Gijs van Bon is widely known for his abstract kinetic artworks, light art, and time-specific art installations. In his highly conceptual yet decidedly physical works, elements of technology, art, and theatrical performance seamlessly intersect. Van Bon makes use of an ever-growing repertoire of technical inventions and materials to design his slowly moving and carefully choreographed objects. These multidisciplinary objects and installations often ‘come to life’, becoming autonomous, theatrical events in and of themselves. Both his smaller and larger-scale pieces invite viewers to look closer while simultaneously expanding their notions of time, language and space.
Van Bon (1975) attended Design Academy Eindhoven and received his advanced training at HKU at the Department of theatre Design. From 2001 onward, his work has been shown in galleries, art centres and at events and festivals all over the world. Van Bon lives in Nuenen and works in his dynamic studio ‘La Citta Mobile’ in the city of Eindhoven among other artists and designers.
Van Bon (1975) attended Design Academy Eindhoven and received his advanced training at HKU at the Department of theatre Design. From 2001 onward, his work has been shown in galleries, art centres and at events and festivals all over the world. Van Bon lives in Nuenen and works in his dynamic studio ‘La Citta Mobile’ in the city of Eindhoven among other artists and designers.
Exhibitions and Festivals (a.o.):
2020 Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2020 Skryf Deventer, Netherlands
2020 Skryf Didonne, France
2020 Ping, Bright Brussels, Brussel , BE
2020 Skryf Aalst, Belgium
2020 Nyx, LUX, Barcelona, Spain
2019 PanAmsterdam, Amsterdam
2019 Ping, Glow Festival, Eindhoven, NL
2019 Nyx, Wuzhen Theatre Festival, Wuzhen, China
2019 Fêtes Lire, Le Mans, France
2019 Skryf, Les Machines de l’île, Nantes, France
2019 Skryf, Maker Faire / Burning Man, Aarhus, Denmark
2019 Light Up Poole, Poole, UK
2018 Minuted / Fleeting, San Mateo, USA
2018 Glow Festival, Eindhoven, NL2018 Greenwich Docklands International Festival, UK
2018 Street Art Festival Ansan, South Korea
2018 Common Wealth Games, Brisbane, Australia
2018 Dubai, UAE
2017 Porto, Portugal
2017 Les machines de l’ile, Nantes, Fr
2017 Cagliari, Sardinie, Italia
2017 Kendall, UK
2017 Aveiro, Portugal
2017 Miramiro, Gendt, Belgium
2017 White Nights, Bilbao, Espagna
2016 Newcastle, UK
2016 Maker Faire Shenzhen, China
2016 Odonien, Duitsland
2016 Riga, Estland
2016 Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
2016 Les machines de l’ile, Nantes, Fr
2016 streetart festival, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 White nights, Vilnius, Litauen
2016 Bay Area Maker Faire, San Francisco
2015 Fira Tarrega, Espagna
2015 Freedom Festival Hull, UK
2015 Fremantle Streetart arts festival, Fremantle, Australia
2015 Ansan Street Art Festival, Ansan, Korea
2015 Olafsfesten, Trondheim, Norway
2015 World Maker Faire, New York
2015 Cathedral Birmingham, UK
2015 Fresh Street, Barcelona, Spain
2015 World Maker Faire, New York, USA
2015 Typoetry, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
2015 CTC University, New York, USA
2015 Ansan Street Art Festival, Ansan, Korea
2015 Fremantle street Art Festival, Australia
2014 IZOLYATSIA art platform, Kiev, Ukrain
2014 National Theatre London, UK
2014 Miramiro, Gent, Belgium
2014 Viseu, Portugal
2014 Art Bienale, Cartagena, Colombia
2013 Toulouse, France
2013 Best of the Fest, Parktheater Eindhoven
2013 Gallery WTC, Den Haag
2013 Art The Hague, Den Haag
2013 Extraschicht, Zollverein, Essen, Duitsland
2013 Freedom Festival, Hull, UK
2013 Koninklijk dubbelportret, Delftse Poort, Rotterdam
2013 MACBA, Barcelona
2013 Canberra, Australia
2013 Lyon, France
2013 Art Rotterdam
2012 Amsterdam Light Festival, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam
2012 GLOW Festival Eindhoven, Kryt
2012 Brussel, Belgie, Skryf
2012 London 2012, Showtime Croydon, London, UK
2012 Aurillac International theatre festival, Aurillac, France
2012 Art in Red Light, Amsterdam
