Education

• -HKU-Utrecht High Education for the Arts, Utrecht, Netherlands, B.F.A., 1991
• -NIMETO, Specialized Technical Education, painting and decorating, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1986

Exhibitions

• 2023
• –El sabor del rojo, Gallery Nora Fisch, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• 2022
• –Rob Verf – Vanitas, National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• –The Manifestation Of Microbial Fermentation, University of Turku, Finland (solo)
• 2021
• -Unusually Mundane, Museum Helmond-Boscotondohal, Helmond, Netherlands
• -Virtual and Mixed Reality Food Experience, University of Turku, Finland
• 2019
• -73rd Salon Nacional de Rosario 2019, Museum Castagnino+macro, Rosario, Argentina
• -National Salon for Visual Arts 2019, Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• -Artificial biology / natural alchemy. Three possible universes, OSDE Foundation, Rosario, Argentina
• -Continuous Diversity, Helder gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
• 2017
• -National Salon for Visual Arts 2017, Palais de Glace – National Palace For The Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2016 
• -Premio Banco Nación 2016, National Foundation of the Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• -The Seven Deadly Sins / Hieronymus Bosch in Contemporary Art, Museum Helmond, Helmond Netherlands
• -La Nuit des Sens Croisés, Une expérience de l’émotion inter-sensorielle, Reid Hall, Paris, France
• -Different Brushstrokes, NL=US Art Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• -Bosquejar esbozar proyectar (II), Galería Quimera, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2015
• -Resonancia magnética, Gachi Prieto Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• -Rob Verf – projection video art, Royal Embassy of the Netherlands, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• -El método, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• -Music Of Sence (M.O.S.), Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2014
• -Works From the Collection, Museum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands
• -A Homage to Carel Fabritius, Castle Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands
• 2013
• -LVXII Salon Nacional de Rosario 2013, Museum Castagnino+macro, Rosario, Argentina
• -The 2013 Tiny Park Drawing Annual, Tiny Park Gallery for Contemporary Art, Austin, USA
• -Lo de la vida…, la77 exhibition space, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2012
• -Versatile, Rob Verf, Works 2000-2012, Museum Castagnino+macro, Rosario, Argentina (solo)
• –Rob Verf – The Moment, Helder gallery, The Hague, Netherlands (solo)
• -Full Foreground, Braga Menendez gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• -American Top Models and Other Pieces, Museum Helmond-Boscotondohal, Helmond, Netherlands
• -Music Of Taste, ConDIT (Technological District concerts), CheLA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2011
• -ExpotrasTiendas – International Art – gallery fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• -The Last Book, New –York Public Library, New York, U.S.A.
• 2010
• -Full Foreground, Testsite, Austin, U.S.A (duo exhibition with the poet Roberto Tejada)
• -Combined, VAC-exhibition space-University of Texas, Austin, U.S.A
• –The Last Book, Central Library, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2009
• -The Moment II, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• -Fall, CRLab – exhibition space, Austin, U.S.A.
• -Achtung baby/Attention Baby, Municipal Museum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands
• -Five x seven:
  • -Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, U.S.A
  • -Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, U.S.A
  • -Inman gallery, Houston, U.S.A

