CURRICULUM VITAE
Raquel van Haver | 1989 | Bogota, Colombia
2008 - 2012 | HKU University of the Arts | Utrecht | @raquelvanhaver
Biography
Born in 1989 in Bogota, Colombia, Raquel van Haver now lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Van Haver graduated from the HKU University of the Arts in Utrecht, in 2012. More recently she has spent long periods abroad, gathering source material in both West Africa and South America but continues to return to her own diverse community in the South-East of Amsterdam.
Solo exhibitions include ‘Spirits of the Soil’ at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, November 2018 – April 2019. Van Haver’s work has also been exhibited at the Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands; Lagos photo festival, Nigeria and BOZAR Centre for Fine Art, Brussels, Belgium.
Winning the prestigious Dutch Royal Prize for Painting in 2018, Van Haver has gone on to win the Amsterdam award in 2019, both prestigious accomplishments in the Netherlands.
In 2020 she presented her new project ‘Amo a la Reina’ - a solo presentation within the group show ‘Say It Loud’ at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht. She also exhibited works from the series at Breda Photo in Breda and in Museo Bolivariano in Colombia. A documentary made by Bibi Fadlalla was broadcasted on Dutch television in 2020, called ‘The Women of My Country'.
‘Amo a la Reina’ is an extensive research into van Haver’s own heritage and the status of female social leaders in the Colombian regions, forming an in-depth investigation of womanhood more broadly. In her penchant for communication van Havers commented ‘connecting with people in daily life is really important. Something so small can move mountains.
Functions & positions
Cawa commission member
Founder of ACA foundation ( Amsterdam art castle)
Founder of 21e eeuwse groepsportretten foundation
Professor in fine arts |Gerrit Rietveld academy | Amsterdam | NL
Jury member Dutch national tv program - De nieuwe Rembrandt
Education
2008 – 2012
Hogeschool voor Kunsten, Utrecht, the Netherlands, BA Fine Arts
2006 – 2008
Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, BA Fine Arts
Represented by
2020- present: Kersgallery Amsterdam, NL
2020- Present: ARTCO, Berlin, GE/SA
2015-Present: Gallery Jack Bell, London, UK
2012-2017: WELIKEART, Haarlem, NL
Art collectives
2016 - Folktales and taboos, icw Admire Kamudzengerere
2015- DRAWMENEARER
2015- The State of L 3
Solo shows
2025
750 jaar Amsterdam | Amsterdam museum | Amsterdam | NL
2022
Textile museum | Tilburg | NL
2021
Kersgallery | Amsterdam | NL
ARTCO | Berlin | GE/SA
2020
Amo a la reina | Bonnenfanten museum | Maastricht NL
Amo a la reina prints | Museo Bolivariano | Santa Marta | Colombia
2019
Dilirium | Jack Bell Gallery | London
2018
Spirits of the Soil | Stedelijk Museum | Amsterdam
2017
De Scheffer | Dordrechts Museum | Dordrecht
Shrine of a deity | African Artists’ Foundation | Lagos
Definition of a system | Jack Bell Gallery | London
2016
Hookers in toilets // dancehall version explicit | Amsterdam
Doggiestyle | Jack Bell Gallery | London
2015
Metro 54 | Jack Bell Gallery | London
Ruwe Bolsters | Galerie 23/SBK | Amsterdam
Group shows
2021
Group show | Raquel van Haver, Felix de Rooij, Rabi Koria, Iris Kensmil | Kersgallery | NL
Voices of fashion | Centraal museum Utrecht | Utrecht | NL
Marc. Chagall and contemporary artists in between worlds | KRONA | Uden | NL
The roaring Twenties | Museum Kranenburgh | Bergen | NL
2020
NOW LOOK HERE | Amsterdam | NL
Unfair | Amsterdam | NL
Breda photo festival | Breda | NL
Prelude to the Biennia| Exhibition | Casa seat | Barcelona | SP
Amsterdam museum | Amsterdam | NL
Arti Amicitea | Menselijke portretten | Amsterdam | NL
2019
Oscam | Amsterdam | NL
Most Wanted | Museum volkenkunde | Leiden | NL
2018
Royal Award for Modern Painting | Koninklijk Paleis op de Dam | Amsterdam | NL
Wolvecampprijs | ROC van Twente | Hengelo | NL
Young Utrecht Delight | Galerie SANAA | Utrecht | NL
De Meest Eigentijdse Schilderijen Tentoonstelling | Dordrechts Museum | Dordrecht | NL
Folktales & Taboos | Galerie 23/SBK, CBK Zuidoost and Thami Mnyele | Amsterdam | NL
2017
Salon | Arti Amicitea | Amsterdam | NL
Latin American Cartographies | BOZAR | Brussels | BE
Closer to the Sun | Amsterdam | NL
House of Arts | Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland (KAF) | Almere | NL
