Han Schuil

Some recent solo exhibitions
Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam 2009, 'Han Schuil: Blast'
Museum Jan Cunen, Oss 2008, 'Crashed and Gobsmacked'
Galerie Barbara Oberem, Bonn 2007, 'Han Schuil Malerei'
Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf 2004
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2000, 'Schilderijen/Paintings 1983-1999'

Some recent group exhibitions
Museum Jan Cunen, Oss 2009, 'MJCTV'
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 2008, 'Kunst uit huis IV: Otto L. Schaap, Content Art Consumer'
Stadsgalerij Heerlen, 2005, 'Later on we shall simplify things'

Selected publications
Paul Kempers, Helder met een twist, Amsterdam: Galerie Onrust 2009
Dominic van den Boogerd [et al.], Han Schuil: paintings 1983-1999, Rotterdam: NAi 2000
Han Schuil, De uitstraling van een pissoir, Over Schilderen/On painting, Amsterdam: De Balie/Rijksakademie 1990

Selected public and corporate collections
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL • Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, NL • Stadsgalerij Heerlen, NL • Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL • Beeldspoor/ Rotterdamse Schouwburg, NL • Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL • Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, NL • Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL • SMAK, Ghent, BE • Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Brussels, BE • Centro Cultural Andratx, ES • Abn Amro Kunststichting, NL• Bouwfonds Kunstcollectie, NL • De Nederlandsche Bank, NL • Kunstcollectie KPN, NL • Schiphol Kunstcollectie, NL • TNT Post Kunstcollectie, NL • Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, NL • Kunstcollectie Stichting Océ Kunstbezit, NL • Caldic, NL

Han Schuil makes hard-edged paintings on aluminium, depicting familiar objects quickly registered by the eye. The paintings reflect something of the urbanized Netherlands of the present, designed down to the last detail. They are crisp, clear images with the immediate impact of a logo. The synthetic colours, shapes and balanced compositions give the paintings a strong signalling effect, while the irregular contours and surfaces add strength to their physical appearance. Schuil's portrayals are based on commonplace objects, images he happens to encounter. 'My paintings should have the impact of a traffic sign and the intensity of a Flemish Primitive. They must represent a moment that makes you want to stand still.'

Han Schuil is a former advisor at the Rijksakademie.