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Richard van der Aa

Biography


1963

Born in Christchurch, NZ


1985

Diploma of Fine Arts: Canterbury University, Christchurch, NZ


1989

Moved to Sydney, AUS


2004

Master of Fine Art: C.O.F.A, University of NSW, AUS


1998-2004

Faculty Head of Visual Arts at the School of Creative Arts, Oxford Falls, NSW, AUS


2005

Moved to Paris, F


2009

Initiates ParisCONCRET – project space for non-objective art


2015

Focus on full-time practice



Solo and two-person exhibitions


2019

Every now and then, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, D

Here I give thanks, Le Pavé d'Orsay, Paris, F


2017

façade, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Paris, F

pictures of paintings, 57W57 Arts, New York, USA

present tense, le Pavé d'Orsay, Paris, F


2016

Bonbons & Cameos, with Louise Blyton, Factory 49 Paris Pop Up, Paris, F


2014

'As there is a constant flow of light …', RAYGUN, Toowoomba, AUS


2012

Painting and Things, with Trevor Richards, SNO centre, Sydney, AUS


2010

Reasons to be Cheerful, Factory 49, Sydney, AUS

Trois peintures et une sculpture, ParisCONCRET, Paris, F

Le Carré au Pavé, with Bernard Bouton, Le Pavé d’Orsay, Paris, F


2009

Pièces faciles, ParisCONCRET, Paris, F


2008

Domestic Monuments, Le Pavé d’Orsay, Paris, F

More Reasons to be Cheerful, Factory 49, Sydney, AUS


2007

Easy Pieces, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch, NZ

Signs and Wondering, Factory 49, Sydney, AUS

Things Seen and Unseen, Le Pavé d'Orsay, Paris, F


2006

Signs and Wondering, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch, NZ


2004

Romancing the Minimal, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, AUS


2002

Oil and Wine, Sherman Artbox, Sydney, AUS

RE:presentations, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, AUS


1999

New Day Art, Side On Gallery, Sydney, AUS

Surfacing, Paddington Uniting Church, Sydney, AUS


1997

Soundings, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ

Soundings, PENDULUM, Sydney, AUS


1996

Cognizance, PENDULUM, Sydney, AUS


1995

Making Sense, First Draft, Sydney, AUS

Making Sense, PENDULUM, Sydney, AUS


1994

Between The Spoken And The Seen, LINDEN, Melbourne, AUS

Morphemes, PENDULUM, Sydney, AUS


1993

Contexts, KUNST, Sydney, AUS


1992

Contexts, W.I.N.D.O.W., Sydney, AUS


1991

Sermon, First Draft West, Sydney, AUS


1988

New Paintings, James Paul Gallery, Christchurch, NZ


1986

New Paintings, Carnegie Centre, Dunedin, NZ

New Paintings, C.S.A Gallery, Christchurch, NZ


1985

Romantic Paintings, C.S.A. Gallery, Christchurch, NZ



Group exhibitions (selection)


2019

EAGLE DRAGON RHYTHM SECTION, Galerie Reuten, Amsterdam, NL

Big Circle, M17 Arts Center, Kiev, UA

Réalités Nouvelles - Hors les murs, Galeria Moderna, Budva, MNE

World of Icons, Dzyga Arts Centre, Lviv, UA

INTERDISCURSIVE NON-OBJECTIVE, Galeria Działań, Warsaw, PL

Black Square, Saturation Point, London, GB

Drawing Now, ICA at Maine College of Art, Portland, US


2018

PASSAGES / IN-BETWEEN / PASSAGES, Espace Despalles, Paris, F

Concepts in Abstract Art, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL

ICONS/ICON.ESSENCIE, Mikhail Bulagov Museum, Kiev, UA

Aufzeichnen ..., Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, D

Zomer Salon, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL

Infinite Worlds/Infinite Probablites, University of S. Queensland, Toowoomba, AUS

