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Work on paper:Oilpaint & Acrylic on 300gr. (50% cotton) Fabriano paper.
Jan Telting
BIOGRAPHY
Born
1931 Curaçao, Dutch Antilles
Died
2003 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Education
Autodidact
„I am an artist and being black. I find it my duty, since I have a gift to create, to create with a purpose…“
Born on Curaçao (Dutch Antilles) of Surinamese parents, Quintus Jan Telting was introduced to the world of art at an early age by his father, Govert Jan Telting, who was one of the most prominent painters of Surinam.
Quintus Jan Telting worked all over the globe but mainly in Amsterdam, New York, Ibiza and Goa. He visited numerous art/music schools and therefore received many different cultural and social impressions. Consequently he aimed on evolving, redefining, improving and – above all – contributing ever more of his visionary art and strong messages.
Quintus Jan Telting became a great and formative master of contemporary art, and was as well a gifted musician, philosopher, a passionate free spirit, humanitarian and political activist.
It should take him almost four entire decades to complete his stylebending metamorphosis. His outstanding heritage was an essential contribution to overcoming racial, cultural and social barriers and made him a momentous visionary, pioneer and ambassador of our global society today.
History of decades
COLLECTIONS
Artworks by Quintus Jan Telting are represented in numerous corporate collections worldwide.
EXHIBITIONS
Selected exhibitions of Quintus Jan Telting:
1963 – Swanlake Gallery New York, USA
1964 – Gallery San Michael de Alende, Mexico
1965 – Gallery Mallen Nr Alslev, Denmark
1966 – North Gallery Barbizon Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA
1968 – Goteborg Bank Malmo, Sweden
1968 – Gallery Bendix Malmo, Sweden
1969 – Societeit „Het Park“ Paramaribo, Surinam
1969 – Gallery Hoffmann Munich, Germany
1969 – Gallery Artscope Kopenhagen, Denmark
1970 – Gallery Bendix Malmo, Sweden
1971 – Hilpert Theater Stadt Lünen, Germany
1972 – De Surinaamse Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1972 – Het Surinaams Museum Paramaribo, Surinam
1973 – Grafisches Kabinett Stadt Lünen, Germany
1973 – Vahrenwald Freizeitheim Hannover, Germany
1975 – lnstituut Voor de Tropen, Souterrain Theatre Amsterdam, Netherlands
1976 – Cultureel Centrum Curaçao, Nederland Antilles
1978 – Galeri Srefidensi Amsterdam, Netherlands
1979 – Boston Center for the Arts, USA
1980 – Boston Center for the Arts, USA
1988 – Auction by Sotheby’s Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016 – Bambuddha Grove, Ibiza, Spain
2017 – Centro Cultural de Jesus, Ibiza, Spain
2018 – Bambuddha Grove, Ibiza, Spain
2019 – Anomalie Art Club, Berlin, Germany
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
Kulturamt Hannover, Germany
Grafisches Kabinett Stadt Lünen, Germany
Surinaams Museum, Paramaribo, Surinam
Fort Selandia Museum, Paramaribo, Surinam
