Jus Juchtmans’s monochromatic paintings are deceivingly complex. Each aspect of the luminescent work from the stretcher to the number of layers of paint upon the surface is considered in the piece’s creation. Juchtmans’s interest lies in the act of viewing artwork. Drawing people in through the shining surfaces, Juchtmans’s work literally reflects how the surrounding environment colors one’s experience of viewing art. The artist’s neutrality towards symbolism or transference of a specific idea, and heightened attention to the artworks immediate surroundings connect his works to Minimalists such as Donald Judd and Dan Flavin, as well as monochrome painters of the same period, such as Mark Rothko and Yves Klein.

Jus Juchtmans (b. 1952) lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. He has exhibited extensively throughout Europe, the United States and Australia. Works by Juchtmans are included in several prominent public and private collections including the Peter Stuyvesant Collection (Amsterdam, NL), The Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum (Hagen, DE) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (La Jolla, CA.)

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Born 1952 in Morstel, Belgium
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium


Education

1972-76           
Graphic Design and Fine Printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium


Solo Exhibitions

2018
You Are Here, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2017
You Are Here, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Controcanti - Jus Junchtmans - Looking Forward, Galeria Tobandena, Trieste, Italy

2016
Consequence, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
UNDERTOW, Galeria Nieves Fernandez, Madrid, Spain    

2015   
UNDERTOW, Galeria Nieves Fernandez, Madrid, Spain            
Shuffle, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, The Netherlands
Shffl, Alex51 GallerY, Masstricht, Belgium

2014               
Color Virus, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY
Friction, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Shuffle 1981-2014, Galerie van de Berge, Goes, The Netherlands
Licht & Reflection, c.art, Dornbirn, Austria

2013                
Galerie Albrecht, Berlin, Germany

2012                
Solo Exhibition (with Tine Haase), Galerie van den Berge, Goes, The Netherlands
Vis-à-vis (with Bill Thompson), Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany

2011               
Bipolar, Galeria Nieves Fernandez, Madrid, ES

2010               
Look Again, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie van den Berge, Goes, NL

2009                
Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium
Galerie am Lindenplatz, Lichtenstein
Galerie Albrecht, Berlin, Germany

2008               
New Paintings, Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Nicht nur neue Arbeiten, Galerie Lausberg, Dusselldorf, Germany
Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Galeria Nieves Fernandez, Madrid, Spain

2007               
Galerie Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany

2006               
Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
MUKA Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium

2005               
MUKA Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Galleria Nieves Fernandez, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria

2004               
Galerie Renate Schröder, Cologne, Germany
Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Philippe Casini, Paris, France

2003               
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Kunstverein Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany

2002               
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Philippe Casini, Paris, France

2001                
Amlett/Hamlet, Jan Decorte, Toneelhuis, Antwerp, Belgium
Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Gallerie Renate Schröder, Cologne, Germany
Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands

2000                
Galerie Renate Schröder, Cologne, Germany
Kunstverein Schwerte, Schwerte, Germany
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
Gemalte Zeit, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria

1999               
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Rocket Gallery, London, England
Surface Speed, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
W#AK, Flushing, NY

1998               
Hering Raum, Bonn, Germany
Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Galerie In Situ, Aalst, Belgium

1997               
Diptychon IV, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst/S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Confrontatie/Dialoog, Galerie In Situ, Aalst, Belgium


Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Groupshow, Galerie van Verge, Goes, Netherlands

2016
GALLERYWARMING, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Fifty shades of red, Galerie Renate Bender, Munchen, Germany
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating #2", Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
ARGENTUM II, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands

2015      
BLACK & WHITE II, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
ARGENTUM I, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands 
Zuruck In Die Zukunft, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
The proof of the pudding (is in eating), Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium         
Hot Spots, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Mostly Monochrome, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany

2014                
LE VIE DELL' ASTRAZIONE SONOINFINITE, Torbandena Projects, Trieste, Italy
"La vérité en Peinture" Manifold Positions and Posibilities in Painting, Curated by Hans Martens, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels
“RE:SET” Abstract Painting in a Digital World, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany

2013               
Catch As Catch Can, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
New Year 2013, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
RE:SET, Kunstmuseum Celle, Celle, Germany
Faszination der Farbe, DavisKlemmGallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
MALEREI, c.art Prantl & Boch, Dornbirn, Austria
LE VIE DELL' ASTRAZIONE SONOINFINITE, Torbandena Projects, Trieste, Italy

