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Education
2001 MA, Royal College of Art, London
1998 BA, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
1997 Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town
Solo exhibitions
2022 Vera/Icon, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2021 All About the Animal, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, BR
2020 Kunstverein Amsterdam, NL (curated by Joost Declercq)
2019 Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Woning van Wassenhove, BE
2019 Sofie van de Velde, Antwerpen, BE
2018 Cactus, Flower, Kiss & Clouds, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL
2017 London | New York | Rome | Amsterdam, Gemeente Museum Den Hague, The Hague, NL
2016 Gradient, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, US
Island Bar, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Maureen Paley, London, UK
2014 Interiors, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Conservatory, Mendes Wood, São Paulo, BR
2012 Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL
Tribute, Maureen Paley, London, UK
2011 Maaike Schoorel - Zelfportretten & Stillevens, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, London, UK
zwart / wit dagboek, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL
Maaike Schoorel, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, US
2010 Art Features, Art 41 Basel, Galerie Diana Stigter
2009 Nudes and Garden, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, US
2008 Album, Museum de Hallen, Haarlem, NL
Nudes, Maureen Paley, London, UK
2007 Stilleven, Portret, Schutterstuk, Marc Foxx: West Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2006 Bathing dining garden father daughters beach bed, Maureen Paley, London, UK
2004 Rheinschau art Cologne projects, Galerie Diana Stigter, Cologne, Germany, (C)
Twilight, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
2002 Darling Buds, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Group exhibitions
2022 Di semplicità e di brivido, P420, Bologna, IT
2021 Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, NL
2020 Deeply Rooted – Trees in Dutch Painting, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, NL
2020 Sgabello Collection: In Search of the Miraculous, Project Space On The Inside, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Chapter 3HREE, Het Hem, Zaandam, NL
2020 Binnenshuis, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, BE
2020 The 7th Biennial of Painting - Inner Spaces, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, BE
2020 Labyrinth of Solitude, 56 Henry at Metropolitan Museum, New York, US
2020 Artichoke for Dinner, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Lacuna, Germaine Kruip, Lisa Oppenheim, Maaike Schoorel & FERDI, curated by Maaike Schoorel, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL (forthcoming)
2019 Garden of Earty Delights, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, DE
2019 Art & Science Dialogues with Maarten Wijntjes, VSAC, Leuven, Belgium
2018 24 kleurplaten, Billytown, The Hague, NL
2018 Extension Nl, Triumph gallery, Moscow, RU
2018 Extentsion Nl, SMENA, Center of Modern Culture, Kazan, RU
2018 Lust, Laughter, Liquor, Sofie van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
2017 Rumoer in de stad, Gemeente Museum Den Hague, The Hague, The Netherlands
Anne Collier, William Daniels, Annette Kelm, Carter Mull, David Musgrave, Maaike Schoorel, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, USA
2016 CONDO 2017: Maureen Paley hosting dépendance, Maureen Paley, London, UK
The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed, 20th Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia
2015 Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Silence Out Loud, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, The Netherlands
TANTRUM, Le Teinturier De Geest, Brussels, Belgium
A Woman’s Hand, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Salon, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Landscape: the Virtual, the Actual, the Possible?, Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, touring to: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
Variations: Conversations in and Around Abstract Painting, LACMA, Los Angeles, USA
How Soon is Now?, Manifesta Foundation & DutchCulture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Windows, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands
The Peacock, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
Maaike Schoorel and Michiel Ceulers, The Arts Club, London, UK
2013 Mind is Outer Space, Casey Kaplan, New York
Reading the Surface, David Zwirner, London
Open Studios Iscp - International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York City, USA
But The Clouds, Room East, New York City, USA
2012 Repeat to Fade, Mendes Wood gallery, São Paulo.
Nothing, Like Something Happens Anywhere, Chapter, Cardiff, Wales
2011 Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia.
Saatchi Gallery in Adelaide: British Art Now, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Painted Over/Under, LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles.
Painting Between the Lines, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, (C)
What’s Up!, De jongste schilderkunst in Nederland - Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, USA
Next Season, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2010 British Art Show 7, Hayward Touring Exhibitions, opening Nottingham, touring to: Hayward Gallery, London, Glasgow and Plymouth, (C)
Newspeak, Saatchi Gallery, London, (C)
Collector’s Items No.2: High Drama: Works from the Collection of Hugo & Carla Brown, The Dutch Cultural Pop-Up Space, London, UK
2009 Visible Invisible: Against the Security of the Real, Parasol Unit, London, (C)
The Other Shore, Dutch Embassy, London, UK.
Obsession: contemporary art from the Lodeveans Collection, University of Leeds, UK
Fallen out of Space, Mol’s place, London (C)
Long Meg, Vilma Gold, London
Obsession for Collection, Summerfield Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, UK.
2008 Roger Hiorns, Christina Mackie, Maaike Schoorel, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Eyes Wide Open – New to the Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Nonknowledge, Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
Wolvecamp Prize, Hengelo, Netherlands, (C)
Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Prix de Rome 2007, de Apple, Amsterdam, (C)
How to Endure, curated by Tom Morton, Athens Biennial, Athens
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, (C)
Zes, Marc Foxx, LA, & Harris Lieberman, New York, curated by Marc Foxx, (C)
Double A-Side, Artist’s-Hertogenbosch (a collaboration between Artis, Centre for Fine Art, Stedelijk Museum’s-Hertogenbosch and The Boulevard Theatre Festival).
2006Just in time, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, (C)
Le Nouveau Siècle, curated by Xander Karskens, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam, (C)
Vincent van Gogh and Expressionism, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
2005 Alex Bircken, Mari Eastman, Maaike Schoorel, Maureen Paley, London
Slow Art, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, (C)
Prague Biennale 2, presentation for Flash Art, Prague, (C)
Two person show with Nathaniel Mellors, IBID Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2004 Must I paint you a Picture?, curated by Pablo Lafuente, Haunch of Venison, London
Concert in the Egg, The Ship, London
2003 Someplace Unreachable, IBID Projects, London
To Avoid the Void, Artwalk, Amsterdam
2002 Koninklijke Subsidie voor Vrije Schilderkunst, Gemeente Museum, The Hague
Band in Crisis, (with Skill 7 Stamina 12), Cooper Gallery, Dundee
Deliberate Regression, Daniel Arnaud Gallery, London
And Other Love Stories, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
2001 An Elephant Station, Vilma Gold, London
Selected bibliography
2018 Mahiques, Alejandra, Entrevista a la pintora Maaike Schoorel, gacetaholandesa.com, 25 January 2018
2017 Ockhuysen, Ronald, Tasten en zoeken naar betekenis, het Parool, 26 August 2017, pp. 16–20
Hoogerwerf, Lisanne, Ingetogen schilderkunst, Den Haag Centraal, 31 August 2017, p. 41
van de Velde, Paola, Speelse doeken, Telegraaf Vrij Magazine, 16 September 2017, p.68
van Leeuwen, Anna, Dit werk werkt hier niet, Volkskrant, 25 October 2017, p.44
2016 Bywater, Jon, 20th Sydney Biennale: The future is already here - it’s just not evenly distributed, ArtAgenda, art-agenda.com, 4 April 2016
2015 Cumming, Laura, All in the mind’s eye, The Observer, The New Review, 22 March 2015, p.29.
Douglas, Caroline, Maaike Schoorel, Sub-Lo, at Maureen Paley, London, www.contemporaryartsociety.org, 20 March 2015
----, SUB-LO. Maaike Schoorel, curamagazine.com, 2 April 2015
2014 Deveney, Catherine, Rising Stars of 2015, theguardian.com, 28 December 2014Randall, Brent, Michiel Ceulers and Maaike Schoorel at The Arts Club, huskmagazine.com, 29 January 2014
Winn, Steven, Art Review: ‘Landscape: The Virtual, the Actual, the Possible?’, sfgate.com, 27 October 2014
2013 --------, Mind is Outer Space, cura magazine, July 2013
Smith, Roberta, Mind is Outer Space, The New York Times, 25 July 2013, p. 23
2012 Robecchi, Michele, Maaike Schoorel, Flash Art, October 2012, p.113.
Smyth, Cherry, Nothing Like Something Happens Anywhere, thisistomorrow.info, 17 September 2012.
2011 Leith, Caoimhín Mac Giolla, British Art Show 7, Frieze, January-February 2011, pp.99-100.
Jeffreys, Tom, British Art Show at the Hayward, Spoonfed.co.uk, 15 January 2011.
The Dutch Issue, Litro, issue 102, 2011, cover.
Ward, Ossian, British art burns bright, Time Out, 3 March 2011, p.53.
2010 Cumming, Laura, British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, guardian.co.uk, 31 October 2010.
Charlesworth, JJ, Visible Invisible, Time Out, 14 January 2010, p.38.
Frane, Crasier, Maaike Schoorel interview, crasierfrane.com, 7 December 2010.
Critics’ Choice: Major Spaces, Time Out, 14 January 2010, p.40.
On The Town: Thomas Scheibitz, Art Review, November 2010, p.188.
Osté, Mariëlle, Moment van Stilte, Elegance, June 2010, pp.120-125.
Luke, Ben, Compared with Whiteread and Hirst, these Saatchi works feel thin and lame, Evening Standard, 26 October 2010, pp. 26-27.
2009 Fisher, Alice, Maureen, Fantastic Man, Autumn/Winter 2009, pp.148-155.
Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah, Maaike Schoorel, artforum.com, January 2009.
Luke, Ben, Visible Invisible: Against The Security Of The Real, EveningStandard.co.uk, 25 November 2009.
McLean-Ferris, Laura, Visible Invisible; Against the Security of the Real, artreview.com, 26 November 2009.
Miles, Christopher, Maaike Schoorel at Marc Foxx, LA Weekly, 4 February 2009.
Osborne, Hannah, Visible Invisible: Against the Security of the Real, ameliasmagazine.com, 3rd December 2009.
van der Kroef, Saskia, Maaike Schoorel, Artforum, January 2009, p.229.
Wullschlager, Jackie, A force that has driven art for 100 years, FT.com, 28 November 2009.
2008 Andriessen, Mischa, Verdwijnkunst die eist, Het Financiele Dagblad, 20 September 2008.
Darley, Esther, Slow art van Maaike Schoorel, Knunstbeeld.Nl, October 2008.
Dost, Leonard, ‘Almost Unattainable by the eye’, De Volkskrant, 7 October 2008.
den Hartog Jager, Hans, ‘Aan het wit ontworsteld de leegtes van Maaike Schoorel’, NRC Handelsblad, 19 September 2008, p.12.
Herbert, Martin, Maaike Schoorel, Frieze, June 2008, pp. 228-229.
van Hoore, Cees, Schilderen, Ongrijpbaar als Muziek, Haarlems Dagblad, 10 September 2008.
Philby, Charlotte, My Home: Beyond the pale, The Independent: Property, 27 February 2008, pp.1-3.
Finel Honigman, Ana, A whiter shade of pale, style.com, Tuesday 04 March 2008.
Exley, Roy, Maaike Schoorel, Flash Art, May-June 2008.
Van de Velde, Paola, ‘Maaike Schoorel, paints nothing and at the same time everything; seemingly empty canvasses full of color’, De telegraaf, 30 September 2008.
2007 Alemani, Cecilia, Critics’ Picks: How to Endure, Artforum.com, 4 October 2007.
Brooks, Amra, Must See Art: Maaike Schoorel at Marc Foxx, LA Times, 19 January 2007.
Coomer, Martin, Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Modern Painters, June 2007, pp.114-115.
Griffin, Jonathan, Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Frieze, May 2007, p157.
de Jongh, Xandra, Prix de Rome: de longlist, Maaike Schoorel, Kunstbeeld.nl, June 2007, p5.
Lafuente, Pablo, Maaike Schoorel: Magic Eyes, Flash Art, March/ April 2007, pp. 110-111.
True, Everett, Skill 7 Stamina 12, Plan B, March 2007.
2006 Commandeur, Ingrid, Bathing Dining Garden Father Daughters Beach Bed: Maaike Schoorel’s Shadow Play, Metropolis M no. 6, December/ January 2006/07, pp.92-94.
Finel Honigman, Ana, London Horticulture, Artnet Magazine.
Keijer, Kees, Kunst Kopen: Voorstellen aan gemeente in het Stedelijk, Het Parool, 2 December 2006, pp.32-33.
Top 100 Artists, Flash Art, October 2006, pp.68-69.
2005 Elle, July 2005, p. 29.
Gill, AA, It’s Art, The Sunday Times Magazine, 9 January 2005.
Grainger, Lisa, Meet at the Fair, Sunday Times Style, 16 October 2005.
Heingartner, Douglas, Maaike Schoorel, Flash Art, January – February 2005, p120-121.
Mikucionyte, Rita, Impression: Holland’s Landscape, Seven Art Days, 2005, p8.
Piktyte, Aleksandra, Between Light and Darkness, Lietuvos Zinios, 23 September 2005.
Sholis, Brian, Alex Bircken, Mari Eastman and Maaike Schoorel, artforum.com, May 2005.
Thornton, Sarah, The Power 100, Art Review, November 2005, p101.
A pair of foreign artists will be presented with music, Lietuvos Rytas, 24 September 2005.
Must I Paint You a Picture?, Time Out London, 12 January 2005.
2004 Burnett, Craig, Must I Paint You a Picture?, The Guardian Guide, 4-10 December 2004.
de Vries, Marina, Tekenen en Schilderen zijn terug, de Volkskrant, 8 September 2004.
Keijer, Kees, Knalhard of Subtiel: de schilderskunst is terug, Het Parool, 1 September 2004.
Nebelung, Sigrig, Entdeckungen auf der Rheinschau, Handelsblatt, 29 October 2004.
Tepel, Oliver, Popauswege Last Exit Avantgarde, Maaike Schoorel, Spex, December 2004.
Southgate, Nick, Skill 7 Stamina 12, The Wire, August 2004.
Diana Stigter, Amsterdam: Maaike Schoorel, 2004, p46.
Skill 7 Stamina 12, HIMTM, Winter 2004 - 05, p20.
2003 Glover, Michael, Rising to Painting’s Challenge, The Independent, 6 January 2003.
Monshouwer, Saskia, Maaike Schoorel, Kunstbeeld, February 2003.
Someplace Unreachable, Kunstforum, 2003.
2002 Exley, Roy, London: Danielle Arnaud Gallery, Contemporary, November 2002.
Reiders, Arjan, Alles kan weer in de schilderskunst, Het Parool, 18 October 2002.
Smith, Dan, Deliberate Regression, Art Monthly, November 2002.
Publications
2016 Elemento, Cura.Books, Italy
2011 Sanctuary: Britain's Artists and Their Studios, Thames & Hudson, 2011.
Vitamin P2, Phaidon, London.
2010 British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2010.
Newspeak: British Art Now: From the Saatchi Gallery, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2010.
2009 Visible Invisible: Against the Security of the Real, Parasol Unit, London
2008 Album, Museum de Hallen, the Netherlands
2007 Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Beinnial, Athens.
Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2007-8, Frieze, London.
Prix de Rome, Rijks Akademie, Amsterdam.
Skill 7 Stamina Dead, Skill 7 Stamina 12, 12” vinyl. Limited edition 250.
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffamann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London.
2006 Just in Time, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Le Nouveau Siècle, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam.
Remove Celebrity Centre, Junior Aspirin Records Compilation, Limited edition 250.
2005 The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London.
Prague Bienniale 2, Flash Art, Milan.
Skill 7 Stamina 12 & Socrates that Practices Music, 12-inch record, edition 300.
2004 Rheinschau, Cologne.
Uitgelicht 2004, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
Robotics with Strings, CD with Skill 7 Stamina 12.
2002 Deliberate Regression, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London.
Screenings
2015 Hollandse Meesters in the 21st Century, Eye Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Maaike Schoorel, Kadist Foundation and Mira Projects, New York, USA
Residencies
2015 American Academy in Rome, Italy
Awards and grants
2015 American Academy in Rome
2009 Stipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Amsterdam
SKC Muzeprijs, de Bilt, the Netherlands
Shortlisted Prix de Rome, the Netherlands
2008 Shortlisted Wolvecamp prize, the Netherlands
2004 Stipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Amsterdam