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Geboren in Nijmegen, 1960
Woont en werkt in Amsterdam,
www.berendstrik.nl Atelier of Berend Strik: http://vimeo.com/15657989
Educatie
2001 Artist in residence, Het Vijfde Seizoen, Den Dolder, The Netherlands
1998-2000 ISCP, New York, United States
1986-1988 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Awards
2015 Elisabeth van Thuringen Prijs
1993 Dorothea von Stetten Kunstpreis, Bonn
1990 Charlotte Köhler Prize
1987 Prix de Rome, 2nd Prize (sculpture)
Solotentoonstellingen
2018
Deciphering the Artist's Mind, EENWERK, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016
Redefining Realness, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015
Decipher the Artist's Mind, Stephane Simoens, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2014
Decipher the Artist's Mind, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA
Studio in the Studio, Heden, The Hague, The Netherlands
Exhibiting the Studio, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013
Exhibiting the Studio, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2011
Crushed, Stitched and Transfixed, Oslo Museum, Gallery IKM, Norway
Tumbled Topics, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2010
May I Show You My Pictures, Museum Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Strik / Siza, New Orleans, Vesteda, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Transfixed, Stitched Photographs, Blindarte contemporanea, Napoli, Italy
2009
Berend Strik, Galerie Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
Thixotropy, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
Berend Strik, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, United States
2005
Lascivious Fortification, Shadow and Light, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, United States
TexStyle, Blindarte Contemporanea, Napels, Italy
2004
Freestyle (New works by Berend Strik), Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Body Electric, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach 2002 (Art Positions), Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Ssssnnnniiiiffffff, Kabinett, Zurich, Switzerland
Binz 39 (with One Architecture), Zürich, Switzerland
2001
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights, Galerie Annette de Keyser, Antwerp, Belgium
2000
How did you dare scratch my white delicate chest?, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Projectroom, Stefan Stux Gallery (with Adam Kalkin), New York, United States
Good Morning Herbert, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
In the Tree, International Studio Program, New York, United States
1998
Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Berend Strik and One Architecture, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
1997
but you...but you...but you are blinded by reality, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994
Galerie Tommy Lund, Odense, Denmark
Sadness, Sluices, Mermaids, Delay, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
4 Melon Chorals, Galerie Annette de Keyser, Antwerp, Belgium
1992
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1991
Pas de Deux (with Hans van Houwelingen), H.C.A.K. Den Haag, The Netherlands
1990
Vliegenthart, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1989
Beelden, Galerie 't Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Groepstentoonstellingen
2018
Bloot, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, the Netherlands
About Painting, Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
Who Are We Again?, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Forever Young? Fotografie en vergankelijkheid, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (symposium and group exhibition)
Rendez Vous, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis, Rijksmuseum Twente, Twente, the Netherlands (upcoming)
Beautiful Distress, Het Vijfde Seizon and Beautiful Distress, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Punk + Dance + Art | Angry Movements, SCHUNCK*, Heerlen, The Netherlands
2017
The Raft. Art is (not) Lonely, Mu.Zee, Oostende, Belgium
You Want it Darker, Garage, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The Collection as Time Machine, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Oog in Oog, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, The Netherlands
Salon Hang, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen
Friesmuseum, Leeuwarden
2016
Aanwinsten 2016, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
INNER CITY, Cityscapes Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
After the death of James Lee Byars, curated and with work by Berend Strik, De Nederlandsche Bank
Ik hou van Holland. Nederlandse kunst na 1945, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands
Preview, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Everyman, Public Works, Utrecht Central Station, The Netherlands
2015
Metamorphosen. Ovidius en de hedendaagse kunst, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, The Netherlands
2014
Reload, Biennale Gelderland, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Zomeren op de buitenplaats, Buitenplaats Beeckestijn, Velsen Zuid, The Netherlands
Threads. Textile in art & design, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, The Netherlands
2013
Ik hou van Holland, Nederlandse kunst na 1945, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands
Kanaalwerken, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, The Netherlands
Wit - fotografie, kunst, design, mode, film, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dread - Fear in the age of technological acceleration, curated by Juha van 't Zelfde, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
The Studio and The Studio, i.c.w. Juha van 't Zelfde, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hand Made: lang leve het ambacht / Long Live Crafts, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2012
Through an open window, art contemporain de la Rabo Art Collection, L'Institut Neérlandais, Paris, France
Paralen in de Kunst, Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands
Collection presentation, SCHUNCK, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Figuurlijk, Museum Hilversum, The Netherlands
Topsy Turvy, de Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011
Valéry Proust Museum / White Cube Fever, Mu.ZEE, Oostende, Belgium
Scenery, het landschap in de 21e eeuw, 37 PK, Haarlem, The Netherlands
I promise to love you, Caldic Collection, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010
Acquisitions, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Perfect Solitude, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Just love me, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Declared Unobscene, Glasmuseum, Leerdam, The Netherlands
Een mooi ding, Museum Hilversum, The Netherlands
The Cassini Cruise II, Appr. Bouillonstraat 14, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2009
Redefining Landscape, Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
Gagarin; the Artists in their own words (The First Decade), SMAK, Gent, Belgium
In Stitches, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller (LTMH) Gallery, New York, United States
Towing the Line, Drawing Space (40 Dutch artists defining the moment in Holland), White Box, New York, United States
Zwervende tentoonstelling# 14 (Monologue Interieur), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The New Collection, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Group show (curated by Eva Kolarik), Art Prague, Czech Republic
