Artist bio
Philine van der Vegte is a contemporary figurative artist, painting mostly 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 had solo exhibitions at Waterlandsmuseum De Speeltoren, Museum Jan Boon and De Boterhal, and showed her work in group exhibitions at Museum Staal in Almen, Museum Nairac and at Museum Zandvoort. She has also participated in several group shows at Galerie Mokum in Amsterdam, including the art fairs PAN Amsterdam, Affordable Art Fair and the Kunstrai.
Philine is an artist member of Arti&Amicitiae, curated exhibitions at De Boterhal and is now chairman at De Waterlandse Kunstkring.
She received a grant from the Gerbrandy Fonds to study sightsize portraiture at Sarum Studio in Salisbury and was juried into the Summer Exhibition 2018 and Climate Expo 2022 at Museum De Fundatie, as well as “Lang leve Rembrandt” at the Rijksmuseum in 2019.
Philine’s work has been featured on Dutch national TV in Gezonken Meesters and Sterren op het doek (Omroep Max), as well as in the UK drama series Golddigger (BBC).
She graduated from Wackers Academy Amsterdam in 2019 and teaches occasionally.
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.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 Foire International d'Art Contemporain, Pouilly, France
2025 Working dogs, Deiglan Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland (solo)
2025 The female gaze, Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam
2025 De gezonken meesters, Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam
2025 Art on Paper, Amsterdam
2025 Wereldreis van één kilometer, De Boterhal, Hoorn (solo)
2024 PAN Amsterdam
2024 Het gedicht in beeld, De Boterhal, Hoorn
2024 Springtime Showcase, Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam
2024 Different Directions, Kunstruim, Amsterdam
2024 Wintertentoonstelling, Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam
2023 Intermezzo: MELK, De Boterhal, Hoorn (solo)
2023 Slag op de Zuiderzee, Waterlandsmuseum De Speeltoren (group installation)
2023 Idylle, Museum Jan Boon, De Rijp (solo)
2023 Kunstrai, Amsterdam
2023 The Female Gaze, Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam
2023 Wintertentoonstelling, Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam
2023 Salon, Arti&Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2023 Horizon, Boterhal, Hoorn
2022 PAN Amsterdam
2022 "Terug naar de natuur", Museum Nairac, Barneveld
2022 Kunstrai, Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam
2022 De zomer van Jeanne, Museum Staal, Almen
2022 "De academie aan zee", Zandvoorts Museum, Zandvoort
2021 "MILK", Waterlands museum De Speeltoren, Monnickendam, solo
2021 "Update II", Arti&Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2021 "The female gaze", Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam
2021 "TRANS:IT", Österreichisches Papiermachermuseum, Steyrermühl (Austria)
2021 "Focus", Galerie De Beuken, Laren, duo with Alexandra Konstantinovna
2021 "Ode aan het Noord-Hollandse landschap", Purmerends Museum, Purmerend
2020 Salon, Arti&Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2020 "Patronen", Grote Kerk Monnickendam
2020 "Veilig in de kudde", kerk Zuiderwoude, solo
2020 "A doodle a day", Arti&Amicitiae Amsterdam
2019 "Figurative NOW!", De Boterhal, Hoorn
2019 "Nazomeren", Galerie De Beuken, Laren
2019 "Lang leve Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
2019 Graduation show at Wackers Academy, Amsterdam.
2018 “Expoost #3: Landschap”, Affichemuseum Hoorn
2018 "Is getekend", De Boterhal, Hoorn.