• 2008
• -Rob Verf, Braga Menendez gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• -After Image, Installation, Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• –E.A.S.T., Flatbed Press, Austin, U.S.A.
• -The Last Book, National Library, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• -White, Museum for the Arts, Tigre, Argentina
• -White, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• -Fall, CRLab-exhibition space, Austin, U.S.A.
• -ArteBA – International Art – gallery fair  (gallery Braga Menendez), Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2007
• -The Moment I, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• -Crème de la crème, Museum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands
• -Buenos Aires Photo, International Photo – gallery fair (Braga Menendez gallery), The Glass Palace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• -Rembrandt examinado, Museum Ramon Fidal, Corrientes, Argentina
• 2006
• -Rob Verf, ISCP-International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, U.S.A. (solo)
• -Rembrandt examinado, National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2005
• -Rob Verf, Braga Menendez gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• -Ramona intervenida, MALBA-Museum for Latin-American Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• -Smile Away The Parties And Champagne, Museum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands
• 2004
• -Onirico y Privado, Fundation Telefónica – Exibition space, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• -ArteBA – International Art – gallery fair (gallery Braga Menendez), Buenos Aires, Argentina
• -MKgalerie.nl, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 2003
• -The Uruguay Girl, Luisa Pedrouzo Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• -Bondage Beauty, Modern Art Foundation Mar Del Plata, Mar Del Plata, Argentina (solo)
• -Cowboys en Kroegtijgers, Museum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands
• –MKgallery.nl, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• ARCO-International Art – gallery fair (Florencia Braga Menendez Gallery, Buenos Aires), Madrid, Spain
• -Drawings, Mar Del Plata Modern Art Foundation, Mar Del Plata, Argentina
• 2002
• -Rob Verf, Center for Exhibitions Parque Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• 2001
• -Rob Verf, National Museum for Contemporary Art, Bahia Blanca, Argentina (solo)
• -Rob Verf, Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
• -Rob Verf, MKgalerie.nl, Rotterdam, Netherlands (solo)
• -4th International Miniprint Triennial Finland, Lathi Art Museum, Lathi, Finland
• -The Drawing Club, Center for Exhibitions Parque Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• -ARCO – International Art – gallery fair (Mirta Demare Gallery, Rotterdam-Buenos Aires), Madrid, Spain
• 2000
• -European Prize for Art Painting, National Museum for Contemporary Art, Knokke, Belgium
• 1999
• -The A-B-Collection, Municipal Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, Netherlands
• -Art Forum Berlin, International Art-gallery fair (MKgalerie.nl), Berlin, Germany
• 1998
• -Rob Verf, MKgalerie.nl, Rotterdam, Netherlands (solo)
• -The Global City, Museum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands 
• 1997
• –Raamlicht (Window-light), Amersfoort, Netherlands ( installation)
• -Rob Verf, Gallery Van Wijngaarden, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
• 1996
• -Rob Verf, MKgalerie.nl, Rotterdam, Netherlands (solo)
• -Rotterdam-Vladivostok, Artetage gallery, Vladivostok, Russia
• -Manifesta 1 – Rotterdam-Vladivostok, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• -My home is my castle, Eindhoven Art Center, Eindhoven, Netherlands
• -MKgalerie.nl, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 1995
• -Rob Verf, Rotterdam Art Center (CBK), Rotterdam, Netherlands (solo)
• -Rob Verf, CASCO, Utrecht, Netherlands (solo)
• -Rob Verf, Gallery Van Wijngaarden, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
• -30-40 Artfair for young artists, (Van Wijngaarden Gallery, Amsterdam), Knokke Belgium
• -Art Amsterdam, (MK Gallery, Rotterdam), Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1994
• -Rob Verf, works 1991-1994, Museum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands (solo)
• -Royal Prize for Art Painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• -Drawings & drawings, Van Gelder gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1993
• -The Toy Room, ExpoHenk exhibition-space, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• -Different Energies, ExpoHenk exhibition-space, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 1992
• -1st Salon for Utrecht Art, Trade Center / Central Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
• 1991
• -Centraal Beheer Insurance, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
• -HKU, Utrecht, Netherlands

Grants and Awards

• 2019 73rd Salon Nacional de Rosario 2019, Argentina (award-nomination)
• 2019 National Salon for Visual Arts 2019, 108ª edition, Buenos Aires, Argentina (award-nomination)
• 2017 National Salon for Visual Arts 2017, 106ª edition, Buenos Aires, Argentina (special mention)  
• 2016 Prize for art painting 2016, Bank of the Nation, Buenos Aires, Argentina (winner, 2nd)
• 2014 LVXII Nacional Salon of Rosario 2013, Rosario, Argentina (award-nomination)
• 2013 The Seventeenth Annual Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, USA (award-nomination)
• 2012 The University of Texas System Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Award 2013, USA (award-nomination)
• 2005 O.& O. subsidy, Rotterdam Art Center, Netherlands (travel-grant)
• 2000 European Prize for Art Painting, Knokke, Belgium (award-nomination)
• 2000 FvBK, Dutch Art Foundation, Netherlands (grant)
• 1995 FvBK, Dutch Art Foundation, Netherlands (grant)
• 1994 Royal Dutch Prize for Art Painting, Netherlands (winner)
• 1992 FvBK, Dutch Art Foundation, Netherlands (grant)
• 1991 ADCN – Art Directors Club Netherlands, National Award for Illustration, Amsterdam, Netherlands (winner)

