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Johannes Antonius van de (Jan) van de Pavert (born May 10, 1960) is a Dutch artist, working as sculptor, painter, draftsman, animator, and video artist.Jan van de Pavert; male / Netherlandish; sculptor, painter, draftsman, animator, video artist
at rkd.nl, 2015.

Life and work

Born in Zeist, Van de Pavert was educated at the

AKV St. Joost St. Joost School of Art and Design (formerly Academy of Art and Design St. Joost, Dutch ''Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost, Breda'') is a Dutch academy of art and design based in Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch. The school is part of Avans ...

in Breda) from 1979 to 1982, where he was lecturer by Hans van Zummeren and Theo Mols. From 1982 to 1984 he studied at

Ateliers '63 De Ateliers (formerly Ateliers '63) is an independent art school in located in Amsterdam. It was founded in Haarlem in 1963, among others by Ger Lataster, Mari Andriessen, Nic Jonk, Theo Mulder and Wessel Couzijn. This "group of established art ...

in Haarlem, with among others Stanley Brouwn and

Carel Visser Carel Nicolaas Visser (3 May 1928 – 1 March 2015) was a Dutch sculptor. He is considered an important representative of Dutch abstract-minimalist constructivism in sculpture. Life and work Visser was born on 3 May 1928 in Papendrecht. From 194 ...

. At the Ateliers '63 his work developed "from painting to spatial work took place, where the dialogue between silence and cacophony began."Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Toos van Kooten (1991), ''With Space in Mind: Works on Paper, the Collection in the Kröller-Müller Museum,'' p. 232 Van de Pavert settled as independent artist in Amsterdam in 1987. In 1989 he moved to Utrecht, where he worked until 1997. Since 2009 he is working in Rotterdam. According to Van Kooten (1991) "at a cursory glance Jan van de Pavert's works call everyday objects to mind: rather than sculptures they are elements like a door, a window or a cupboard. However, on closer scrutiny of these elements one discovers references to norms and images. Yes, they do turn out to be... an empty space on the paper." Van de Pavert was awarded the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in 1987 for his sculpture ''Inversie'' (Inversion), the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art in 1998, and the 2015: Jeanne Oosting Prize for watercolors in 2015.

Selected publications

* Association pour l'art contemporain (Nevers) (1988), ''Jan Van de Pavert: Sculptures Et Dessins : xposition, Nevers, APAC, Centre D'art Contemporain, 18 Juin-23 Juillet 1988'' * Jan van de Pavert (1991). ''Jan van de Pavert: voor de spiegel.'' * Mark Kremer, Jan van de Pavert, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum (1994), ''Jan van de Pavert: Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum 30/4 - 5/6/1994.'' * Jan van de Pavert et al. ''Jan Van de Pavert: Untiteld/zonder Titel,'' 1996

References

External links

Jan van de Pavert
at janvandepavert.nl. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavert, Johannes Antonius van de 1960 births Living people Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors People from Zeist