Karhof Gea

Education

• 1963 – 1965 Art Academy, Haarlem, the Netherlands
• 1965 – 1974 Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, Department of Painting and Printmaking, the Netherlands

Experience

She gave etching classes in Kathmandu, Nepal and in Karachi, Pakistan

Exhibitions (selected)

• 2000 A retrospective, Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
• 2001 Museum het Prinsenhof-View, Delft, the Netherlands
• 2002 Etching as exploration, Museum of Edam, Edam, the Netherlands
• 2002 Grafiek Nu, Singer Museum, Laren, the Netherlands
• 2004 Grafiek Nu, Petit Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• 2004 Print Europe, London, UK
• 2005 Museum Waterland, Purmerend, the Netherlands
• 2006 New Dutch Realism, New York, USA
• 2008 Double Vision, Siddhartha Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
• 2010 Double Vision, Epreuve d’Artiste Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
• 2013 Realismebeurs, Petit Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• 2013 Impact 8, illustrated talk, Dundee, Scotland
• 2013 Double Vision, Satrang Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
• 2014 Chaos in schoonheid, Museum Kanenburgh, Bergen, the Netherlands
• 2014 Oriëntalis and Intermedi-Art, Museum, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
• 2014 Kunstsalon, Art fairs in Milaan, Brussels, London
• 2015 Wondering Mind, Epreuve d’Artiste Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

She has participated in numerous exhibitions and printmaking – Biennials in Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Sweden, Norway, Slovakia, Poland and UK.

Publications

• 2000 Gea Karhof, etching as exploration, Collected works from 1975 – 2000 Waanders Publishers
• 2007 Connected Centuries, initiator of 650 years of art in Edam, De Stad Publishers
• 2010 Gea Karhof, etching without boundaries, 1969 – 2010, Thieme Art Publishers

Films

• 2002 Film Etsen als Ontdekkingsrei
• 2004 Film het Klokhuis for the Dutch TV
• 2012 Van Schets tot Ets; film followed her working process for 2 years

Her work is represented in many private and public collections and museums. She expresses through hand coloured etchings with gold foil and embossing. She lives in her studio in Edam, the Netherlands.

Contact: info@geakarhof.nl