Galerie Onrust was established in August 1986 by Milco Onrust at the Prinsengracht 627 in Amsterdam. From its start the gallery program has had an emphasis on contemporary painting.
In 1992 Boudi Eskens joined the gallery to run its second space on Planciusstraat 9, which opened in the summer of that year and became the main space when Prinsengracht closed in the summer of 1996. In 2011 the gallery partially moved to a second space a few floors down at the Planciusstraat 7 to eventually settle there.
In 2015 Milco Onrust died at the age of fifty-four. He had been suffering from a lung and pulmonary disease for some years. Read more about Milco and his work in the obituary Kees Keijer wrote below.
Most artist we represent have been with us for many years, together we have made exhibitions, publications and editions. Simultaneously we have collaborated with other artists in different forms.