2012 Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, Londen
2012 Visueel Festival Visuel, Brussel, Belgie
2012 Leuven in Scene, Leuven, Belgie
2012 Kröller-Müller Museum, Skryf
2011 Schetsopdracht openbaar kunstwerk Schijndel
2011 TUE Odyssee, Eindhoven, Skryf
2011 Zwoele zomeravond, Kröller-Müller Museum, Skryf
2011 In Abstracto, Artipoli Art Gallery, Groeps expositie
2011 schetsopdracht openbaar kunstwerk Beverwijk
2010 Emptiness, Art in Red Light, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
2010 STRP Talent Pit Award, STRP Festival 2010, 2 Kinetische bokalen
2010 MOVE, Solo-expositie Artipoli Art Gallery - Noorden (ZH)
2010 Oerol, Terschelling, Prohibido el Paso
2010 Whoseywhats, Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht, installatie/performance ism Anne Bean
2010 Art Amsterdam, RAI Amsterdam
2009 Schetsvoorstel Kade Transrotatie, Venlo
2009 TNO Rapid Prototyping, TNO Eindhoven innovatievoucher Senternovum
2009 Schetsvoorstel Eindhoven Energie neutraal 2045
2009 Witte de With Festival, Rotterdam, Prohibido el Paso (slagbomen)
2009 Kindernis Meerhoven, Fluisterobject openbare ruimte/park
2009 Museum Het Petershuis, Gennep, Duopresentatie
2009 There is hope, GVArt, Londen, Groepsexpositie
2008 AAF 2008, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, diverse Arabesken
2008 Art in Red Light, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 5 arabesken
2008 Materiaal en beweging, Spectrum, Schijndel, Solo
2008 DAF Kunstwerk 80 jarig bestaan, Opdracht Kinetisch DAF Monument Kanaal Eindhoven
2007 Klok Winkelcentrum Woensel, Eindhoven, Schetsopdracht
2007 Glow Festival, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 31
2007 STRP festival, Eindhoven, TAOS-doorlopende geluidsperformance/interactief hoorspel
2007 Galerie Artipoli, Noorden, duo expositie met Jac Bisschops
2007 Solo-Expositie Galerie het Langhuis, Zwolle, Een serie van acht Arabesken.
2007 Hvitt og hvitt, gezondheidscentrum Tongelre, Eindhoven, Lichtobject
2007 Encount #5, Onomatopee, Tac, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 27 en # 28
2006 Leids Film Festival, VeenFabriek, Leiden, Vier kinetische installaties
2006 STRP Festival, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 23
2006 Holland Art Gallery, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 24 en Schetsen Arabesk # 25
2006 HIER2, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 24
2005 Proto, De fabriek, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 23
2005 Robodock, NDSM, Amsterdam, Arabesk # 23
2005 Vreemde Eenden, TAC, Eindhoven, 6 kinetische objecten
2004 Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht, Expositie 4 Kinetische Objecten
2002 presentatie “Het Vijfde Seizoen”, Den Dolder, 12 objecten
2020 Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2020 Skryf Deventer, Netherlands
2020 Skryf Didonne, France
2020 Ping, Bright Brussels, Brussel , BE
2020 Skryf Aalst, Belgium
2020 Nyx, LUX, Barcelona, Spain
2019 PanAmsterdam, Amsterdam
2019 Ping, Glow Festival, Eindhoven, NL
2019 Nyx, Wuzhen Theatre Festival, Wuzhen, China
2019 Fêtes Lire, Le Mans, France
2019 Skryf, Les Machines de l’île, Nantes, France
2019 Skryf, Maker Faire / Burning Man, Aarhus, Denmark
2019 Light Up Poole, Poole, UK
2018 Minuted / Fleeting, San Mateo, USA
2018 Glow Festival, Eindhoven, NL2018 Greenwich Docklands International Festival, UK
2018 Street Art Festival Ansan, South Korea
2018 Common Wealth Games, Brisbane, Australia
2018 Dubai, UAE
2017 Porto, Portugal
2017 Les machines de l’ile, Nantes, Fr
2017 Cagliari, Sardinie, Italia
2017 Kendall, UK
2017 Aveiro, Portugal
2017 Miramiro, Gendt, Belgium
2017 White Nights, Bilbao, Espagna
2016 Newcastle, UK
2016 Maker Faire Shenzhen, China
2016 Odonien, Duitsland
2016 Riga, Estland
2016 Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
2016 Les machines de l’ile, Nantes, Fr
2016 streetart festival, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 White nights, Vilnius, Litauen
2016 Bay Area Maker Faire, San Francisco
2015 Fira Tarrega, Espagna
2015 Freedom Festival Hull, UK
2015 Fremantle Streetart arts festival, Fremantle, Australia
2015 Ansan Street Art Festival, Ansan, Korea
2015 Olafsfesten, Trondheim, Norway
2015 World Maker Faire, New York
2015 Cathedral Birmingham, UK
2015 Fresh Street, Barcelona, Spain
2015 World Maker Faire, New York, USA
2015 Typoetry, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
2015 CTC University, New York, USA
2015 Ansan Street Art Festival, Ansan, Korea
2015 Fremantle street Art Festival, Australia
2014 IZOLYATSIA art platform, Kiev, Ukrain
2014 National Theatre London, UK
2014 Miramiro, Gent, Belgium
2014 Viseu, Portugal
2014 Art Bienale, Cartagena, Colombia
2013 Toulouse, France
2013 Best of the Fest, Parktheater Eindhoven
2013 Gallery WTC, Den Haag
2013 Art The Hague, Den Haag
2013 Extraschicht, Zollverein, Essen, Duitsland
2013 Freedom Festival, Hull, UK
2013 Koninklijk dubbelportret, Delftse Poort, Rotterdam
2013 MACBA, Barcelona
2013 Canberra, Australia
2013 Lyon, France
2013 Art Rotterdam
2012 Amsterdam Light Festival, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam
2012 GLOW Festival Eindhoven, Kryt
2012 Brussel, Belgie, Skryf
2012 London 2012, Showtime Croydon, London, UK
2012 Aurillac International theatre festival, Aurillac, France
2012 Art in Red Light, Amsterdam
2012 Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, Londen
2012 Visueel Festival Visuel, Brussel, Belgie
2012 Leuven in Scene, Leuven, Belgie
2012 Kröller-Müller Museum, Skryf
2011 Schetsopdracht openbaar kunstwerk Schijndel
2011 TUE Odyssee, Eindhoven, Skryf
2011 Zwoele zomeravond, Kröller-Müller Museum, Skryf
2011 In Abstracto, Artipoli Art Gallery, Groeps expositie
2011 schetsopdracht openbaar kunstwerk Beverwijk
2010 Emptiness, Art in Red Light, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
2010 STRP Talent Pit Award, STRP Festival 2010, 2 Kinetische bokalen
2010 MOVE, Solo-expositie Artipoli Art Gallery - Noorden (ZH)
2010 Oerol, Terschelling, Prohibido el Paso
2010 Whoseywhats, Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht, installatie/performance ism Anne Bean
2010 Art Amsterdam, RAI Amsterdam
2009 Schetsvoorstel Kade Transrotatie, Venlo
2009 TNO Rapid Prototyping, TNO Eindhoven innovatievoucher Senternovum
2009 Schetsvoorstel Eindhoven Energie neutraal 2045
2009 Witte de With Festival, Rotterdam, Prohibido el Paso (slagbomen)
2009 Kindernis Meerhoven, Fluisterobject openbare ruimte/park
2009 Museum Het Petershuis, Gennep, Duopresentatie
2009 There is hope, GVArt, Londen, Groepsexpositie
2008 AAF 2008, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, diverse Arabesken
2008 Art in Red Light, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 5 arabesken
2008 Materiaal en beweging, Spectrum, Schijndel, Solo
2008 DAF Kunstwerk 80 jarig bestaan, Opdracht Kinetisch DAF Monument Kanaal Eindhoven
2007 Klok Winkelcentrum Woensel, Eindhoven, Schetsopdracht
2007 Glow Festival, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 31
2007 STRP festival, Eindhoven, TAOS-doorlopende geluidsperformance/interactief hoorspel
2007 Galerie Artipoli, Noorden, duo expositie met Jac Bisschops
2007 Solo-Expositie Galerie het Langhuis, Zwolle, Een serie van acht Arabesken.
2007 Hvitt og hvitt, gezondheidscentrum Tongelre, Eindhoven, Lichtobject
2007 Encount #5, Onomatopee, Tac, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 27 en # 28
2006 Leids Film Festival, VeenFabriek, Leiden, Vier kinetische installaties
2006 STRP Festival, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 23
2006 Holland Art Gallery, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 24 en Schetsen Arabesk # 25
2006 HIER2, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 24
2005 Proto, De fabriek, Eindhoven, Arabesk # 23
2005 Robodock, NDSM, Amsterdam, Arabesk # 23
2005 Vreemde Eenden, TAC, Eindhoven, 6 kinetische objecten
2004 Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht, Expositie 4 Kinetische Objecten
2002 presentatie “Het Vijfde Seizoen”, Den Dolder, 12 objecten