Pascal van der Graaf
Awards/Stipend
2020 Senior Professionals recommended by Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2010 Stipend Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Cairo, Egypt
2008 Stipend Fonds BKVB
2008 Nomination Dutch Royal Aword for Painting
2007 Dutch Royal Aword for Painting
2004 Stipend Fonds BKVB
2003 Stipends Fonds BKVB
Collections (selection)
Museum Belvédère(NL), De Heus-Zomer(NL), Friesland Bank(NL), Gasterra BV(NL), Kunstfonds Kolibri(NL), Achmea(NL), VODW Marketing(NL), University Medical Center Groningen(NL), Pennsylvania State University(US), Swedish Embassy Den Hague(NL), Netherlands Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macao Private collections in Europe, Africa and Asia, Jin-Sin Women and Children's Hospital, Hsu Rong-Jiang Architectural Firm
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Pascal van der Graaf was born in the Netherlands in 1979. After marrying to his Taiwanese wife in 2016, he lived in Macau briefly and then settled in Xinying, Tainan. He holds a double degree in art and law from the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, the Netherlands. He has won the BKVB prize from the Dutch National Art Foundation in 2003, 2004 and 2008. In 2007, he won the Royal Dutch Art Award in the painting category (the highest award in Dutch art). In 2010, he won a prize from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo and participated in the Cairo Biennale. He has held dozens of solo and group exhibitions in the Netherlands, Egypt, Germany, Macau, Taiwan and other places.
Pascal’s early paintings tended to be figurative. Flowers, boats and seas were among his themes. After coming to Asia, his painting style incorporated elements and charms of oriental culture. From 2022, he started his attempt at abstract painting. He uses origami to sculpt shapes on canvas, uses “chameleon paint”, and collaborates with his higher self in the process of creation, which together have injected new elements into the art of painting. The color of the paint changes with the light and viewing angle, and the undulating shapes increase the color changes. Furthermore, we can feel a universal understanding and spiritual engagement. Such paintings create a new path in the history of art.
Pascal has unique skills in shaping, and is very sensitive to colors. The profuse and changing colors are harmonious, intriguing and full of power under his delicate arrangement. We can say that Pascal brought an international artistic vision and injected abundant creative energy into the Taiwanese painting field.
Exhibitions
Art Fairs
Education
Academie Minerva, Groningen, The Netherlands(grad. 2001)
Awards/Stipend
2025 Second Prize, Three-Dimensional Art, New Taipei City ArtExhibition, Taiwan
2020 Senior Professionals recommended by Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2010 Stipend Embassy of the Kingdom of theNetherlands in Cairo, Egypt
2008 Stipend Fonds BKVB
2008 Nomination Dutch Royal Aword for Painting
2007 Dutch Royal Aword for Painting
2004 Stipend Fonds BKVB
2003 Stipends Fonds BKVB
Exhibitions(selection)
2025 FluidBoundaries, Bug 2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2025 TwoWays of Looking, Art Taipei, Taiwan
2025 ShapeFlow, Bug 2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2025Fabric Space Time, Neiwei Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Curator, Artist)
2025 Visual Symphony: A Quartet of Dutch Contemporary Art, ArtTainan, Taiwan
2024 TheDance of Light and Shadow: The Marvelous World of Abstract Art, Art Taipei,Taiwan
2024Cross-Pollination: Contemporary Art of Taiwan and The Netherlands, YunFeiFanMuseum, Tainan, Taiwan (Curator, Artist)
2024 Mindover Matter, duo exhibition with Suzan Drummen, Bug 2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2023 Asabove, so below; as within, so without., duo exhibition with Rob Bouwman, Bug 2Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2023 ArtTaipei, Taiwan
2023 ArtTaichung, Taiwan
2023 DreamBubbles, Bug 2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2022Twilight Meeting, Bug 2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2019 Fusion, Xinyingcultural center, Tainan, Taiwan
2016 Kunstruimte Wagemans, The Netherlands
2016 Macpro Gallery, Macau.
2015 We Like Art, Art Rotterdam, TheNetherlands
Kunstruimte Wagemans,Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Das Buch, Galerie Roy,Zülpich Germany
2014 Don’t feed the Animals, Galerie Tsjalling, Groningen The Netherlands
Basement Project, The Basement, Groningen, TheNetherlands
NOK, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetserzwaag, The Netherlands
Quake, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013 Drewes de Wit, Pascal van der Graaf andJan Blank, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag, The Netherlands
Bakkes, KunstruimteBeesteszwaag, The Netherlands
2012 Oude Helden, Academie Minerva, Groningen, The Netherlands
NOK, KunstruimteWagemans, Beetserzwaag, The Neterherlands
Art Amsterdam,Kunstruimte Wagemans, The Netherlands 2011 Biënnale Cairo, Egypt
Kunstruimte Wagemans,Realisme Beurs Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Shaken not stirred, HotProspects!, Leusden, The Netherlands
2010 Past - present – Future, HotProspects!, Utrecht, The Netherlands Kunstruimte Wagemans Art Amsterdam, TheNetherlands
NOK, Museum Belvédère, TheNetherlands
2009 Zomersalon, Galerie Anderwereld, Groningen, The Netherlands
GalerieMaurits van de Laar Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands
KunstruimteWagemans, Beetsterzwaag, The Netherlands
ArtAmsterdam, Kunstruimte Wagemans, The Netherlands
RoepaenOttersum, The Netherlands
2008 GeM (Museum voor Actuele Kunst) Koninklijke Prijs voor de VrijeSchilderkunst, The Hague, the Netherlands
Nieuwe Uitleenschatten, CBK Groningen, The Netherlands
Apokalupsis Eschaton, NP3, Groningen, The Netherlands
NOK,Nationaal Rijtuigmuseum, Leek, The Netherlands
Gijs Assmann and Pascal van der Graaf, Galerie 10, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Pascal vander Graaf, Ingrid van der Hoeven and Justin Wijers, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The Netherlands
Laag 52, Galerie De Aanschouw, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2007 Koninklijke Prijs Voor Vrije Schilderkunst, GEM, The Hague, TheNetherlands
Collections(selection)
Museum Belvédère(NL), De Heus-Zomer(NL), Friesland Bank(NL), Gasterra BV(NL), Kunstfonds Kolibri(NL), Achmea(NL),VODW Marketing(NL), University Medical Center Groningen(NL), Pennsylvania State University(US), Swedish Embassy Den Hague(NL), Netherlands Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macao Private collections in Europe, Africa and Asia