Ian Pieter Van Wieringen



Birth Place: Scheveningen, Holland
Year of Birth: 1943

Background:

1953 Moved with family to Indonesia
1957 Moved with family to Australia
1969 Moved to Bali, Indonesia to live
1975 1978 Travelled and painted in Europe and USA
1982 Lived and painted in Venice, Italy
1990 1991 Travelled extensively through the Australian desert

Van Wieringen is represented in Australia exclusively by Gadfly Gallery.

Education:
1961/5 Studied and lectured at University of Sydney (Essence of design,
Faculty of Architecture)


EmploymentProjects:
1999 Invited to Antwerpen Cathedral by Queen Fabiola of Belgium to paint the music of Mozart’s Requiem live

1992 - 1993 Hyatt and Regency Hotels commissioned paintings for the foyers

1983 Executed a 90’ x 12’ mural over the Long bar of the Raffles Hotel, Singapore

1980 Painted all the animals (lived in Jakarta Zoo) for the Indonesian Wildlife Association

1963/5 Executed six Granite Reliefs (10’ x 8’) for the Treasure Building, Canberra



Awards / Grants:
1981 Winner of Sir Warwick Fairfax Human Image Prize, Sydney


Solo Exhibitions:
2005 Taksu, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
2004 Taksu Gallery, Jakarta
2001 Bali solo
1996 Michael Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
1994 Corbally Stourton Contemporary Art Gallery, Cork Street, London
1989 Showed at Chicago Art fair, included in group travelling exhibitions to Japan, London, Amsterdam, Venice and Indonesia
1987 Show at Caz gallery, Los Angeles
1979 Auction of works and media event in Sydney












1967 – 197 Biannual one man shows in Sydney and Melbourne, Powell Street Gallery, Gallery A, Queen Street Gallery

Group Exhibitions:
2007 Gadfly Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
2004 Schoolstraat Gallery, Denhaag Holland
2000 Mixed Show at Art Folio Gallery, Singapore
1962 – 1963 Two man show with John-Smith at Terry Clune Galleries and Hungry Horse Galleries

Collections:
Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Sultan of Brunei, James Wolfenson (President of the Worldbank), Robert Sangster, Clint Eastwood, Baroness Philips Rothschild, Adam Malik, Richard Woolcott (Australian Ambassador of the United Nations), Andrew Peacock (Australian Ambassador to the USA)