Rob Scholte

He lives and works in Den Helder. His work has been shown in Galerie Witteveen Amsterdam (2004, 2005, 2006), Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen (2005), Groninger Museum (2002); Fries Museum (2000), Paleis Huis ten Bosch, Nagasaki (1995), Sprengel Museum, Hannover (1994), Grey Art Gallery, New York (1993), Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo (1992), Kunsthaus Hamburg (1991), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1990), Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (1989), Aperto, Venice (1988), Boijmans Van Beuningen (1988); Documenta, Kassel (1987), São Paulo Art Biennial (1985), Venice Biennale (1990). In 1994 Scholte lost both his legs when a bomb exploded under his car. In 1995 a molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of his house in Tenerife.

Rob Scholte studied at Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Residence is recorded at Den Helder. Employment is recorded with Kunsthochschule Kassel. Work by Rob Scholte is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Finnish National Gallery, Städel Museum, National Museum of World Cultures and Fries Museum.

• Olympia (1988): a copy of Manet's Olympia which replaces the naked woman with a wooden puppet. • Après Nous le Deluge (1995): a mural inside the replica of the Huis ten Bosch at the Dutch-themed amusement park in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan. • Blue period (2004): familiar logos, images or objects in blue and white and mounted in classical, golden frames. • The Embroidery Show (2005): existing pieces of embroidery hung back to front on the wall. There was an exhibition of these pieces in Museum de Fundatie (Zwolle, Netherlands) from April to September 2016.

Rob Scholte is recorded as painter, artist, photographer and collagist. Recognition and collections.