Books by the Artist

• 2025 Rob Verf – Basura / Litter, elaleph.com publishers (forthcoming)
• 2012 Rob Verf – El Momento / The Moment, elaleph.com publishers, Buenos Aires, 210 p: 21 x 15 cm, ISBN 978-987-1701-46-9

Lectures

• 2021 Invited lecture-discussion, One Work – One Look,  De Hooch: Space, Time and Expression, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina
  2019 Invited lecture-discussion about the exhibition Biología artificial / alquimia natural, OSDE Foundation, Rosario, Argentina
• 2016 Invited lecture-presentation, Beyond Van Gogh, National Museum of the Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2015 Invited lecture-presentation about my art work related to the vanitas-theme at the Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2012 Invited lecture-discussion, book presentation, Rob Verf – El Momento / The Moment, Museum Castagnino+macro, Rosario, Argentina
• 2010 Invited lecture-discussion, Space As A Mental State Of Being. A Dialogue About Perception Between Music And Painting, with Margarita Fernandez-professor in Classic and Contemporary Music, Center for documentation, investigation and publications (CeDIP) at the Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2007 Invited lecture-discussion about the exhibition El Momento I, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2007 Invited lecture-presentation at the University Of Texas, Austin, U.S.A.
• 2006 Invited lecture-presentation at the ISCP-International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, U.S.A.
• 2002 Invited lecture-presentation at the Modern Art Foundation, Teatro Auditorium, Mar Del Plata, Argentina
• 2001 Invited lecture-presentation at the IUNA-National Art University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Commisions

• 2022 The manifestation of microbial fermentation, University of Turku, Finland (video)
• 2021 Functional Food Forum event, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland (2 videos)
• 2005 Office interior design for ULURU-operations, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1996 No Art-No Life Collection, Lucky Strike, Amsterdam, Netherlands (painting)
• 1993 Optimize, Wegener N.V. Insurance, Apeldoorn, Netherlands (2 paintings, 1 sculpture)
  

• Teaching Experience

• 2017-24 Lecturer in painting and drawing, Department of Art, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2013-17 Lecturer in painting and drawing. Department of Art, Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina
• 2008-13 Lecturer in painting and drawing, Department of Art and Art History, the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Others

• 2015 Jury member for the Cuerpo, Ciudad y Basura art competition, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2011-13 Coordinator of the department Studio Art for Non Majors at the Department of Art and Art History, the University of Texas at Austin, USA
• 2007 Representing Dutch artists living in Argentina at the state visit by H.M. Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, Colon Music Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2001 Resident at the El Basilisco art residency, Avellaneda, Argentina
• 1992 Jury member for the ADCN – Art Directors Club Netherlands, National Award for Illustration, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Works in Collections

Private collections in the Netherlands, Argentina, Germany, United States, Spain, México, France, Australia, Uruguay, Finland / Colecciones privadas en Holanda, Argentina, Alemania, Estados Unidos, España, México, Francia, Australia, Uruguay, Finlandia

Collection National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina /Colección Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Collection Museum Castagnino+macro, Rosario, Argentina / Colección Museo Castagnino+macro, Rosario, Argentina

Collection Bank Of The Nation, Argentina / Colección Banco de la Nación, Argentina

Collection Municipal Museum Helmond, Netherlands / Colección Museo Municipal Helmond, Holanda

Collection Rotterdam Art Center (CBK), Rotterdam, Netherlands / Colección Centro de arte de Rotterdam (CBK), Rotterdam, Holanda

Collection Municipal Museum Schiedam, Netherlands / Colección Museo Municipal Schiedam, Holanda

Collection Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands / Colección Reino Real de los Países Bajos

Collection City of Rotterdam, Netherlands / Colección Ciudad de Rotterdam, Holanda

Collection Wegener Insurance N.V., Netherlands / Colección Wegener Seguros N.V., Holanda

Collection A.V.R., Rotterdam, Netherlands / Colección A.V.R. Rotterdam, Holanda