Biography
Rob Birza (Geldrop, the Netherlands, 1962) lives and works in Amsterdam and Weesp.He studied at the St. Joost Academy in Breda and subsequently at De Ateliers 63 in Haarlem. Rob Birza works in painting, sculpture, ceramics and installations. He is also an active and enthusiastic botanist and teaches yoga.In 1998 Rob Birza won the prestigious Sandberg Prize (Oeuvre Award). His work has been shown extensively in numerous solo exhibitions at institutions such as Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), SMAK (Gent), Haags Gemeente Museum (Den Haag), De Vleeshal (Middelburg), De Pont Museum (Tilburg), and Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (Arnhem). He has had solo exhibitions at galleries such as Wim van Krimpen, Nouvelle Images, Giorgio Persano and in recent years at Willem Baars Projects in Amsterdam. His work has been included in numerous museums, corporate and private collections in the Netherlands and abroad. Rob Birza is now co-represented by Willem Baars Projects and Martin van Zomeren.
Selected group exhibitions
2016, Opwinding, Stedelijk Museum
2018, Vrijheid, De vijftig Nederlandse kernkunstwerken vanaf 1968, Museum de Fundatie
2022, First Choice 2022, Willem Baars Projects
Selected solo exhibitions
2025, Konfetti Parade, Capital C
2024, Construction. Destruction. Seduction: Fake Flowers 2, Martin van Zomeren
2019, Rob Birza, Willem Baars Projects
2016, From the blue play till shifting circles, Kunstruimtevan De Nederlandsche Bank
2005, Een reis door de collectie, Stedelijk Museum
1998, Cosy Monsters from Inner Space (the drawings), Museum de Pont
1994, REAL. My Fucking Kangaroo is damn right!, De Vleeshal
1988, First Blossom, Galerie van Krimpen