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Jan Schoonhoven Born June 26, 1914, in Hof van Delft, the Netherlands. Died July 31, 1994, in Delft, the Netherlands.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1949 Jan Schoonhoven, Kunststudiecentrum, The Hague, December 1949
1950 Jan Schoonhoven, ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, February 11–March 3, 1950
1957 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Cultureel Contact Centrum, Schiedam, the Netherlands, February 1957
1958 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie .31, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, April 9–28, 1958
1962 Jan Schoonhoven, reliëfs, tentoonstellingszaal Weverij De Ploeg, Bergeijk, the Netherlands, October 29–November 23, 1962
1964 Jan J. Schoonhoven, reliëfs, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 26–July 10, 1964 [catalogue]
1965 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Wulfengasse 14, Klagenfurt, Austria, June 19–July 10, 1965
1966 Jan Schoonhoven (with Armando), Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, March 30–April 15, 1966 [catalogue]
1967 Jan Schoonhoven (with Yayoi Kusama), Internationale Galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, November 3–December 15, 1967 [catalogue]
Jan Schoonhoven, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, November 4–December 17, 1967 [catalogue]
1968 Jan Schoonhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, November 8–December 22, 1968 [catalogue]
1969 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Walenkamp, Leiden, the Netherlands, April 4–25, 1969
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, May 4–June 7, 1969 [catalogue]
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Ursula Lichter, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, August 8–15, 1969
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Loehr, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 20–October 4, 1969
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Loehr, Düsseldorf, Germany, October 10–24, 1969
1970 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, February 6–March 3, 1970 [catalogue]
Jan Schoonhoven, Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, April 4–23, 1970 [catalogue]
Jan Schoonhoven (with Paul Damsté), Galerie Collection d’Art, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 30–October 25, 1970 [catalogue]
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Arte Contemporanea Vismara, Milan, October 6–19, 1970
1971 Jan Schoonhoven (with Nanda Vigo), Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, February 20–March 19, 1971 [catalogue]
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galleria Ferrari, Verona, Italy, April 10–May 10, 1971
Jan Schoonhoven, Lucy Milton Gallery, London, October 13–November 2, 1971
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Collection d’Art, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 6–December 12, 1971 [catalogue]
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Prentenkabinet, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 20, 1971–January 9, 1972 [catalogue]
1972 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany, March 1–April 9, 1972; traveled to Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany, April 29–June 4, 1972; Museum Van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, the Netherlands, June 17–July 24, 1972; and Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, October 27–November 26, 1972 [catalogue with embossed print]
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich, October 4–December 13, 1972
Jan Schoonhoven, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, December 15, 1972–January 14, 1973
1973 Jan Schoonhoven, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands, February 2–April 1, 1973 [catalogue]
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Collection d’Art II, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, February 3–March 22, 1973 [catalogue]
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie D+C Müller, Stuttgart, Germany, October 26–November 11, 1973
Jan Schoonhoven, Banque de Paris, Antwerp, Belgium, December, 1973–January, 1974
1975 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium, September–October 1975
Jan Schoonhoven, Zeichnungen 1940–1975 (Jan Schoonhoven: Drawings 1940–1975), Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, September 5–October 12, 1975; traveled to Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November 29, 1975–January 11, 1976; and Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany, January 25–March 7, 1976 [catalogue]
Jan Schoonhoven, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November 29, 1975–January 11, 1976
1976 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Elke Dröscher, Hamburg, Germany, March 20–May 9, 1976
1977 Jan Schoonhoven, Museum ’t Coopmanshûs, Franeker, the Netherlands, February 10–March 20, 1977
