Willem Besselink’s work derives from a fascination with structures that are embedded within daily occurrences. Structures that are invisible at a given point, but through recurrences become apparent in time.
His aspiration is to grasp such structures by observing trivial daily occurrences and the manifestation of their patterns. Besselink seeks to understand and assimilate them, using different forms of registration and notation. The outcomes visualize these structures and reimagine their appearance, paying specific attention to resourceful and innovative uses of matter and form. The starting points for these examinations are small, trivial and often personal events. The observations’ personal nature determines methods whereby the researcher (Besselink) is both the observer and the observed. This approach sets up a number of reflexive enquiries. By trying to get hold of these structures, can he get a hold of himself? By influencing these structures, do they influence him as well? What is the effect of the personality/presence of the researcher on what is being investigated? By addressing these questions through form and matter, the discussion about the work goes beyond a purely personal language.
What is observed and the site of where the observation is made determine the medium, technique and dimensions of the works. The derived works from the observing, registering and visualizing take on a wide range of different media: from small drawings to large installations.
His aspiration is to grasp such structures by observing trivial daily occurrences and the manifestation of their patterns. Besselink seeks to understand and assimilate them, using different forms of registration and notation. The outcomes visualize these structures and reimagine their appearance, paying specific attention to resourceful and innovative uses of matter and form. The starting points for these examinations are small, trivial and often personal events. The observations’ personal nature determines methods whereby the researcher (Besselink) is both the observer and the observed. This approach sets up a number of reflexive enquiries. By trying to get hold of these structures, can he get a hold of himself? By influencing these structures, do they influence him as well? What is the effect of the personality/presence of the researcher on what is being investigated? By addressing these questions through form and matter, the discussion about the work goes beyond a purely personal language.
What is observed and the site of where the observation is made determine the medium, technique and dimensions of the works. The derived works from the observing, registering and visualizing take on a wide range of different media: from small drawings to large installations.
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1980, 30 03
Born in Venray / The Netherlands
Education
2003 – 2006 Fine arts, bachelor course, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
graduated with honours
2005 Freie Kunst, bachelor course, Universität der Künste, Berlin / Germany
2002 – 2003 Mathematics, Humboldt Universität, Berlin / Germany
2000 – 2002 Scenography, bachelor course, Academy Minerva, Groningen / The Netherlands
Exhibitions / Projects
s = solo exhibition | d = duo exhibition | g = group exhibition
2018
P/CAS art fair with NL=US gallery
(g) Le Carreau Du Temple, Paris / France
If Paradise is Half as Nice #8
(g) Ehemaligen Konsum Kaufhaus, Altenburg / Germany
Kunst van het Geloven
(g) Nepomukkapel, Boxmeer / The Netherlands
Vibrant Colors
(d) with Leslie Nagel, NL=US gallery @ Pulchri Studio, Den Haag / The Netherlands
like clockwork
(s) NL=US gallery Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Decade ONE
(g) Dr. Julius | AP, Berlin / Germany
CLOCKWORK
(s) 38CC, Delft / The Netherlands
Diversificatie
(g) De Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede / The Netherlands
VOLTA NYC
(g) Re-Sited @ Art Money booth, Volta art fair, New York City / USA
2017
START UP! Edition Rote Insel
(g) Robert Drees Galerie, Hannover / Germany
Arte Concordia
(g) Avenue Concordia, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
de Tand des Tijds
(s) NL=US gallery, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #7
(g) Ehemalige Nudelfabrik, Zeitz / Germany
Kunstenfestival Aardenburg
(g) Aardenburg / The Netherlands
Abstract Wall Paintings III
(g) ACEC Apeldoorn / The Netherlands
START UP! Edition Rote Insel
(g) dr. Julius AP, Berlin / Germany
onder <> boven
(s) De Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede / The Netherlands
???
(g) Studio Seine, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
2016
Idiopolis #2
(g) Frontviews Contemporary @ State of Concept, Athens / Greece
: Schaal
(g) PHK18 | bureau voor kunst, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
5 years IK
(g) IK Pavillion, Oost Souburg / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #6
(g) Ehemalige Polygraph, Leipzig / Germany
in correspondence with the drawing
(g) Michael Fuchs Gallery Berlin / Germany
Moscow Ratio
(g) Site Specific installation at Outline Music Festival
MO3АЛ - grounds, Moscow / Russia
6hoeken
(s) Sculpture in public space for RORObuiten
Bergselaan / Berkelselaan Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Crossing Lines
(g) De Vishal, Haarlem / The Netherlands
Colourless
(s) ParkinG, Goirle / The Netherlands
2015
PHK18 #06
(g) PHK18 | bureau voor kunst, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Amusing Ourselves to Death
(g) Galerie Frank Taal @ De Rotterdam, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #5
(g) Ehemalige Dietzold Fabrik, Leipzig / Germany
Ästhetik des Banalen zwo
(g) Harmelinhaus, Leipzig / Germany
Kindred Spirits
(g) Galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #4
(g) Lasloods, Vlissingen / The Netherlands
Schlüssel zur Stadt
(g) Leipzigerstrasse Berlin / Germany
Forth Down, Skip Under
(g) Frontviews, Berlin / Germany
2014
Unfair Amsterdam
(s, fair) Unfair, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #3
(g) Ehemalige getreidemühle, Leipzig / Germany
(g) PostIndustriale - der Raum, Leipzig / Germany
Figure That
(g) Galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Connected 010@020
(g) Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Update #1
(g) Wiebengahal, Maastricht / The Netherlands
Imaging Agent
(g) PIT in Park, Tilburg / The Netherlands
Beeldentuin Ravesteyn
(g) Heenvliet / The Netherlands
Onderzoeksbureau DOSIS: Piswaaier
(g) Rotterdamse Museumnacht, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Beyond the Picturesque of Perspective
(g) Pand Paulus, Schiedam / The Netherlands
TENT's Hidden Bar
(g) Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice
(g) Galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
2013
The Eye of the Beholder
(g) Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #2
(g) Ehemalige Heeresbäckerei, Leipzig / Germany
(g) Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin / Germany
Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst / Royal Award for Painting
(g) Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Hello!
(g) Hello art fair, with galerie Frank Taal, Halle 14, Spinnerei, Leipzig / Germany
Idiopolis
(g) REMAP 4, Frontviews Contemporary, Athens / Greece
Fit for a King
(g) Ampelhaus, Oranienbaum / Germany
Late Nights and Early Mornings
(s)+(d) Kunstraum, London / UK
Profiler
(s) galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
6500 : 1 Rotterdam
(g) Art at the Warehouse, art fair, with galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
2012
Hemelse Gewelven
(d) Het Plafond, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
6500 : 1
(s) IKpavillion, Oost Souburg / The Netherlands
Figure This
(g) galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Aus der Zeit
(g) Frontviews Gallery, Berlin / Germany
Perennial Conceits
(g) galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Lijnen/Banen
(g) installation during ZigZagCity architecture festival, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
MK Award Fundraiser Show
(g) RE:Rotterdam, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Out of Control
(g) Nest, The Hague / The Netherlands
2011
Lego Homines
(s) De Aanschouw, Rotterdam/The Netherlands
Every Picture Tells a Story
(g) TENT, Rotterdam/The Netherlands
Varios Barrios
(s) ARCO art fair Madrid with MKgalerie, Madrid/Spain
Thuis
(g) Frank Taal’s home, Rotterdam/The Netherlands
2010
Onderzoeksbureau DOSIS: >rHe:ID2
(s) Museumnacht Delft, Museum het Prinsenhof, Delft / The Netherlands
Kiezwege Berlin
(s) SenatsReserveSpeicher, Berlin / Germany
Hardlink
(s) No Holds Barred, Art Amsterdam, RAI, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Herdefinities
(g) MKgalerie Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Mining
(g) Hotel Mariakapel, Hoorn / The Netherlands
MY public space / ‘... to find emptiness in cityscapes’(g) Gemak, The Hague / The Netherlands
2009
Take a Breath – Atem Holen
(g) MKgalerie, Berlin / Germany
Kappalai
(g) De Geertruida, het Havenmuseum, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
