We believe each artist brings new topics to the world and we welcome to show and publish on our platform.
PUBLICATION, in the international art magazine Art Maze Magazine, issue 32-33, 27 July 2023
27 July 2023
Art Maze Magazine is an international curated print and online publication dedicated to discovering and promoting experimental and progressive contemporary art.
If you like to order a copy please visit their website www.artmazemag.com/shop/
PUBLICATION, in the Art Collector Book ‘A Like Artist vol. 2’ by Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, 9 January 2024
9 January 2024
www.altiba9.com – A like Artist Collectors Book Volume 2
A like Artist gathers the work of some of the most exciting emerging artists, showcasing their work and vision. Working with a vast array of different mediums, from painting to installation, photography to performance, video, and sculpture, the book offers a unique insight into the artists’ work and creative process. All the artists presented in the book have been previously featured on Al-Tiba9’s online platform, and all their interviews can be accessed online for a more in-depth experience of their work.
This exceptional book, in a limited edition of 500 copies, is designed to provide each artist with a unique chance to present their work. At the same time, collectors and art lovers alike will have the chance to discover the most promising up-and-coming artists. This collectible art book aims to create a visual language between artists and international art collectors, offering them the possibility of an artistic, visual, and emotional exchange.
PUBLICATION, in the Contemporary Art Collectors Magazine: The Luxury of Collection of Contemporary Artistry, 7 June 2024
INTERVIEW, with the international art magazine Al-Tiba9, 03 July 2023
July 03, 2023
Please visit www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews to read the interview.
Al-Tiba9 Interviews is a promotional platform for artists to articulate their vision and engage them with our diverse readership through a published art dialogue. The artists are interviewed by Mohamed Benhadj, the founder & curator of Al-Tiba9, to highlight their artistic careers and introduce them to the international contemporary art scene across our vast network of museums, galleries, art professionals, art dealers, collectors, and art lovers across the globe.
PUBLICATION, in the curated international art magazine Artist Talk Magazine, issue 30, 28 March 2024
28 March 2024
To view the publication please visit Artist Talk Magazine issue 30 – Robert van de Graaf
Milne Publishing is proud to present Artist Talk Magazine issue 30. This issue is dedicated to celebrating all aspects of art. Everyone featured within this issue have given interesting, in-depth, honest accounts about themselves, their work, views and ideas. In addition to the amazing images of the work they have produced, which I know you the reader will enjoy and be inspired by.
PUBLICATION, in the ‘Contemporary Art Collectors Book. Volume 1.’ by Contemporary Art Collectors, hardcover book, September 2023
About the book:
‘For collectors and curators, it is essential to discover new artists and talents.
As a result, we decided to discover the most exciting emerging artists from all over the globe and publish the Contemporary Art Collectors Art Book.
The 100 featured artists were selected from over thousands artists from 45 countries.’
(Contemporary Art Collectors)
PUBLICATION, in the Printed Issue ‘Top Contemporary Artists to Watch in 2024’ by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, January 2024
January 2024
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Contemporary Art Curator Magazine:
Dive into the cutting edge of the art world with Contemporary Art Curator Magazine’s Issue 1: Top Contemporary Artists to Watch in 2024. This curated selection spotlights a diverse group of visionaries whose groundbreaking work is poised to shape the global art scene.
Discover emerging talents, established masters pushing the boundaries, and captivating trends that will ignite your artistic passion. From thought-provoking installations to mind-bending multimedia experiences, prepare to be challenged and inspired by the future of contemporary art.
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INTERVIEW ‘Collectors Art Prize', by Contemporary Art Collectors and Contemporary Art Curators, April 2023
Link to the interview
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine in collaboration with the Contemporary Art Collectors platform and their Private Collectors Club, is pleased to announce the launch of the Collectors Art Prize!
The Collectors Art Prize awarded to artists who have created exceptional and thought-provoking work that pushes the boundaries of their medium and engages with significant social and cultural issues.
Collectors Art Prize recognizes outstanding achievements in contemporary art by celebrating the work of extraordinary artists whose practices are among the most innovative and influential of our time.
INTERVIEW, with ‘Contemporary Art Curator Magazine’, February 2023
Contemporary Art Curator is a top online magazine promoting and supporting contemporary artists. Contemporary Art Curator has established its name by curating the best contemporary art worldwide.
Founded in 2014, the magazine has a long history of championing the work of emerging and established artists.
Visit this Link to the interview to read the whole interview!
COLLECTOR BOOK | VOICES OF TOMORROW, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, February 2023
Contemporary Art Curator is a top online magazine promoting and supporting contemporary artists. Contemporary Art Curator has established its name by curating the best contemporary art worldwide.
Founded in 2014, the magazine has a long history of championing the work of emerging and established artists.
