Steven Aalders, born in Middelburg in 1959, is known for his precisely painted constructivist oil paintings, in which he engages with and develops the modernist concept of Piet Mondrian, De Stijl and American Minimal Art.

He studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, at Croydon College of Art in London and at Ateliers 63 in Haarlem. After winning the Royal Award in Painting in 1986, he spent a year in Barcelona.

Aalders’ work has been included in private and public collections internationally, including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Kröller-Müller Museum, the AkzoNobel Art Foundation and the Museum Kurhaus Kleve.
From 2021 to 2022, his exhibition “Seasons” was on display at the Kröller-Müller Museum, accompanied by a catalog that gives an overview of ten years of his work.

Steven Aalders lives and works in Amsterdam and is represented by Slewe Gallery in Amsterdam and Walter Storms Galerie in Munich.

education

1990-91
Artist in Residence, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
1986-87
Atelier 63, Haarlem
1980-85
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

selected solo exhibitions

2024
True Colors, Kunstmuseum, The Hague
Mirror, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2022
Elements, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2021
Shadow, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
Seasons, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
2020
View, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
2017
In Search of Red, Yellow and Blue, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
Steven Aalders, Eyes Only Gallery, Munich
2012
Spectrum, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2010
Cardinal Points, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
Place, Museum Kurhaus, Kleve
2002
Vertical Thoughts, S. M.A.K., Ghent

selected group exhibitions

2024
Every Act of Struggle, De Appel, Amsterdam
We Can Talk About Something Else, De Appel, Amsterdam
2023
Juxtaposed, On The Inside, Amsterdam
No Distinction, Rocket Gallery, London
2022
Intercity Prints, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
2017
Group exhibition, VSU, Saarbrücken
2014
20 Years Slewe, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2010
Ewald Mataré and the Collection, Museum Kurhaus, Kleve