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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

  • 2025
  • -National Salon for Visual Arts 2025, Palacio Libertad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • -El arte, un sendero para la paz, Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 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

  • 2025 Visiting Fellow in the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS), Princeton University, USA (research grant)
  • 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

  • 2017-25 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

  • 2025 Visiting artist at the studios of young artists and students at the Lewis Center of the Arts, Princeton University, USA
  • 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  Visiting artist at the studios of students at 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

Collection Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands

Collection National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Collection Museum Castagnino+macro, Rosario, Argentina

Collection The Bank Of The Nation, Argentina

Collection Municipal Museum Helmond, Netherlands

Collection Rotterdam Art Center (CBK), Rotterdam, Netherlands

Collection Municipal Museum Schiedam, Netherlands

Collection Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands

Collection City of Rotterdam, Netherlands

Collection Wegener Insurance N.V., Netherlands

Collection A.V.R., Rotterdam, Netherlands