Jan Tregot, 1970 Tholen, The Netherlands

Schooling

1995-1997   Radboud University of Nijmegen, Dutch Linguistics and Literature
1991-1993   Academy of Visual Arts St.Joost at Breda, Autonomous modelling

Solo exhibitions

2015   Beelden Gesproken, Amsterdam
2011   Vrijveld Kunst, Roermond
2009   Intermedi-Art, Nijmegen
2006   Galerie de Natris, Nijmegen
2006   CBKG (Centre for Visual Arts Gelderland), Arnhem
2004   CBKG, Nijmegen

Group Exhibitions

2019  Art Stations of the Cross, Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder, Amsterdam
2019  A closed paradise, Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, Uden
2018  Huis van de Nijmeegse Geschiedenis, Nijmegen
2018  Malovaný Dům Gallery, Třebíč, Czech Republic
2018  99+1, Autonomous art in Nijmegen, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
2018  99+1, Revisited, De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen
2017  Recycling Jesus: Reusing Christian images in Dutch sculpture, Het Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch
2017   Art and religion, Museum Katharinenhof, Kranenburg, Germany
2017   Iconoclasm, Abdijkerken, Middelburg
2017   Ontmoetingskerk, Nijmegen
2016   Kunstmagazijn, Nijmegen
2016   Kunstbeurs ArtArnhem, with gallery Kunstmagazijn, Eusebiuskerk, Arnhem
2016   Galerie Intermedi-Art, exhibition with Janpeter Muilwijk, Stevenskerk, Nijmegen
2016   Gaia & Ouranos Buitenkunst, Overasselt
2015   Artemisia in Kunstzaken, Leeuwarden
2015   Female Orgasm, Miet Air, Beers
2015   Exhibition organized by Artemisia in Kunstzaken, Rotondekerk, Terband
2015   Ontmoetingskerk, Nijmegen
2014   Exhibition organized by Gallery Intermedi-Art, Stevenskerk, Nijmegen
2013   Cultureel Centrum Veluvine, Nunspeet
2013   Gaia & Ouranos Buitenkunst (Outdoor art), Overasselt
2013   Art fair Kunstraffinaderij, Nijmegen
2012   Exhibition organized by Gallery de Roos van Tudor, Martinikerk Franeker
2012   Galerie de Roos van Tudor, Leeuwarden
2011   Exhibition organized by Gallery Intermedi-Art, Stevenskerk, Nijmegen
2011   Bagagehal Loods 6, Amsterdam
2011   Maternity, exhibition organized by Gallery de Roos van Tudor, Martinikerk Franeker
2009   Exhibition with Janpeter Muilwijk, Nieuwe Kerk, Middelburg
2008   Kunstschouw Westerschouwen, Jacobus Kerk, Renesse
2008   Villa Nova – Art Salon De Steeg, De Steeg
2008   Studio Luc De Backer, Deurne, Belgium
2007   Kunsthuis Interlokaal, Wezup
2007   De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen
2007   Kunstschouw Westerschouwen, Hoeve Batenburg, Ellemeet
2006   Heathens, Stichting S-A-K, Amsterdam
2005   Stevenskerk, Nijmegen
2004   Studio Luc De Backer, Deurne, Belgium
2004   Art Galery De Laro, Meerle, Belgium
2004   Maximal Resolution, CBKG (Centre for Visual Arts Gelderland), Arnhem

Projects

2018   We are Mariken, exhibition with Ada Dispa, Town Hall, Nijmegen
2015   Art on the Border, Bauerhof Richtersgut, Kranenburg, Germany
2008   Forbidden House, Art Keukenhof 2008, Keukenhof, Lisse
2005   2005 Complete, project organized by CBKG, Stevenskerk, Nijmegen

Employment

2007-2008   Photographer of exhibitions and projects for the CBKG (Centre for Visual Arts Gelderland), Nijmegen
2003-2008   Photographer and custodian for the Kunstenaarsinitiatief Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen 2002-2007   Documentation and Information Assistant for the CBKG (Centre for Visual Arts Gelderland), Nijmegen

Activities

2017   Lecture and discussion at the exhibition Iconoclasm, Nieuwe Kerk, Middelburg
2017   Interview by art historian Hennie Bruggraaff for the radio show Zin in Weekend, NCRV radio
2016   Interview with art historian Judith van Beukering organized by Galerie Intermedi-Art, Stevenskerk, Nijmegen
2014   Conversation with the public organized by Gallery Intermedi-Art, Stevenskerk, Nijmegen
2012   Installation of the sculpture Midsummer Flint Line by Richard Long, Museum Kurhaus, Kleve, Germany
2011   Meaning in the work of Jan Tregot, contemplation by Theo van Stiphout, Stevenskerk, Nijmegen
2010   Wajong Arts Congress, De Fabrique, Utrecht
2010   Open House, Intermedi-Art, Nijmegen
2009   12 years in one day, overview presentation De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen
2009   Contemplation by Erik Borgman (professor systematic theology) of Monument for Edward Schillebeeckx, Intermedi-Art, Nijmegen
2008   Juror at de nomination-committee for the Kunstschouw Award 2008
2006   Ad-hoc actions, Kunstenaarsinitiatief Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen

Prizes

2007   Kunstschouw Award

Books

2018   99+1, Vrije kunst in Nijmegen, Nico Huijbregts, Stichting De Oprit, Nijmegen
2018   Století, náš nekonečný příběh, Walther Smeitink-Mühlbacher, A…XYZ Uitgevers, Arnhem
2017   Verspijkerd en verzaagd: Hergebruik van heiligenbeelden in de Nederlandse beeldhouwkunst, Joost de Wal en Wout Herfkens, WBOOKS, Zwolle
2015   Hedendaagse kunst in Nederlandse kerken 1990-2015, by Joost de Wal, Uitgeverij Lecturis, Amsterdam
2015   Handboek voor kunst in de kerk, by M. Hengelaar-Rookmaker and A. Ouweneel-Tóth, Buijten en Schipperheijn Motief, Amsterdam
2015   Female orgasm, exhibition catalog, Miet Air, Beers
2011   Beeldend Gesproken Kunstprijs 2011, Beeldend Gesproken, Amsterdam
2008    Incarnatie, Daan Van Speybroeck, BROKK Publishers, Nijmegen

Daily newspapers

2019  To think about: suffering of this time, Edo Dijksterhuis, 6th of March, Het Parool
2019  The fourteen stations of the cross as an art route, Laura Molenaar, 4th of March, Trouw
2017   Churches provide space for art, Nico Out, 22th of July, PZC
2017   Protest against art, Kristen Dowe, 12th of May, Neue Rhein Zeitung
2017   Jesus is given with the bulky waste, Roel Sikkema, 14th of April, Nederlands Dagblad
2017   We are vulnerable, Andreas Daams, 25th of February, Neue Rhein Zeitung
2017   Where do you exhibit a do-it-yourself messiah?, Martin Pieterse, 23th of February, De Gelderlander
2016   Beauty and quietness in another reality, Martin Pieterse, 21th of July, De Gelderlander
2016   Meaningful illusions at exposition in the Stevenskerk, Mitchel Suijkerbuijk, 16th of July, De Gelderlander
2015   Jan Tregot: Monument to the death of Narcissus, 8th of August, PS Magazine, Het Parool
2015   Art in the church, Renske Bakker, 10th of July, Leeuwarder Courant
2014   Talking about art by sculptor Jan Tregot, 6th of August, De Gelderlander
2013   Art and culture at the riverbank of the Meuse, Jaap Bak, 3rd of May, De Gelderlander
2011   Lots of art in the Stevens Church, Jaap Bak, 17th of July, De Gelderlander
2009   Diverging visions on being human, Nico Out, 30th of July, PZC
2009   Strong sculptures made of soap, wood and an axe, 19th of March, De Gelderlander
2007   Tregot’s soap art seems mythical, 7th of July, De Gelderlander
2007   “Kunstschouw” reaches public at large: Kunstschouw Award for Jan Tregot’s varied work, 25th of June, PZC
2005   Soap art destroyed at St.Stephen’s porch, 19th of July, De Gelderlander
2005   The unctuous effect of a soap house, 6th of July, De Gelderlander

Other publications

2017   The modern artist flirts with religion again, Jasper van den Bovenkamp, De Nieuwe Koers, Amersfoort
2017   Ground # 3, Iconoclasm, editors Paulien Couvée en Johan de Koning, Stadspastoraat, Middelburg
2017   Several blogs by art historian Anikó Ouweneel-Tóth published on lazarusmagazine.nl
2015   The female orgasm, September / October, Kunstkrant, Bedum
2015   Holy houses and green Cathedrals, Artemisia in Kunstzaken, Leeuwarden
2013   Award winners then and now, Kunstschouw Magazine, Burgh-Haamstede
2011   A church for the ax, De Roerom, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2010   Wajong works with perspective, UWV WERKbedrijf, Amsterdam
2009   Like a rock, Linda Vogelesang, De Roerom, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2008   Kunstschouw Magazine, Burgh-Haamstede
2008   Incarnation, About the sculptures of Jan Tregot, Daan Van Speybroeck, BROKK Publishers, Nijmegen
2007   Kunstschouw Magazine, Nieuw-Haamstede
2007   Prplfbrk 005/6, biennial report of the Kunstenaarsinitiatief Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen
2006   Destroyed sculpture basis for new artwork, March/April, CBK Magazine