Iris van Dongen came to fame for her drawing of young women, mixing pencil, pastel, watercolor and charcoal, and combining virtuosity and contemporary sensitivity, as artist's inner selfportraits.
Her work is very detailed, realistic and it is influenced by mysticism and myths. In the background one finds vivid and detailed patterns, a recurring element of her work.
Iris van Dongen lives and works in Danmark.
| 2023 | Topiary stories, Galerie Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2023 | La Beauté du Diable Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon, FR |
| 2023 | Poplife, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam |
| 2019 | Museum Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk, NL |
| 2018 | 'Nieuw Amsterdams Peil' Galerie Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2017 | Iris van Dongen – Thérèse Schwartze Award, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam |
| 2016 | The hunter of no land, Galerie Bugada & Cargnel, Paris, FR |
| 2016 | Hydra, Galerie Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2014 | Luis de Adelantado, Valencia, IT |
| 2013 | Amsterdam Drawing 2013, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2011 | Temporary Devotion, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE |
| 2011 | Iris van Dongen, Luis de Adelantado, Valencia, IT and Mexico, MX |
| 2011 | Wrong exit, Autocentre, Berlin, DE |
| 2010 | The Preparation, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2009 | The curse of the monk, Bugada & Cargnel, Paris, FR |
| 2009 | Suspicious, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Amsterdam, NL (catalogue) |
| 2008 | The ejaculation of the demon, with Dionisis Cavallieratos, The Breeder, Athens, EL |
| 2008 | Suspicious, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2008 | Hallucinations & Halleluja's, Stedelijk Museum, 's Hertogenbosch, NL |
| 2007 | CODE (free code magazine) Bruxelles, BE |
| 2006 | Hooley (with Kimberley Clark), The Breeder, Athens, GR |
| 2006 | Doomed with Grace and Pleasure, solo presentation Liste, Basel, CH |
| 2006 | Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, Liste '06, Basel, CH |
| 2006 | Galerie Bugada & Cargnel (Cosmic galerie) Paris, FR |
| 2005 | Mystery Zone, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2005 | Aurelia, Salon 94, New York, US |
| 2005 | Nox Noctis, GEM, Den Haag, NL (catalogue) |
| 2005 | She is the Night, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE |
| 2005 | 'The mystery zone', galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2004 | Spleen, The Breeder, Athens, GR |
| 2003 | Mortality, TENT, Rotterdam, NL |
| 2025 | Happy Birthday Amsterdam, H ART Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2024 | The last laugh, Nationalmuseum, Berlin, Germany |
| 2024 | Through the looking glass, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands |
| 2024 | Kunstrum Fyn, Tarup, Denmark |
| 2023 | Les Sorcieres, Musée d'Arts et Traditions Populaires, Champlitte, FR |
| 2023 | Schilderkunst nu, ABN-AMRO collectie, Singer Museum Laren, NL |
| 2023 | Pop life, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2022 | La Beauté du Diable, Museum Frac Franche Comte, Besancon, FR |
| 2022 | Portrait of a Lady, Fondation Boghossian, Bruxelles, BE |
| 2022 | De nieuwe vrouw, Singer museum, Laren, NL |
| 2021 | Paroles de Cheval, Haras National du Pin, FR |
| 2020 | Een greep uit de collectie, Stedelijk museum Schiedam, NL |
| 2020 | L'homme Gris, Casino Luxembourg, Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg, LUX |
| 2019 | Les enfants du paradis, MUba Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing, FR |
| 2019 | Villeurbanne, Part of / dans le cadre de Résonance, 15e Biennale de Lyon, FR |
| 2018 | Neue Schwarze Romantik, Galerie der Standt Backnang, DE |
| 2018 | Neue Schwarze Romantik, Topicuv Salon, Prague, CZ |
| 2018 | Artists from Deutsche Bank collection, Frieze Art Fair London, GB |
| 2018 | Neue Schwarze Romantik, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, AT |
| 2017 | Oog in oog, topstukken, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL |
| 2017 | Iconic, Knust Kunz, Munich, DE |
