Rob Scholte

Rob Scholte (born June 1, 1958 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch contemporary artist. From 1977 to 1982 he studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. While at the Rietveld Art School, he formed the avan-garde punk band The Young Lions along with Ronald Heiloo and Tim Benjamin. He later will be part of another post-punk band from Amsterdam, the Suspect (5). After that, Rob will focus more on contemporary art. [u]His work has been shown in:[/u] Galerie Witteveen Amsterdam (2004, 2005, 2006), Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen (2005), Groninger Museum (2002); Fries Museum (2000), Paleis Huis ten Bosch, Nagasaki (1995), Sprengel Museum, Hannover (1994), Grey Art Gallery, New York (1993), Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo (1992), Kunsthaus Hamburg (1991), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1990), Venice Biennale (1990), Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (1989), Aperto, Venice (1988), Boijmans Van Beuningen (1988), Documenta, Kassel (1987), São Paulo Art Biennial (1985). In 1994 Scholte lost both his legs when a hand grenade exploded under his car.