Curriculum vitae
1953
Antoon Versteegde was born on May 15 in Volkel, a village in the southern Netherlands, as the third child in a family of six children. His parents had a textile shop, flanked by their families: a contractor and a bakery. From childhood he was used to deal with different materials and techniques. Elastics were widely used in the store of his parents. At age 5 grandpa gave him a simple fishing rod of bamboo. In retrospect, this is his first memory of dealings with a bamboo pole. Yet it took until 1983 before he discovered the combination of bamboo and elastic: the art of bamboostics. Since then his way of building lightweight structures finds many fans and followers around the world.
1978
Graduated from Royal Academy of Art ’s-Hertogenbosch,
specializing in ephemeral installations and interactions.
1982
Study-trip trough Southern Europe and Northern Africa.
1984
Staketsels ’84 part 1, NL-Centrum Amsterdam
Staketsels ’84 part 3, Oerol Festival Terschelling
Staketsels ’84 part 8, Willem II ’s-Hertogenbosch
1985
Wigwamsterdam, Vondelpark Amsterdam
Le Kiosque à Musique, Nieuw Herlaer St.Michielsgestel
De Zes Windstreken, Beelden in de Delftse Hout Delft
1986
Vechtvloot, Expo op de Vecht Hardenberg
Schansskulptuur, 13x Vorm Vlissingen
Droomkolk, Autour de Vincent Zundert
1987
La Fugue Toute Nue, Beeld-en-Route Diepenheim
Expo Hedendaagse Kunst, Gemeentehuis Uden
Vlaggeninstallatie, Grensland Zundert
1988
GeoGenese II, Vondelpark Amsterdam
Memoires de Mort, Stadsbeelden Emmen
Inventer 89, La Grande Halle - La Villette Paris (F)
1989
Cérémonie des Couleurs, la célébration du Bicentenaire
de la Révolution française, Bar-le-Duc, Ibos-Tarbes,
Bruay-la-Buissière, Pau, Chamalières (F)
1990
You can’t sit down..., Kunst en Zitwerk Slot Zeist
Floating Quartet, Gouverneurstuin Assen
Between Two Walls, KEG Beeldenroute Schijndel
1991
Bouwkunde Bibliotheek, TUe Eindhoven
Negatieve Navigatie, Floating Islands Leiden
Tweehuis, Beeldige Kleding Odapark Venray
1992
Biënnale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne (CH)
Monumentaal Tijdelijk Feesttuig, TUe Eindhoven
Gekooide Weemoed, Aa Kunst 92 Groningen
1993
Bomba Organica a Orologeria, Miniartextil Como (I)
Beek-Schip-Brug-Hof, BBKK Waterbiënnale Bathmen
Binnenstebuiten, Provinciehuis ’s-Hertogenbosch
1994
Gevleugelde Woorden in de Wind, OB Doetinchem
Mondriaanproject, Brabants Dagblad Uden
Beeldenstorm in Kloostertuin, Franciscanessen Veghel
1995
Le Mobile à Musique, Textiel Plus Utrecht
PentAne, Kunst in het Vechtdal Ane-Gramsbergen
Zonder illusies vaart niemand wel, Odapark Venray
1996
Ogen op Steeltjes, Galerie Ann’s Art Groningen
Big Big Bamboo, Wirework Sint Truiden (B)
Vuur onder de Wereld, Gallery Art Show Groningen
1997
Uden Titel Odder, Odder Museum Odder (DK)
Sporen in het Vechtdal, Nordhorn (D) - Dalfsen (NL)
WaterRingen, Waterpop Festival Wateringen
1998
Sarong Sculptuur, Buys Business Events Groningen
Quartimond, Artimond Kasteel Helmond
Poorten naar Mundial, Festival Mundial Tilburg
1999
Brandmeester Marinus van der Lubbe, CBK Leiden
Observatorium De Vijf Windstreken, Assen
Kathedraal Bouwen, Odapark Venray
2000
Afterwards..., European Parliament Brussels (B)
Raising the Bamboo Wheel, EBS Carwinnion (GB)
Bamboo Super Circle, EXPO 2000 Hannover (D)
2001
Rotterdamse Kunstdagen, Rotterdam
Zonnewendehappening TNO, Apeldoorn
Bamboeproject Informatiecentrum, Hoogvliet
2002
Emplacement Wildervank, Star&Arts Groningen
Stonehenge Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Concentric Circles, Summer Festival Beograd (SR)
2003
Kunstpassie 2000drie, Natuurtheater Best
Tempus Arti Summer, Schijndel
Installatie Horst d’Oeuvre, Horst
2004
BamBoekel, St. Agathaplein Boekel
TheHATERT, Colorfull City Nijmegen
Bamboo Expo in i + i Centre, Delft
2005
Afterwards, UN Headquarters New York (USA)
Pettelpoort, Vestingstad ’s-Hertogenbosch
Romeinse Wachttoren, Leidsche Rijn Utrecht
2006
Int. Symposium d’art contemporain Baie-Saint-Paul (Ca)
Kansen aan de Kust, Noordwijk
Kwartiermakersfestival, Waalwijk
2007
BambusBrückenBauproject, Mülheim an der Ruhr (D)
17° Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Tessile, Como (I)
Chassé Park Project, Breda
2008
12 Days in the Desert, Unesco Bad Urach (D)
Bamboo Pavilion Sonsbeek MMKA, Arnhem
1000 Flags, Life Dialogue, Wageningen
2009
Bamboo Gates to Circo Paradiso Heusden-Zolder (B)
Ubuntu Festival, Goes
Bamboo Skeleton Shelter, Lutteltuin Volkel
2010
Bamboo Gates to Circo Paradiso Heusden-Zolder (B)
Ubuntu Festival, Goes
Bamboo Skeleton Shelter, Lutteltuin Volkel
2011
Colosseum, Rotterdam
Nieuwe Wegen, Groningen
BABEL, London (UK)
2012
Libelle Zomerweek, Almere
Mysteryland Tower, Haarlemmermeer
Portland Screw, Memoproject Portland (UK)
2013
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