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, April 5–May 7, 1977
Jan J. Schoonhoven (with Gotthard Graubner), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, June 10–August 20, 1977 [catalogue]
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Hildebrand, Klagenfurt, Austria, November 10–23, 1977
1978 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Lens Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium, May 18–June 15, 1978
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, the Netherlands, November 10–December 4, 1978
1979 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 26–July 7, 1979
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, August 1979
Jan Schoonhoven (with Carel Visser), Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany, September 14–October 21, 1979
Jan Schoonhoven, Lens Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium, November 15, 1979–January 5, 1980
1980 Jan J. Schoonhoven. Neue Zeichnungen (Jan Schoonhoven: New Drawings), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, June 14–August 31, 1980
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Amsterdam, March 29–April 23, 1980
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum, May 14–September 3, 1980
1981 Jan Schoonhoven, Städtisches Museum, Leverkusen, May 15–June 21, 1981
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Orez-Mobiel, The Hague, August 28–September 26, 1981
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Blanche, Stockholm, November 7–25, 1981
1982 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie De Vries en Roeloff, Rotterdam, February 27–March 29, 1982
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Brinkham, Amsterdam, September 4–October 8, 1982
Jan Schoonhoven, Vecu, Antwerp, December 3, 1982–January 1, 1983
1983 Jan Schoonhoven, Kunstcentrum, Enschede, February 6–March 2, 1983
1984 Jan Schoonhoven, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, June 16–July 1, 1984
Jan Schoonhoven, Retrospektiv: Tekeningen en reliefs, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands, September 15–November 18, 1984; traveled to Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany, November 30, 1984–January 20, 1985; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, February 1–March 10, 1985 [catalogue]
1987 Jan Schoonhoven, A Retrospective, Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, February 24–April 4, 1987; traveled to SVC Fine Arts Gallery, University of South Florida, April 17–May 30, 1987; Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, September 4–October 16, 1987; and UTA Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington, October 30–November 25, 1987 [catalogue]
1988 Jan Schoonhoven: retrospective, Institut Néerlandais Paris, France, January 12–February 28, 1988; traveled to Musée de Peinture Grenoble, France, April 28–June 7, 1988 [catalogue]
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Lüpke, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, February 22–March 26, 1988 [catalogue]
1989 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, October 12–27, 1989
Jan Schoonhoven: Drawings 1962-1987, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, 1989 [catalogue]
1990 J.J. Schoonhoven, Reliëfs & tekeningen, Galerie Tegenbosch, Heusden, The Netherlands, November 11, 1990–January 1, 1991 [catalogue]
1995 Jan Schoonhoven-retrospektiv, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, September 3–October 22, 1995; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, the Netherlands, February 11 - April 14, 1996; and Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Germany, June 2 - August 11, 1996 [catalogue]
1999 Jan Schoonhoven, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, October 23–November 27, 1999
2002 Jan Schoonhoven, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, September 3–October 12, 2002
2009 Jan Schoonhoven Reliefs en tekeningen, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, the Netherlands, September 12, 2009–February 28, 2010
2010 Jan Schoonhoven: Drawings, Peter Freeman, New York, November 4, 2010–January 22, 2011
2015 Jan Schoonhoven, David Zwirner, New York, January 9–February 14, 2015 [catalogue]
Jan J. Schoonhoven zum Hundertsten. Werke 1941–1991 (On Jan J. Schoonhoven's Hundredth Birth day. Works 1941–1991), Situation Kunst, Bochum, Germany, January 24–April 19, 2015 [catalogue]
Kijk, Jan Schoonhoven (Look, Jan Schoonhoven), Museum Prinsenhof Delft, Delft, the Netherlands, October 31, 2015–February 14, 2016 [catalogue]
De werkelijkheid van Jan Schoonhoven (Reality According to Jan Schoonhoven), Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, the Netherlands, October 31, 2015–February 14, 2016
2016 Order and Chaos: Balance in the Drawings of Jan J. Schoonhoven, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, January 27–July 17, 2016
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1956 Contour onzer Beeldende Kunst (Contour of Our Visual Art), Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, the Netherlands, April 28–June 6, 1956 [catalogue]