| 2017 | Neue Schwarze Romantik, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE |
| 2017 | Neue Schwarze Romantik, Stadtgalerie Kiel (Kiel Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Arts), DE |
| 2017 | Neue Schwarze Romantik, The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest, RO |
| 2016 | Art Brussels 2016, Tour & Taxis Avenue, Brussels, BE |
| 2016 | La Grande Galerie du Foot, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, FR |
| 2016 | de grote kunst show, stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, NL |
| 2016 | Haute à porter, Modemuseum Hasselt, Hasselt, BE |
| 2015 | Wunderkammer, Art Ptuj, Ptuj, SL |
| 2015 | Duenas, del Arte, Las Atarazanas, Valencia, IT |
| 2015 | Paysages, rêvés de fin de siècles (XIXe - XXe siècles), Musée de Cambrai, Cambrai |
| 2014 | Shit and Die, Pallazo Cavour, Turin, IT |
| 2014 | Secret Passions, Private Flamish Collections, Lille, FR |
| 2014 | A Drawback, Quartair, Den-Haag, NL |
| 2014 | The hidden picture, ING collection, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, NL |
| 2014 | Tri Postal, commissaire, curated by Caroline David, Lille |
| 2014 | Evil Clowns, (Kimberly Clark), HMKV, Dortmund, NL |
| 2014 | Unknown Masterpieces, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, BE |
| 2014 | presentatie schets staatsieportret, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2014 | presentatie staatsieportret, Paleis het Loo, Apeldoorn, NL |
| 2013 | The Legend of the Shelves - Autocenter, Berlin, DE |
| 2013 | Collectie Hugo en Carla Brown, Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse, NL |
| 2013 | Insitu, episode 3, Kimberly Clark, Berlin, DE |
| 2013 | Video presentatie #5 : Kimberly Clark, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL |
| 2013 | Gratis is het woord niet, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag, NL |
| 2013 | Soho house collection, Berlin, Miami Babington house, USA |
| 2012 | Devine and scary, Afrikamuseum, Berg en Dal, NL |
| 2012 | Dicke, Verhoeven, Fortuyn, van Dongen, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2012 | Figuurlijk, museum Hilversum, Hilversum, NL |
| 2012 | Dead Lines. Der Tod in Kunst, Alltag Kunsthalle Barmen, Wuppertal, DE |
| 2012 | Invisible maps, Luis de Adelantado, Mexico, MX |
| 2012 | Death and taxes, Tidens Krav, Oslo, NO |
| 2012 | Into the woods, Galerie des galeries, Paris, FR |
| 2012 | Point de Vue: 200 jaar Kunstacademie Den Bosch 1812-2012, Stedelijk Museum, Den Bosch, NL |
| 2012 | Hans Bayens & 35 kunstenaars ING Collectie: Hetliefdevolle oog, Museum Henriette Polak, Zutphen, NL |
| 2011 | Maîtres de Hollande au XXIème siecle, Institut néerlandais, Centre culturel des Pays-Bas, Paris, FR |
| 2011 | A Fresh and Personal Feel, Gemeentemuseum's Works on Paper, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, NL |
| 2011 | Martin Skauen, Marc Bijl, Iris van Dongen, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, US |
| 2011 | 'I like what you did,...' NEST, Den-Haag, NL |
| 2011 | Hollandse Meesters in de 21e eeuw, (19 documentaries, ) produced René Mendel, Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL |
| 2011 | La Vallée Patibulaire, Berlin, DE |
| 2011 | All about drawing, Stedelijk museum Schiedam, NL |
| 2011 | Point it at granny, Nationalmuseum, Berlin, DE |
| 2011 | Rineke Dijkstra/C Noland/P Leguillon features D Arbus/K Clark, Hooley, De Hallen,Haarlem, NL |
| 2011 | Going international, Flag art Foundation, New York, USA |
| 2010 | Gallery Luis de Adelantao, Valencia, ES |
| 2010 | Smell of Pepper, Gallery Peter Bergman, Stockholm, SE |
| 2010 | Summer Teeth, The Breeder, Athens, GR |
| 2010 | Get Behind me Satan and Push, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE |
| 2010 | Inter-cool, Hartware Medien Kunstverein, DE |
| 2010 | Ever Prosperity, Cosmic Gallery, Paris, FR |
| 2010 | Arrivals and Departure_Europe, Mole Vanvitelliana, IT |
| 2010 | Sur le Dandysme, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, ES |
| 2010 | Madonna Psycho Slut, GRIMM Museum, Berlin, DE |
| 2009 | When the mood strikes... collection Wilfried & Yannicke Cooreman, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Gent, BE |
| 2009 | Towing the Line, Drawing Space:40 Cont. Dutch Artists,Defining the Moment in Holland,White box,NY,US |
| 2009 | Forgotten bar project #4, Galerie im regierungsviertel, Berlin, DE |
| 2009 | Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, Wall Rockets, Albright Knox museum in Buffalo, NY, US |
| 2009 | Contemporary visitors, Pecs, HU |
| 2009 | Clusters: 1-surrounding John Giorno, Brachfeld Gallery, Paris, curated by Sang Bleu, FR |
| 2009 | Ophelia, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL |
| 2009 | Temporairy city, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE |
| 2009 | Empathie und abstraction, The Drawing Lab, Berlin, DE |
| 2009 | Contemporary visitors, Pecs, HUN |
| 2009 | Coeur de femme, Sophie Scheideker, Paris, FR |
| 2009 | T.I.C.A.B – Tirana International Contemporary Art Biannual The Symbolic Efficiency of the Frame, AL |
| 2009 | Forgotten bar project #4 www.galerieimregierungsviertel.org |
| 2008 | Wer ficken will, muss freundlich sein, Nationalmuseum, Berlin, DE |
| 2008 | Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, Wall Rockets, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, US |
| 2008 | XXste Eeuw, Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, NL |
| 2008 | Cobra to contemporary, Artnews projects, Berlin, DE |
| 2008 | Chambres à Part II, Paris, FR |
| 2008 | Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, DE |
| 2008 | The end was yesterday PART II, Kunstraum Innsbruck AT |
| 2008 | In the Shadows, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, DE (catalogue) |
| 2008 | Zwart, CBK, Apeldoorn, NL |
| 2007 | Stranger than Paradise, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, CH |
| 2007 | Drawing Typologies, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2007 | Beyond Sensation, Brian White & Rona Cole Galleries, Channel Islands, GB |
| 2007 | Gegen den Strich, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE |
| 2007 | Hello, I’m Crashing, Salon 94, New York, US |
| 2007 | Soakers, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL |
| 2007 | Leve de Schilderkunst, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL |
| 2007 | Burning Marle, Lokaal 01, Breda, NL |
| 2007 | i.p.v. Mashkov, recente aankopen, Gemeente Museum Den-Haag, NL |
| 2007 | Destroy Athens'1st Athens Biennale [Kimberly Clark], EL |
| 2007 | 1672-2007, Artnews projects, Berlin, DE |
| 2006 | People, Madre Museo d'Arte Donna Regina, Naples, IT |
| 2006 | Discreet Insidious Charm of the Bourgeoisie,Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, NL |
| 2006 | Vincent van Gogh and Expressionism, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2006 | Doomed with Grace and Pleasure, Cosmic Galerie, Paris, FR |
| 2006 | Bewitched, Clementine Gallery, New York, US |
| 2006 | Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE |
| 2006 | The discreet insidious charm of the bourgeoisie', Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, NL |
| 2006 | Milly's Maserati II, Madeleine Berkhemer invites guests, TENT, Rotterdam, NL |
| 2006 | Memento Mori, MireilleMosslerLtd, New York, USA |
| 2005 | New Figuration, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, DK |
| 2005 | Prague Biennale 2, expanded painting, Karlin Hall, Prague, CZ |
| 2005 | Choosing My Religion, MAMA Showroom for Media and Moving Art Rotterdam, NL |
| 2004 | I just don't know what to do with myself..., Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT |
| 2004 | The Dutch Show: Cont. Dutch Artists in Greek Collections, Netherlands Institute of Athens, GR |
| 2004 | Expander, Royal Academy of Arts at Burlington Gardens, London, GB |
| 2004 | Vixen, Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2003 | 6000 Watt, Antwerp, BE |
| 2003 | Het Oog van de Vrouw, Slot Zeist, Zeist, NL |
| 2003 | Het Oog van de Vrouw, De Vishal, Haarlem, NL |
| 2002 | Hofvijver in Poëzie en Beeld, Kunstpassage in Rijksmonument, Museum Bredius, Den Haag, NL |
| 2002 | I Am a Camera, MU, de Witte Dame, Eindhoven, NL |
| 2001 | Tuin der lusten, Galerie Ron Mandos, Rotterdam, NL |
| 2000 | Op de huid bekeken, SBK, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2000 | Galerie Multiple XX, Rotterdam, NL |
