Bert van Loo

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
 
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1972               Study period at the Royal College of Art, London, UK.
1969 - 1973   Study, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL.
 
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Academies and colleges in USA, Europe, Japan and Australia. 
2012 Lecture at the Xiamen University (TKK), Xiamen, China
 
AWARDS / GRANTS
1977    Award, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburger Glaspreis (second) Germany. 
1978 / 2006   4 grants from the Ministery of culture
2007    Urban Sculptures, Tehran, Iran. - 4th price. 
2009    Global recruitment for the representative sculpture of Shizimen Business District,   Zhuhai – China 3 price winner. 
2012    Grant from the Mondriaan Fund, The Netherlands. 
 
RETROSPECTIVE
2006    Review of Bert van Loo - Naturalezas cruzadas - Cutting trough nature – Dwars door de natuur,  in Museum Fundación Centro Del Vidrio, La Granja – Segovia, Spain. 
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1975 / 2010 a.o. Amsterdam, NL * München, DE * Malmö, S = Breda, NL * Zürich, CH * Le Havre-FR = Den Haag, NL etc.  
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1975 / 2012  a.o. Germany, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, U.S.A.,Taiwan, Finland, France, Latvia Belgium and China. 
 
COMMISSIONS
1980 / 2012  a.o. Amsterdam * Emmeloord * Osdorp * Nieuw-Vennep * Castricum *  Leidschendam * Lisse * WTC Amsterdam * Den Haag * Werkendam * Brunssum * Haarlem, NL. and China. 
 
COLLECTION
22 Museums in the Netherlands, the U.S.A., Germany, France, Belgium, Spain and China etc. as well as many private collections.
 
PUBLICATIONS 
The work has been published in more than 65 catalogue, 4 TV-tapes and one monograph.  
 
PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCE
1974 / 2010  Art Consultant for many banks and art institutions and foundation
2007 / 2010   Chairman of the Dutch Sculptors Organization. (NKvB) 
1990 / 2013   Curator for many international glass art exhibitions