I was very honored and happy that Gerard Meulensteen of the Danubiana Meulensteen Art museum in Bratislava, his new advisor Eric Verhagen and the great artists Jan Verschoor and Rob Brünnmayer, founders of Museum JAN in Amstelveen, visited my art studio. Talking about art and life, viewing art and also have a preview of my painting in commission for the Danubiana museum. Always nice to meet positive, inspiring people who enjoy life and art

Ton Pret was asked in 2011 to be part of the Dutch delegation that represents the Netherlands for the first time at the exhibition in the famous Louvre museum in Paris. The exhibition was a great success for Ton Pret in several respects, not only was his work sold but he also received new commissions and his art was in the spotlight, during the visit of the Dutch ambassador in France, Hugo Siblesz;  supplemented by a delegation of the Wereldomroep.

Ton Pret at the Biennale of Gattopardo, Sicily

In commission for Mole Urbana/Umberto Palermo Design. Ton Pret was asked to make an Art edition of the charging station by the well-known Italian designer Umberto Palermo from Turin. The charging stations were unveiled on May 29, 2021 in Venice. This project has a link with the Mole Urbana Car project.

Ton Pret was asked by The National, the most important daily newspaper of the UAE/Abu Dhabi/Dubai, for an interview in the December issue of their Luxury Magazine. He feels very proud and happy. With the Middle East, Ton Pret his art is covering the world more and more. https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/luxury/inside-artist-ton-pret-s-wonder-filled-world-my-wife-tells-me-i-never-grow-up-1.1166735 Thanks to Keith Fernandez for the interview

On July 2 there was the unveiling of the Mole Urbana city car by great designer Umberto Palermo. Ton Pret and 15 artists/designers were asked for an artist edition and exhibition in the Museo Nazionale Dell’ Automobile di Torino. The exhibition of these 16 art works and the Mole Urbana will end on October 30.

Ton Pret and his art is now also conquering Eastern Europa. The well-known newspaper Pravda, wrote a 4 pages interview about Ton Pret and his art in Pravda Magazine and they even put Ton Pret on the cover.

Ton Pret was asked by the great designer Alessandro Guerriero, for an exhibition at the Moscow Design Week 2018. Ton is not only an artist painter, but he also did some very nice design. He was very honored they asked him, because now he was amongst some real big designers like the aforementiond designer Alessandro Guerriero, Alessandro Mendini (RIP), Michelle de Lucchi, Umberto Palermo, Antonio Perotti etc.

In commission for the well known company Van den Assem Shoes and Bags, Ton Pret was asked to transform an Michael Kors bag into an unique Art Bag. This exclusive Art Bag is now piece of the permanent collection of The Amsterdam Museum of Bags.

Ton Pret was asked to create some very special art shoes for the famous master chef Jonnie Boer, who is the big boss of 3 Michelin star restaurant De Librije. This was not an easy job. Although Jonnie Boer is a very kind man, he is a demanding man who only goes for the best. But Ton managed to make Jonnie happy and not only his spices are shown in the shoes, but also his passion for Porsche and Harley Davidson.

The well known shoe brand Greve shoes, asked Ton Pret to create some different art editions of their shoes. Ton created different pairs of art shoes in blue, black and yellow. The shoes were used for exhibitions and marketing purposes to underline Greve’s challenges.