1956 Born in Winterswijk, lives and works in Berlin, Germany, and in Engwierum, the Netherlands; Education 1968-1974 Atheneum A, Eindhovens Protestants Lyceum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; 1974-1975 studies psychology at the Royal University Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands; 1975-1978 studies teaching painting/sculpture at the NLO ZWN, Delft, Netherlands; 1978-1981 studies fine art at the Academy for Fine Arts Rotterdam (BA); 1988 MA painting/sculpture at the Academy for Industrial Design Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Solo exhibitions 1977 “Fré Ilgen”, Galerie Ploemp, Delft, the Netherlands; 1978 “Fré Ilgen”, Peter Cuyper Taverne, The Hague, the Netherlands; “Fré Ilgen”, Public Library, Rijswijk, the Netherlands; 1983 “Fré Ilgen”, Assurantiekantoor voor Akademici, Leiden, the Netherlands; “Fré Ilgen” (with Jacqueline Ilgen-van Rooijen), S.C.C. IJsselstein, the Netherlands; “Fré Ilgen”, Ministry of Interior Affairs, The Hague, the Netherlands; “Fré Ilgen”, (with Jacqueline Ilgen-van Rooijen), Galerie Witt, Dordrecht, the Netherlands; “Fré Ilgen”, Galerie d’Witte Leli, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 1985 *“Fré Ilgen - PROGCY”, Galerie l’Idée, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands; 1986 “Fré Ilgen - Theaterproject De Willem”, Museum “De Rietgors”, Papendrecht, the Netherlands; 1988 “Eruption”, City-Hall Vlissingen, the Netherlands; *“Installations” (with Jürgen Blum/Kwiatkovski), Galleria Rekwizytornia, Wroclaw, Poland; 1990 “Fré Ilgen - Sigurd Rompza”, “Carte Blanche à MÉSURES - A.I.”, Galerie Cogeime, Bruxelles, Belgium; 1991 “Fré Ilgen: Reality - Perception - Translation”, Galerie Vromans, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 1993 installation “Twistor Greens”, Galerie Lüpke, Frankfurt, Germany; 1994 “Extensionalism”, Galerie Emile Verhaeren, Knokke, Belgium; “Bernd Hahn-Fré Ilgen”, Galerie Beatrix Wilhelm, Stuttgart, Germany; 1995 “Gegenüber der Wahrnehmung”, Galerie Karin Fesel, Düsseldorf, Germany (with Müller-Goulbier); 1996 installations “When the Levee Breaks” and “Pools and Butterflies”, Kultureel Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Watertoren Vlissingen, the Netherlands; installation “Waiting for the Energy to Crystallize” Galerie Lüpke, Frankfurt, Germany; “Fré Ilgen”, Galerie Artline, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 1998 “Fré Ilgen - Objekte und Virtual Paintings”, Galerie Klaus Lüpke, Frankfurt, Germany; *“Mystical Constructions”, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, USA; 1999 “George Rickey, Fré Ilgen- Mobiles”, Galerie Artline, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 2000 *“A Breeze of Color”, Theo Waddington Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida, USA; *“Lost In Space”, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, USA; 2001 *“Fré Ilgen - George Rickey”, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea; *“Fré Ilgen - George Rickey”, Jo-Hyun Gallery, Pusan, Korea; “Fré Ilgen - mobile, sculture e opere su carta - Mobilé’s, Wandskulpturen und Arbeiten auf Papier”, Galleria Nova, Ronco s/Ascona, Switzerland; (also shown are prints by Judy Pfaff); “Fré Ilgen - Michel Seuphor” (also shown Djawid Borower, Karel Goudsblom), Galerie Hüsstege, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands; 2002 *“The Form of the Formless”, with Richard Purdy (USA) and Paul Dacey (USA), Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim, Neuenhaus, Germany; *“No Thingness - The Dragon Series”, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, USA; 2003 *“Fré Ilgen – The Dragon Series”, Foundation Veranneman, Kruishoutem, Belgium; 2004 “Lore Bert – Fré Ilgen”, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia; 2005 “Fré Ilgen”, (with Anne-Karin Furunes), Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia; *“Fré Ilgen”, Pulchri Studio, courtesy Ivo Bouwman/Nexus Gallery, The Hague, the Netherlands; 2006 “Fré Ilgen – Neue Skulpturen, Neue Gemälde”, GaleriArtist, Berlin, Germany; 2007 “Fré Ilgen – “The Physical Self – stainless steel, concrete, wood, colors”, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, USA; 2008/2009 *“Fré Ilgen: Carouselambra”, one person exhibition at Vonderbank Art Galleries Berlin, Germany (Nov 1st 2008 – Jan. 15th 2009), opened by Thomas M.Messer, Director Emeritus Guggenheim Foundation; finissage by Prof. Dr. Donald Kuspit; 2009 * “Fré Ilgen – Soaring Calm And Free”, one person exhibition Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea;