About me

Oldenzaal, NL — 1970

Education & Formative Years

  • 1998 Startstipendium Foundation BKVB Amsterdam
  • 1997 Graduated Academie v. beeldende vorming Amsterdam
  • 1992 Lived & worked in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1991 Lived & worked in India
  • 1990 VWO Twickel College Hengelo

Artist Anutosh’s paintings seem to offer a glimpse of indefinable landscapes within which mysterious forms can move freely. The artist gives the viewer space to give meaning to shapes and colors as he sees fit.

For Anutosh, his work is a search within the art of painting for his own visual language in forms, textures, colors and techniques. Not only the search for beauty and harmony are part of this, but also for oppression and an ominous sense.

These aspects are inextricably linked in his work. At first glance, the work seems to show us an accessible, natural space, but if we look longer, we see an unfathomable world that holds secrets. The outside of the tree branches, the bark, shows our outside, what we want to represent, what we want to be. The pink shapes give a glimpse into the inner world. Outside and inside are like mask and core; the vulnerable core is protected by the bark on the outside. It is a metaphor for how different the inner world can be compared to the visible reality.

“Outside and inside are like mask and core; the vulnerable core is protected by the bark on the outside.”

Solo and Duo Exhibitions

  • 2026 Stille bevreemding met Mariëtte van der Ven, Moving Gallery, Utrecht
  • 2019 First edition, Hofman Dujardin architecten, Amsterdam
  • 2018 True Nature Is Calling, Galerie Helga Hofman — oeuvre catalogue
  • 2017 De Kikker en de Filosoof, Kunsthuis LOOF, Jubbega
  • 2017 The Source Is Life, Appels Gallery, Amsterdam
  • 2017 Grace–Power–Silence, Galerie Helga Hofman
  • 2016 Fenomenale ruimte with Ab van Hanegem Raadhuis, Wassenaar
  • 2016 April Solo, Anutosh van Gogh Galerie, Zundert
  • 2015 Anutosh, Cultuurwerf Willem 3, Vlissingen
  • 2014 The Source Is Stillness, Appels Gallery, Amsterdam
  • 2014 Solostand KunstRAI, Galerie Helga Hofman, Amsterdam
  • 2010 Urban Amfibiae, Privéekollektie, Heusden
  • 2008 Verbeelding in Realiteit, Hot Prospects, Leusden — catalogue
  • 2008 Fragments from the Grid, Privéekollektie, Heusden
  • 2007 Illusion of Duality, Galerie Helga Hofman, Alphen a/d Rijn
  • 2006 The Power of Vulnerability, V8 Platform, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2005 Crossover, Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden
  • 2005 Of Growth & Pain, Galerie Helga Hofman, Alphen a/d Rijn
  • 2005 Urban Tumor, METIS_NL, Amsterdam — catalogue
  • 2003 Psychodynamic Receptivity, Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden
  • 2003 Art Amsterdam Art Fair, METIS_NL, Amsterdam — catalogue
  • 2002 Amorphogenetic, METIS_NL, Amsterdam
  • 2002 Amorfe Sferen in Nederland, Galerie Helga Hofman, Alphen a/d Rijn
  • 2002 You’re Only Stuck If You Want to Get Out, CBK Amersfoort — catalogue
  • 2000 Suburbia, Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden

Group Exhibitions

  • 2026 Stille kracht Indonesian heritage in the Netherlands, Art the Hague 
  • 2026 Positions Art Fair, Berlin, with Galerie Martin Mertens
  • 2026 55th edition of  ‘open stal’ – catalogus
  • 2026 Holding back the years Livingstone Gallery the Hague
  • 2025 Art Amsterdam kunstRai art fair with Galerie Helga Hofman
  • 2025 Huis Schuylenburgh Residence of the German Ambassador the Hague
  • 2025 Art on Paper art fair, Amsterdam, with Galerie Helga Hofman
  • 2024 Verder naar Hier, with Galerie Espace Enny
  • 2024 PAN Amsterdam art fair, with Galerie Helga Hofman
  • 2024 Art on Paper art fair, Amsterdam, with Galerie Helga Hofman
  • 2023 PAN Amsterdam art fair, with Galerie Helga Hofman
  • 2023 Positions Art Fair, Berlin, with Galerie Martin Mertens
  • 2023 Municipality of Amersfoort — benches by 10 artists in the public space
  • 2023 Presentation of the Chabot Museum collection on paper by Armando, Art on Paper Amsterdam
  • 2023 Art on Paper art fair, Amsterdam, with Galerie Helga Hofman
  • 2022 Art Amsterdam art fair, Galerie Helga Hofman
  • 2021 Schoonheid van Verval, Galerie Franzis Engels
  • 2021 PAN Amsterdam art fair, Galerie Helga Hofman
  • 2020 Utopia, een toekomstperspectief?, Kadmium, Delft — catalogue
  • 2020 “Ik voel me hier gewoon thuis” — Armando’s verzameling, Chabot Museum, Rotterdam
  • 2019 Dromen van bomen, Gorcums museum Gorinchem.
  • 2016 Natura Mystica, Indigo, Almelo
  • 2016 Museum Vincent van Goghhuis, Zundert
  • 2015 Van Gogh Painting Competition (1st prize), Breda’s Museum — catalogue
  • 2014 Droomkunst, Singer Museum, Laren — catalogue
  • 2013 AARDE, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
  • 2010 Glinstering / Glittering, Akkuh Actuele Kunst, Hengelo
  • 2010 Art Palm Beach, Privéekollektie, Palm Beach, USA
  • 2010 Miami International Art Fair, Privéekollektie, Miami, USA
  • 2009 Miart art fair, Privéekollektie, Milano, Italy — catalogue
  • 2009 Dutch Artists in Japan, Kyoto Museum of Modern Art, Japan
  • 2008 11th Cairo Biennale, representing the Netherlands, Egypt — catalogue
  • 2007 East Meets West, with Mircea Roman, Indigo, Almelo
  • 2006 Die Zukunft als bildnerische Vision, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2006 Art Rotterdam, METIS_NL
  • 2005 Art for Sail, Loods 6, Amsterdam — catalogue
  • 2005 The Memory Remains, Hedah, Maastricht
  • 2005 Art Rotterdam, METIS_NL
  • 2004 Blind Date, Spielhaus-Morrison Galerie, Berlin, Germany
  • 2004 Artissima art fair, METIS_NL, Turin, Italy — catalogue
  • 2004 Art Rotterdam, METIS_NL — catalogue
  • 2003 Artissima, METIS_NL, Turin, Italy — catalogue
  • 2002 4th Salon, Centraal Museum Utrecht — catalogue
  • 2002 11th Museum van Bommel van Dam Prize, Venlo — catalogue
  • 2000 Het Vervolg, Museum het Nijenhuis — catalogue
  • 2000 Jonge Schilders, Reflex Gallery of Modern Art, Amsterdam
  • 1999 Uitgelicht 3, KunstRAI, Amsterdam — catalogue
  • 1999 Museum PMMK, Oostende, Belgium
  • 1998 Zien Is Geloven, De Vishal, Haarlem
  • 1998 10th Museum van Bommel van Dam Prize, Venlo — catalogue

Awards, Publications & Stipends

  • 2026 Guest curator Stille Kracht Art the Hague
  • 2026 artist in residence livingstone project Berlin Germany
  • 2025 Cover of Tirade literature magazine nr. 489 april 2025
  • 2024 Publication: hardcover book “Schaduw”, Van Spijk Publishers
  • 2018 Publication: hardcover oeuvre book “True Nature Is Calling”, Van Spijk Publishers
  • 2016 Artist in residence, Van Gogh House, Zundert
  • 2015 1st prize, Van Gogh Painting Competition, Breda’s Museum
  • 2015 Art teacher, Art & Design College Utrecht
  • 2014 “Kunst van de dag” recensent op galeries.nl, November 2014
  • 2013 Own “limited edition” Van Gogh paint edition by Royal Talens, released in 50 countries, with an accompanying video on YouTube
  • 2009 Basisstipendium, Foundation BKVB Amsterdam
  • 2009 Written column in “BK-info” on representing Holland at the Cairo Biënnale in Egypt
  • 2005 Art for Sail, AVRO television, Nederland 3
  • 2001–2004 Advisor, current art, Mondrian Foundation, Amsterdam
  • 2003 Basisstipendium, Foundation BKVB Amsterdam
  • 1999 1st prize, “The Selection” painting, Boechout, Belgium — catalogue
  • 1999 1st prize, Voerman Museum Hattum
  • 1999 Grant for young artists, City of Utrecht
  • 1998 Start stipendium, Foundation BKVB Amsterdam

Public Collections / Acquiries

  • ABN AMRO Art Collection Amsterdam
  • Dela Art Collection Eindhoven
  • AEGON Art Collection the Hague
  • AKZO Nobel Art Collection Arnhem
  • Oscar David Consultancy Soest
  • Ministery of Foreign Affairs the Hague
  • Centraal Museum Utrecht 
  • Rabobank Groningen Leek
  • UMC Utrecht 
  • Dutch miniature Art Collection Utrecht 
  • Isala clinics Zwolle
  • Boekel de Nerée Amsterdam 
  • KEMA Arnhem
  • Museum no Hero before collection van Heek ten Cate
  • VODW Leusden
  • Port of Amsterdam
  • Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital WKZ Utrecht 
  • private collections both national and international