Looking at the work of sculptor Joop Haring, one is primarily struck by the diversity in forums and his use of many different materials.
Haring produces three-dimensional works in ferrous metals, bronze and ceramics, but he also translates his ideas into two-dimensional reliefs and drawings.
His working method always begins with a concept, with nature a frequent source of inspiration.

Organic growth, structures and (hierarchical) order are key words that frequently return in his work.

Recent developments in Joop Haring’s work have been closely related to his stays in China and India.
His Chinese Table Project, part of which is included in this exhibition, is a good example of the influence of another culture.
The series of bronze ‘idea tables’, such as Table of Joy, or Table of Landscape, offers a personal commentary on Chinese culture.
The tables were inspired by the Ming and the Qing Manchu dynasties.

A similar influence is also evident in Haring’s 2008 Lingam Project, begun in southern India and later completed in the Netherlands.
It includes a series of tower-like works in which the Lingam (the phallus as a symbol of fertility) is a central focus.
These organic, architectural forms present the Lingams as tangible trophies on their ceramic foundations.

After training at the Arnhem Art Academy, Joop Haring has worked in Amsterdam since 1984.

Monumental public works by Joop Haring can be seen in Heemskerk and Huizen (North Holland).

Haring’s Amsterdam studio can be visited by appointment.

The Dutch sculptor Joop Haring creates three-dimensional sculptures from bronze, other metals, ceramics and plastics.
These sculptures, as well as his pastel drawings and bronze wall reliefs, reflect his fascination with organic growth forms and architecture.
As an artist, Joop Haring has been strongly inspired by the cultures of India and China, notably during his stays as an Artist in Residence in these countries.


 

Joop Haring

Born in 1952, The Hague, the Netherlands

Studio: Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat  9a, 1054 RS, Amsterdam

Phone: +31 20 7853097 M.Phone +31 628652809

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Website: www.joopharing.com 

Art education

ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem,  Bachelor of Fine Arts 1981 – 1984                  

 

Grants /Project grants

2019                            Gerbrandy Cultuurfonds, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

2017                            Stichting Stokroos, Stichting Gerbrandy Cultuurfonds

2014                            Consulate Kingdom of the Netherlands, Guanzhou, Stichting Stokroos

2006                            Foundation A. Roland Holstfund, Netherlands

2005                            Royal Netherlands Embassy, Beijing   

1994/1998/ 2003/2007   Basic grant, Dutch Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture.

1991/1992                    Production budget, municipality Amsterdam

1990                            Work scholarship, Province of Noord-Holland

1984                            Starting grant, Ministry of Culture, The Hague

 

Positions

2013 - 2017                 Team Punt Wilhelmina Gasthuis

2007 - 2013                 Member of Memento Memorials Foundation

2005 - 2010                 Member of KCB committee, Bergen

2007 - 2009                 Committee Member Dutch Sculptors Association

2002 - 2003                 The Glass House Foundation, Amsterdam

2001 - 2002                 Chairman Dutch Sculptors’ Association 

2000 - 2001                 Member of the foundation, Amsterdam Coöperate Artist Assocation.

2000 - 2001                 Adviser Found. Open Air Museum, Drechtoevers, Sculpturepark

2000 - 2001                 Secretary Dutch Sculptors Association

1998 - 2002                 Adviser Art commission, Council of Apeldoorn

1998 - 2001                 Member The Schwartzenberg Foundation

 

Other activities – Selection

2019                           Residency Krite Gallery, Varanasi, India

                                  Lecture University Dept. Fine Art, Varanasi, India

                                  Lecture KCB, Bergen, Argentina book     

2017                           Artist in residence, Residencia Corazón, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2015                           Lecture KCB Kranenburgh 

                                  Lecture De Kring - 'Werken in China' i.s.m. P.Wiertz

2013                           Masterclass Buitenkunst met Majorie Sloof in Zijpe

                                  Lecture Kunstroute Zijpe

                                  Lecture Da Wang Culture Highland residentie

2012                           Lecture over residenties in China, The Bookstore, Amsterdam

2011                           Jingdezhen, San Bao and Pottery Workshop, China

2011                           Workshop klei, Frateur in Boom, Belgium

2010                           Recidentie Songzhuang Artist Village, Beijing, China

2008                           Lecture Lalit Kali Akademi, Chennai, 

                                  Artist in Residentiee, Cholamandal, Chennai

                                  Artcamp Hyderabad, India

                                  Member organisation “90 jaren Nederlandse beeldhouwers” 

2006                           Pickled Art Centre, Beijing China - Artist in Residence

2005                          Pickled Art Centre, Beijing China - Artist in Residence

2004                          Cholamandal Artist Village, Chennai, India

2003                          Curator, Kunstminnaars en Lokvogels, Landsmeer en Oostzaan

2000                          Lecture op SEIAN University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan

1998                          Curator “De jaarringen in het Beeld” Groeneveld Castle, Baarn

                                 Curator “Groei” park Buitenoord, Barendrecht

                                 Curator “De Jaarringen in het Beeld” Strijthagen Castle, Landgraaf

 

Solo exhibitions since 2000

2021                          WG kunst, ‘The Golden Light’, Book presentation and new work

2020                          De Kring, Amsterdam – solo
                                                             
2018                          World Trade Center Amsterdam

2016                          'De Verbinding' Solo, Sociale Verzekeringsbank, Amstelveen

2014                          Punt WG, Amsterdam Time and Distance, beyond Sculpture

                                 Birdhouses of Today, Da Wang, Shenzhen, China 

2012                          WG Kunst, duotentoonstelling met Kees de Vries

2011                          Gallery Nine

2008                          CAG gallery, Laren

2007                          WG Expozaal, Amsterdam

2006                          Gallery Nine, Amsterdam

                                 Die Holländische Verwandschaft, Gera, Germany

2005                          “Go fast, Think twice” Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, China

                                 “Beyond Sculpture” Biac Art Space, Beijing, China

2004                          SBK KNSM, Amsterdam

2000                          Provinciehuis Flevoland, Lelystad

 

Group exhibitions since 2005 

2020                          Arti Amsterdam, 'Of all places'

                                 Arti et Amicitiae, Summer exhibition

                                 Punt WG, WG Plein, The sculpture unravels

2019                          KCB 'Droog Water’, Museum Kranenburgh Bergen, 26 mei t/m 7 juli.

2018                          IJZINGWEKKEND, kunsthal 45, Den Helder, 16 december 2018 t/m 17 februari 2019

                                 Easter, 1 en 2 april 2018, Kunstroute de Beemster

                                 Galery De Kapberg – 6/4  -  13/5   

                                 Museum Kranenburg 3/6  -  30/9  

2017                          Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen (NH), KCB-tentoonstelling '70 jaar autonoom'

                                 Boterhal Hoorn, Urban Landscapes

                                 IJzingwekkend 3, leden NKvB, Kunsthal 45, Den Helder

2016                          'Urban Landscapes, Sharing Territories', Alkmaar

                                 Het wassende water, KCB Bergen

                                 'Dwaaltijd', Beeldenexpo NKvB, Park Vijversburg, Leeuwarden

                                 Atelierroute 2016, WG, Amsterdam

2015                          20 jaar Zeeuwse Rozentuin 

                                 Symposion Gorinchem 2015                

                                 Arti Salon 175 jaar Arti, "Hangen doe je toch!"   

                                 Intonations Deidesheimer Kunsttage, BDR   

                                 KCBeeldenBinnen 1, KCB Bergen  

2014                          Atelier WG, Amsterdam  

2013                          Ernst & Young, Den Haag

                                 Kunstroute Zijpe, NH

                                 Galerie Kunst is Kunst, Amsterdam

                                 ‘Onder de Leden’   KCB - Kranenburgh

                                 ‘Cityscape Impressions’ Da Wang Culture Highland, Shenzhen, China

                                 ‘Wonder’ - Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen

                                 anniversary exhibition - Galerie Kunst is Kunst 

2012                          Arti Salons Amsterdam

                                 KCB, 60 jaar Bergen

                                 WG Kunst, Amsterdam

                                 Art Antique Jaarbeurs Utrecht

                                 Keramiek Biënnale Provinciehuis, Lelystad

                                 Kunst is Kunst, Amsterdam

2011                          “Beelden op Zorgvlied”, Amsterdam

2010                          Topred Gallery, 798 district Beijing, China

                                 Lingam, Museum Catharijnenconvent, Utrecht

                                 “99% PUUR” Dutch Design Hotel Artemis, Amsterdam

                                 “Beelden aan de Rivieren”, Gorinchem, Woudrichem, Loevestein

                                  Lingam, Mons, Belgium

                                  Open Door Days, Amsterdam-West

                                  “Orange”  WG Expozaal

                                  Ten days of Art, Bergen - Gallery Zinc and Het Oude Hof, Bergen

2009                           Art Amsterdam, gallery Nine

                                  Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen

                                  Lingam, Stockholm

2008                           “OOGWENK” Roland Holst KCB, Bergen

                                  90 Years Nederlandse beelhouwkunst, Pulchri Studio, the Hague

                                  Interart, Heeswijk/Dinter

2007                           Art Amsterdam, Gallery nine

                                  Höhler Biennale, Gera,Germany

                                  Galerie de Meerse, Hoofddorp

                                  Lucht Verkeersleiding Nederland, Schiphol Oost

                                  Panorama, KCB Bergen, Noord-Holland

2006                           Park Scholtenhage, Haaksbergen

                                  Rembrandt the Remix, Arti et Amicitea, Amsterdam

                                  Terra Incognita, Amsterdam

                                  Counter Time Art, Beijing, China

2005                           “Beelden aan de Vecht” Maarssen

                                  Art Amsterdam, Van Spijk Art Projects

                                  KCB, Bergen

 

assignments

2012                           Cemetery Zorgvlied, Amsterdam

2011                           Cemetery Zorgvlied, Amsterdam

2009                           Cemetery Rijssen, Holland

2008                           Cemetery “de Nieuwe Ooster”, Amsterdam

2001                           Cemetery Heemskerk, Holland

2001                           Cemetery Huizen, Holland

 

Publications since 2008

2017                           De kleine K. digital Magazine

2013                           Dutch Embassy, Peking, Orange Alert

                                  The Chinese Cityscape Project - catalogus

                                  Ernst & Young - brochure NKvB    

2012                           “Keramiek” nr.3 jaargang 38

2011                           “Beelden op Zorgvlied” Amsterdam

2010                           “Beelden aan de Rivieren” Gorinchem

                                   A meeting with Joop Haring KCB Bulletin, Bergen

                                   Lingam, Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht

                                  Joop Haring, Beijing Boogie Woogie, catalogus

2009                           Dutch Design Hotel Artemis, Amterdam “99% PUUR”

                                  Trade Journal Ceramics December

2008                           Trade journal “Sculptures” part 4

 

Collections

Sociale verzekeringsbank, hoofdkantoor Amstelveen

Esthetic Service, PTT The Hague,

Municipality of Amsterdam,

Ernst & Young, Amsterdam,

KLM Schiphol Airport,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs e.o.