Born in Gouda 1962

Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

Wilhelmusvlug, also known as Pim, studies audiovisual design, and forms together with Peter Hertogh the Art Brothers. Together they graduate with a mixture of performance, music, video-art, photography, and an installation in 1986.

Art Brothers - 1981-1992

In 1981 Rik van Bentum brings Wilhelmusvlug and Peter Hertogh together in a theatre play as the Art Brothers, a weird mixture of the Blues Brothers and Gilbert and George, inspired by their predecessors, and pushed by their mentor Jos Houweling, they soon embarked in a wide variety of music and art cross-over. Starting with copy-art and motion capture animation, they expanded their field of work with video-art, jewellery-design, performance, film, photography, music, and radio-shows. Always a bit out of tune with the rest of the world, it didn't take long before people started to notice this strange art duo. Even before they graduated they performed in the Melkweg in Amsterdam, Paradiso in Amsterdam, Municipal Theater Maastricht,Vredenburg Music Centre Utrecht, de Doelen Rotterdam, they appeared in several radio & Tv-shows and finally paid their respect to Gilbert and George with their own performance in the museum of modern art Boymans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. After their graduation they transformed the Vredenburg Music Centre for the fifth anniversary of the Dutch movie awards, pleased with the result they started making environments for festivals, stage-designs, big murals for bars and night-clubs and designed the Grand-Cafe Dantzig in the city-hall in Amsterdam. After working more than 10 years as an art-duo they found themselves a long way from their start as a performance duo, working very commercial by this time their reason for existing as an art-duo faded and they finally split up in 1992. (AB)

Start Stipendium - 1987 (AB)

Artventures - 1992 - 1998

After the split-up of the Art Brothers, Wilhelmus starts his own art and design studio Artventures and continued making murals, paintings, sculptures and starts designing bars and nightclubs (W)

Avontuur thema vormgevers - 1998 - 2004

In 1998 Wilhelmus signs a contract to design exclusively for Avontuur and realises for Avontuur big design commissions by Six Flags, Bacardi, Dommelsch, Coca-Cola, Phillips, McDonald’s, Schiphol airport, GoldenTulip Hotels, Compass group, Ministry of OC & W, Ministry of VROM. (R)

Wilhelmusvlug Art & Design-Studio - 2004

Longing for more artistic freedom and time for his art, Wilhelmus starts a new Art & Design-Studio. (W)

Art Bungalow

Exhibitions for experimental art & installations starting in 2006.

Computer animation - SZ Journaal, Ministerie van Sociale Zaken - 1986-1987 AB

Workshops stage-design - Mime-academy - Amsterdam 1989 AB

Theater/Performance/Music

Cultura Morte (by Rik van Bentum) - performance - Westmalle, Belgie 1981 AB
Zwei Hübsche Mädschen - music & performance Art Brothers -Paradiso, Amsterdam 1983 AB
Haar!!!- audiovisuel performances Art Brothers - Melkweg, Amsterdam 1983 AB
Night-show KRO-radio - interviews, tunes & sound-scapes - 1983 AB
Gala Juliana - hosting and organisation event - Paradiso, Amsterdam 1984 AB
Voodoo - music & performance - Rietveld academie, Amsterdam 1984 AB
Voor het zingen de kerk uit - voice Moniek Toebosch , piano Guus Jansen, performance Art Brothers - Stadsschouburg, Maastricht 1984
De zendelingen - Art Brothers with Marian Teunissen at the anti-pope event organised by Propria Cures and Ischa Meijer - Paradiso, Amsterdam 1985 AB
This is ‘TV-RADIO’!- multimedia format - Radio Stad Amsterdam 1985 AB
McDonalds scores!- music for the Prix Levi’s - Paradiso, Amsterdam 1985 (also used in the Indigo exhibition, Tropenmuseum) AB
The Royal Company - opening Pandora’s Music Box - Doelen, Rotterdam 1985 AB
Trojade - music & performance at: Hoezo Japan- direction, text & stagedesign Art Brothers, acting Luc Boyer with the Art Brothers -Frascatie, Amsterdam 1987 AB
Artificial Boredom- experimental musical for the University of Nijmegen - Doornroosje, Nijmegen 1988 AB
De Grote Tosti Tostelli Show - performance - Egelantiersgracht, Amsterdam 1997
HALT! Copy Control - performance with Lieve Prins, Copy-Art exhibition -Scription, Tilburg 1997 LP


Video/Film/Photography

Goud- video for Hans Appenzeller - Uitmarkt Amsterdam - 1983 AB
‘Zij die haar gekend hebben’ - meting queen Juliana, video-portrait of 5 artists - 1984 AB
Avontuuren eener Dienstmaegd - 16mm film - with Marian Teunissen 1985 AB
Lam de Wolf - video for Lam de Wolf and the Dutch Art Foundation - 1983 AB
Casta Diva - video for Lam de Wolf - 1985 AB
Salvis Titolis - video - 1987 AB
Aurelia Saxefoon Quartet- video used in choreography by AlbertJan vander Stel -1990 AB
Beyond 2000 - the making of Lieve Prins' copy-art - video - Discovery Channel 1995 W
Como dos trenes - choreography Gerard Mostert - video - 1995 W
A choreographers evening - choreography Tamara Rosso, Gerard Mosterd en John Wisman - Melkweg, Amsterdam - video Wilhelmusvlug 1996 W
Mental Mechanics - choreography Gerard Mosterd - video - 1997 LP
Fashion academy Montaigne- video editing - 1997 LP
4 photographic pieces, cybachromes plexified - McDonald's Nijmegen - 1989 R


Stage-designs & Festival environments

Gala Juliana - Paradiso, Amsterdam - 1984 AB
Trojade - model for video - 1986 AB
Hoezo Japan - Frascati, Amsterdam - 1987 AB
Artificial Boredom - Doornroosje, Nijmegen - 1988 AB
Lustrum ‘Uitreiking van het Gouden Kalf’ (the Dutch movie awards) - metamorphosing MC Vredenburg - original idea Gert-Jan Dröge and Rik van Bentum - 1989 AB
Nacht van de Poezie - MC Vredenburg, Utrecht - 1987-1993 AB
Bluesestafette - MC Vredenburg, Utrecht - 1987-1993 AB
Springblues - MC Vredenburg, Utrecht - 1989 AB
Fashionshow - Carré, Amsterdam -1990 AB
Fashionshow - Ahoy, Rotterdam - 1993 AB
Mental Mechanics - choreography Gerard Mosterd - Melkweg, Amsterdam; Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag; Antwerpen; Hannover 1996-1997 W
I really love you - workshop Nationaal Ballet, choreography Gerard Mosterd - Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten 1998 W
Camp-o-Lala - ‘theater-soap’ director Julien Antonetti - Gay Games 1998 R
Please let me see your face - choreography Gerard Mosterd - 2003 W
Jam Karet - choreography Gerard Mosterd - 2004 W
Stretching time - dansvoorstelling van Gerard Mosterd - 2004 W
Kamu/jij – dansvoorstelling van Gerard Mosterd – 2005 W
Carl Cox – ontwerp podium in Ahoy – 2005 W
Dance Valley – ontwerp podia en interieurs festivaltenten – 2005 W


Designs

Nightclub le Garage- interior design - Eindhoven 1991 AB
Café-restaurant Dantzig- interior design - Stopera, Amsterdam 1991 AB
Discotheque Storm - interior design -Amsterdam 1992 AB
V/d Kroft c.s. advocates- design waiting room -Amsterdam 1992 AB
Café Central- interior design -Amsterdam 1993 W
Discotheek Rhythm club- interior design -Amsterdam 1994 W
Club Virgo- interior design -Amsterdam 1995 W
Station One- design lamps -Groningen 1995 W
Bell’s Club- design entrance -Amstelveen 1995 W
McDonald’s - design mcdrive - Wateringen 1997 R
McDonald’s - restyling restaurant - Amsterdam 1998 R
Tuincentrum - design tree house - 1998 R
McDonald’s - design restaurant - Sneek 1999 R
McDonald’s - design restaurant - Utrecht Overvecht 1999 R
McDonald’s - design restaurant - Utrecht laVie 1999 R
McDonald’s - design restaurant - Enkhuizen - 1999 R
Six Flags - design restaurants - 2000 R
Sonotech - design company-restaurant - 2000 R
Yanks - design restaurant - Nibbixwoud 2000 R
Golden Tulip - design bar-lounge - Schoorl 2001 R
Ministry of OC & W - restyling bar company-restaurant - Zoetermeer 2002 R
Intratuin - design playground with treehouse - 2002 R
City-Hall Hoorn - design company-restaurant - Hoorn 2002 R
Bellini's - design italian restaurant - Harderwijk 2002 R
Fruity Meloety - design outlet - Six Flags 2002 R
Schiphol - design Aziatisch wokbuffet - 2002 R
Coca Cola - design - Six Flags 2003 R
Dommelsch - design bar - Six Flags 2003 R
Coca Cola - design tables – Coca-Cola / cafe Vertigo, Amsterdam 2004 R
Wartsila - design company-restaurant - Zwolle 2004 R
Ministry of VROM - design temporary cafe - Den Haag 2004 R
Mazda – ontwerp signing – 2004 R
Ministry of Defence – design & concept development company-restaurant - 2005 HTC


Advertising

Heineken - mural Hartgers’ café - Amsterdam 1994 W
Heineken - mural café Sport - Den Haag 1994 W
Heineken - billboard - Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam 1995 W
Bosch - backdrop - Tv-commercial 1995 W
Dockers & co - billboard - Leidsestraat, Amsterdam 1995 W
Festini - backdrop - tv-commercial -1996 W
Melkunie - visual commercial ‘koe in mand' with Peer Mascini- 1996 W
Bisonkit - visual commercial ‘badkamer in wei’ - 1996 W
Zuinig met energie - visual commercial ‘keuken' with Loes Lucca - 1996 W
Zuinig met energie - visual commercial ‘bouwvallige villa’ met Loes Lucca - 1996 W
Bacardi - mural cafe' Cuba- Amsterdam - 1999 R
Schiphol - christmas poster - 2003 R


Murals and paintings in commission

HAVANA - murals - Amsterdam 1989 AB
Ritz-café - murals - Amsterdam 1989-1990 AB
iT-discotheque - murals - Amsterdam 1989 AB
Mondo-shoes - trompe-l’oeil - Laren 1990 AB
Le Grand Café - murals - Hengelo 1990 AB
La Rocka - murals - Amsterdam 1990-1995 W
Dantzig - mural & ceiling -Amsterdam 1991 W
Palace - murals -Amsterdam 1991-1992 W
Nolte Expertise - trompe-l’oeil & paintings - Gouda 1991-1992 W
Station One - murals & trompe-l’oeil - Groningen 1995 W
Discotheek Angels - murals - Amsterdam 1995 W
Big Brother - murals - Delftzijl 1995 W
Raï café Sultan - murals - Amsterdam 1995 W
Restaurant up to Hollywood - floor & murals -Den Haag 1997 W
Avontuur & partners - murals - Wijdenes 1997 W
Oude Rijkswerf - mural -Den Helder 1997 W
Hans & Anneke Nolte - ceiling & trompe-l’oeil - Amsterdam 1998 W
Andries Borgeld & Bill Clinton - portrait - 1998 R
Paul van Vilsteren - portrait - 2000 W
The secret garden - portrait of Wanda Michailec - 2003 W


Sculptures

Fountain with angels - Dutch movie awards - MC Vredenburg , Utrecht 1986 AB
Albert Heijn- 8 sculptures of collored concrete (a series of 5), modelling and molding - design by Peter Hertogh - Haarlem, Purmerend, Heerhugowaard, Nijmegen, Leeuwarden 1996-1997 OAH
Show Bizz City- 30 torsos of dutch artists; André Hases, André van Duin, Ron Brandsteder, Danny de Munck en Katja Schuurman a.o. - Aalsmeer 1997
The Human Tadpole - polystyreen - 1997 W
Sculptural performance - Passengers Terminal Amsterdam - 2003 R
Manos Blancas – installation – Cambio Constante – Zaragoza, Spanje 2004 LP
Schiphol airport – 7 reindeer – 2004 W


Purchased by museums

Trojade- photographic environment - kunstuitleen, Amsterdam 1986 AB
Waterval- a photographic project with Lieve Prins, Toto Frima, Marlo Broekmans, Jürgen Olbrich, Dirk Braakman, Diana Blok en Jaschi Klein - Stedelijk Museum, Sittard 1989


Exhibitions

Art Book - Amsterdam 1982 AB
100 jaar fotografie - atelier Lieve Prins - Amsterdam 1989 LP
Open Ateliers Jordaan - Amsterdam 2000 W
Open Ateliers Jordaan - Amsterdam 2002 W
Egocentrika - WM galery - Amstedam 2003 W
Juliana - Donkersloot galery- Amsterdam 2004 W
Manos Blancas - Cambio Constante V - Zaragoza, Spanje 2004 LP
Open Ateliers Jordaan - Amsterdam 2004 W


Interviews Radio Stad Amsterdam - interview by Margreet Dolman - 1984 AB
Radio 5 - interview by Moniek Toebosch - Bitte mein schrei 1984 AB
VPRO Tv - interview - Jonge Helden 1986 AB
Parool - interview by Ivo Weijel AB


Articles

De Volkskrant, Het Parool, VPRO-gids, Esquire, Eigen Huis en Interieur, Viva, HP, De Tijd, Caos (Brazilië), de Jordaan krant Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Amersfoortse Courant, Leeuwarder Courant, Veronica gids

W - Wilhelmusvlug
AB - Art Brothers Productions
R – for Avontuur Thema-Vormgevers
LP – co production with Lieve Prins
OAH– for ontwerp Atelier Hertogh
HTC – for Horeca Catering Adviescentrum HTC