In the work of Wjm Kok, series are a striking recurring phenomenon. Whether it is a row of enlarged pages from a color children's book, graph paper or A4 sheets of aluminum paper. A row of painted tables can be hung vertically as monochromes on the wall. It is a strategy of 'already made' (Marcel Duchamp), but with a remarkably clear addition that is related to painting surfaces.
Old and new work do not differ radically with respect to each other, but when you look at his work it looks very radical now. That is interesting.
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Old and new work do not differ radically with respect to each other, but when you look at his work it looks very radical now. That is interesting.
KvG
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Born 1959, in Utrecht, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Education
1980-1981 St. Joost, Breda
1981-1984 AKI, Enschede
1984-1986 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
Solo exhibitions
1990 De Waag, Leiden
1992 Momentary Modern, Amsterdam
1994 De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
1994 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1999 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2001 Either way, CNR, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2005 Kunstbunker, Forum für zeitgenössische Kunst e.V., Nuremberg, Germany
2006 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2010 Push Pull, WJM Kok, Frank Mandersloot and collection, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
2012 More than One of Each, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2015 Monochromes, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2018 Monochrome , Galerie van Gelder & AP, Amsterdam
Group exhibitions
1989 De Gele Rijder, Arnhem
1989 Prix de Rome, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1990 Uitdijende Uniciteit, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, cat.
1990 Koninklijke Subsidie, Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam
1991 About Painting, Artis, Den Bosch
1991 Little Things Mean A Lot, Momentary Modern, Amsterdam
1991 Een Nieuw Jaar, Stelling, Leiden
1992 Beelden uit de Verzameling, Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
1992 Voorwerk 3, Witte de With, Rotterdam
1992 Fodor Longa, Res Brevis, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1992 Salon Spectacle, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1993 Amsterdam, een rijke stad, ICA, Amsterdam
1993 Gemeente Aankopen, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1994 Beelden uit de verzameling, Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
1994 Nieuwe Aanwinsten, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1994 Tekeningen & tekeningen, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1995 Negen kanten, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1995 De herhaling-die-een-herhaling-is, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1995 Star Projects n° 1, De Etalage, Haarlem
1995 Star Projects n° 2, Graansilo, Amsterdam
1995 Over de Melancholie, Galerie Donia Cieremans, Rotterdam
1996 Sylvie Fleury, W.J.M. Kok, Lily van der Stokker, Associated Publishers, Amsterdam
1997 De verbouwing, de verhuizing & de verandering, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1997 101 tekeningen, Begane Grond, Utrecht
1997 Single answers for no questions, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1998 NL- NZ, Luxus, Den Haag *
1998 Gallery Dessford Vogel, Dunedin, New Zealand *
1998 Room 3, Auckland, New Zealand *
1998 Star Projects n° 7, Kunstakademiets Udstillingssted, Kopenhagen, Denmark
1998 Radical Abstraction, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, New Zealand
1998 Hotel Winston, kamer no.1, Amsterdam
1999 It takes two to tango, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
1999 00, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2000 Wall works / Galerie Stadt München, Winston Hotel, Amsterdam
2002 Het Langhuis, Zwolle
2002 Collectietentoonstelling, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2003 404 Yellow Pages, Kunsthalle Pallazzo, Liestal, Switzerland, cat.*
2003 404 Yellow Pages, turm Galerie, Helmstedt, Germany, cat.*
2004 Wunderkammer, 3 Hoog, Amsterdam
2004 404 Yellow Pages,Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, cat.*
2004 Wurst Eigenhaut Special Nr. 3, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2005 Abstracte Salon / part two, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen, cat.
2005 Wall Works II, Konsortium, Düsseldorf, Germany *
2005 Raid Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2005 Winterkou/Winterly cold, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2005 Wall Works II, H29, Brussels, Belgium *
2005 Me, Myself and I, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2006 Minder koud/Less cold, AP, Amsterdam
2006 Wall Works II, Fleisch, Berlin, Germany, cat.*
2006 Nederland 1, Museum Gouda, Gouda
2007 Colour first, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2007 Salon #9, Loods 6, Amsterdam
2008 Mudpie - Artistic research on art as art and art and life, W139, Amsterdam
2008 Gegenstandlos, GKG/Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., Bonn, Germany
2008 W.J.M. Kok, Guido Münch en Henk Peeters, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen
2008 Clinch / Cross / Cut - Team 404 & John M Armleder, New Jerseyy, Basel, Switzerland
2009 Portrait of the artist as biker, Le Magasin, Grenoble, Switzerland
2009 Abstract, almost abstract, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2010 The Ephemeral, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2010 Dutch Connection, Hebel 121, Basel, Switzerland
2010 Portrait de l’ártiste en motocycliste, Musée des Beaux-arts, Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
2010 3rd International Deleuze Studies Conference, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
2010 Lebt Theo?, GKG / Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany, cat.
2011 Match #3, WJM Kok/Clemens Neumann, K09, Groningen
2011 Apogee, a compilation of solitude, ecology and recreation , JB Lurve, Los Angeles, USA
2011 A for Artists, E for Exhibitions, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, cat.
2011 Vis à vis, Rossi Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium, curated by Phlippe Braem
2011 Kleur, Paraplufabriek, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2012 The only rule is work, Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde, Netherlands, initiator Marijn van Kreij
2012 30 Days of Piece Love and Painting, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
2014 Concept Store, Nest, The Hague, Netherlands
2015 Postcards are to be looked at, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2015 Hands on Fabrics, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2015 AmiAmi, Atelier KBNC, Les Essarts-le-Roi, France
2016 After Gerolama Cardano's suspense, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2016 Julian Dashper & friends, PS, Amsterdam
2017 The multiple versus series versus a unique work, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2017 Bildersturm - 500 Jahre Reformation, Dialograum "Kreuzung an St. Helena", organised by Evangelisches Forum, Katholisches Bildungswerk, Kunstmuseum Bonn and Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
2017 Around Jack Jaeger, Kunstverein, Langenhagen, Germany, bulletin
2019 Slaap Lekker Show, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2019 Mix (Monochrome with Paul Goede), Galerie van Gelder & AP, Amsterdam
2020 Aah Aah Way 2020, Galerie van Gelder/AP, Amsterdam
2022 Musée Giezen, Chateau Magny en Bessin, Magny-en-Bessin, Normandy, France
2022 Farbmalereipositionen – Niederlande, VfaKR/Verein für aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen, Germany
2023 De/cipher, GKG/Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., Bonn, Germany
2023 De/cipher, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2024 Peers and Pairs, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2024 Party, Loods 6, De Bagagehal-KNSM, Amsterdam
2025 De Kelder, Stokker Jaeger, Amsterdam
2025 Underground - The Basement Show continued, Stokker Jaeger, Amsterdam
2025 Art Intelligence versus AI, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
* = exhibition on tour
Publications and articles
1989 W.J.M. Kok, Domeniek Ruyters, Metropolis M, nr 4
1989 Prix de Rome, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, catalogue
1990 Lisette Oomen, Leidsch Dagblad, 13/08
1990 Janneke Wesseling, NRC Handelsblad, 13/10
1990 Koninklijke Subsidie voor Vrije Schilderkunst, St. Koninklijk Paleis te Amsterdam
1991 Uitdijende Uniciteit, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, catalogue
1991 Mark Peeters, NRC Handelsblad, 19/04
1992 Amsterdam koopt kunst. Municipal Art acquisitions 1990, Museum Fodor, catalogue
1992 Anna Tilroe, De Volkskrant, 30/10
1993 Menno Schenke, Algemeen Dagblad, 06/11
1993 Mark Peeters, NRC Handelsblad, 09/07
1993 Amsterdam koopt kunst. Municipal Art acquisitions 1992, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1995 Marina de Vries, Het Parool, 31/03
1995 Pietje Tegenbosch, Het Parool, 13/10
2007 Zonder titel/And and, Cut Magazine, issue 1, December
2011 Lebt Theo?, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., Bonn, catalogue
Artist's contributions and thesis
1997 Z-Magazine, Sydney, Australia
1998 Circular Magazine, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Annex, Melbourne, Australia
2008 CUT magazine issue # 2, with 'ON' (2008), dvd issued as multiple, signed, dated, numbered
2013 Thirty Sixth Series of the Next Kind of Series, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, thesis PhD
2013 Deleuze and Philosophical Practice, cover image: "WJM Kok, Untitled [Yves Saint Laurent - Opium], 2010.
Perfume sprayed on unprimed linen on stretcher." Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Education
1980-1981 St. Joost, Breda
1981-1984 AKI, Enschede
1984-1986 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
Solo exhibitions
1990 De Waag, Leiden
1992 Momentary Modern, Amsterdam
1994 De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
1994 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1999 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2001 Either way, CNR, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2005 Kunstbunker, Forum für zeitgenössische Kunst e.V., Nuremberg, Germany
2006 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2010 Push Pull, WJM Kok, Frank Mandersloot and collection, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
2012 More than One of Each, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2015 Monochromes, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2018 Monochrome , Galerie van Gelder & AP, Amsterdam
Group exhibitions
1989 De Gele Rijder, Arnhem
1989 Prix de Rome, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1990 Uitdijende Uniciteit, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, cat.
1990 Koninklijke Subsidie, Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam
1991 About Painting, Artis, Den Bosch
1991 Little Things Mean A Lot, Momentary Modern, Amsterdam
1991 Een Nieuw Jaar, Stelling, Leiden
1992 Beelden uit de Verzameling, Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
1992 Voorwerk 3, Witte de With, Rotterdam
1992 Fodor Longa, Res Brevis, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1992 Salon Spectacle, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1993 Amsterdam, een rijke stad, ICA, Amsterdam
1993 Gemeente Aankopen, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1994 Beelden uit de verzameling, Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
1994 Nieuwe Aanwinsten, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1994 Tekeningen & tekeningen, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1995 Negen kanten, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1995 De herhaling-die-een-herhaling-is, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1995 Star Projects n° 1, De Etalage, Haarlem
1995 Star Projects n° 2, Graansilo, Amsterdam
1995 Over de Melancholie, Galerie Donia Cieremans, Rotterdam
1996 Sylvie Fleury, W.J.M. Kok, Lily van der Stokker, Associated Publishers, Amsterdam
1997 De verbouwing, de verhuizing & de verandering, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1997 101 tekeningen, Begane Grond, Utrecht
1997 Single answers for no questions, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1998 NL- NZ, Luxus, Den Haag *
1998 Gallery Dessford Vogel, Dunedin, New Zealand *
1998 Room 3, Auckland, New Zealand *
1998 Star Projects n° 7, Kunstakademiets Udstillingssted, Kopenhagen, Denmark
1998 Radical Abstraction, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, New Zealand
1998 Hotel Winston, kamer no.1, Amsterdam
1999 It takes two to tango, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
1999 00, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2000 Wall works / Galerie Stadt München, Winston Hotel, Amsterdam
2002 Het Langhuis, Zwolle
2002 Collectietentoonstelling, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2003 404 Yellow Pages, Kunsthalle Pallazzo, Liestal, Switzerland, cat.*
2003 404 Yellow Pages, turm Galerie, Helmstedt, Germany, cat.*
2004 Wunderkammer, 3 Hoog, Amsterdam
2004 404 Yellow Pages,Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, cat.*
2004 Wurst Eigenhaut Special Nr. 3, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2005 Abstracte Salon / part two, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen, cat.
2005 Wall Works II, Konsortium, Düsseldorf, Germany *
2005 Raid Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2005 Winterkou/Winterly cold, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2005 Wall Works II, H29, Brussels, Belgium *
2005 Me, Myself and I, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2006 Minder koud/Less cold, AP, Amsterdam
2006 Wall Works II, Fleisch, Berlin, Germany, cat.*
2006 Nederland 1, Museum Gouda, Gouda
2007 Colour first, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2007 Salon #9, Loods 6, Amsterdam
2008 Mudpie - Artistic research on art as art and art and life, W139, Amsterdam
2008 Gegenstandlos, GKG/Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., Bonn, Germany
2008 W.J.M. Kok, Guido Münch en Henk Peeters, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen
2008 Clinch / Cross / Cut - Team 404 & John M Armleder, New Jerseyy, Basel, Switzerland
2009 Portrait of the artist as biker, Le Magasin, Grenoble, Switzerland
2009 Abstract, almost abstract, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2010 The Ephemeral, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2010 Dutch Connection, Hebel 121, Basel, Switzerland
2010 Portrait de l’ártiste en motocycliste, Musée des Beaux-arts, Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
2010 3rd International Deleuze Studies Conference, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
