About
Philine van der Vegte is a contemporary figurative artist, working primarily in oils and ink. Her subjects are found close to her studio on a farm just north of Amsterdam, and include animals, portraits and landscapes, with a focus on the relationship between humans and domesticated animals.
Philine has had solo exhibitions at Waterlandsmuseum De Speeltoren, Museum Jan Boon and De Boterhal, and has shown work in group exhibitions at Museum Staal in Almen, Museum Nairac and Museum Zandvoort. She regularly participates in group shows at Galerie Mokum in Amsterdam, including at major art fairs such as PAN Amsterdam, Art on Paper, Affordable Art Fair and KunstRAI.
Philine is an artist member of Arti&Amicitiae, has curated exhibitions at De Boterhal and is chairman at De Waterlandse Kunstkring.
She received a grant from the Gerbrandy Fonds to study sightsize portraiture at Sarum Studio in Salisbury and was selected for the Summer Exhibition 2018 and Climate Expo 2022 at Museum De Fundatie, as well as “Lang leve Rembrandt” at the Rijksmuseum in 2019 and "Het portret" in 2025.
Her work has been featured on Dutch national television in Gezonken Meesters and Sterren op het doek (Omroep Max), as well as in the UK drama series Golddigger (BBC).
Philine graduated from Wackers Academy Amsterdam in 2019 and teaches occasionally.
video
See the episode of Gezonken Meesters where I try to recreate a lost painting by Paulus Potter here (NPO1 January 19th 2025)
A short video about why I like to paint farm animals, and about the solo "MILK" at Waterlandsmuseum De Speeltoren. You can see me working in my studio and outside.
This video was commissioned by museum Staal for the exhibition "Jeanne's zomer". They asked me to make a lithograph with Aad Hekker at Basement Press Diepenheim, to show the process. The video was played in the museum, and the litho's were exhibited in the museum next to those of Jeanne Oosting. They sold out in the shop.