Weert, Holland, 1941. Lives and works in Amsterdam and Tuscany.
He studied at the Academy of Art in Tilburg and was awarded the Royal Grant for Painting in 1965. In 1967 he frequented the St. Martins School of Art, London. In 1969 he began teaching at Atelier 63, Haarlem-De Ateliers, Amsterdam, where he continued until 1998. In 1972 he was invited to Documenta V, Kassel, where he participated again in 1977, and represented the Netherlands at the 36th Venice Biennale. In 1973-74 he lived and worked in Rome. In 1979 he was awarded the Rembrandt Prize by the F.V.S. Foundation, Basel. In 1984 he began teaching at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, where he remained until 2005. In 1995 he received the Sikkens Prize for the design of the stained glass windows for Blois Cathedral in France, which were presented in 2000. His work is on display in numerous museums and private collections around the world, including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Miami Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, Walker Art Center Minneapolis and the Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2023
50 years of colourstudies, Loom Gallery, Milan
2022
Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa
2021
Miliardi di Universi, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin
Millionen von Universen, Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf
Jan Dibbets: Constructions in the Landscape 1967-1968, Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo
2017
Representation of Reality, Freeman Gallery, New York
2016
La Boîte de Pandora, Un Autro Photography par Jan Dibbets, Paris
2015
Freeman Gallery, New York
2014
Jan Dibbets, Castello di Rivoli, Turin
2013
Gladstone Gallery, New York
2010
Jan Dibbets Horizons, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
Newe Horizons, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
2007
Enclave 5, Centro di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, La Spezia
Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin
2006
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
2005
Galerie Lelong, Paris
2004
Alan Cristea, London
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
2003
Archives 1967- .. , Gladstone Gallery, New York
2001
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
De Pont, Tilburg
2000
Bawag Foundation, Vienna
Quelques fenêtres, Galerie Lelong, Paris
1999
Three Windows, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
1997
Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz
1996
Witte de With, Rotterdam
Galerie Lelong, Paris
Archive 1967 – .. , Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
1995
Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
1990
Fundaçion Espai Poblenau, Barcelona
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
1989
Galerie Lelong, Paris
1988
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1987
Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum, New York, touring to:
-Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
-Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
-Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (1988)
1986
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1985
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Galerie Maeght Lelong, Paris
1984
Waddington Galleries, London
1983
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens
1982
Circles, Anthony d’Offay, London
Saenredam-Senanque, Renault Recherches Art et Industrie, Abbaye de Sénanque, Gordes
1981
Galleria Christian Stein, Turin
1980
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, touring to
-Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
-Kunsthalle Bern
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
1979
INK, Zürich
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1978
Structure Panoramas, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht-NL
1977
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Cardiff Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1976
Galleria Sperone, Turin
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh
1975
Autumn Melody, Kunstmuseum Lüzern
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
1974
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Galleria Sperone, Turin
1973
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Galerie Yvon lambert, Paris
Galleria Sperone, Turin
1972
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Galleria Toselli, Milan
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Galleria Sperone, Turin
XXXVI Biennale Venezia (Dutch Pavillon), Venice
1971
Galleria Sperone, Turin
Bykert Gallery, New York
Art & Project, Amsterdam
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
1970
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1969
Exhibition by mail, Seth Siegelaub, New York
TV as a Fireplace, Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Audio-visuelle Dokumentationen, Museum Hans Lange, Krefeld
1968
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf