Art CV
Name: Tymon Ferenc de Laat
Born: Leiderdorp 21-06-79
Lived and studied in Rotterdam
Painter, Photographer and Master of Ceremonies
Online portfolio: www.melikepainting.com
Education:
1995 graduated from Oscar Romero college in Delft, Mavo
1997 graduated from Stanislas college in delft, Havo with art choice subject
2001 graduated as a art-director from Willem de Kooning Academie of arts in Rotterdam.
I have spent the last 10 years concentrating on painting designs & customizing denim. In the last 5 I have concentrated more on my painting career & continued to build up my networks within Rotterdam city center, which has resulted in a big upturn in sales of my paintings, as well as press interest.
In 2007 I had an exposition in Off Corso nightclub in Rotterdam of which the main focus (a 2.5 x 5.5 painting of the pope giving away condoms with the message 'Forgive Me' made out of 1500 Cardinal Condoms drew a lot of press attention and the turn out was impressive.
Since then I have been trying to grow my recognition base & have been working on my contacts within many stores in the city centre. I now have my paintings been shown on over 12 stores throughout the city which has greatly helped the aim of recognition. I have in turn received many private projects such as working on several community projects including painting porter cabins for Stichting U-Behave & making 3d objects for the Gemeente Schiedam Oost for a children’s park project. Requests for my original work have been steady & constant also including a request from Edwin Evers (radio and tv personality) for a custom made T-shirt. I have also been approached by Southern Comfort to do a series of Live Paints in bars around the city which has lead to other Live Paint jobs including the promotion of theatre at the Schouwburg Rotterdam. I am also approached for murals & personal design in housing.
I have also been picked up by some galleries & had a number of works being displayed at different cities throughout the Netherlands.
In 2011 5 pieces of my art have been added to the international art collection of the World Art Games as wel as the Museum of Vukovar Croatia.
My main goal right now is to continue to build on my skills & be inspired by my every day surroundings to create new collections & paintings. I want to bring art & commercialism closer together by working with corporate companies & the every day consumer to bring the gap closer. I want to make art more accessible.
Here you will find a timeline of my most important activities of the last years
1995
-Graduated from Mavo
1997
- Graduated from Havo
2001
-Graduated from The art academy in Rotterdam.
-Exposition in Kunsthal Rotterdam of Exam work art academy
2002 till 2003
-first world trip through central and south America for one year.
-Several murals painted through out the trip in hostals and on streets for example in: Quito Ecuador, Quetzaltenango Guatemala, Lima Peru, Mazunte Mexico.
2004
-Series of 4 murals each over 3 x 25 meters in sports center Klaversteden In Schiedam.
2005
-Exposition of customized clothing in cooperation with Levis jeans in Off Corso Rotterdam.
2006
-Developed a style concept for club night in Club Vie, Rotterdam
2007
-Started my own company MeLikePainting
-Live paint series of over 20 paintings for Southern Comfort
-showing of customized clothing on fashion show “Wereld van de Witte de With”
-Live paint in NAI (dutch architecture institute) at Blockbeatz event Rotterdam
-Exposition at Mixt-Baby Rotterdam
-Exposition at zero-10 Rotterdam
2008
-Exposition in cooperation with Cardinal condoms, the condom pope made of 1500 single condom packs. This was well displayed on the radio and in most of Netherlands mayor newspapers, Off corso Rotterdam.
-Exposition at Eburon publishers in Delft
-Series of paintings made in cooperation with Andre den Hartog
-Painted 5 portercabins for the Rotterdam municipality with the Cariffiti project
-Worked on 3D project for the Municipality of Schiedam
2009
-Exposition at gallery Barbara Joy Smit Maassluis
-Exposition at Kip Gallery Rotterdam
-Exposition at Mixt baby Rotterdam
-Exposition at Haring design Rotterdam
-Joined up with Kunstis.com online art gallery
-Live painting on benefit for Sophia children’s hospital in Rotterdam
-Exposition in NH hotel in Amsterdam
-Series op paintings made (and still in progress till today) in cooperation with Robert Rost
-Start second world trip for one year, South Africa, New Zealand Australia and most of Asia and India. During this time I also did several murals but mainly focused on professional photography
2010
-Returned from world trip in September
-Exposition Hilton Hotel Amsterdam
-started working on project “Escape from Eden”
2011
-Exposition at “het Witte huis” Rotterdam
-Exposition at Elit in Rotterdam
-Exposition at Boerengat Rotterdam
-Exposition at Mixt baby Rotterdam
-Exposition at Bootleg Rotterdam
-Art donation to project “vredes tapijt” for Warchild
-Exposition at Coopvaert Rotterdam organized by Bikkel called “Kunst aan de kade”
-Participation in the World Art Games in Vukovar Croatia
-2 paintings that are now part of museum collection of Vukovar Croatia
-3 paintings that are now part of international art collection of World Art Games (these will be exposed worldwide)
-Opening of MeLikePainting Gallery/Studio on Weena zuid 152 Rotterdam city center. A place where we expose different artists too!
-Participated in satirical program “RamBam” on dutch national tv 3 Vara, with a painting made for Dirk Scheringa.
Realised project ‘Weena Zuid’s got balls” together with the Rotterdam municipality and Bikkel artist. 120 concrete balls are colored and brighten up the gallery street.
2012
2 month solo exposition at gallery “the Thought” in Amsterdam.
Permanent exposition in MeLikePainting gallery/Studiosince August 2011 till today