1957 Contour onzer Beeldende Kunst (Contour of Our Visual Art), Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, the Netherlands, March 23–May 13, 1957 [catalogue]
1958 Internationale Beeldententoonstelling Sonsbeek ’58, (International Sculpture Exhibition Sonsbeek), Arnhem, the Netherlands, summer 1958 [catalogue]
Facetten van Hedendaagse Beeldende Kunst (Facets of Contemporary Fine Art), Enschedese Kunststichting/Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, the Netherlands, October 18–November 16, 1958 [catalogue]
Informele kunst (Informal Art), Refectory College of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands, November 5–25, 1958
Informele kunst (Informal Art), Vrije Akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, The Hague, the Netherlands, December 10, 1958–January 10, 1959 [catalogue]
1959 Infomele kunst (Informal Art), Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands, January 26–February 28, 1959 [catalogue]
Holländische Informelle Gruppe (Dutch Informal Group), Galerie Gunar, Düsseldorf, Germany, February 28–March, 1959 [catalogue]
Niederländische Kunst seit 1945 (Dutch Art After 1945), Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany, April 12–May 3, 1959; traveled to Städtisches Museum, Osnabrück, May 10–31, 1959 [catalogue]
Nederlandse Informele Groep (Dutch Informal Group), Universiteitshuis, Utrecht, the Netherlands, May 1959 [catalogue]
Zero, groupement international de l’art d’aujourd’hui (Zero, Today’s International Art Group), Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 2–28, 1959 [catalogue]
Nederlandse Informele Groep (Dutch Informal Group), Besiendershuys, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, July 4–20, 1959 [catalogue]
De Informele Groep (The Informal Group), Kunstkring De Waag, Almelo, the Netherlands, September 15–28, 1959 [catalogue]
Zero, groupement international de l’art d’aujourd’hui (Zero, Today’s International Art Group), G58 Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium, September 12–October 4, 1959 [brochure]
Informele Groep (Informal Group), De Beyerd, Breda, the Netherlands, October 3–November 2, 1959 [brochure]
Zero, groupement international de l’art d’aujourd’hui (Zero, Today’s International Art Group), Galleria Appia Antica, Rome, October 24–November 4, 1959 [brochure]
1960 Hollandske Uformelle Gruppe (Dutch Informal Group), Galerie Køpcke, Copenhagen, January 5–22, 1960 [catalogue]
Holländische Informelle Gruppe (Dutch Informal Group), Otto Fischer Kunstsalon, Bielefeld, Germany, January 6–31, 1960 [catalogue]
Holländische Informelle Gruppe (Dutch Informal Group), Galerie Weiss, Kassel, Germany, February 8–28, 1960 [catalogue]
Neue Malerei (New Painting), Kleintheater Kramgasse, Bern, Switzerland, February 25–March 7, 1960
Holländische Informelle Gruppe (Dutch Informal Group), Galerie Clasing, Münster, Germany, March 6–26, 1960 [catalogue]
Groupe Informel Hollandais (Dutch Informal Group), Galerie Kasper, Lausanne, Switzerland, April 6–26, 1960 [catalogue]
Dutch Informal Group, New Vision Centre Gallery, London, May 9–21, 1960 [catalogue]
Dutch Informal Group/New Vision Group, G58 Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium, May 14–June 5, 1960 [catalogue]
Decemberexpositie (December Exhibition), Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, December 3–31, 1960
Nieuwe Europese School (New European School), G58 Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium, December 17, 1960–January 15, 1961 [catalogue]
1961 Internationale tentoonstelling van niets (International Exhibition of Nothing), Galerie 207, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 1–30, 1961 [Manifesto Against Nothing]
Nouvelle École Européenne (New European School), Galerie Kasper, Lausanne, Switzerland, May 30–June 30, 1961 [catalogue]
Internationale Malerei 1960–61 (International Painting 1960–61), Deutschordensschloss, Wolframs-Eschenbach, Germany, July 15–September 24, 1961 [catalogue]
Zomeropstelling (Summer Exhibition), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands, summer 1961 Avantgarde 61, Städtisches Museum, Trier, Germany, October 7–November 5, 1961 [catalogue]
Expositie Demonstratie Zero (Exposition Demonstration Zero), Internationale Galerie A, Arnhem, the Netherlands, December 9–30, 1961
Sculpturen en plastieken (Sculpture and Plastic Art), Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, December 15, 1961–January 15, 1962 [catalogue]
1962 Nieuwe Tendenzen (New Trends), Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, January 18– February 10, 1962
Armando, Van Bohemen, Gentils, Motz, Schoonhoven, Tajiri, Vandercam, Wagemaker, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, February 9–March 6, 1962 [catalogue]
Nul, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 9–25, 1962 [catalogue]
Nieuwe Tendenzen (New Trends), Academiegebouw Rapenburg, Leiden, the Netherlands, March 14–April 2, 1962
