{"id":1062,"date":"2018-02-01T10:44:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T09:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herenplaats.nl\/?post_type=artist&p=1062"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:28:46","slug":"wouter-valentijn","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.herenplaats.nl\/en\/artist\/wouter-valentijn\/","title":{"rendered":"Wouter Valentijn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wouter\u2019s first contact with Herenplaats was in 2002, through an internship organized by activity centre \u2018De Rotonde\u2019 in Gouda. He liked the work very much, but did not feel at home with the colleagues. Wouter had been seriously injured in an accident at a younger age and has been using a wheelchair ever since. After that period with the Herenplaats he chose for the activity centre \u2018De Nieuwe Schalm\u2019 which specializes in activities for persons with a physical disability.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, in the summer of 2003 Wouter applied for a second trial at Herenplaats, since he decided to become a serious artist. He now works as a permanent member of our artists collective. Wouter works both on model drawings, which he does once a week at the SKVR, and on his autonomous work. He often uses his model drawings as basis for his autonomous work. He keeps his cherished drawings, in which he\u2019d captured a nude body, in his drawer at Herenplaats. These female nudes reappear in many of the paintings he makes here.
\nWouter also works with collage, copying images from magazines and gluing parts of them on paper. He then colours them with various media. He is still experimenting in order to find his own style and signature and in the process allows himself as much freedom as possible. This process is a fundamental part of his work.<\/p>\n

The longing for a beautiful sexy woman occupies his daily life and is also obvious in his work. This also shows in his tactile and warm colour palette of reds, pinks and ochres. Wouter\u2019s themes revolve around love, heartache, death and eroticism.
\nhe takes a course in model drawing. The drawings often form the basis for his work at the atelier. Wouter sometimes paints the nudes he\u2019s drawn on canvas. His boundless sense of humour is evident in his combination of paper cutouts added to the painting, creating a quirky combination.<\/p>\n

These paintings, sometimes bluntly erotic, are a testimony to Wouter\u2019s struggle with his handicap and loneliness and his search for a way to express his emotions.
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\nExhibitions<\/strong>
\n2004\u00a0 “Keuze uit eigen kunst”, Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam
\n2004\u00a0 “Cash & Carry”, Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam
\n2006\u00a0 Jubilee exhibition\u00a0“15 years Herenplaats”, Gallery Herenplaats,\u00a0Rotterdam
\n2007\u00a0 “Helden van Herenplaats”, Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam
\n2007\u00a0 “Who Am I # 3”, Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam
\n2008\u00a0 “Religie, kom en zie”, Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam
\n2009\u00a0 “Kiss and fly – The art of sex, love and eroticism”\u00a0GAIA museum, Randers, Denmark
\n2010\u00a0 Villa Zebra – Exhibition\u00a0about architecture, Rotterdam
\n2010\u00a0 “Outsider Art Salon”, Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam
\n2011\u00a0 Outsider Art Exhibition, Wijk bij Duurstede
\n2011\u00a0 Kunstroute, Hoek van Holland
\n2011\u00a0 “Who Am I # 5” graphic exhibition, Galerie Herenplaats, Rotterdam
\n2012\u00a0 “Who am I”, Galerie du haut Pav\u00e9, Parijs, France
\n2013\u00a0 “Face to Face”, Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam<\/span><\/p>\n

Collage order\u00a0Studio Lonne Wennekendonk<\/p>\n

Price<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup>\u00a0price\u00a0design competition\u00a0Healthy\u00a0food Pameijer
\n2010\u00a0 “Don Valentino does politics”,\u00a0Film by Wouter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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