Ruud Matthes was born in 1948 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
While studying Social Pedagogy at the University of Amsterdam (1972-1979), he also pursued studies in printmaking at the Free Academy in the Hague (1975) at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg (1976) and at Atelier 17 of S.W. Hayter in Paris (1978).
In 1989 he moved to Thessalonica, Greece.
Since 2004 he has been engaged in several international artist-in-residence programs.
In 2015 he left Greece to settle in a village in the Rodopi area of Bulgaria.
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Artist in residence:
Seika University printmaking department, Kyoto, Japan, 2004
Paradise International Art Center, Poloor, Iran, 2005
Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan, 2006
ComPeung Village of Creativity, DoiSaket/Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2007
Bamboo Curtain Studio, Zhuwei, Taiwan, 2007
435 International Artist Village, Banciao, Taiwan, 2007
ComPeung Village of Creativity, DoiSaket/Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2008
ComPeung Village of Creativity, DoiSaket/Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2009
ComPeung Village of Creativity, DoiSaket/Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2010
Syngraph Graphic Arts Studio, Wuppertal, Germany, 2012
Tsarino, Bulgaria, 2013
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Personal exhibitions:
Gallery ZM, Thessalonica, 1991, 1996, 1999
Gallery Alli Poli, Thessalonica, 1995
The French Institute, Thessalonica, 1996
Gallery Num12, Wuppertal/Germany, 2005
Printmaking Center Helios, Neapoli, Greece, 2010
Syngraph Graphic Arts Studio, Wuppertal, Germany, 2012
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Gallery Guido de Spa, Amsterdam, 1983
Gallery Sotos, Thessalonica, 1990, 1993
Gallery Amalgama, Thessalonica, 1992, 1993
Gallery Apopsi, Athens, 1993
Gallery Lola Nikolaou, Thessalonica, 1994
‘Almond grove’ (landscape art exhibition), Nea Redestos, Thessalonica, 1994
‘Lime quarry’ (landscape art exhibition), Asvestohori, Thessalonica, 1995
‘Triangle’, St.-Etienne, Bologna, Thessalonica, 1996, 1997
‘The suit-case’, Thessalonica 1997
‘Life is elsewhere’ gallery FOKA, Thessalonica, 1997
‘Sleeping dogs’, Mobile gallery, Thessalonica, 1997
‘Cheap Art’, Athens, 1999, 2000
‘Engraving 1997-2000’, Arts Workshop Neapoli, Thessalonica, 2000
‘Atoma’, harbour, Thessalonica, 2001, Marseille, 2003.
‘Dutch Variations on Greece’, the Netherlands Institute, Athens, 2003
‘Artist's Diary: Arts Play in Summer’, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan, 2006
Gallery Artis Causa, Thessaloniki, 2010
8th International Biennial of Contemporary Prints, Liege, Belgium, 2011
‘Compeung Revisited 2007-2012‘, City Arts & Cultural Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2011
Open Portfolio presentation during IMPACT9 at China Academy of Arts, HangZhou, China, 2015
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