David Site Logo
  • HOME
  • EXHIBITIONS
  • ARTISTS
  • NEWS
  • ARTICHOKE
  • GALLERY VIEWER
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT US
  • HOME
  • EXHIBITIONS
  • ARTISTS
  • NEWS
  • ARTICHOKE
  • GALLERY VIEWER
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT US

Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper,  Blue Landscape, 2018

Iris Van Dongen


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 Berlin (DE).


  • Selected Artworks
  • CV
Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper, Ex Voto I, 2011

EX VOTO I, 2011

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

EX VOTO I

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper, Exegesis, 2008

EXEGESIS, 2008

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

EXEGESIS

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper, Fog, 2012

FOG, 2012

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

FOG

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper, Incantation, 2014

INCANTATION, 2014

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

INCANTATION

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper, Lotus, 2017

LOTUS, 2017

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

LOTUS

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper, Suspicious I, 2008

SUSPICIOUS I, 2008

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

SUSPICIOUS I

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, pressed charcoal, watercolor on paper, Hooligan II, 2004

HOOLIGAN II, 2004

Pastel, pressed charcoal, watercolor on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

HOOLIGAN II

Pastel, pressed charcoal, watercolor on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, pressed charcoal, watercolor on paper, Untitled, 2008

UNTITLED, 2008

Pastel, pressed charcoal, watercolor on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

UNTITLED

Pastel, pressed charcoal, watercolor on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, pressed charcoal on paper, Pin Up, 2009

PIN UP, 2009

Pastel, pressed charcoal on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

PIN UP

Pastel, pressed charcoal on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Paster, charcoal, watercolor, pencil on paper, Doomed, 2006

DOOMED, 2006

Paster, charcoal, watercolor, pencil on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

DOOMED

Paster, charcoal, watercolor, pencil on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Charcoal, pencil, watercolor on paper, Angie Reed, 2007

ANGIE REED, 2007

Charcoal, pencil, watercolor on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

ANGIE REED

Charcoal, pencil, watercolor on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, , painting, 2016

PAINTING, 2016


Iris Van Dongen

View

PAINTING

Iris Van Dongen

Iris Van Dongen, Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper,  Blue Landscape, 2018

BLUE LANDSCAPE, 2018

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper
Iris Van Dongen

View

BLUE LANDSCAPE

Pastel, charcoal, watercolour on paper

Iris Van Dongen

Solo Shows:

2017 Iris van Dongen – Thérèse Schwartze Award, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam
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
2006 Hooley (with Kimberley Clark), The Breeder, Athens, GR
2006 Doomed with Grace and Pleasure, solo presentation Liste, Basel, CH
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 
2004 Spleen, The Breeder, Athens, GR 
2003 Mortality, TENT, Rotterdam, NL

Group Shows:

2018 New Black Romanticism, Topicuv Salon, Praha
2018 New Black Romanticism, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
2018 New Black Romanticism, Galerie der Standt Backnang
2017 New Black Romanticism, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2017 New Black Romanticism, Stadtgalerie Kiel (Kiel Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Arts)
2017 New Black Romanticism, The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest
2016 La Grande Galerie du Foot, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris
2016 Art Brussels 2016, Tour & Taxis Avenue, Brussels
2016 Haute à porter, Modemuseum Hasselt, Hasselt
2015 Wunderkammer, Art Ptuj, Ptuj
2015 Paysages, rêvés de fin de siècles (XIXe - XXe siècles), Musée de Cambrai, Cambrai
2015 Duenas, del Arte, Las Atarazanas, Valencia
2014 Tri Postal, commissaire, curated by Caroline David, Lille
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
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, commissaire / curated by Violeta Horcasitas
2012 Death and taxes, Tidens Krav, Oslo, NO
2012 Into the woods, Galerie des galeries, Paris, FR commissaires / curated by Beauvais
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 R Dijkstra/C Noland/P Leguillon features D Arbus/K Clark, Hooley, De Hallen,Haarlem, NL
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 Summer Teeth, The Breeder, Athens, GR
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 Ophelia, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL
2009 Temporairy city, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
2009 Empathie und abstraction, The Drawing Lab, Berlin, DE
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 Hallucinations & Halleluja's, Stedelijk Museum, 's Hertogenbosch, 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
2006 People, Madre Museo d'Arte Donna Regina, Naples, IT
2006 Discreet Insidious Charm of the Bourgeoisie,Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven,curator Phillip van de Bossche
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
2005 New Figuration, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, DK
2004 I just don't know what to do with myself..., Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT
2004 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

Press :

2006 Smolders Rob,
2006

Opening hours
Wednesday - Friday 12:00-18:00
Saturday - 13:00-18:00

FOLLOW US

SHARE
fueled by vPatina
×