This curated art book is sold at various bookstores and distributed to gallery owners, museum directors and collectors.
INTERVIEW, with ‘Contemporary Art Collectors’, January 2023
Contemporary Art Collectors is an art and culture platform that focuses on contemporary art collecting, showcasing a multitude of artists and their talent to thousands of followers.
CAC discusses the relevant conversations and topics in art, examines potential paths of future development, the culture of contemporary art collecting, and how art itself can become a more prominent and meaningful part of people’s everyday lives.
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EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, ’Contemporary Narratives Pt.2’, by London Paint Club, October 2021
The exhibition features 20 international artists. Van de Graaf is presenting three works from the ‘Silence and The City’ series.
Visit the exhibition – London Paint Club
Click here for video of the Publication Exhibition Catalogue
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine - Interview, April 2020
PUBLICATION ARTWORKS, Website by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, March 2019
Publication of a selection of artworks on the artist page, www.contemporaryartcurator.com/robert-van-de-graaf/
PUBLICATION ARTWORKS, Spotlight 9 Magazine, Circle Foundation for the Arts, July 2018
Awards
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Luxembourg Art Prize, Honourable mention, 2025
2025
The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international artistic prize organized by the Pinacothèque, a private museum located in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its president and founder is Hervé Lancelin, one of the most influential art collectors in Europe.
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Luxembourg Art Prize, Honourable mention, 2024
2024
The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international artistic prize organized by the Pinacothèque, a private museum located in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its president and founder is Hervé Lancelin, one of the most influential art collectors in Europe.
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‘Collectors Art Prize', by Contemporary Art Collectors
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine in collaboration with the Contemporary Art Collectors platform and their Private Collectors Club, is pleased to announce the launch of the Collectors Art Prize!
The Collectors Art Prize awarded to artists who have created exceptional and thought-provoking work that pushes the boundaries of their medium and engages with significant social and cultural issues.
Collectors Art Prize recognizes outstanding achievements in contemporary art by celebrating the work of extraordinary artists whose practices are among the most innovative and influential of our time.
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Luxembourg Art Prize, Honourable mention, 2023
2023
The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international artistic prize organized by the Pinacothèque, a private museum located in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its president and founder is Hervé Lancelin, one of the most influential art collectors in Europe.
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Luxembourg Art Prize, Honourable mention, 2022
2022
The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international artistic prize organized by the Pinacothèque, a private museum located in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its president and founder is Hervé Lancelin, one of the most influential art collectors in Europe.
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'Faces of the Peace Award', by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, October 2022
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Luxembourg Art Prize, Honourable mention, 2021
2021
The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international artistic prize organized by the Pinacothèque, a private museum located in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its president and founder is Hervé Lancelin, one of the most influential art collectors in Europe.
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'Collector's vision International Art Award', by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, March 2021
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Luxembourg Art Prize, Honourable mention, 2019
2019
The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international artistic prize organized by the Pinacothèque, a private museum located in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its president and founder is Hervé Lancelin, one of the most influential art collectors in Europe.
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CURATED SELECTION, Artsy, ‘Visions of the Earth’
April 2026
www.artsy.net – Visions of the Earth
My work ‘It Was Faith Opening the Gate of Heaven’ has been selected in this top curated selection by Artsy. The oil painting is in company of great artists like Zao Wou-Ki, Alex Katz, Billy Childish, Katherine Bradford and Gerard Richter.
Visions of the Earth
Celebrate Earth Day with a curated collection of artworks that capture the power and beauty of the natural world. From landscape paintings to art that depicts flora and fauna, these works serve as a visual dialogue between the artist and the environment. Through a diverse range of perspectives, contemporary artists are exploring the world around us, inviting viewers to pause and reconnect with the wilderness. Below, discover earth-inspired works that channel the beauty of the planet.
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SELECTED, for the ‘Emerging Artist Programme 2023’, by Contemporary Art Collectors
Contemporary Art Collectors is an art and culture platform that focuses on contemporary art collecting, showcasing a multitude of artists and their talent to thousands of followers.
CAC discusses the relevant conversations and topics in art, examines potential paths of future development, the culture of contemporary art collecting, and how art itself can become a more prominent and meaningful part of people’s everyday lives.
Visit Contemporary Art Collectors – Emerging Artist Programme 2023 – to visit the Artists Catalogue.
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'Voices of Tomorrow Award', by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, May 2022
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'Power of Creativity Award', by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, August 2021
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Luxembourg Art Prize, Honourable mention, 2020
2020
The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international artistic prize organized by the Pinacothèque, a private museum located in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its president and founder is Hervé Lancelin, one of the most influential art collectors in Europe.
Link to the Luxembourg Art Prize
