-"My name is Richard Niessen. I am a graphic designer living and working in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. TM stands for 'Typographic Masonry', which could be an efficient way of
describing my work."
Exhibitions (a.o.):
Modes d-emploi, Fonds voor beeldende kunsten, vormgeving en bouwkunst. 1998
Discover Holland, International Design Center Nagoya, Japan. 1998
Work from Holland (Graphic design in context), Moravian Gallery of Brno, Czech Republik. 1999
Sec.08 Nederlands Foto Instituut Rotterdam. 2001
Holland Design: new graphics, RAS gallery Barcelona. 2001
MINIJACK 02 BMSP. Big Mag Space Model, De Appel, Amsterdam. 2002
GRAPHIC DEMO. Artis, Den Bosch. 2002
Communication What?, Venice. 2002
Wereldtop 2003 Affichemuseum, Hoorn 2003
Place, CCCB, Barcelona. 2004
HTP Rockumentary in Achter de Ramen, Amsterdam. 2004
Words and Images, Praque. 2004
Spaced Out. Double Dutch, San Francisco. 2004
Beeldinstituut / de Volkskrant, De Balie Amsterdam. 2004
Mark, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. 2004
Publications(a.o.):
Several articles inItems
Holland HD, Actar. 2001
Super, welcome to graphic wonderland, Lars Muller. 2002
Place, Actar. 2004
Type-One, DGV. 2005
New Typographics, Pie books. 2005
Teaching(a.o.):
Several workshops, in the USA, Switserland and The Netherlands
From 2002 till now I teach typography at the Gerrit Rietvelsd Academy