(g) Het SieboldHuis, Leiden / The Netherlands
Sneak preview
(g) Senatsreserverspeicher, Berlin / Germany
Kiezwege Rotterdam
(s) MKgalerie, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
222VOLT
(g) Ateliers 222, Dordrecht / The Netherlands
Nuit des Musées
(d) with Position, Berlin / Germany
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chambéry / France
weben&kleben – weven&kleven – tisser&scotcher
(d) with Position, Cité des Arts; Chambéry / France
Onderzoeksbureau DOSIS: >RE:ID
(s) public art project Rotterdamse Museum Night 2009, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
2008
Armut macht Geil
(g) WEI and TAC, Eindhoven / The Netherlands
Die fünfte Ecke
(g) Uferpalast, Berlin / Germany
vlak naast 1
(g) Kunstkerk, Dordrecht / The Netherlands
2007
Onderzoeksbureau DOSIS: ‘The influence of abstract stimulants on the functioning of groups’
(g) Research / exhibition / seminar; NP3, Groningen / The Netherlands
Heavy Rotation
(g) Uferpalast, Berlin / Germany
Een grafische weergave van een geschiedenis
(s) Moira, Utrecht / The Netherlands
Planet Prozess
(g) ehemaliger Senatsreservespeicher, Berlin / Germany
Transposed & Illuminated
(g) Pictura, Dordrecht / The Netherlands
2006
Destillaat 9
(g) Exrapool; Nijmegen / The Netherlands
Positioning System – whereareyou iamhere hereweare
(g) Showroom MAMA; Rotterdam / The Netherlands
BoulevArt, kunstroute Tussendijken
(g) De Kunstsuper, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
ArtOlive Jong Talent 2006
(g) Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
The early work
(g) Wereld van Witte de With, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
De Aanschouw Lustrum
(g) De Aanschouw, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Zonder Titel
(g) Blaak 10, Rotterdam
Graduation show Willem de Kooning Academy
(g) Groot Handelsgebouw, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Punten en Komma’s
(g) Pictura, Dordrecht / The Netherlands
2005
‘Polysphäre; künstlerische Positionen zur Großstadt’
(g) Ex-White Trash, Berlin / Germany
Bleiben Sie bitte ein Moment stehen II
(g) at the UdK Rundgang, Universität der Künste, Berlin / Germany
Berlin – Rotterdam 25 x 25; 125 x 6; wo bin ich / waar zou ik zijn
(s) Het Plafond, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Prizes / Nominations / Grants / Scholarships / Residencies
2018 Travel Grant for Volta, NYC, CBK Rotterdam
2017 Travel Grant for IPIHAN #7, Germany, CBK Rotterdam
2016 Travel Grant for Athens, CBK Rotterdam
2013 Nominated for Royal Dutch Award for Painting
Shortlisted for the Charlotte van Pallandt prize
2012 Artist in Residence, (Mondrian Fund) IK pavillion, Oost Souburg//The Netherlands
2011 Research Grant, (O&O-subsidie) Centre for Visual Arts (CBK) Rotterdam
2010 Project Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
Artist in Residence, Hotel Mariakapel, Hoorn/The Netherlands
2007 Starters Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
2006 Shortlisted for ArtOlive Award 2006
Drempelprijs 2006 / Award of the Threshold 2006 encouragement prize for most promising graduate from the city of Rotterdam
2005 Erasmus exchange scholarship for exchange programme to University of Arts Berlin/Germany
First prize National science quiz for students; organized by the national science foundation (NWO) and national broadcasting organisation VPRO
Publications
2018Abstract Wall Paintings, catalogue
2017Zeitzgeist, article in de Volkskrant about IPIHAN #7
2016De Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 20172015De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2016
Arcade Magazine on Architecture and Design, Data Culture, Seattle/USA, Spring 2015, (iCal/uCal)
Platform Platvorm 2
SenatsReserveSpeicher, catalogue
2014
The L'Anormalité // La Déviance Album art work
Unfair artfair catalogue
I am not doing anything until I feel the need Calendar project by Joanneke Meester
2013
De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2014
2012
REX alumni magazine Willem de Kooning Academy
2011
{HMK} 10 years Hotel Maria Kapel
De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2012
ARCO artfair catalogue (Varios Barrios)
THUIS exhibition catalogue
2010
START 2006-2008 catalogue fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
ART Amsterdam catalogue (Hardlink)
Fietsstang blad over fietsen, July 2010 (Conceptreis)
Tableau fine arts magazine June 2010 (Hardlink)
Mix Magazine London, March 2010 (>RE:ID)
2009
Le Dauphiné Libere daily Newspaper, Chambéry/France, May 2009 (Kiezwege Chambéry)
What’s Up Rotterdam Art Magazine, May 2009 (>RE:ID)
010 uitmagazine, maart 2009 (>RE:ID)
2007
Boekie-Boekie Magazine for Art and Literature for children, Rotterdam/The Netherlands
2006
Tagesspiegel Daily Newspaper, Berlin/Germany (RePositionen Berlin)
Born in Venray / The Netherlands
Education
2003 – 2006 Fine arts, bachelor course, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
graduated with honours
2005 Freie Kunst, bachelor course, Universität der Künste, Berlin / Germany
2002 – 2003 Mathematics, Humboldt Universität, Berlin / Germany
2000 – 2002 Scenography, bachelor course, Academy Minerva, Groningen / The Netherlands
Exhibitions / Projects
s = solo exhibition | d = duo exhibition | g = group exhibition
2018
P/CAS art fair with NL=US gallery
(g) Le Carreau Du Temple, Paris / France
If Paradise is Half as Nice #8
(g) Ehemaligen Konsum Kaufhaus, Altenburg / Germany
Kunst van het Geloven
(g) Nepomukkapel, Boxmeer / The Netherlands
Vibrant Colors
(d) with Leslie Nagel, NL=US gallery @ Pulchri Studio, Den Haag / The Netherlands
like clockwork
(s) NL=US gallery Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Decade ONE
(g) Dr. Julius | AP, Berlin / Germany
CLOCKWORK
(s) 38CC, Delft / The Netherlands
Diversificatie
(g) De Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede / The Netherlands
VOLTA NYC
(g) Re-Sited @ Art Money booth, Volta art fair, New York City / USA
2017
START UP! Edition Rote Insel
(g) Robert Drees Galerie, Hannover / Germany
Arte Concordia
(g) Avenue Concordia, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
de Tand des Tijds
(s) NL=US gallery, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #7
(g) Ehemalige Nudelfabrik, Zeitz / Germany
Kunstenfestival Aardenburg
(g) Aardenburg / The Netherlands
Abstract Wall Paintings III
(g) ACEC Apeldoorn / The Netherlands
START UP! Edition Rote Insel
(g) dr. Julius AP, Berlin / Germany
onder <> boven
(s) De Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede / The Netherlands
???
(g) Studio Seine, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
2016
Idiopolis #2
(g) Frontviews Contemporary @ State of Concept, Athens / Greece
: Schaal
(g) PHK18 | bureau voor kunst, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
5 years IK
(g) IK Pavillion, Oost Souburg / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #6
(g) Ehemalige Polygraph, Leipzig / Germany
in correspondence with the drawing
(g) Michael Fuchs Gallery Berlin / Germany
Moscow Ratio
(g) Site Specific installation at Outline Music Festival
MO3АЛ - grounds, Moscow / Russia
6hoeken
(s) Sculpture in public space for RORObuiten
Bergselaan / Berkelselaan Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Crossing Lines
(g) De Vishal, Haarlem / The Netherlands
Colourless
(s) ParkinG, Goirle / The Netherlands
2015
PHK18 #06
(g) PHK18 | bureau voor kunst, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Amusing Ourselves to Death
(g) Galerie Frank Taal @ De Rotterdam, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #5
(g) Ehemalige Dietzold Fabrik, Leipzig / Germany
Ästhetik des Banalen zwo
(g) Harmelinhaus, Leipzig / Germany
Kindred Spirits
(g) Galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #4
(g) Lasloods, Vlissingen / The Netherlands
Schlüssel zur Stadt
(g) Leipzigerstrasse Berlin / Germany
Forth Down, Skip Under
(g) Frontviews, Berlin / Germany
2014
Unfair Amsterdam
(s, fair) Unfair, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #3
(g) Ehemalige getreidemühle, Leipzig / Germany
(g) PostIndustriale - der Raum, Leipzig / Germany
Figure That
(g) Galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Connected 010@020
(g) Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Update #1
(g) Wiebengahal, Maastricht / The Netherlands
Imaging Agent
(g) PIT in Park, Tilburg / The Netherlands
Beeldentuin Ravesteyn
(g) Heenvliet / The Netherlands
Onderzoeksbureau DOSIS: Piswaaier
(g) Rotterdamse Museumnacht, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Beyond the Picturesque of Perspective
(g) Pand Paulus, Schiedam / The Netherlands
TENT's Hidden Bar
(g) Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice
(g) Galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
2013
The Eye of the Beholder
(g) Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
If Paradise is Half as Nice #2
(g) Ehemalige Heeresbäckerei, Leipzig / Germany
(g) Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin / Germany
Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst / Royal Award for Painting
(g) Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Hello!