2017 “Water", Summer exhibition Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle
2017 De Kleinste expositie van Nederland, Monnickendam, solo
2016 Museum night Antwerpen, exhibition "Unseen talent”, DIVA museum Antwerp (B).
2016-2017-2019-2020-2021-2022 Plein air painting festival Noordwijk
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2025 Prix spécial du jury at FIAAC Foire internationale d’art actuel, Pouilly, Farnce
2025 Winning masterpainter Gezonken Meesters s1 episode 1
2025 Residency Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
2023 Nomination for Maja van Hall Award at Noordwijk painting festival
2021 Grant by Gerbrandy Cultuurfonds for a study trip to the UK in 2021
2020 Waterland Talent Award
2017 Nomination for Royal Talens Award at Noordwijk painting festival
2017, 2018, 2019 Kunst kijken Volendam
2016 Pintar Rapido Amsterdam
EDUCATION
2020 - now Etching atelier with Guus Glass
2018, 2021 Sarum Studios Salisbury (UK), sightsize figure and portrait drawing and painting with Nicholas Beer
2015 - 2019 Wackers Academy of Figurative Art in Amsterdam. Graduation under mentorship of Jim Harris with the project “Portrait of a village”
2013 - 2015 Courses with Henk Fakkeldij and Ingrid Pasmans at Cultuurhuis Wherelant, Purmerend
1990-1997 MSc Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology
OTHER
Permalink RKD Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis
2022 - now Occasionally teaching art classes at Cultuurhuis Wherelant, Purmerend
2022 - 2025 Chairman Ballotagecommissie, De Boterhal, Hoorn
2021 - 2023 member of the jury at Kunst Kijken Volendam
2020 - now artist member of Arti & Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2020 - now Chairman Waterlandse Kunstkring
2018 - 2021 Curator Tentoonstellingscommissie at De Boterhal, Hoorn
SELECTED PRESS
(read articles and see videos here)
2025 dNP, Het Portret, de Nederlandse Portretprijs 2025 EAN 8716951386538128
2025 Gunnar Nielson, Vikubladet, "Sýningin „Vinnuhundar“ í Deiglunni, Akureyri"
2025 André Nientied, Het Parool, "De gezonken ossen van Paulus Potter"
2025 Nieuwsblad Hoorn, "Verborgen verhalen in de Boterhal"
2024 Wietse Schmidt, De Brugkrant, "Expositie vertelt verhalen van bewoners van de Tweede Oosterparkstraat"
2024 Rob Komen, Het gedicht in beeld, ISBN 9789465015392
2023 Aart van Cooten, Boerderij: "Kunstenares Philine van der Vegte: ‘Boer zit gevangen in systeem’"
2022 Zandvoorts Museum, catalog “De academie aan zee”
2022 Artwork Archive spotlight: “Philine van der Vegte’s Moving Paintings Explore the Hidden Lives of Dairy Cows”
2022 Stichting Artworlds, catalog Klimaatexpo ’22, ISBN 9789090364995
2022 Joke de Wolf, Trouw: “Jeanne Oosting zag in alles een onderwerp”
2022 Duftig Media, video commissioned by Museum Staal for the exhibition “Jeannes Zomer”: “Vissen zwemmen van de steen”
2022 Kunstenaarsvereniging Hoorn en omstreken: Showcase, ISBN 9789076129006
2021 Rien Floris, Noordhollands Dagblad: Philine van der Vegte maakte ’Milk’: Waanzinnig groot schilderij vol Waterlandse koeien
2020 Nicole van der Schaaf, De Kaap: "Ontroerend vee in Hollandse weide"
Omroep PIM, “Wat is er gaande”, interview by Han Sleven, February 2020
2020 Noordhollands Dagblad, “Prijs: Philine van der Vegte talent van het jaar in Waterland”
2019 Omroep Max, “Sterren op het doek” met Özcan Akyol en Lee Towers
2019 NH nieuws, “Katwouds portret van buurman geselecteerd voor Rembrandt expositie”, TV interview door Michel Gijselhart
2019 Johan Moes, Noordhollands Dagblad: “Carriere waar Rembrandt een moord voor zou doen”
2019 Rien Floris, Noordhollands Dagblad: “Philine schildert haar Katwouder dorpsgenoten”
2018 Iris Kuethe, Waterlands Weekblad: “De liefde voor het schilderen”
2017 Merlin Mulder, Noordhollands Dagblad: “Water vangen met houtskool”
2017 Purmerend op zondag: “Slootje Purmerbos naar landelijke expositie”
2016 Peter van der Hulst, Leidsch Dagblad: “Schilderen met de voeten in het zand”