2020
Autumn:
Sales and funny illustrations commission
08 11 2020 Cinema premiere of Strehmann-Heerdink film: Harald K. Schulze – Künstler in DDR
2020 07 10:
The new Maurice Heerdink gallery
spring:
2020 02 20 – Start of a new chapter.
2019
May:
Start of http://strehmann-heerdink.com/en/ video productions
March:
New Maurice Heerdink website by Strehmann-Heerdink
March 16th:
Radio guest in “Uit De Kast,” talks about his career and work with Strehmann. Listen here. (in Dutch)
2018
Sept 7th – Dec 2nd:
Exhibition “De Gouden Eeuw van de Vliet” (Museum Swaensteyn Voorburg)
July 6th – Aug 19th:
Group exhibition “Art With Pride” (Zandvoort’s Museum)
June 27th:
Pink Terrorists Radio interview about “Art With Pride” expo & Ronny Strehmann – listen here (in Dutch)
June:
Start of the creative cooperation with Berlin musician & filmer Ronny Strehmann
Spring:
Travel to Mexico
2017
August / November:
Lecture in “Sociëteit De Witte” / Jury member in “Sociëteit De Witte”
Several work publications,
Film commissions: Theatre and music promos
Spring:
Travel to Malta – checking out the largest Caravaggio painting
2016
Contribution to the Mathilde Willink book by Lisette de Zoete
September 2016 – January 2017:
Maurice Heerdink show in Museum Soest (more on the video page)
New projects & new techniques
Spring:
Travel to Andalusia
2015
Autumn:
Travel to Barcelona
(click to listen, in Dutch)
Spring:
Travel to BRNO and Auschwitz
2014
Great international book reviews
Publication of the book THE ART OF MAURICE HEERDINK
Autumn:
Travel to Papua New Guinea and the Gororka Sing Sing Dance Festival
Workshops and some new projects
Travel to Berlin
Spring:
Travel to Turkey
2013
Autumn:
Travel to Peru
Just funny:
When my friend Peter Devers tried to get Liza Minnelli to sign a photo of a very old portrait I made of her she signed a studio photo of herself and confiscated my portrait for her scrapbook! Doesn’t the woman have taste.
Spring:
Travel to Switzerland
2012
A personal year.
2011
Travel to Egypt
2010
Since June 2010 I am no longer a resident of The Hague but live very close by. All in all, after 34 years, it was a intense happening, but pleasing.
Childrens book week
2009
Travel to Istanbul and to Mexico-Belize-Guatemala
2008
A very busy year personally with funny commissions, new works and Asia travel.
2007
Some very interesting sales to the States, several commissions and workshops.
2006
Aug 12th – Sept 17th:
Second exhibition Westfries Museum in Hoorn
IN HET LICHT VAN DE SCHIJNWERPER (In The Spotlight)
Opening: Sasha Bulthuis – Guest of honor: Ellen Vogel
June:
Lecture on “Why are there no drawings by Carravaggio, Vermeer and Van Hals?”
January – February:
Several workshops
2005
Sept 3rd – Oct 16th:
First exhibition at Westfries Museum in Hoorn, FOREIGN CULTURES AND VOC
Painting more THEATER CELEBRITIES:
Johnny Kraaijkamp sr, Willem Nijholt, Aus Greidanus jr
April:
Checking out a real master: Caravaggio at the National Gallery in London.
2004
Started the series DUTCH THEATER CELEBRITIES portraying Ellen Vogel and Jenny Arean.
Opening exhibition of the Sandberg Gallery (quite an experience)
2003
Lectures on painting and drawing
2002
Several of my works were shown in MATHILDE WILLINK SUPERPOES. A documentary by Jasmina Fekovic and Eddie van der Velden (shown at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam and on television: Uur van de Wolf)
French book cover
2001
Working on The Falconer (New York commission) and Prometheus
2000
Collaboration talks with filmdirector / -critic of Vrij Nederland Ab van Ieperen about his upcoming movie drama (project cancelled)
1999
Groupexhibition: The Jesus Mystery – Travel to Curaçao
1998
TV-documentary: The Playful Eroticism of Maurice Heerdink
Exhibition in Amsterdam during Gay Games
1996–1997
Mathilde Willink presentation in Studio Ans Markus
f.l.t.r: Painter Adrian Stahlecker, Pistolen Paultje, Painter Astrid Engels, Chanteuse Marjol Flore, Theo Sijthoff, Painter Ans Markus and Maurice Heerdink round his painting “Mathilde” in Studio Ans Markus. Amsterdam 14-6-1997 (photo: uitgeverij De Vleermuis)
1996
First business-commission: Portrait of 27 board members
1995
1994
1993
Short film: 25 Years Houses – a comedy
1992
Role as a gangsterboss in the short movie “Dick Bos komt los”
1990–1997
Illustrating over 80 books and 15 magazines
1989
1987
Two month journey through Central America
1986
1985
Travels to Canada and Paris
1984–1986
Performances with Bertold Brecht songs
1978–1989
Five short movies (with Ed van der Kooy):
a) Love Story, comedy
b) Angst, psychological drama
c) Tryptich, three horrorstories
c) Lost in Horrorland, four horrorstories
d) Garbage, horror
1981
1977
Art Academy filmproject: Terschelling
1976
1973
First newspaper publication
1955
Born August the 12th in the Netherlands