Curriculum Vitae

Tom Thijsse , Amsterdam 1945
Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam 1967

1975 - 2010 professor printmaking Gerrit Rietveld Academy , Amsterdam
1993 - 2008 professor printmaking Royal Academy of Fine Arts , The Hague

Exhibitions :
Bienal Dutch Grafic Art Grafiek Nu 1984, 1986 , 1988 , 1990 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002
Int. Grafic Art Bienal , Taipeh - Taiwan 1986
Traveling Dutch Grafic Art Exhibition , Singapore - India , Maleisia 1996
Galery Jas , Utrecht 1989 , 1992
Galery Clement , Amsterdam 1990
Galery Speyer & Vogtschmidt , Amsterdam 1993 , 1995 , 1998
Galery Helga Hofman , Alphen a.d. Rijn 1993 , 1995 , 2000 , 2008
Galery Petit , Amsterdam 2000, 2005, 2010 , 2012
Azabu Kasomicho Gallery , Tokyo - Japan 1997 , 1999 , 2001
W-Fine Art Gallery , Osaka - Japan 1999 , 2001
S.B.K. Oosterhout 2003
Galery Het Kunstmagazijn , Dordrecht 2003
International woodblock exhibition Musashino Art University , Tokyo 2004 , Japan
Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama Japan 2005
Galerie Rehorst , Den Haag 2005 , 2008 , 2011
Klein Grafiek Nu , Paterswolde 2006
Galerie Petit ‘De Bloei van de Houtsnede’, Amsterdam 2007
6th Triennial Miniprint Finland , Lahti 2007
Chairman of the jury 7th Triennial Miniprint Finland , Lahti 2010
Uusi Kipina Gallery , Lahti , Finland 2010
Faszination Japan , Kulturmodell , Passau Germany 2008
Lezingencyclus annex tentoonstelling ‘De Kracht van Grafiek ‘, Muiden 2008
In Japan, Mokuhanga exhibition, Edinburgh, U.K. 2011
Mi-Lab Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2011 - 2013
Gallery The Edge, Naharya, Israel 2012
Mini print International Cadaques, Spain 2013
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokoshima, Japan 2013
Miniprint Finland, Finland 2014
Galerie Rehorst, Den Haag, 2014

Invitations
Invited participant Nagasawa artist in residence traditional Japanese woodblockprinting workshop , Awaji , Japan , sept. – nov. 1999

Awards
Nominated Prize Award Dutch Bienal Grafic Art , Maastricht 1993
First Prize Art Award Bijbels Museum , Amsterdam 1992
Grand Prix- prize 6th Triennial Miniprint Finland , Lahti 2007
Honour Award Awagami International Miniture Print Exhibition, Japan

Collections
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Museum Meermanno, Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek,Den Haag, ING bank, ABN-AMRO bank, KPN.