Medium: Sculpturen / schilderijen / (Nederland)
Fré Ilgen was born in 1956 in Winterswijk, the Netherlands. A true intellectual, Ilgen completed studies in a variety of fields including psychology at the Royal University in Leiden, art education at the NLO ZWN in Delft and Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Art in Rotterdam before going on to complete an MA in sculpture and painting at the Academy for Industrial Design in Eindhoven.
Drawing from such influences as surrealism and constructivism, Ilgen has worked to find an idiosyncrasy in his own paintings and sculptures through a unique combination of geometry and gesture. Using ribbon-like bands of stainless steel and saturated colours, Ilgen’s playful and dynamic sculptures unravel the openness and complex simulations of movement.
Ilgen has long been interested in the role that nature plays in art. He believes that developments in art, science and philosophy are more closely related than is generally assumed. He understands the meaning of art to go well beyond a means of decoration, a fashionable commodity, or even to merely exemplify a culture within a certain time frame. While not denying these important motives, Ilgen describes the universal desire for art, both the desire to create art and the desire to enjoy and appreciate art, to be a natural result of being human.
Ilgen continuously works on his artistic development in his studio while also travelling abroad to create commissioned site-specific artworks. These range from specific projects for private houses to monumental scale projects for corporate buildings and public spaces. He travels and exhibits widely and regularly in Europe, the USA, and Asia. Presently Landau Contemporary at Galerie Dominion is privileged to host several of Ilgen’s sculptures at our Montreal gallery.
1981 Academy of Fine Arts Rotterdam,
Netherlands
1988 MA Sculpture / Painting Academy for Industrial Design, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Selected Exhibitions
2001 Art Miami, Theo Waddington Gallery Miami Beach, FL, USA
2001 Art Palm Beach, Maxwell davidson Gallery and Theo Waddington Gall. Palm Beach, FL, USA
2001 George Rickey and Fre Ilgen, Park Ryu Sook Gallery Seoul, Korea
2000 Group Exhibition, Theo Waddington Gallery Boca Raton, FL, USA
2000 Art Miami, , Maxwell Davidson Gallery and Theo Waddington Gall. Miami Beach, FL, USA
2000 12th Annual Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory Park Av. at 67th, Theo Waddington Gallery New York, NY, USA
2000 Art Palm Beach, Theo Waddington Gallery Palm Beach, FL, USA
2000 Art 2000 Chicago, Maxwell Davidson Gallery and Theo Waddington Gall. Navy Pier Chicago, IL, USA
2000 KunstRAI, Art Fair Amsterdam, Nexus Modern Art Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000 A Breeze of Color, Theo Waddington Gallery Boca Ratton, FL, USA
2000 Lost in Space, Maxwell Davidson Gallery New York, NY, USA
1999 George Rickey, Fre Ilgen-Mobiles, Galerie Artline Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998 Fre Ilgen-Objekte und Virtual Paintings, Galerie Klaus Lupke Frankfurt, Germany
1998 Fre Ilgen-Mystical Constructions, Maxwell Davidson Gallery New York, NY, USA
1998 Fre Ilgen, Seoul Art Fair and at the Park Ryu Sook Gallery Seoul, Korea
1996 Installations "When the Levee Breaks" and "Pools and Butterflies", Kultureel Centrum voor Hedendaagse Netherlands
1996 Installation "Waiting for the Energy to Crystallize", Galerie Lupke Frankfurt, Germany
1996Galerie Artline Amsterdam, Netherlands
1995 Gegenuber der Wahrnehmung, Galerie Karin Fesel Dusseldorf, Germany
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