RNOP New Work for a New System, Smith & Co., Cincinnati, USA

Salon Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, F

Symmetry, Abstract Project, Paris, F

RNOP Assemblage No.7, Beton 7, Athens, GR


2017

Chromatopia, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne, AUS

Going Forward II, A Gallery Named Sue, Den Haag, NL

RNOP Assemblage No.6, Concrete Store, Amsterdam, NL

In het licht van De Stijl, Galerie LUMC, Leiden, NL

Salon Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, F

Objectify, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, USA


2016

#bringsomethingpink, Look&Listen, espace despalles, Paris, F

Walk the Line, IS-projects, Transmitter, Brooklyn, USA

Moving Modernism, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL

Amsterdam Drawing, courtesy Reuten Galerie, NL

Salon Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, F

Opaque Transparency, a ParisCONCRET project, IS-projects, Leiden, NL

The B&W Project#5, Look&Listen, Transmitter, Brooklyn, USA

Réalités Nouvelles - Hors Les Murs, Manoir d'Ettouteville, Normandy, F

Le dessin s'engage, Look&Listen, Artothèque, Miramas, F

Opaque Transparency, a ParisCONCRET project, le Pavé d’Orsay, Paris, F


2015

The Black&White Project#3, Look&Listen, Sluice Art Fair, London, GB

Salon Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, F

Opaque Transparency, a ParisCONCRET project, Look&Listen, St. Chamas, F

Art Rotterdam, courtesy Reuten Galerie, NL

Therely Bare Redux, Zeitgeist gallery, Nashville, USA

PLURAL, Husk Gallery, London, GB

Therely Bare (Redux), IS-projects, Leiden, NL


2014

Noir/Blanc, Look&Listen, St. Chamas, F

UN:BOUND:ED, Root Division, San Francisco, USA

Réalités Nouvelles - Hors Les Murs, Beijing, CN

Salon Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, F

American Abstract Artists, guest, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, USA

To the Point, IS Projects, Leiden, NL

France – Japon, Espace Culturel Bertin Poiree, Paris, F


2013

Salon Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, F

Réalités Nouvelles – Hors Les Murs, Belgrade, RS

Parallels – Biennale d'art géométrique, Palaiseau, F

Emergence, Hotel de Sauroy, Paris, F


2012

Abstracten, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL

Orthogonal, The Red House, Sofia, BG

Raisonnement circulaire, ParisCONCRET, Paris, F

Salon Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, F


2011

ParisCONCRET - MINUS SPACE - SNO, Tribute to the Triangle, SNO Centre, Sydney, AUS

Saturation Point, The gallery on the corner, London, GB

Painting and the Like, ParisCONCRET, Paris, F

Raakvlaaken, Le petit port, Leiden, NL

SUGARMOUNTAIN, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, NL

Non-objective/Site specific, Galeria EL, Elblag, PL

Moving Pictures, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL

1st International Festival of Non-Objective Art, Pont de Claix, F

Therely Bare, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga (then Nashville), Tennessee, USA


2010

Correspondence, with Simon Ray, Factory 49, Sydney, AUS

Salon Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, F


2009

1/1 ... 1/100, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, D

UND 5... et voila ..., Villa Cameline, Nice, F

Rashomon, Le Petit Port, Leiden, NL

Salon Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, F

Abstract Realities, USQ gallery, Queensland, AUS

Pour faire simple, ParisCONCRET, Paris, F


2008

Gegenstandslos, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, D

Assemblage No. 2, SNO, Sydney, AUS

Blake Prize exhibition, N.A.S. Gallery, Sydney, AUS


2007

Und Jetzt, IS & Le Petit Port, Leiden, NL


2006

Out of Erewhon, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ


2004

Masters of COFA, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, AUS


2001

SPIRIT/Level, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, AUS


2000

Vavasour|Godkin Gallery, Auckland, NZ


1996

10 Years, First Draft, Sydney, AUS

Faith and Speculation, Paddington Uniting Church, Sydney, AUS


1995

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, LINDEN, Melbourne, AUS


1988

Several Arts Gallery, Christchurch, NZ

33 1/3 Gallery, Wellington, NZ


Richard van der Aa showing at Vincenz Sala:

XL/XS (group) 
aufzeichnen... (group)

Every now and then (solo)

façade (solo)

Berlin 12.12.2020 - 03.2021
Berlin 22.8. - 18.9.2020
Berlin
 5.10. - 2.11.2019

Paris 4.11. - 9.12.2017