Curriculum Vitae
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GERARD BELLAART
Born 10.IV.1946 Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Studied painting, drawing & print making at the Willem de Kooning Academy of Fine Arts Rotterdam, The Hague Free Academy & the Royal Academy, Antwerp.
BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
Travelled extensively and lived in Greece, Switzerland, Germany and Australia before settling in England in 1967. Has been living and working in France since 2004.
On the isle of Hydra an early interest in contemporary Amercian literature was inspired through contact with Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Leonard Cohen and Harold Norse. Subsequent correspondence with Charles Bukowski, Ginsberg & others lead to the foundation of Cold Turkey Press.
Editor/publisher of Cold Turkey Press 1970-1975. First limited editions in English and Dutch of poetry and prose by Garcia Lorca, Cesar Valejo, Blaise Cendrars, Ezra Pound, William Burroughs, Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, Sinclair Beiles, Heathcote Williams and many others.
Concurrently with working as an artist, remains active as a translator and editor of literary productions; publishes and designs books and manuals and lectures regularly.
SHOWS (selected)
Solo
1994   Thomas Inc., La Jolla, San Diego, USA
1995   Gallerie La Charboni¸re, St. Laurent, France
1997   Hotbath Gallery, Bath, England
2000   Planetarium, St. Petersburg, Russia
2003   Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006   Historisch Museum Rotterdam, Cold Turkey Press retrospective, The Netherlands
Group
1996   Harvey Nichols, London & Leeds, England
1997   Victoria Museum, Bath, England
1997   Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands
1999   Wolsely Fine Art, London, England
1999   Victoria Museum, Bath, England
1999   Babbington House, Somerset, England
2000   Rotterdam Arts Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006   CBK 'Hommage' curated by Paul van der Eerden, Rotterdam, The Netherlands



PUBLICATIONS (selected)
  • Bellaart, Prints & Drawings (catalogue), foreword by Sir Peter Blake, published by Andrew Knight, Cardiff, UK.
  • Review for Welsh Museum Journal & Arts Review magazine by David Briers.
  • Exhibition catalogue, Dr Brewster & co, Rotterdam, text by Cees van der Geer.
  • Showcase magazine, Johannesburg, South-Africa, interview with Sinclair Beiles.
  • Decode Magazine, interview with gabriel Solomon, Bath, England.
COMMISSIONS (selected)
  • Etching Workshop Manual for Soundwell College, Bristol, England
  • Portfolio of 12 etchings on the theme of the "ship of fools" for John Kingerlee (the Irish Genius)/Tom Caldwell Galleries, Dublin, ireland.
  • Editing & Typography of Jan Tjichold's "on the non-arbitrary proportions in book design ", Bristol Polytechnic College, Bristol, England.
  • Co-editor "Kees Spermon Grafiek" for CBK Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Co-edited and designed "Met Andere Woorden", an anthology of prose & poetry by artists from Rotterdam, CBK Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
LECTURES
  • Lecture & Etching Workshop at Soundwell College, Bristol, England.
  • Lectures for Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute:
    "Hercules Segers: 17th-century Dutch Etcher & Painter - his influence on Rembrandt"
    "Stendhal: Portraitist, Egotist, Ironist" (with V. Suchar)
    "André Masson: Line Unleashed"
  • Guest Lectures at Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
SCHEDULED
  • Erasmus University: mural (10x2,75 metres) "Vico's Tree of Knowledge" (an homage to Bellaart's friend the Vico scholar William Booth)
  • Sinclair Beiles - a selection of his works edited & illustrated by Gerard Bellaart & Liliane Lijn.
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There is no need for art to be democratic, social, socialist or popular. The idea of being known repels me. I value my obscurity, I have turned it into a trait. I possess only one quality; an ideal suspicion of the public.
Felicien Rops