About

Robbin Veldman (1989) is a Dutch figurative painter whose work is grounded in an intimate, narrative visual language. Working primarily in oil paint, he explores themes of desire, vulnerability, and identity. Through realism, restrained symbolism, and carefully built emotional tension, his paintings function as sites of reflection, self-examination, and articulation.

Veldman’s current practice unfolds through Autonomous series developed over extended periods of time. In The Pretending, he reflects on questions of authenticity in an increasingly artificial and mediated world. The series addresses self-presentation and projection, focusing on the fragile boundary between inner experience and outward appearance.

Manicis represents a distinctly personal chapter within his oeuvre. Comprising a sequence of intimate oil paintings, the series develops a quiet, narrative structure shaped by desire, silence, and identity. Moving between freedom and limitation, light and darkness, beauty and pain, the works articulate unspoken longing and emotional vulnerability.

Veldman gained national attention in 2024 through the portrait of Jim Bakkum in Sterren op het Doek. Earlier in his career, he produced portrait work both on commission and on his own initiative. This sustained engagement with the human figure laid the foundation for his technical precision and sensitivity to psychological presence. A selection of this earlier work can be found in the Archive.

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Television Appearance
CultuurCafé Overijssel | 27-11-25, at 05:20 PM, RTV Oost.
Sterren op het Doek - Jim Bakkum | 28-02-24, at 8:40 PM, NPO2.
Galleries
Erik Neimeijer Gallery
Exhibitions
Manicis - captivate in oil paint | Erik Neimeijer Gallery, 2025.
The Pretending | Erik Neimeijer Gallery, 2024.
Eigen Oogst, 2019.
Level Down | Dutch Design Week, 2017.
Level Down | Gogbot Festival Enschede, 2017.
Level Down | ArtEZ Finals Expo, 2017.
Eigen Oogst Uitgelicht, 2017.
Trots | Eigen Oogst, 2016.
Bonen du Maggot | VondelCS - Het Stilleven, 2014.
Eigen Oogst Uitgelicht, 2014.
Eigen Oogst, 2014.
Eigen Oogst, 2012.
Eigen Oogst Uitgelicht, 2012.
Eigen Oogst, 2011.
Eigen Oogst, 2010.
Eigen Oogst, 2009.
Heutink Winter Fair, 2008.
Eigen Oogst, 2008.
Eigen Oogst, 2007.
Awards & Nominations
Dutch Design Week - Manifestations | Level Down, 2017 – Nominated.
Blink Youngblood Award | Level Down, 2017 – Nominated.
ArtEZ Theorieprijs | Scriptie Zucht, 2017 – Nominated.
Eigen Oogst Uitgelicht, 2017 – Public vote.
Avrotros: Het Stilleven | Bonen du Maggot, 2014 – Nominated.
Eigen Oogst Uitgelicht, 2014 – Public vote.
Cibap Student Topper Award, 2012 – Won.
Eigen Oogst Uitgelicht, 2012 – Public vote.
Cibap Student, 2008 – Nominated.
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