About the Artist

Born: 1948, Oostmahorn, Friesland, Netherlands

Education

1992 -1994 Graduate School for Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art, New York. MFA, Major in Painting, Minor in Sculpture.

1968 – 1972 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands, undergraduate studies. Major in Architectural and Furniture design. Minor in Ceramic design.

Practicum

1993 – present Painting Geometric Series, paper, canvas and murals

1994 – 2001 Private art instruction

1980 – present. Art photography in Scotland, The Netherlands, Canada and US

1978 – 1984 Ceramic Industrial design in the Netherlands

1975 – 1977 Landscape painting in Japan

One Person Exhibitions

2006 Coffey Gallery, Kingston NY. “Hendrik Dijk, Recent Work”

2004 Kingston City Hall, Kingston NY. “Geometric Paintings”

2003 Coffey Gallery, Kingston NY: “Hendrik Dijk, Recent Work”

2000 Coffey Gallery, Kingston NY: Duo show with Chris Gonyea: “Two Painters”

1998 Kleinert-James Art Gallery, Woodstock NY: “All In A Days Work”

1997 The Loft, Kingston, “Theme and Variation: Investigating The Grid”

1995 The Loft, Kingston NY. “Geometric Series”

1994 – 2004 Eight murals and three wall paintings in the Hudson Valley

1984 Gallery Yestra, Hilversum, Holland. “Floral Studies

Group Exhibitions, selected

2006 Art Expo, Jacob Javitz Center, New York

2005 Kingston Biennial Sculpture Exhibition: Two murals in Hutton Park

2004 Heinrich Kleist Gallerie, Berlin, Germany. “Lichtpause”

2003 & 2004 WMHT Public Television, Albany: Art Auction Show

2003 Brauweiler Abtei, Cologne, Germany. “Form Kingston To Cologne”

2002 Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY: “Mid Career Artists”

1999, 2001, 2005 Rondout Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Kingston NY

1999 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY: “Geometric Photography”

1997 Leslie Urbach Gallery, Albany NY. “Heaven”

1996 Barrett House, Poughkeepsie NY. “Hudson Valley Group Show”

1994 Four World Trade Center, New York City NY. “New York Academy Alumni Show”

Public and Private Collections (Selected)

Fashion designer Nicole Miller, New York, NY; painting. City of Kingston, NY; 6 murals. Wayne & Claire Horton, Huntington, WV; photo collage, 2 paintings. Markertek, Inc., Saugerties, NY; 7 paintings. Heritagenergy Inc., Kingston , NY; Oil storage tank painting. Charles River Computer Consultants, New York, NY; Suite of 4 paintings. Carlos Gonzalez & Kathy Stewart, Red Hook, NY; 37 paintings and one sculpture. Jan van der Vaart, Ceramist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; “Sangue de beuf” cup. Hiroshi Kurahara, Kobe, Japan; 5 paintings.

Grants

1998 Dutchess County Arts Council, “1998 Artists At Work: Community Projects”