Anti-Peinture (Anti-Painting), G58 Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium, March 24–April 30, 1962 [catalogue]
Neue Holländische Tendenzen: Armando, Henderikse, Peeters, Schoonhoven (New Dutch Trends), Galerie Wulfengasse 14, Klagenfurt, Austria, July 24–28, 1962
Castellani, Manzoni, Schoonhoven, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, August 4–25, 1962 [catalogue]
Kees van Bohemen, J. J. Schoonhoven, Jaap Wagemaker, Galerie Aujourd’hui, Brussels, Belgium, December 8–22, 1962
1963 Zero, Galerie Diogenes, Berlin, March 30–April 30, 1963
Panorama van de nieuwe tendenzen / Panorama de la nouvelle Tendance (Panorama of New Trends), Galerie Amstel 47, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 5–25, 1963
Armando, Peeters, Schoonhoven, La Cavana, Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Trieste, Italy, May 28–June 9, 1963
Punto, Taiwan Arts Hall, Taipai, Taiwan, June 28–August 11, 1963 [catalogue]
VI Bienale Internazionale d’Arte, Palazzo del Kursal, San Marino, Italy, July 7–October 7, 1963 [catalogue]
Europäische Avantgarde (European Avant-Garde), Galerie D in der Schwanenhalle des Römers, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, July 9–August 25, 1963 [catalogue]
1964 Zero-0-Nul, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, the Netherlands, March 20–May 18, 1964
Zero, New Vision Centre Gallery, London, June 15–July 4, 1964 [catalogue]
Mikro-nul/zero, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, August 8–20, 1964
Mikro Zero-Nul, Galerie Amstel 47, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, August 31–September 19, 1964
Group Zero, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, October 30–December 11, 1964 [catalogue]
1965 Zero: An Exhibition of European Experimental Art, The Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington D.C., January 9–February 14, 1965 [catalogue]
Aktuell 65, Galerie Aktuell, Bern, Switzerland, January 16–February 27, 1965
Zero Avantgarde, studio of Lucio Fontana, Milan, March 27–May [?], 1965; traveled to Galleria del Cavallino, -Venice, May 4–14, 1965; Galleria Il Punto, Turin, June 8–28, 1965; Galleria Il Segno, Rome, June 1–September, 1966; Galleria Associazione Zen, Brescia, Italy, October 15–November 4, 1966
Nul negentienhonderd vijf en zestig (Nul 1965), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 15–June 7, 1965 [catalogue]
Gruppe Nul (Nul Group), Künstlersiedlung Halfmannshof, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, June 25–July 24, 1965
White on White, deCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, October 10–November 21, 1965 [catalogue]
1966 Pop-op, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany, April 17–May 22, 1966
Weiss auf Weiss (White on White), Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, May 25–July 3, 1966 [catalogue]
Zero Avantgarde 1966, Galleria Associazione Zen, Brescia, Italy, October 15–November 4, 1966
Konfrontation (Confrontation), Galerie Heide Hildebrand, Klagenfurt, Austria, November 12–December 20, 1966 [catalogue]
1967 Serielle Formationen (Serial Formations), Galerie der Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, May 22–June 30, 1967 [catalogue]
World-Exhibition, Pavilion of the Netherlands, Montreal, Canada, August 19–October 3, 1967
Jan Schoonhoven, Ad Dekkers, Peter Struycken, Dutch entry for the IX Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil, September 23, 1967–January 8, 1968 [catalogue]
Moderne Kunstbeurs Balans 1967 (Modern art fair Balans), Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, the Netherlands, November 19–December 3, 1967 [catalogue]
1968 Ad Dekkers, Jan Schoonhoven, Peter Struycken, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 8–April 21, 1968 [catalogue]
Three Blind Mice, The Collections Visser, Peeters, Becht, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, April 6–May 19, 1968 [catalogue]
Große Kunstausstellung München, Kunst aus den Benelux-Ländern (Grand Art Exhibition Munich: Art from the Benelux Countries), Haus der Kunst, Munich, June 13–September 29, 1968 documenta 4, Orangerie im Auepark, Kassel, Germany, June 27–October 6, 1968 [catalogue]
Konstruktiv Idé (Constructive Ideas), Galerie Aranowitsch, Stockholm, September 7–25, 1968 Junge Kunst aus Holland (Young Art from Holland), Kunst-halle Bern, Bern, Switzerland, November 2–December 1, 1968 [catalogue]
1969 Biennale 1969 Nürnberg, Konstruktive Kunst, Elemente und Prinzipien (Biennale 1969 Nuremberg: Constructive Art, Elements, and Principles), Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany, April 18–August 3, 1969 [catalogue]
Facetten II. Collectie van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, the Netherlands, June 14–August 14, 1969 [catalogue]
Nederlandse beeldhouwkunst ’64-’69 (Dutch Sculpture, ’64–’69), Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands, September 5–November 16, 1969 [catalogue]
