Peter Klashorst exhibited from the early 1980s until the last years of his life, in museums, galleries, artist-run spaces, clubs and even a former prison. This overview collects the exhibitions, publications and press we have been able to document. It is a work in progress: if you have a catalogue, poster or article, please let us know.
Selected exhibitions
- Early 1980s – first exhibitions in the Netherlands while still at the Rietveld Academy; Buning Brongers Prize (1982) and Royal Subsidy for Free Painting (1983).
- 1980s – exhibitions in New York, among others together with Jeff Koons.
- 1989 – exhibitions of Bart Domburg, Jurriaan van Hall and Peter Klashorst at the Amsterdam galleries Jurka, Hans Gieles and Torch (catalogue After Nature).
- Amsterdam – Klashorst ran his own gallery, Cash & Carry, in the Tabakspanden on the Spuistraat.
- 2011 – around fifty portraits at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21), Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in honour of the victims of the Khmer Rouge.
- 2016 – solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Ludwig, Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany (16–30 September).
- 2016 – Van Gogh in the Gambia with Klashorst, Alliance Française, Banjul, the Gambia, with Ngala Lodge (November).
- Untergang der Niederlande and Verboden op Facebook! – Studio George Heidweiller, Ruysdaelstraat 34, Amsterdam (Saturday 29 October).
- Klashorst – Part2Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (opening 27 April).
- Nachtbrötchen artist Peter Klashorst – NDSM Loods, Amsterdam (1–3 July).
- Once upon a time – closing party, Vrij Paleis, Paleisstraat 107, Amsterdam (29 August).
Press
- “Ein provokanter Künstler”, Frankfurt, 27 September 2016 – on the exhibition at Kunsthalle Ludwig in Höchst.
- “The Walking Dead”, International Herald Tribune / The New York Times, 23 April 2011 – on the S-21 portraits.
- “Van Gogh holds premier exhibition in Gambia”, The Point (the Gambia), November 2016.
- Menno Voskuil, “Kunstkannibaal Klashorst”, Accolade, December 2022.
- “Na dertig jaar spettert legendarisch kunstenaarscollectief After Nature even als vanouds”, NH Nieuws, 28 June 2023.
- “Kunstenaar Peter Klashorst (67) overleden”, NOS, 12 September 2024.
Books and publications
- Schilderen met acryl (Utrecht, 1997).
- Robert Vuijsje, King Klashorst (Amsterdam), biography.
- Castles in the Air (Bangkok, 2010).
- Kunstkannibaal (Prometheus, 2011), novel.
- Painters Tales (2016), illustrated stories in comic-book style.
- Dirty Diaries (2020), privately published art book with stories in English.
- Michael Klinkhamer, Peter Klashorst – Portraits of Ghosts, S-21 Phnom Penh-Cambodia (2022, revised 2023), photo essay on the S-21 exhibition.
- Comics in De Topeloeng (1976) and Speedo (late 1970s); see the Lambiek Comiclopedia.