Biography – Jaap Goedemoed

27 January 1956

Born in De Bilt, The Netherlands

1968 - 1974

High School: Het Nieuwe Lyceum, Bilthoven - Atheneum-B graduation
High marks for drawing, first screen print and etching techniques

1974 - 1982

Pharmacy School at Groningen State University - graduation as pharmacist
Initial (figurative) oil paintings

Jan 1982 - Mar 1984

Head Quality Assurance at a pharmaceutical company (Byk Nederland BV,
Zwanenburg)
Move to Amsterdam
Extensively painting in leisure time
Start of collecting works of modern art and ethnographic art

Apr - Dec 1984

Full-time oil painting. Very detailed, figurative paintings, inspiration by Egyptian culture

1985

Production pharmacist at a pharmaceutical company (Pharmachemie BV, Haarlem)

Continued oil painting, including large sizes
Experiments with relief, tape on canvas, mixed techniques

1986 - 1990

Ph. D. study at Free University Amsterdam, Dept. of Biomaterials:
Application of polyphosphazenes as drug carrier.
Invention of new polyphosphazene materials. European patent application:
'Polyphosphazene polymers and their preparation', patent nr. 8920232.1

Cover thesis dissertation, 28 June 1990, VU University Press

Jul - Oct 1989

Research period at Technical Center, Ethyl Corp., Baton Rouge, LA, USA

1990

Shift to abstract art, influences by ethnographic art
Acquaintance with Frank Lodeizen (1931-2013), graphic artist / painter in Amsterdam; start of collecting artworks of Frank Lodeizen.

28 Jun 1990

Ph. D. graduation. Dissertation: â€˜Polyphosphazene Drug Delivery Systems for Antitumor Treatmentâ€™

1991 - 1996

Research associate at biomedical companies (OvaBloc Europe BV,
HC Implants BV, both in Leyden)
New inventions, submission of U.S. Patent Application no. 08 / 6991896, as first inventor, entitled: 'Polyetherester Copolymers as Drug Delivery Matrices'
Further development of characteristic abstract style, large paintings
Various works of JG on the walls in OvaBloc office building, and from 1994 -1996 numerous works in HC Implants office building.

1997

Full-time painting
Production of large-size collages, with materials like Coptic healing scrolls (parchment), old islamic handwritings, old banknotes, stamps, etc.
Production of silk-screen prints

18 October 1997

Group exhibition at Montague Art Gallery, 54 Greene Street, New York

16 Nov - 20 Dec 1997

Group exhibition at Hommage Gallery, Cornelis Schuytstraat 9, Amsterdam

Apr 1998 - Sep 1999

Scientific assessor at RIVM, Bilthoven: Assessment of Chemical-
Pharmaceutical Part of registration applications on behalf of
Medicines Evaluation Board in The Netherlands

Sep 1999 - Mar 2001

Registration manager at Center of Generics Drug Registration Europe (Novartis Generics), Weesp

April 2001

Return to RIVM as scientific assessor

13 Dec\\

Solo exhibition at RIVM, Bilthoven

2005 - 2010

Member of RIVM Art Commission
Organizer of the various art exhibitions in the central hall of the main RIVM building in Bilthoven

2005 - up to now

Expert and assessor in the Certification Procedure for granting
Certificates of Suitability regarding the Ph. Eur. Monographs for drug substances at the EDQM in Strasbourg, France