Quest icw Ighsaan Adams | Park | Tilburg | NL
Tell no tales and taboos | icw Admire Kamudzengerere and Dzimbanethe project space | gallery 23 and SBK Amsterdam | NL
2016
Carnival around the World | Afrika Museum | Berg en Dal | NL
Royal Award for Modern Painting | Koninklijk Paleis op de Dam | Amsterdam| NL
Opium torenkamer festival | Amsterdam | NL
InchxInch | David Krut Projects | Johannesburg | SA
Tell no tales and taboos | icw Admire Kamudzengerere and Dzimbanethe project space | Galerie 23/SBK | Amsterdam | NL
Europese unie | library | royal club | Brussels | BE
PaperWorks | Draw Me Nearer | WM Gallery | Amsterdam | NL
2015
Size matters | WLA | Enschede | NL
DRAWMENEARER | Amsterdam | NL
Ancestral Blues, The State of L3, curators Vincent van Velsen and Shaheen Merali | Framer Framed | Amsterdam | NL
Sanquin | Amsterdam | NL
Mom | CBK-Zuid Oost | Amsterdam | NL
Scribble for Life | TAC | Eindhoven | NL
Fairs
2022
Capetown Artfair| ARTCO Gallery | SA
Art Rotterdam | Kersgallery | Rotterdam | NL
2021
Art zuid | NL
Positions | ARTCO Gallery| Berlin | GE
Paper positions | ARTCO Gallery| Berlin | GE
AKAA | ARTCO Gallery | Paris | FR
Arco Madrid | movart | SP
Basel Miami | Voice HQ | NFT | Miami | US
2020
Unfair | Amsterdam | NL
Art Rotterdam | Kersgallery | Rotterdam | NL
Prelude to the Biennia| Exhibition | Casa seat | Barcelona | SP
Breda photo | Breda | NL
Paper positions| ARTCO Gallery | Berlin | GE
IMMERSIVE MIAMI BEACH PART 2| Kersgallery | online
Scope | online
Unfair | Amsterdam | NL
2019
SCOPE MIAMI BEACH | Kersgallery | Miami | US
2018
Art Rotterdam | Prospects and Concepts | Mondriaan fonds | Rotterdam | NL
2016
Art Rotterdam | NL
THAT ART FAIR | Capetown | SA
2015
Amsterdam Drawing | Amsterdam | NL
2014
Amfad Artfair | Amsterdam | NL
Projects & Residencies
2025
750 jaar Amsterdam | Amsterdam museum | NL
SCCA and Red clay | Tamale | GH
Mama Florijn | wall painting Florijn Flat | Bijlmer | Nederland
2023
Opening ACA | Amsterdam zuidoost | NL
2022
Dig where you stand | Ibrahim Mahama, Renzo Martens, Azu Nwagbogu | AAF Lagos, white cube kinghasa, SSCA Tamale, ACA Amsterdam Zuid-Oost
Februaristaking | NL
Textiellab | Textiel Museum | Tilburg | NL
2021
Hotel de l’Europe | Amsterdam | NL
AAF | Lagos | NI
Stads archief | city painter of Amsterdam | NL
2019
Amo a la Reina | Ayara meets Raquel van Haver | CO
AIR IBB | workshops | CW
Flora | Bogota | CO
2018
Residency at Kibii Foundation | Moengo | SU
Book launch Spirits of the soil | National opera and ballet décor workshop | Amsterdam
Residency at Cbk Zuid Oost | Thami mnyele Foundation icw National Gallery of Zimbabwe | Amsterdam | NL
2017
Magazine Shrine of a deity | AAF | Lagos | NI
Residency African Artists’ Foundation | Lagos | NI
Residency at the national gallery | folktales taboos project | Harare | ZIM
African Art in Venice Forum | Hotel Monaco | Venice Biennale | IT
Participant of the culture summit 2017 | Abu Dhabi | UAE
Quest park duo show with Igshaan Adams SA | Tilburg | NL
2016
Residency at Folktales and Taboos icw National Gallery of Zimbabwe and Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions | Harare
Torenkamer NPO1 | Amsterdam
More than a muze | international woman's day | Mama Cash | Stedelijk Museum | Amsterdam | NL
Workshop David Krut Projects | Johannesburg | SA
2015
DRAWMENEARER | Museumnacht | Amsterdam | NL
Design | Gsus store | Westerstraat/ Magnaplaza | Amsterdam | NL
Publications
2021 | Raquel van Haver | Art catalogue about Amo a la Reina & more
2021 | New renaissance | Mendo & Avant Arte |
2020 | Movie uur van de wolf | Raquel van Haver
2020 | Amo a la reina | vinger.nl
2018 | Spirits of the soil | vinger.nl
2017 | A shrine of a deity | Raquel van Haver | African artist foundation
Nominations
2019
Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunst, stimulation prize
2018
Royal Award for Modern Painting
FD talenten 2018
Nomination wolvecamp prijs
2017
De Schefferprijs 2017
2016
30under30 Forbes listed | Most influential Young artist under 30
Nomination Royal award for painting, Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
2015
Long list nomination Prix the Rome
2013
Nomination Kunstliefde award
Nomination Royal award for painting, Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
2012
Nomination Royal award for painting, 2012
Nomination Buning Brongers award
Nomination Jan Zumbrink award