10 Dutch Artists, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, England, September 19–October 11, 1969; traveled to Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Newport, Isle of Wight, October 8–November 8, 1969; Bradford City Art Gallery and Museum, Bradford, England, November 15–December 6, 1969; Cartwright Hall, Kingston-upon-Hull, England, December 29, 1969–January 18, 1970; Ferens Art Gallery, Brighton, Great Britain, February 10–March 12, 1970; and The University of Sussex Arts Centre, Bristol, England, March 19–April 11, 1970
Profile IX. Niederländische Kunst Heute (Profiles IX. Dutch Art Today), Städtische Kunstgalerie Bochum, Germany, October 11–November 30, 1969 [catalogue] m2. Junge Europäische Kunst (m2. Young European Art), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, (exhibition in Essen), October 25–November 9, 1969 [catalogue]
1970 Zero, Kunsthistorisch Instituut, Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 24–May 13, 1970 [catalogue]
Kontrasten 22. Nederlandse kunstenaars van nu (Contrasts 22: Dutch Artists Today), Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, September 12–November 15, 1970 [catalogue]
Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1970–January 10, 1971 [catalogue]
1971 Konkret/Realismus (Concrete / Realism), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, January 15–February 15, 1971 [catalogue]
Expo Stedelijk, Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland, April 1–May 9, 1971
Art 2 ’71, Zweite Internationale Kunstmesse (Art 2 ’71: Second International Art Fair), Schweizer Kunstmesse, Basel, Switzerland, June 24–29, 1971
Stedelijk ’60–’70, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium, September 22–October 17, 1971 [catalogue]
Ausstellung der Jahresgaben 1971 (Annual Editions Exhibition), Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany, October 17–December 19, 1971
Europalia. Tendances constructivistes dans l’art hollandais après 1945 (Constructivist Tendencies in Dutch Art Since 1945), Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liége, Belgium, October 22–November 21, 1971 [catalogue]
Galerie m in Holland, Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, November 5–December 21, 1971
1972 Bogart, Damsté, Schoonhoven: reliëfs en grafiek (Bogart, Damsté, Schoonhoven: Reliefs and Graphics), Plus-Kern, Ghent, Belgium, January 19–February 26, 1972
Neue Konkrete Kunst, Objekte und Reliefs (New Concrete Art, Objects, and Reliefs), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, June 15–July 2, 1972 [catalogue]
Amsterdam, Paris, Düsseldorf, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 6–November 26, 1972; traveled to Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California, February–March, 1973; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, May 2–June 3, 1973 [catalogue]
Programmi Sistematici: Dekkers, Hilgemann, Schoonhoven, Struycken, De Vries (Systematic Programs), Galleria Milano, Milan, October 18–November 22, 1972 [catalogue]
Peter Struycken, Ad Dekkers, Jan Schoonhoven, Carel Visser, Lens Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, October 26–December 2, 1972
1973 Vier Holländische Künstler: Schoonhoven, Dekkers, De Vries, Hilgemann (Four Dutch Artists), Kunsthalle, Ludwigshafen, Germany, February 2–March 8, 1973
Lof der tekenkunst [An Hommage to Drawing], Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, February 23–April 1, 1972
Fünfte Internationale Kunstmesse (Fifth International Art Fair), Akademie der Künste, Berlin, March 13-18, 1973
Programm. Zufall. System. Ein neuer Zweig am Alten Konzept der Sammlung Erzold (Program. Chance. System. A New Path in the Old Ideas of the Erzold Collection), Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany, May 4–June 11, 1973 [catalogue]
1974 Basically White, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, March 15–April 28, 1974 [catalogue]
Art 5 ’74, 5e Internationale Kunstmesse (Art 5 ’74: Fifth International Art Fair), Basel, Switzerland, June 19–24, 1974
Art Concret Hollandais (Dutch Concrete Art). Dekkers, Hilgemann, Schoonhoven, De Vries, Galerie Média, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, October 26–November 23, 1974 [catalogue]
Das Städel/Sammlung Lenz (The Städel/Collection Lenz), Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, November 28, 1974–January 26, 1975 [catalogue]
1975 Openingstentoonstelling m Den Haag (Opening Exhibition m, The Hague), the Netherlands, April 25–May 30, 1975
Elementary Forms of Contemporary Painting and Drawing in the Netherlands, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany, May 28–June 21, 1975; traveled to Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany, August–September, 1975; Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany, October–November, 1975; Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Industrie de Saint-Étienne, France, December, 1975–January, 1976; Louisiana Museum Humlebaek, Denmark, February–March, 1976; Niels Onstadts Stiftelser, Oslo, Norway, March–April, 1976; Groninger Museum, Groningen, the Netherlands, April–May, 1976; Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi, Lodz; Poland, May–July, 1976; and Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy, November–December, 1976 [catalogue]