2012               
Reset, Arti et Amicitiae (group show), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Albrecht, Berlin (with Eric Cruishank and Franziska Fennert)

2011               
white-hot, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
From Sea to Shining Sea, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY

2010               
Artists of the Gallery, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium
View Indicator, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Hommage aan de monochromie, ccha, Hasselt
Monochrom I, Galerie Renate Bender, München
RANSPARANT, De Halle, Geel

2009                
Enjoy, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium
Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
Our Dear Friends, Galleria Torbandena, Trieste, Italy
Sunny Side Up, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Playlist, Galerie Schneider, Bonn, Germany
Bajo La Luz Del Sol Negro, Galeria Adora Calvo, Salamanca, Spain

2008                
Il Velo, Il Filatoio, Caraglio (Cueno), Italy

2007               
to be continued, Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany
Zomershow 2007, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands

2006               
Summer Splash, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Less is More, Galerie Renate Schröder, Mönchengladbac, Germany
Monochrome Bilder, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany

2005                
Summer Sensation, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Viennafair, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
Personal Structures, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
Gleam & Glory, Galerie Renate Schröder, Mönchengladbach, Germany
FW Painting, Montanus 5, Diksmuide, Belgium

2004               
Art House, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Arbeiten auf papier, Galerie Hollenbach, Sttutgart, Germany
reflections, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium
Die Farbe hat mich II (nicht nur rot), Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany
Gallerie Hollenbach, Zürich, Switzerland

2003               
Material Color, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
werken op papier, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Unisono, Galerie Renate Schröder, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Openbaring, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium
Seeing red, Part II: Contemporary Nonobjective Painting, Hunter College/ Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Messagers de nos solitudes, Galerie Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Kunstverein Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany

2002                
Quadrate, Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Galerie Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Color - A Life of Its Own, Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Emulsion, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Hooghuis, Arnhem, Netherlands

2001               
New paintings and trash, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Galerie Renate Schröder, Cologne, Germany
booth XS/01: Ausgewahlte Werke, Albertstr. 9 - 11, Cologne, Germany
Jus Juchtmans (works on paper) - Marcy Freedman (Wallpaintings) (USA), Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Carlos Arias, Bettina Blohm, Alan Brooks, Bobo Baumgarten, Thomas Emde, Walter Giers, Jus Juchtmans, Sol LeWitt: Quadrate, Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany

2000               
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
trans luzid, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
Zomershow, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
10 jaar Galerie van den Berge, een kabinet, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Painting today - Overseas and here, Galerie Renate Schröder, Cologne, Germany

1999               
Positionen 33 Painting, Hering Raum Stahlwerk Willich, Germany
peinture sur peinture, Salle de Bal, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
Zomershow, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Galerie van den Berge te gast, Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1998                
Vieuw Indicator VI, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands
Clear and Saturated, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Monomania, Rocket Gallery, London, England
Drei Maler, Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
wie man’s sieht, reality-bytes, Cologne, Germany

1997               
Pigmente, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
Youth Prints, MUKA Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Malerei-Die Letzten Jahre, Galerie Ulrich Mueller, Cologne, Germany
Trapped Reality, Barcelona, Spain


Collections
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium
Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
PMMK, Ostend, Belgium
Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
ABN AMRO Kunststichting, Amsterdam, Netherlands
F. van Lanschot Bankiers, Den Bosch, Netherlands

Publications

2014                
Cummins, Cassie “Jus Juchtmans at Margaret Thatcher Projects,” NY Arts Magazine, March 13

2004                
Fehr, M. Wurmfeld, S. Seeing Red, On Nonobjective Painting and Color Theory, Cologne

2003                
Lodermeyer, P. Personal structures, werke und dialoge, New York: GlobalArtAffairs,

2002                
Korte, H.; Emulsion Drei Maler. Trialog der Differenzen,Vlissingen: Buro Beeldende Kunst,

2001               
Veugen, C.; Een verraderlijk luchtige lichtheid, Rijswijk: Kunstbeeld, 2001

2000           
Juchtmans, J.; Jus Juchtmans 2000, Antwerpen, 2000.
Fehr, M.; Die Farbe hat mich, Positionen zur nicht-gegenständlichen Malerei, Essen: Klartext, 2000.

1998               
Sluysmans, C.; Clear and Saturated, the liars I, Amsterdam: Arti et Amicitiae

1997               
Martens, H.  Jus Juchtmans, Diptychon IV, Gent: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, 1997. D/1997/0341/6