FINE ART
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 “Les Peintres”, extremely large paintings (with Kirril Boef and Alain Brodsky) at the Salle d’expositions de la ville de Crocq, FR
2017 Exhibition of paintings (with Kirril Boef), Galerie AM’carta, Aubusson, FR
2015 Galerie des Marches, Aubusson; paintings
2013 Galerie des Marches, Aubusson; paintings
2012 Galerie 239, Utrecht, NL
2011 Kunstkerk, Amsterdam; paintings
2009 Salle d’expositions de la commune de Lioux les Monges, FR, paintings
2008 Retrospective exhibition, “Niels Hamel at 75”, Ruigoord Barn, Amsterdam
1994 Galerie Hommage, Amsterdam; theater drawings & gouaches
1993 Kattenkabinet, Amsterdam; paintings, gouaches & drawings
1992 Forum Galerie, Amsterdam; paintings: “Close Encounters”
1992 Galerie Damin, Alkmaar, NL; paintings & gouaches
1989 Forum Galerie, Amsterdam; paintings: “Sol Y Sombra”
1988 Imago Galerie, Amsterdam; paintings & gouaches
1987 Etcetera Galerie, Amsterdam; paintings
1985 Etcetera Galerie, Amsterdam; paintings
1983 The Ladder Factory, Amsterdam, paintings
1983 La Strada, Amsterdam; paintings: “Slightly Rural”
1968 De Blauwe Hand, Harlingen, NL; paintings & objects
1965 Dinette Galerie, Eindhoven, NL; paintings & graphic works
1963 Magdalena Sothman Galerie, Amsterdam; gouaches & collages
1963 Guldenvlies Galerie, Bruges, BE; paintings & gouaches
1962 ‘t Venster Galerie, Rotterdam, NL; paintings
1961 Magdalena Sothman Galerie, Amsterdam; paintings
1959 Magdalena Sothman Galerie, Amsterdam; drawings & aquarelles
GROUP SHOWS: A SELECTION
2019 Vereniging De Onafhankelijken, Loods 6 Amsterdam
2019 Galerie Streetscape, Castricum, NL
2012 Salle d’expositions de la Ville de Crocq, FR
2009 Aproart, Salon d’Art et d’Expression Contemporaine ‘Éclats d’Art’, St. Medard-La-Rochette, FR (sponsored by the national government)
2006 Aproart, Salon d’Art et d’Expression Contemporaine, ‘Éclats d’Art’ , Salle d’expositions de la Ville d’Aubusson
1994 Galerie Hommage, Amsterdam; drawings
1993 Galerie Hommage, Amsterdam; drawings and paintings
1992 UMA, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; installations
1991 UMA Winter Salon, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; installations
1990 Portable Gallery, Bergen, NL; paintings
1987 Forum Galerie, Amsterdam; paintings
1987 Imago Galerie, Amsterdam; paintings
1986 “Niels Hamel: Visualizations of Visions”, major retrospective of designs for theatre and paintings; The Netherlands Theater Institute, Amsterdam
1980 Keerkring, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; paintings
1976 UMA Winter Salon, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; paintings
1975 UMA Winter Salon, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; paintings
1970 Tokyo, Japan; Dutch Art Biennial
1966 Exhibition in Curaçao organized by Sticusa
1965 Moore College of Art, Philadelphia USA: “Contemporary Dutch Painters”
1965 d’Eendt Galerie, Amsterdam: “Heinrich Campendonk & his students”
1964 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; graphic works
1959 Start VII, travelling exhibition
1958 Magdalena Sothman Galerie, Amsterdam
COMMISSIONED MONUMENTAL ART
1991 Designs for party center in Sinaia, Romania
1990-2 Interior designs for Condor City party center in Naaldwijk, NL
1976 Design of gardens and playground, Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam
1975 Design of facade and large block-shaped objects for exterior of PTT post office building in Hilversum, NL; architect: M. Bolten
1969 Plexiglas spatial form, tax office building in Alphen a/d Rijn, NL; architect: F. Groot
1967 Design for entrance hall of Paradiso, Amsterdam
1966 Interior design for Sigma Centrum, Amsterdam
1964 Concrete column, Children’s Ophthalmology Clinic, W.G. Hospital, Amsterdam; architect: G. Laarhoven
1964 Concrete relief, Municipal Theatre in Den Helder, NL; architect: R. Bleeker
1963 Wall mosaic, Tax Office in Waalwijk; architect: F. Groot
1963 Wall painting, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in de Bilt; architect: M. Bolten
1961 Wall mosaic, Employment Office in Waalwijk; architect: F. Groot
1960 Mosaics in marble and blue Murano glass for window boxes of Post Office in Bovenkerk, Utrecht; architect: M. Bolten
WORK IN THEATER
AS DIRECTOR
1996 Direction, concept & visuals, Moraviascape, De Paardenkathedraal
1991 Direction & scenography, The Bear, Chekhov; De Jungle theater company (own production)
1986 Direction & scenography, The Tragicomedy of Don Cristobal and Dona Rosita, Lorca; with jazz acapella group Tamam
1981 Kali, dramatic open-air visual event, in collaboration with the Amsterdam Balloon Company
1977 Direction & initiative, Visual Theater Research Workshop, in collaboration with Toneelgroep de Appel
1967 Co-founder of Theater Terzijde, together with Peter Lohr and Anne Marie Prins. Visual direction, Een Zaak Lorca is Ons Niet Bekend, Theater Terzijde
AS SCENOGRAPHER
1995 Visuals, Yerma, Lorca; De Paardenkathedraal, director Aram Adriaanse
1994 Collaborative visual art and music project based on two poems by Martinus Nijhof, Awater and Het Uur U, De Paardenkathedraal; visual artist: Niels Hamel; composer: Jan Pieter Koch; direction: Aram Adriaanse
1993 Scenographic advice, Liefdes Schijnbewegingen, Remco Campert; Literary Theater Branoul, director Gees Linnebank
1986 Visuals, Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss; Toneelgroep de Appel, director: Erik Vos
1985 Visuals, Klucht van de Koe, Bredero; Utrechtse Theater Initiative, director: A. Adriaanse
1985 Visuals, Agamemnon, Aeschylus; Missouri Repertory Theater, Kansas City Missouri, USA; director: E. Vos
1984 Visuals, Uncle Vanya, Chekhov; Toneelgroep de Appel, director: E. Vos
1984 Visuals, Waiting for Godot, Beckett; Toneelgroep de Appel, director: Hugo Maertens
1981 Visuals, King Lear, Shakespeare; Toneelgroep de Appel, director: E. Vos
1979 Visuals, King Lear, Shakespeare; Dusseldörfer Schauspielhaus, Germany; director: E. Vos
1975 Visuals, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Brecht; Publiekstheater, director: Hans Croiset
1975 Visuals, Agamemnon, Aeschylus; Toneelgroep de Appel, director: E. Vos
1975 Visuals, The Oresteia, Aeschylus; Toneelgroep de Appel, director: E. Vos
1974 Visuals, Bingo, Bond; Toneelgroep Centrum, director: Peter Oosthoek
1974 Visuals, Macbett, Ionesco; Toneelgroep de Appel, director E. Vos
1974 Visuals, The Soldier’s Tale and Song of the Nightingale, Stravinsky; Toneelgroep de Appel, director: E. Vos
1974 Visuals, Don Juan, Molière; Toneelgroep de Appel, director: E. Vos
1973 Visuals, Peer Gynt, Ibsen; Toneelgroep de Appel, director: E. Vos
1973 Visuals, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare; Publiekstheater, director: H. Croiset
1972 Visuals, The Soldier and the Fox, Stravinsky; Nederlandse Opera, director: E. Vos
1972 Visuals, God op Aarde, I. van Dulleman; Toneelgroep de Appel, director: E. Vos
1971 Visuals, Een Blijde Gebeurtenis, Mrozek; Amsterdamse Toneel, director: Heinz Engels
1969 Visuals, Antigone’s Wedding, Michael Mathias; La Mama, New York City USA; director: Franklin LaFour
1968 Visuals, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Brecht; Toneelgroep Theater, director: E. Vos