(g) Hello art fair, with galerie Frank Taal, Halle 14, Spinnerei, Leipzig / Germany
Idiopolis
(g) REMAP 4, Frontviews Contemporary, Athens / Greece
Fit for a King
(g) Ampelhaus, Oranienbaum / Germany
Late Nights and Early Mornings
(s)+(d) Kunstraum, London / UK
Profiler
(s) galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
6500 : 1 Rotterdam
(g) Art at the Warehouse, art fair, with galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
2012
Hemelse Gewelven
(d) Het Plafond, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
6500 : 1
(s) IKpavillion, Oost Souburg / The Netherlands
Figure This
(g) galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Aus der Zeit
(g) Frontviews Gallery, Berlin / Germany
Perennial Conceits
(g) galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Lijnen/Banen
(g) installation during ZigZagCity architecture festival, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
MK Award Fundraiser Show
(g) RE:Rotterdam, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Out of Control
(g) Nest, The Hague / The Netherlands
2011
Lego Homines
(s) De Aanschouw, Rotterdam/The Netherlands
Every Picture Tells a Story
(g) TENT, Rotterdam/The Netherlands
Varios Barrios
(s) ARCO art fair Madrid with MKgalerie, Madrid/Spain
Thuis
(g) Frank Taal’s home, Rotterdam/The Netherlands
2010
Onderzoeksbureau DOSIS: >rHe:ID2
(s) Museumnacht Delft, Museum het Prinsenhof, Delft / The Netherlands
Kiezwege Berlin
(s) SenatsReserveSpeicher, Berlin / Germany
Hardlink
(s) No Holds Barred, Art Amsterdam, RAI, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Herdefinities
(g) MKgalerie Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Mining
(g) Hotel Mariakapel, Hoorn / The Netherlands
MY public space / ‘... to find emptiness in cityscapes’(g) Gemak, The Hague / The Netherlands
2009
Take a Breath – Atem Holen
(g) MKgalerie, Berlin / Germany
Kappalai
(g) De Geertruida, het Havenmuseum, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
(g) Het SieboldHuis, Leiden / The Netherlands
Sneak preview
(g) Senatsreserverspeicher, Berlin / Germany
Kiezwege Rotterdam
(s) MKgalerie, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
222VOLT
(g) Ateliers 222, Dordrecht / The Netherlands
Nuit des Musées
(d) with Position, Berlin / Germany
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chambéry / France
weben&kleben – weven&kleven – tisser&scotcher
(d) with Position, Cité des Arts; Chambéry / France
Onderzoeksbureau DOSIS: >RE:ID
(s) public art project Rotterdamse Museum Night 2009, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
2008
Armut macht Geil
(g) WEI and TAC, Eindhoven / The Netherlands
Die fünfte Ecke
(g) Uferpalast, Berlin / Germany
vlak naast 1
(g) Kunstkerk, Dordrecht / The Netherlands
2007
Onderzoeksbureau DOSIS: ‘The influence of abstract stimulants on the functioning of groups’
(g) Research / exhibition / seminar; NP3, Groningen / The Netherlands
Heavy Rotation
(g) Uferpalast, Berlin / Germany
Een grafische weergave van een geschiedenis
(s) Moira, Utrecht / The Netherlands
Planet Prozess
(g) ehemaliger Senatsreservespeicher, Berlin / Germany
Transposed & Illuminated
(g) Pictura, Dordrecht / The Netherlands
2006
Destillaat 9
(g) Exrapool; Nijmegen / The Netherlands
Positioning System – whereareyou iamhere hereweare
(g) Showroom MAMA; Rotterdam / The Netherlands
BoulevArt, kunstroute Tussendijken
(g) De Kunstsuper, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
ArtOlive Jong Talent 2006
(g) Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
The early work
(g) Wereld van Witte de With, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
De Aanschouw Lustrum
(g) De Aanschouw, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Zonder Titel
(g) Blaak 10, Rotterdam
Graduation show Willem de Kooning Academy
(g) Groot Handelsgebouw, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Punten en Komma’s
(g) Pictura, Dordrecht / The Netherlands
2005
‘Polysphäre; künstlerische Positionen zur Großstadt’
(g) Ex-White Trash, Berlin / Germany
Bleiben Sie bitte ein Moment stehen II
(g) at the UdK Rundgang, Universität der Künste, Berlin / Germany
Berlin – Rotterdam 25 x 25; 125 x 6; wo bin ich / waar zou ik zijn
(s) Het Plafond, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Prizes / Nominations / Grants / Scholarships / Residencies
2018 Travel Grant for Volta, NYC, CBK Rotterdam
2017 Travel Grant for IPIHAN #7, Germany, CBK Rotterdam
2016 Travel Grant for Athens, CBK Rotterdam
2013 Nominated for Royal Dutch Award for Painting
Shortlisted for the Charlotte van Pallandt prize
2012 Artist in Residence, (Mondrian Fund) IK pavillion, Oost Souburg//The Netherlands
2011 Research Grant, (O&O-subsidie) Centre for Visual Arts (CBK) Rotterdam
2010 Project Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
Artist in Residence, Hotel Mariakapel, Hoorn/The Netherlands
2007 Starters Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
2006 Shortlisted for ArtOlive Award 2006
Drempelprijs 2006 / Award of the Threshold 2006 encouragement prize for most promising graduate from the city of Rotterdam
2005 Erasmus exchange scholarship for exchange programme to University of Arts Berlin/Germany
First prize National science quiz for students; organized by the national science foundation (NWO) and national broadcasting organisation VPRO
Publications
2018Abstract Wall Paintings, catalogue
2017Zeitzgeist, article in de Volkskrant about IPIHAN #7
2016De Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 20172015De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2016
Arcade Magazine on Architecture and Design, Data Culture, Seattle/USA, Spring 2015, (iCal/uCal)
Platform Platvorm 2
SenatsReserveSpeicher, catalogue
2014
The L'Anormalité // La Déviance Album art work
Unfair artfair catalogue
I am not doing anything until I feel the need Calendar project by Joanneke Meester
2013
De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2014
2012
REX alumni magazine Willem de Kooning Academy
2011
{HMK} 10 years Hotel Maria Kapel
De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2012
ARCO artfair catalogue (Varios Barrios)
THUIS exhibition catalogue
2010
START 2006-2008 catalogue fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
ART Amsterdam catalogue (Hardlink)
Fietsstang blad over fietsen, July 2010 (Conceptreis)
Tableau fine arts magazine June 2010 (Hardlink)
Mix Magazine London, March 2010 (>RE:ID)
2009
Le Dauphiné Libere daily Newspaper, Chambéry/France, May 2009 (Kiezwege Chambéry)
What’s Up Rotterdam Art Magazine, May 2009 (>RE:ID)
010 uitmagazine, maart 2009 (>RE:ID)
2007
Boekie-Boekie Magazine for Art and Literature for children, Rotterdam/The Netherlands
2006
Tagesspiegel Daily Newspaper, Berlin/Germany (RePositionen Berlin)
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