Artist CV
Education
2012-2017BFA Autonomous Fine Art, Academie Minerva / Hanze, Groningen
Selected group exhibitions
Art Away — Groningen, the Netherlands — Pop-up exhibition and direct sales presentation with Tomi Boca.
Independent art market — Maastricht, the Netherlands — Collaborative public presentation and direct sales with Tomi Boca.
Studio and online sales — The Netherlands and international — Ongoing direct sales to private buyers in the Netherlands and internationally.
Projects
2021Unhinged BLOOM / Noorderlicht
4–30 July 2020Moshpit / Galerie Noord
201824 Hour Residency / Kunsthuis Syb
2017-2018Artphy Young Talent
2017Graduation Show Perspectives
2017Bierumer School
2016European Exchange Academy / Whiteworks UK
2016May Days / The Gym
2015Nacht van Kunst en Wetenschap
2015Burst / EMG Faktors
2014Paradigm murals
2014Mixed Grill
2019-2023Moshpit of Creation — Groningen — Co-founder and chair of an artist-run workspace established in a repurposed industrial complex. The initiative developed into shared studios, workshops and an event space.
2015-2017The Golden Herring — Academie Minerva, Groningen — Co-organiser of an independent exhibition platform.
Functional Application Manager — Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam — Functional management of digital systems supporting education and student administration.
2021Technical Producer, Wadopera Peter Grimes — Nootstroom, Paesens-Moddergat — Technical production for a large outdoor opera with more than 150 performers.
Residencies
Collections / placements
2015–2020alpacas — Balkaneum
2015–2020Logo — Balkaneum
2020–2025Rocket — Private collection, United States
2020–2025breakfast — Private collection, United States
2020–2025scifi — Private collection, United States
2020–2025jewelry shop — Private collection, United States
2020–2025round table — Private collection, United States
2020–2025atlas — Private collection, United States
2020–2025road to safex (oil/canvas) — Private collection, United States
2020–2025road to safex (digital/collage) — Private collection, United States
2015–2020Meme — Private collection, Belfast
2020–2025Mcafee — Private collection, United States
2015–2020Korenbeurs — Private collection, Netherlands
2010–2015Bodybuilders — Private collection, Netherlands
2015–2020portrait Jerry 1 — Private collection, Netherlands
2015–2020portrait Jerry 2 — Private collection, Netherlands
2015–2020Studio -untitled- — Private collection, France
2015–2020Dartmoor — Private collection, Netherlands
2010–2015Study after turner — Private collection, Netherlands
2010–2015Study -untitled- — Private collection, Netherlands
2020–2025Last supper — Private collection, Australia
2020–2025Hoop — Tentfactory
2020–2025Interieur — Private collection, Netherlands
2020–2025sheppard on stilts — Private collection, Netherlands
2020–2025Horen — Private collection, Netherlands
2020–2025zien — Private collection, Netherlands
2020–2025zwijgen — Private collection, Netherlands
2015–2020Miner — Private collection
2015–2020Bierumer strand — Private collection, Netherlands
2015–2020Nachtfoto — Private collection, Netherlands
2020–2025Garbage — Private collection, Netherlands
2020–2025Have a good flight — Private collection, Netherlands
Relevant commissioned/public work
The Safex Project — United States — Five-work commissioned painting series developed around decentralisation, privacy and commerce; shipped to a private collection in the United States.
Korenbeurs commission — Groningen, the Netherlands — Commissioned charcoal drawing of Groningen's historic Korenbeurs, made as a doctoral graduation gift.
Private 50th-birthday commission — the Netherlands — Three paintings commissioned by a former employer as a private birthday gift.
Private online commission — Australia — Commission developed remotely for an Australian client.
References
Press
Artphy, ruimte voor (levens)Kunst
Report on Artphy’s opening exhibition in November 2017. Hugo Braams is named among seven recent Academie Minerva graduates.
Artist profiles
In late 2019, Hugo Braams, Vaida Valančiūnaite and Chiara Tammaro started Moshpit of Creation, bringing their studios together as an artist-run workspace.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academie Minerva, Groningen, 2012–2017.
Exhibitions
Exhibition documentation: 4–30 July 2020, Galerie Noord, Groningen. Participants: Hugo Braams, Vaida Valančiūnaite, Tomi Boca and Ruben Jager.