THE BIOGRAPHY
WILLEM VOS.
Willem Vos (1972) is a Dutch painter based in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands. Largely self-taught, he became a full-time painter in 2021 after working for many years in business.
Vos creates large, expressive paintings in which figuration and abstraction meet. Faces, birds and human figures emerge from layered surfaces built with oil paint, pigment, charcoal and chalk. His process is physical and intuitive, using brushes, palette knives, his hands and occasionally a saw.
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Since 2023, his work has been shown across Europe and China, including the Hong Art Museum in Chongqing, the Archive Art Museum in Beijing, Kunsthaus Weiz in Austria and the Museums of the Palace and Residence Town of Greiz in Germany.
In 2026, Vos presented the five-month solo exhibition Passie for Art & Design at Wiechers Wonen in Dwingeloo. In 2025, he received the audience award at ArtNomadique in Schoten, Belgium. His work has been featured in Forbes France and is held in private collections in the Netherlands and abroad.
He lives and works in Dwingeloo, Drenthe.