1967 Visuals, Drums in the Night, Brecht; Toneelgroep Theater, director: H. Croiset
1967 Visuals, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare; Toneelgroep Theater, director: H. Croiset
1967 Visuals, Afore Night Come, David Rudkin; Toneelgroep Theater, director: Ab Abspoel
1967 Visuals, Inadmissible Evidence, John Osborne, Nederlandse Komedie, director: Bob de Lange
1966 Visuals, Saint Joan of the Stockyards, Brecht; Toneelgroep Theater, director: H. Croiset
1966 Visuals, Brawling in Chioggia, Goldoni; Toneelgroep Theater, director: H. Croiset
1966 Visuals, Tweelingbroer Gezocht (The Menaechmi), Plautus; Toneelgroep Theater, director: Elise Hooimans
1965 Costumes, Tijl Uilenspiegel, Hugo Claus; open-air performance, 78th anniversary of Leiden University, director: Anne Marie Prins
1965 Visuals, The Good Soldier Švejk, Hašek; Toneelgroep Theater, director H. Croiset
1964 Visuals, The Seagull, Chekhov; Toneelgroep Ensemble, director: Pjotr Sjarov
1964 Visuals, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare; Nieuwe Komedie, director: Johan de Meester
1964 Visuals, Ubu Roi, Jarry; Toneelgroep Theater, director: H. Croiset
1963 Visuals, Rondgang van Maaier Makaber, de Ghelderode; Nieuwe Komedie, director: J. de Meester
1961 Visuals, De Schaduw; Scapino Ballet, choreography Karel Poons
1961 Sets, Look Back in Anger, Osborne; Nederlands Comedie, director: Hans Boswinkel
1960 Visuals, The Jar, Pirandello; Amsterdams Ballet, choreography W. Gore
1958 Sets, Sector East-West, Studio, director: Jan Velzeboer
1957 Sets, The Seagull, Chekhov; Utrecht Student Association, director: J. Velzeboer
1957 Visuals, Het Bloedrood Café, Koningsberger; director: Karl Guttman
1957 Costumes, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare; Toneelgroep Theater, open-air performance; director: Michael Warren
EXHIBITIONS OF THEATER DESIGNS
1993 Literaire Theater Branoul, The Hague; drawings & gouaches
1992 Appel Theater, The Hague; theater designs & paintings
1986 Niels Hamel: “Visualizations of Visions”, major retrospective of designs for theater and paintings; The Netherlands Theater Institute, Amsterdam
1981 Theater Design Triennial in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
1972 Theater Design Triennial in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
TEACHING POSTS
1993-1995 Artistic Director of ‘Masters of Art in Scenography’, collaboration between Utrecht School of the Arts and Saint Martins College of Art, London
1990 Lecturer, Theater Design, Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
1986 Lecturer, Theater Design, Artibus, Utrecht
1981 Theater/Design Workshop at Forum, Middelburg
GRANT
1992-1993 Scenography Work Grant from the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Culture
PUBLICATIONS
1994 Koppels: 12 dichters inspireren 12 schilders (Couples: 12 poets inspire 12 painters), bibliophile publication, Galerie Hommage, Amsterdam
1994 The Fairy Princess, by Eddie Woods, prints by Niels Hamel, in Lucifer, no. 1, 1994, Sala Communications, Amsterdam
1992 “Painting the Town, on the work of visual artist Niels Hamel”, by Adriaan Waalwijk, Bres, Oct/Nov 1992
1991 Twintig jaar de Appel, (20 years of De Appel) publication by De Appel theater company
1990 Toneelbeeld vanaf 1945 in Nederland, (Scenography in the Netherlands Since 1945), Lia Gieling
1989 Niels Hamel, bibliophile publication, Galerie Forum, Amsterdam
1989 Forum Design 1981, publication by Forum, Maria-Rosa Boezem, Middelburg
1987 “Niels Hamel’s Agamemnoon” by Lidy van Ginniken in Kunstschrift Openbaar Kunstbezit, January issue
1980 Zicht op Zeven Jaar, publication by De Appel theater company