Merijn Bolink studied at the Academie voor Kunst en Industrie (AKI) in Enschede from 1987 – 1992. He received the Charlotte Köhler Stipendium (Beeldende Kunst)in 1997 from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. His works have been exhibited a.o. in the Groninger Museum, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst Amstelveen, the Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Post Gallery in Los Angeles and the Kunstraum Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf.