CV
CV Marc Bijl
Education
Royal Academy of Art & Design, ’s Hertogenbosch (grad. 1997)
Rennie Mackintosh School of Art, Glasgow (grad. 1996)
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Upstream Focus - Marc Bijl, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
2018
After Dark, Reinhard Hauff Galerie, Stuttgart
2017
Zeitgeist, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
2016
Idiopolis, frontviews, State of Concept, Athens
#tags, Spinello Projects, Miami, USA
Blurry Conflicts, Buro Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
2015
Family Man, Kunstverein Heppenheim, Germany
2014
Armory Show with Upstream Gallery, New York City
The Order of The Black Opaque, Plaatsmaken Arnhem, The Netherlands
2012
Urban Gothic, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands (cat.)
Light and Shadow, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
Never trust a rebel, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
2010
9/11 666 777, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
Bite The Beef, Kunstverein Artitude, Berlin
2009
ArtBaselMiami under auspicien of The Breeder Athens, Miami, USA
The simple complexity of it all, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Towards our new constructtion, Rental Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Arrested Development, DA2 Salamanca, Spain (cat.)
2008
New sites for personal structures, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
2006
Indy Structures, The Breeder, Athens (cat.)
Afterhours, Cosmic Gallery, Paris
2005
Afterhours, curated by Roel Arkesteijn Gem Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Get the balance right, Upstream gallery, Amsterdam
2004
A passion play, curated by Anouk van Heesch , Museum Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Chesed / Dien, The Breeder, Athens
In times like these, Grafisch Atelier, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Marc Bijl, Giorgio De Chirico Art Center, Volos, Greece
2003
The nation had been flirting with forms of götterdämmerung, with extremes of vocabulary and behavior and an appetite for violent resolutions, Casco, Utrecht, The Netherlands
The world won't listen, Bergman Designstore/gallery Frankfurt, Germany, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen
Black Planet, Magazin 4, Bregenz, Austria, curated by Judith Reichart
Defender, curated by Marco Scotini, Galleria Artra, Milan, Italy
2002
Such as I was, you are and such as I am you will be. Wealth, Honour and Power are of no value in the hour of your death, Galerie Kapinos, Berlin
PORN, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Make them doubt, Projektraum K&S, Berlin
2000
Temporary liquorstore in cooperation with Nachbar, Mama Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Dutchbed, CBK Nijmegen, The Netherlands
L'artiste pour l'artiste Filmstad, The Hague, The Netherlands
1998
Keep on shooting in the artworld, Overslag, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
2018
PLAY, City Festival Kortrijk, Belgium
Neue Heimat, Willem Twee, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
Haus der Sinnsuche. Gutes Leben Durch Kultur, Kunstsaele Berlin, Berlin
From ZERO to 2018, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
PUNK + DANS + KUNST, Schunck, Heerlen, the Netherlands
2017
Bye Bye de Stijl, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Apocalyps, Art Chapel, Amsterdam
Konglomerat, Josef Filipe Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Human/Digital: A Symbiotic Love Affair, Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Verspijkerd en Verzaagd, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
Modern Sculpture, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid
2016
The Dark Side of the Moon, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland, curated by Konrad Bitterli and Matthias Wohlgemuth
The Next Big Thing is Not a Thing, Buro Europe, curated by Pauline Doutreluingne, Agata Jaworska, Yana Milev, Niels Schrader en Saskia van Stein
How to do Art with Words, Musac Museum Léon, Spain, curated by Manuel Oliveira
The Armory Show 2016, New York with the Breeder Gallery
2015
Politics & Celebrity, m100, Santiago de Chile, curated by Paco Baragan
Transformer, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
Beyond Borders, Beaufort 2015, Knokke, Oostende, Belgium curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, Patrick Ronse and Hilde Teerlinck
Black Bandits, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin curated by Marc Wellmann
Dear Darkness, Gallerie Michael Fuchs, Berlin curated by Stephan Koehler
I Don't Care, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
Trinkets for the Rich, Nationalmuseum, Berlin
Spring Performance Festival, Amsterdam
2014
Berlin Heist/Mediations Biennale, Poznan, Poland curated by Shaheen Merali and Kerimcan Güleryüz
Hausbesetzung, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany curated by Elke Gruhn and Dominik Fink
Traces, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
2013
Art Cologne, Marc Bijl, Joan Jonas, Alisa Margolis, Josephine Meckseper, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Cologne, Germany
This is not a love song, La Virreina Image Centre, Barcelona, Spain curated by F. Javier Panera
Vision und Gewissheit, Franckeschen Stiftungen, Halle an der Saale curated by Peter Lang and Moritz Götze
Utopia, Artitude Kunstverein SenatsReserveSpeicher, Berlin, curated by Tjorg Douglas Beer
Remap 4 KM, Athens, Greece
»Idiopolis« dialectics between subject and society, Frontviews Contemporary, curated by Stephan Koehler
International Sculpture Park Art Zuid 2013, curated by Henk van Os and Cintha van Heeswijck, Artzuid, Apollolaan, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Manifesta 9, Bel Etage Project Genk, Belgium curated by Renata Kaminska
Dark Matters, Tent. Rotterdam, The Netherlands curated by Mariette Dölle
Faceless, Mediametic Amsterdam curated by Bogomir Doringer
Stand alone, by my side - Conference 1, Autocenter, Berlin
The Legend of the Shelves, Autocenter Berlin, curated by Maik Schierloh and Joep van Liefland
Invert: Gewissheit.Vision, Autocenter Berlin, curated by Moritz Götze und Peter Lang
Colapso, Un ensayo sobre el fracaso y la ruptura, Salamanca, Spain curated by Alberto Martín and Augustín Pérez Rubio
Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Galleria Alessandro De March, Milan, Italy curated by Maria Chiara Valacchi
Yo! Bum! Rush the show!’ at Atelierhof Kreuzberg e.V., Berlin, Germany
Linie, Fläche, Zeit. Ein Abstecher, curated by Peter Lang, Galerie im Ratskeller, Berlin, Germany
Love Illumination, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Faceless, Museum Quartier21, Vienna, Austria curated by Bogomir Doringer
The Glorious Rise and Fall...(and so on), KW14, Den Bosch, The Netherlands, curated by Marjan Teeuwen
Vision vs. Confrontation, Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, The Netherlands curated by Alied Ottevanger
Twente Biennale: Identifying Europe, RijksMuseum Twente, The Netherlands, curated by Kees de Groot
G#12 Galerie Fiebach & Minninger, Cologne, Germany
Donatello parmi les fauves, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris, France
reKOLLEKT, curated by Jan Kage, Schau Fenster, Berlin, Germany
reKOLLEKT, curated by Jan Kage, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Raumkontrolle, Maxim Gorki Theater, videoscreenings curated by Lutz Henke und Viktor Neumann
Death can dance, curated by Lori Hersberger, Townhouse, Zurich, Switzerland
Alptraum! curated by Marcus Sendlinger, Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
2012
I should learn to look at an empty sky and feel its total dark sublime, Bugada & Cargnel; Paris, France
My safe reduction to form, Exile, Berlin
To start with. lets remove the colour, curated by Paul McAree, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Strangers in a strange land, curated by Bart Keijsers Koning, LMAKprojects, New York (US)
This is not the end, curated by Andrea Linnenkohl Loyal Arts Club, Kassel, Germany
Down on Mainstream, De Garage, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
2011
The Collectors Show, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, curated by Christiane Berndes and Charles Esche
Out of Storage, curated by Hilde Teerlinck and Guus Beumer. Collection of FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais in the renovated Timmerfabriek in Maastricht, The Netherlands
Halleluwah! Hommage a Can, curated by Christoph Tannert, Galerie AbtArt, Stuttgart, Germany
In our nature, curated by Renata Kaminska for Bel-Etage Projects at Salon Dahlman, Berlin
Backstage Rider, curated by Lotte Møller and Sebastiaan Schlicher, 5 years of Kunst Magazine, Berlin
Pop Hits, curated by Manfred Peckl, Based in Berlin, Autocenter on location Atelierhaus im Monbijoupark, Berlin
Search and Destroy, Gallerie Mikael Andersen, curated by Phillip Grözinger and Sebastiaan Schlicher, Berlin, Germany
The forgotten years 2007 – 2011 Galerie im Regierungsviertel - Forgotten Bar’, Based in Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
A portrait of the artist as a young man, Gallery Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart Germany
De-phasing Patterns, Marc Bijl / Dan Shaw Town, curated by Maria Chiara Valacchi Spazio Cabinet, Milan, Italy
Nieuwe Aanwinsten, Groninger Museum, The Netherlands
Apopcalyps Now, Hugo Brown Collection curated by Ken Pratt at Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam
¡Patria o Libertad! Country or Liberty. The Rethoric of Patriotism, curated by Paco Barragán, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
I Like the art world and the art world likes me' curated by Eric Doeringer, EFA Project Space, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Art, New York City, USA
Mapping the horizon, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Trentatre, Artra Galleria, Milan, Italy
Marc Bijl, Iris van Dongen and Martin Skauen, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
¡Patria o Libertad! - Country or Liberty. The Rethoric of Patriotism curated by Paco Barragán, MOCCA-Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
How to philosophize with a hammer, curated by Raul Zamudio, White Box, New York City, USA
What happened to God? curated by Frank Motz, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
Neue Welt - View over Autocenter, curated by Joep van Liefland and Maik Schierloh, SALTS, Basel-Birsfelden, Switzerland
Too late, too little, curated by Nathalie Hartjes, Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol, Kunstfort, Asperen, The Netherlands
Alptraum! curated by Marcus Sendlinger, Artists’ project Washington, London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Cell Project Space, London, UK
Responsolidarity, Galerie Utopia / THE FORGOTTEN BAR PROJECT, curated by Tjorg Douglas Beer, ReMap3, Athens, Greece
Generation 9/11, curated by Teun Voeten and Timo de Rijk, Het Gemak, The Hague, The Netherlands
Dinner für Spinner, curated by Uwe - Karsten Günther, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig, Germany
E-flux Pawnshop, Art Basel 2011, Switzerland curated by Anton Vidokle
Laws and sausage, nationalmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Dr Amen, The B-Men, Tinderbox, Hamburg, Germany
I should have done that, curated by Eelco van der Lingen, NEST, The Hague, The Netherlands
10 Jahre Autocenter, curated by Joep van Liefland and Maik Schierloh, Autocenter, Berlin, The Netherlands
2010
C´est ci n´est pas un casino, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
Mixtapes, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland, curated by Chris Clarke and Matt Packer
Tough Love, curated by Shaheen Merali, Plataforma Revólver Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
KRC/Chadha Art Collection, curated by Liesbeth Willems, Voorschoten, The Netherlands
The end of the world as we know it, curated by Bettina Steinbrügge, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Frace
This is our time, Gallery Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
Restless Empathy, curated by Matthew Thompson and Heidi Zuckerman, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen/Colorad, USA
C’est ci n’est pas un Casino, curated by Kevin Muhlen and Jo Kox, Casino Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Amsterdam-Berlijn, curated by Frank Ammerlaan, De Service Garage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
You are free, Tape Club, Berlin, curated by Daniel Kingery and Julie McKim (D)
The People United Will Never Be Defeated, TENT, Rotterdam (NL) curated by Mar
Evolution ID, curated by Ileana Tounta, Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, Greece
La fuerza de la palabra, curated by Agustín Pérez Rubio and María Inés Rodríguez, Colección Musac - Abarrotera Mexicana, Guadalajara, Mexico
2208 Or how I missed the end of the world, curated by Roland Groenenboom and Gerben Willers, mama, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
High Drama: Works from the Collection of Hugo & Carla Brown, The Dutch Cultural Pop-Up Space, London, UK
¡Patria o Libertad! Country or Liberty. The Rethoric of Patriotism curated by Paco Barragán, Miami Dade College, Miami, USA
Police the police, The Young Artists’ Biennial, curated by Mica Gerghescu, Bucharest, Romania
Decadence now! Visions of Excess, curated by Otto M. Urban, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Coup de ville, Warp contemporary art platform, curated by Jan Hoet and Stef Bellingen, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Statics and the movement in between, curated by Stephan Koehler, frontviews gallery, Berlin, Germany
Chop shop, curated by Maik Schierloh and Joep van Liefland, Autocenter,Berlin. Germany
Tomorrowland, Tinderbox, Hamburg, Germany
Anti-Beeld, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Home run, curated Marcus Sendlinger, Architekturmuseum der TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Expodium Orbits #2 MIND THE BOLLOCKS! Expodium, platform for new art, Utrecht, The Netherlands
In standard time, Ana Cristea Gallery , New York City, USA
Defending our values (Lightbox/The module)’ curated by Tjorg Douglas Beer, Kunstraum Innsbruck,Austria
2009
Scratch, ADN galerìa, Barcelona, Spain
Burn, Baby Burn, Galerie Duve, Berlin, Germany
Zeigen. Eine Audiotour curated by Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
Warehouse of Horrors, Embassy Gallery, curated by Benjamin Fallon, Glasgow
Double Dutch, Hudson Vallery Center for Contemporary Art, New York (USA)
Elevator to the gallows, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, New York
Central Nervous System, Galerie im Regierungsviertel @ Art Cologne
Narcotica, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Basel
Remain in Light, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cargo / cargo manifest / cargo vision, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, autocenter, Berlin, Germany
cargo manifest, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Germany
Defending our values (Lightbox /The module)’, CCA, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain curated by Tjorgm and Douglas Beer
Collatoral Damage, Meet Factory Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2008
Crop Rotation, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York curated by Clarissa Dalrymple
Youngblood, carpenters Workshop, London
Art, Price and Value, curated by Franziska Nori Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Florence, Italy
This is the gallery and the gallery is many things, curated by Gavin Wade, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
Forgotten Bar Project 'Tabularasa', Berlin
Quo Vadis, Autocenter, Berlin
Cobra to Contemporary, Collection of Hugo Brown, Artnews Projects, §§§ Berlin
Das Piraterie Problem, Brandenburger Kunstverein, Potsdam, curated by Astrid Mania und Gerrit Gohlke
Don't worry - Be Curious!, Casino Luxembourg, curated by Doothee Bienert, Kati Kivinen, Enrico Lunghi
Fundamentality V, a public installation, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg.
Metal Heart, PlanetArt Gallery, Amsterdam, curated by Arno Coenen
Existencias, works from the MUSAC collection, MUSAC museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon
Videozomer, Petersburg Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007
Aggression, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Zurich
Frieze Art Fair Sculpture Park, with The Breeder Athens
Green zone-Red Zone, Het Gemak, Den Haag
Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Biennial, Greece
Memorial to the Iraq war, ICA, London, UK curated by Mark Sladen
Left Pop (bringing it back home) Moscow Biennale – curated by Diane Baldon, Nicola Lees, Georgina Jackson
Berlin – NL, Niederländische Botschaft, Berlin, Germany
Brave New World, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Agression, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland
Tenderloin, The Breeder, Athens, Greece curated by Nadia Gerazouni
Existencias, works from the MUSAC collection, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon, Spain
Ruby Sattelite, UCR/California Museum of Photography curated by Ciara Ennis
Theatre Mundi, Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Brave New World, CoBrA Museum Amstelveen
Ons feestje is niet leuk, Galerie Nouvelle Images, The Hague, NL
I Don't need power, I have to much, Ladaproject, Berlin
Alice Day - Brussels, Belgium
YouTubism - M.O.T. International, London, UK
Body politicx, curated by Florian Waldvogel and Thomas Edlinger, Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Contour/ Continuïteit, Prinsenhof Delft
Space Oddity, Bugada & Cargnel, Paris, France
No Futuro, by Organización Nelson Garrido - ONG, Caracas, Venezuela
Marc Bijl-Gerard Byrne-Valérie Jouve- video & photography, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
2006
Helter Helter, Gallerie Ann de Villepoix curated by Max Henry
Pictograms – The Loneliness of Signs, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart Foundation
curated by Dr. Marion Ackermann and Pirkko Rathgeber, Stuttgart
Breaking the Rules, curated by Gijs van Tuyl and Maarten Bertheux, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Dorothea von Stettenpreis, Die Ausstellung, Kunstmuseum Bonn nominated by Dr. Marion Ackermann
Only the paranoid survive, HVCCA, Hudson, NY
I Love My Scene, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, curated by Jose Freire
Everything is wrong, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
Youth of today, curated by Matthias Ulrich, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
DARK, Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam curated by Jan Grosfeld and Rein Wolfs
Low-Intensity Conflict, SWISS Institute, New York curated by Miriam Katzeff
The Image is Gone, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna
Ruby Sattelite, Hyde Park Artcenter, Chicago, curated by Ciara Ennis
Unlearn, Plug in, ICA Winnepeg, (Can) curated by STEVEN MATIJCIO
Urban Explorers Festival, curated by Manon Bovenkerk CBK, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Black & White, Hellenic American Union, curated by Artemis Potamianou, Athens
Europart, aktuelle Kunst aus Europa in the public space, Vienna curated y Ursula Maria Probst, Walter Seidl.
Naked Life, curated by Manray Hsu, Maren Richter MOCA Taipei (Japan)
Sociètè des nations, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sound & vision, curated by Luca Beatrice, Museo della Città, Perugia, Italy
Give(a)way, The 30th exhibition of visual art, e v a (open & invited) Limerick, Ireland, curated by Katerina Gregos
2005
Superstars-Das Prinzip Prominenz, Von Warhol bis Madonna, curated by Ingried Brugger, Gerald Matt, Thomes Miessgang, Heike Eipeldauer and Florian Steininger, Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquarters) and Bank Austria Forum, Vienna, Austria
First we take museums, KIASMA, Helsinki
Leaps of faith, UN Green zone, Nicosia Cyprus, curated by Katerina Gregos and Erden Kosova
Emergencies, MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon curated by Agustín Pérez Rubio and Raphael Doctor Roncero
Populism, National Museum of Art, Oslo (NO) curated by Lars Bang Larsen, Cristina Ricupero, Nicolaus Schafhausen
Populism, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (LT) curated by Lars Bang Larsen, Cristina Ricupero, Nicolaus Schafhausen
Populism, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (DE) curated by Lars Bang Larsen, Cristina Ricupero, Nicolaus Schafhausen
Populism, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL) curated by Lars Bang Larsen, Cristina Ricupero, Nicolaus Schafhausen
On Patrol, De Appel, Amsterdam (NL) curated by Saskia Bos and Theo Tegelaers
Prix de Rome 2005, de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Black & White, curated by Artemis Potamianou, Hellenic American Union Gallery, Athens, Greece
Urbane Realitäten: Fokus Istanbul, Martin Gropius Bau Berlin curated by Christoph Tannert
Festival of Dreams (part 2), curated by James Fuentes, Lombard Freid Fine Arts, New York (US)
Grants/ Awards
2014
Working Stipend Krull Stiftung, Potsdam
2008
Theo Wolvecamp Painting Prize
2004
Charlotte Koehlerprize for Young Art
Bibliography
2012
'Hard Edge' 48 pages & poster 450 x 600 mm Design: Anja Lutz // Book Design, The Green Box ISBN 978-3-941644-49-6
2009
'In case you didn’t feel like showing up’, Catalogue (NAI publishers/ DA2)
2006
Marc Bijl, In Times Like These 2006. - 63p. ; 25x17cm. published on the occasion of Marc Bijl's exhibition, Indy Structures at The Breeder, Athens, Text: Jan Verwoert
ISBN 960-6654-26-5, ISBN-13 978-960-6654-26-8
2003
Black Planet, M4 Disjecta Publication by Magazin4 , Vorarlberger Kunstverein
2002
‘Forever’ (Flash Art Faksimile), edited by Marc Bijl, Catalogue (ISBN 3-932754-28-X), published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Vice Versa Verlag) Berlin, Germany