2010 Lebt Theo?, GKG / Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany, cat.
2011 Match #3, WJM Kok/Clemens Neumann, K09, Groningen
2011 Apogee, a compilation of solitude, ecology and recreation , JB Lurve, Los Angeles, USA
2011 A for Artists, E for Exhibitions, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, cat.
2011 Vis à vis, Rossi Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium, curated by Phlippe Braem
2011 Kleur, Paraplufabriek, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2012 The only rule is work, Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde, Netherlands, initiator Marijn van Kreij
2012 30 Days of Piece Love and Painting, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
2014 Concept Store, Nest, The Hague, Netherlands
2015 Postcards are to be looked at, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2015 Hands on Fabrics, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2015 AmiAmi, Atelier KBNC, Les Essarts-le-Roi, France
2016 After Gerolama Cardano's suspense, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2016 Julian Dashper & friends, PS, Amsterdam
2017 The multiple versus series versus a unique work, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2017 Bildersturm - 500 Jahre Reformation, Dialograum "Kreuzung an St. Helena", organised by Evangelisches Forum, Katholisches Bildungswerk, Kunstmuseum Bonn and Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
2017 Around Jack Jaeger, Kunstverein, Langenhagen, Germany, bulletin
2019 Slaap Lekker Show, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2019 Mix (Monochrome with Paul Goede), Galerie van Gelder & AP, Amsterdam
2020 Aah Aah Way 2020, Galerie van Gelder/AP, Amsterdam
2022 Musée Giezen, Chateau Magny en Bessin, Magny-en-Bessin, Normandy, France
2022 Farbmalereipositionen – Niederlande, VfaKR/Verein für aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen, Germany
2023 De/cipher, GKG/Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., Bonn, Germany
2023 De/cipher, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2024 Peers and Pairs, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2024 Party, Loods 6, De Bagagehal-KNSM, Amsterdam
2025 De Kelder, Stokker Jaeger, Amsterdam
2025 Underground - The Basement Show continued, Stokker Jaeger, Amsterdam
2025 Art Intelligence versus AI, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
* = exhibition on tour
Publications and articles
1989 W.J.M. Kok, Domeniek Ruyters, Metropolis M, nr 4
1989 Prix de Rome, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, catalogue
1990 Lisette Oomen, Leidsch Dagblad, 13/08
1990 Janneke Wesseling, NRC Handelsblad, 13/10
1990 Koninklijke Subsidie voor Vrije Schilderkunst, St. Koninklijk Paleis te Amsterdam
1991 Uitdijende Uniciteit, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, catalogue
1991 Mark Peeters, NRC Handelsblad, 19/04
1992 Amsterdam koopt kunst. Municipal Art acquisitions 1990, Museum Fodor, catalogue
1992 Anna Tilroe, De Volkskrant, 30/10
1993 Menno Schenke, Algemeen Dagblad, 06/11
1993 Mark Peeters, NRC Handelsblad, 09/07
1993 Amsterdam koopt kunst. Municipal Art acquisitions 1992, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1995 Marina de Vries, Het Parool, 31/03
1995 Pietje Tegenbosch, Het Parool, 13/10
2007 Zonder titel/And and, Cut Magazine, issue 1, December
2011 Lebt Theo?, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., Bonn, catalogue
Artist's contributions and thesis
1997 Z-Magazine, Sydney, Australia
1998 Circular Magazine, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Annex, Melbourne, Australia
2008 CUT magazine issue # 2, with 'ON' (2008), dvd issued as multiple, signed, dated, numbered
2013 Thirty Sixth Series of the Next Kind of Series, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, thesis PhD
2013 Deleuze and Philosophical Practice, cover image: "WJM Kok, Untitled [Yves Saint Laurent - Opium], 2010.
Perfume sprayed on unprimed linen on stretcher." Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK
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