Arie Berkulin, Jan J. Schoonhoven, Kanji Wakae, Galerie m, Bochum (exhibition in The Hague), the Netherlands, September 1975
Nul, Galerie Collection d’Art I, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 27–October 26, 1975 [catalogue]
Rondom Nul (Around Nul), Cultureel Centrum ’t Hoogt, Utrecht, the Netherlands, October 15–November 9, 1975 [catalogue]
1976 Nul/Rondom 1960 (Nul/Around 1960) Galerie Collection d’Art I, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, January 10–February 12, 1976 [catalogue]
Ad Dekkers, Martin Rous, Jan Schoonhoven, Peter -Struycken, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium, May 6–June 11, 1976 [catalogue]
Art 7, ’76. 7e Internationale Kunstmesse (Art 7, ’76. Seventh International Art Fair), Schweizer Munstermesse, Basel, Switzerland, June 16–21, 1976 [catalogue]
1977 documenta 6, Orangerie im Auepark, Kassel, Germany, June 24–October 2, 1977 [catalogue]
Dekkers, Schoonhoven, Struycken, Visser, Moderne Galerie, Bottrop, Germany, September 4–October 2, 1977
1978 Ad Dekkers, Jan Schoonhoven, Richard Tuttle, Herman de Vries, Galerie Swart, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, January 26–February 14, 1978
Konstruktiv Kunst, McCrory Samlingen, New York, Louisiana Museum Humlebaek, Denmark, February 7–March 7, 1978
Jan Schoonhoven—Antonio Calderara, Lens Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium, May 18–July 15, 1978
1979 Elementary Forms of Contemporary Painting and Drawing in the Netherlands, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, April 6–May 14, 1979; traveled to St.-Pietersabdij, Ghent, Belgium, October 12–November 12, 1979
Bildvorstellungen einer europäischen Avantgarde 1958–1964 (Imagery of a European Avant-Garde 1958–1964) Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, May 31–August 5, 1979 [catalogue] Zero. Bildvorstellungen einer europäischen Avantgarde 1958–1964 (Zero: Imagery of a European Avant-Garde 1958–1964), Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, May 31–August 5, 1979 [catalogue]
Zero Internationaal Antwerpen (Zero International Antwerp), Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium, November 24, 1979–February 24, 1980 [catalogue]
1980 België en Nederland. Knooppunten en parallellen in de kunst na 1945 (Belgium and the Netherlands: Knots and Parallels in the Arts After 1945), Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium, June 20–August 10, 1980
Reliefs. Formprobleme zwischen Malerei und Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert (Reliefs: Formal Problems of Painting and Sculpture in the 20th Century), Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, August 22–November 2, 1980
1981 Avantgarden-Retrospktiv, Moderne Kunst seit 1945, Westfälische Kunstverein, Münster, February–March 1981
Beglië-Nederland. Knooppunten en parallellen in de kunst na 1945, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, February 13–March 22, 1981
Castellani, Honegger, Schoonhoven, Ulmer Museum, Ulm, March 15–April 26, 1981
Westkunst. Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939, Rheinhallen der Kölner Messe, Cologne, Germany, May 30–August 16, 1981
Phoenix – 170 Künstler aus 18 Ländern-Fragen-Haltungen-Positionen-Meinungen, Alte Oper, Frankfurt a.M., September 12–November 29, 1981
1982 ’60 ’80 attitudes/concepts/images, een keuze uit twintig jaar beeldende kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, April 9–July 11, 1982
Zeitgenossen – Niederländische Kunst 1945-1965. Cobra. Realisten. Nul-Gruppe, Moderne Galerie des Saarland-Museums,Saarbrüken, Germany, 1982
Contemporary Art drom the Netherlands, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, March 26–May 23, 1982; traveled to Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, July 10–August 22, 1982; Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, April 30–June 11, 1983; and Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, August 18–October 9, 1983
1983 Accenten 8. Jan Schoonhoven, Peter Struyckenm Carel Visser, Stichting De Kijkschuur, Acquoy, the Netherlands, April 9 – May 21, 1983
Scwarz-Weiss, Galerie Hermanns, Munich, May 5 – June 30, 1983
Von der Ungleichheit des Ähnlichen in der Kunstm Arbeiten auf Papier, Städtische Galerie, Lüdenscheid, April 22 – May 29, 1983; traveled to Städtisches Museum, Gelsenkirchen
2000 Umziehen, Galerie Kai Hilgemann, Berlin, Germany, November 4–December 12, 2000
2007 nul=0, The Mayor Gallery, London, May 31–July 6, 2007 [catalogue]
2008 Zero in New York, Sperone Westwater, New York, November 6–December 20, 2008 [catalogue]
2012 Uit de Kunst, Paleis het Loo Nationaal Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, November 12, 2011–January 8, 2012
2013 Abstrakt, Galerie Michael Haas and Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (two-part exhibition), June 26–August 31, 2013
2014 21 of the Most Beautiful Drawings: Works by Jan Schoonhoven and Henk Peeters, The Merchant House, Amsterdam, March 7–May 18, 2014 [catalogue]
Zero: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s-60s, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 10, 2014–January 7, 2015 [catalogue]
One Million Years – System und Symptom, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, November 10, 2014– June 4, 2015
2015 ZERO. The International Art Movement of the 50s and 60s, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, March 21– June 8, 2015 [catalogue]
Zero: Let us Explore the Stars, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, July 4–November 8, 2015
Silence out loud. Tentoonstelling van Joost Zwagerman/Exhibition of Joost Zwagerman, Kranenburgh, Bergen, the Netherlands, December 15, 2015–June 12, 2016
2016 Modern and Contemporary Master Drawings, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, January 14–February 13, 2016
Drawing Dialogues: Selections from the Sol LeWitt Collection, The Drawing Center, New York, April 15–June 12, 2016 [catalogue]
On the Subject of the Ready-Made, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, November 25, 2016–May 14, 2017 [catalogue]
2017 No Exit, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, February 11–April 15, 2017
Socle Du Monde Biennale 2017, HEART - Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark, April 22–August 27, 2017
Serielle Formationen. 1967/2017, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, June 3–November 5, 2017 [catalogue]
Fall Exhibition, BorzoGallery, Amsterdam, October 21–November 11, 2017
Monochrome: Painting in Black and White, The National Gallery, London, October 30, 2017 – February 18, 2018; traveled as Black & White. Painting from Dürer to Eliasson to Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, March 21–July 15, 2018 [catalogue]
2018 Master Drawings: Post-War & Contemporary, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, January 10–February 16, 2018
David Zwirner: 25 Years, David Zwirner, New York, January 13–February 17, 2018 [catalogue]
From ZERO to 2018, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, April 14–May 19, 2018
Immer anders, immer gleich: Ein Versuch über Kunst und Systeme, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland, June 30–November 11, 2018 [catalogue]
The Line Up: The Power of Drawing. An extensive overview of drawing from 1950 to today, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, September 22–November 18, 2018
2019 Master Drawings, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, January 17–February 15, 2019
Less is More, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands, January 19, 2019–January 19, 2020
Manzoni in Holland, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands, February 16–June 5, 2019
From CoBrA to drilling oil, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands, March 16, 2019–March 22, 2020
Lang niet gezien, nog niet gezien, BorzoGallery, Amsterdam, April 5–June 1, 2019
Grids and Structures, Annemarie Verna Gallery, Zürich, September 18–October 26, 2019
2020 Great Small Works, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, February 22–March 31, 2020
ZERO IS INFINITY: ZERO and Yayoi Kusama, Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo, March 5–May 31, 2020
2021 Pure Form, David Zwirner, New York, January 14–February 20, 2021
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Centre national des arts plastiqus, Paris CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart/Berlin Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC), Dijon, France Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, the Netherlands Groninger Museum, Groningen, the Netherlands Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete und konzeptuelle Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Germany Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany Louisiana Museum Humlebaek, Denmark Malmö Konsthall, Sweden Moderna Museet, Stockholm Musée d’Art et Histoire, Grenoble, France Musée des Beaux Arts, Beaune, France Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf Museum Ludwig, Cologne Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany The Museum of Modern Art, New York Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, the Netherlands Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Rijswijk, the Netherlands Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, the Netherlands Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, the Netherlands Ritter Art Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany Situation Kunst (für Max Imdahl), Bochum, Germany Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, the Netherlands Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finland Tate Gallery, London Teylers Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany