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1964–1966
School of Graphic Arts, Utrecht

1967–1971
Vrije Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, The Hague
teachers: Nol Kroes, painter, George Lampe en Livinus van der Bund

1972–1974
Theatre Studies, University of Amsterdam

1976–1977
Directing internships at Theatre Company De Appel (Oresteia) and the Netherlands Opera Foundation (Transformations)

1978–1990
Book Cover Design for publishing houses Meulenhoff,
De Arbeiderspers and De Knipscheer

1980
Wie De Korte Prins, Amsterdam — Group Exhibition

1982
Als de reiziger luistert, Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague — Solo Exhibition

1983
Aimez vous Brahms — Set Design / Scenography, Nan Romijn Dance Theatre

1984
Haagse Salon, Pulchri Studio, The Hague — Group Exhibition

Wandering along the gold coast, Haagse Kunstkring,
The Hague — Solo Exhibition

Hotel Rauch — Set Design / Scenography, Nan Romijn Dance Theatre

1985
Haagse Salon, Pulchri Studio, The Hague — Group Exhibition

Shorts, Galerie Sponz, Amsterdam — Group Exhibition

Peinture decoupé, Galerie de Greef, Wassenaar — Solo Exhibition

The closed room (De Gesloten Kamer) — Set Design / Scenography, Nan Romijn Dance Theatre

Ulrike — Set Design / Scenography, directed by Jetty van de Meer, Het Werktheater

Cat House & Piano — Set Design / Scenography, Nan Romijn Dance Theatre

Sequenza — Set Design / Scenography, choreography by Susanne Feiertag

1986
The coronation of Poppea — Set Design / Scenography, directed by Jan Ritsema, Het Werktheater

Not A Blue Dance — Set Design / Scenography, choreography by Susanne Feiertag

Goodmorning Midnight— Set Design / Scenography/ Direction, Nan Romijn Dance Theatre — dance theatre performance inspired by Jean Rhys’s novel of the same title. Choreography and direction by Nan Romijn.

1987
A cloud in your head, Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague — Solo Exhibition

Naakt met Viool/Dark Spring — Set Design / Scenography / Direction, Nan Romijn Dance Theatre — dance theatre performance inspired by La Douleur by Marguerite Duras and Gluck’s opera Orpheus and Eurydice. Choreography/direction by Nan Romijn.

1988
Bloesem en bloed— Set Design / Scenography, Nan Romijn Dance Theatre — choreography by Marcelo Evelin and Nan Romijn

1989
Winterse Reizen — Set Design / Scenography, by F. Demarcie, directed by Joanna Bilska

1990
Television Directing Course organised by the Dutch Fund for Cultural Broadcasting Productions. Teachers: Frans Zwartjes, Jan Keja and Franz Weisz

Dialogues in Chacon — Set Design / Scenography, Fractured Fables, choreography by Wendy Butterworth

Slips and Streams — Set Design / Scenography, De Nieuwe Dansgroep, choreography by Jacqueline Knoops

Poème de Lucia — Set Design / Scenography, Nan Romijn Dance Theatre- based on Rockeby by Samuel Beckett

Aurelia — screenplay and direction of a short film featuring Pim Lambeau and Nan Romijn

1991
Crime and punishment — Set Design / Scenography, directed by Joanna Bilska, Haarlems Toneel – theatre adaptation from book by Dostoyevsky

So much water, so close home — Set Design / Scenography, by Richard Carver, directed by Els van der Jagt

1992
Haagse Salon, Pulchri Studio, The Hague — Group Exhibition

Democratie! — Set Design / Scenography, by Joseph Brodsky, directed by Paul Cammermans

Conversations after a funeral — Set Design / Scenography, by Yasmina Reza, directed by Wim van Rooij

La fronde à hommes — television adaptation of Dirk van Dyck’s solo performance based on texts by the French painter and writer Henri Michaux. Commissioned by the Art Channel (Het Kunstkanaal) 70 min.

Krisztina de Châtel — television interview with choreographer Krisztina de Châtel. Commissioned by The Art Channel (Het Kunstkanaal). 25 min.

1993
The misunderstanding — Set Design / Scenography, by Albert Camus, directed by Joanna Bilska

A man alone is in bad company ( Een man alleen is in slecht gezelschap) — screenplay and direction. Television adaptation of the theatre production of the same title by the Belgian theatre company of Van Dyck, Turbiasz & Dehollander. Camera: Erik van Empel. Sound: Alex Booy. Editing and post-production: Lucas van Royen. Co-production by NOS and Het Kunstkanaal with support from the Dutch Fund for Cultural Broadcasting Productions. 46 min.

1994
Equus — Set Design / Scenography, by Peter Shaffer, directed by Margrith Vrenegoor, Theatercompany De Branding

1994–1995
Naast — screenplay and direction. Television adaptation of Ingrid Kuijpers and Monique Kuijpers’ theatre production of the same title. Music: Peter Smidt. Camera: Richard van Oosterhout. Sound: Alex Booy. Editing: Ot Louw. Co-production by NPS and Het Kunstkanaal with support from the Dutch Fund for Cultural Broadcasting Productions. 45 min.

1996
Only the traveler listens and listens… (Alleen de Reiziger luistert en luistert…) — Set Design / Scenography, choreography by Nan Romijn

1996–1998
Sieme en Homme — television screenplay inspired by Bouke Oldenhof’s theatre trilogy De Rijpen. Supported by the Home Copy Fund.

1997
Haagse Salon, Pulchri Studio, The Hague — Group Exhibition

Het Nut van de Oneindigheid — compilation and direction of the science programme Kwintessens for Teleac. 28 min.

1998
3 Skilders — television film about the Frisian painters Jan Roos, Rienold Postma and Jentsje Popma. Supported by the Home Copy Fund. 27 min.

2000
BLACK (Zwart) — film essay on the colour black in visual art. Featuring Ger van Elk, Rudy Fuchs, Merina Beekman, Henk van Os and Peter Struycken. Camera: Lucas van Royen. Produced by Studio Blauw Oog. Supported by the Home Copy Fund.

2002
Rockeby — dance video by Nan Romijn and Robert Broekhuis, performed by Nan Romijn and Susan Gilson. Choreography: Nan Romijn. Music: Johann Sebastian Bach and Tom Waits. Texts: Samuel Beckett and Peter Handke. Camera: Cees Colson. Sound: Steven van Dijk. Editing: Robert Broekhuis. Produced by Studio Blauw Oog with support from the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts and the Home Copy Fund. 14 min.

2007–2016
De Nieuwe — Independent Art Magazine of Arti et Amicitiae
Editor-in-Chief / Editor

2017
Salon, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (December) — Group Exhibition

2018
Update, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam — Group Exhibition

Salon, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (December) — Group Exhibition

2019
Black Box/Green Grass, Suzanne Biederberg Gallery (April–May), with Maurice van Tellingen — Duo Exhibition

2026
Movements, WG KUNST — Solo Exhibition

Robert Broekhuis, Art Space Arti et Amicitiae — Solo Exhibition

Publications

1984–2016
Articles on scenography and dance for the dance magazine Notes, and on visual art for the design magazine Bijvoorbeeld, the art magazine De Nieuwe, and the literary journal Maatstaf. Published articles on, among others, Maguy Marin, Franz Erhard Walther, R.B. Kitaj, Ger van Elk, Guido van der Werve, Haye Smith, Richard Long, ReinJelle Terpstra, Titian and Michelangelo.

Exhibition and Book presentation of the monograph
ROBERT BROEKHUIS,  WG Kunst – 30 January 2026.