Ruhezeit Abgelaufen, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands
The Cassini Cruise, Gubbelstraat 38, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Group show with gallery artists, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
New Media, Stephan Simoens Contemporary Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium
PLATFORM PARADISE, Einhawd, Israel
Black is Beautiful, Stedelijk museum in De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
SWAF (Puber über Alles!), Kunsteyssen, Alkmaar , The Netherlands
Mooi Niet; Collectie Museum Het Domein, Gourvernement, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2007
Video Vortex (continuation), Montevideo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group show with Gallery Artists, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PRICKED! EXTREME EMBROIDERY, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, United States
A Faithful Eye (Modern and Contemporary Art from The Netherlands: The ABN AMRO Collection), Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
Is it a Pazziella?, Pazziella, Capri, Italy
Genesis: Het leven aan het eind van het informatietijdperk, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Modern Solitude, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
i.p.v. Mashkov, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Salon: Zwervende tentoonstelling 8, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Jan Fabre, Troubleyn, Angelos, Architect Jan Dekeyser, Laboratorium voor creatie en research, Antwerp, Belgium
Welcome Stranger: Hide and Seek (together with Nathalie Bruys), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Leve de schilderkunst! Terug naar de figuur, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006
Room with a view: De Bouwfonds Kunstcollectie, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands
*G*E*B*O*R*D*U*U*R*D*, Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Borderliners: Grenzen van de Schilderkunst, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, The Netherlands
De Salon, Zwervende tentoonstelling #5, MVRDV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rembrandts Licht, De Lustwarande Wester-Amstel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005
Les Très Riches Heures, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Slow Art, The Current Art Scene, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Best of the last 22 Years, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, United States
Mé-tissages Biennale, Museum voor Industriele Archeologie en Textiel, Gent, Belgium
Kind en Kunst V, Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Colors!, Galerie Annette de Keyser, Antwerp, Belgium
Presente, Positioni a prospettive dell'arte contemporanea, PAN, Napoli, Italy
Blindarte Collection, Blindarte Contemporanea, Napoli, Italy
2004
Secrets of the nineties, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, The Netherlands
Flash right, turn left, Kunstroute Staatsliedenbuurt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Perspectief, Exposorium VU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Oogstrelend Schoon, Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
2003
Group Show - New Work by Gallery Artists, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bison Caravan, 2003, ?éärhus Kunstmuseum, ?éärhus, Denmark
3-2-1, Gallery M, New York, United States
Lust & Leisure, Galerie Voges + Partner, Frankfurt, Germany
Material Matters, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
A design for places left over after planning (with One Architecture), Groothandelsgebouw, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2002
Life in a glass house, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It's Unfair, De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Liefde Te Koop, Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hiroshima Art Document, Hiroshima, Japan
Kabinett, Bern, Switzerland
Ways Out- How to find the right way in, Stroom, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Contemporary Art from The Netherlands, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
No ID, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
Land, Steigereiland-Noord, IJburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Material Matters, Norrköping Kunst Museum, Norrköping, Sweden
2001
Pleidooi voor intuitie, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Bollywood has arrived, Passenger Terminal Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vanuit de Beweging, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
The Presentation, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000
Save the Gnome (Curated by Sven Lütticken and Reinout Rutte), Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
ARCO, Stand Galerie Fons Welters, Madrid, Spain
Because Sex Sells, Nicolai Fine Art, New York, United States
1999
Group Show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tales of the Tip, Former garbage dump Bavel, Breda, The Netherlands
Trouble Spot. Painting, MUHKA/NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
T'Z'Art, New York, United States
Baby, Keizersgracht 676, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998
Vous Etes Ici: Silkscream Series, Kunstraum Neue Kunst, Hannover, Germany
1997
Loose Urbanism, NAi, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, United States
Vries, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen
In de Collectie, Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Welcome Back to the Human Race, Peninsula, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
The People's Choice (with One Architecture), Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Het Eigen Gezicht - Rijksakademie 1986-1997, een keuze van Auke de Vries, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, The Netherlands
Wat af is, is niet gemaakt, De Utrechtse School/Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1996
Groupshow with Galery Artists, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galleri Tommy Lund, Odense, Denmark
Abendland, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Münster, Germany
European Art Forum, Stand Fons Welters, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Annette de Keyser, Antwerp, Belgium
The Other Self, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1995
Summer Show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art Cologne 1995, Stand Galerie Fons Welters, Cologne, Germany
The Other Self, 1995, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1994
Lust voor het oog, Stichting Amazone, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Adieu to the lunch poem (with Adam Kalkin), Stichting Casco, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Art Cologne 1994, Stand Galerie Fons Welters, Cologne, Germany
Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Welcome Stranger, Follow Up, Stadhouderskade 112, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Borduren 2000, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands
Art Amsterdam 1994, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rendez Vous Provoqué, Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg / Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, Luxembourg / The Netherlands
Puber-Alles (Why I am, Who I am), Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Het Grote Gedicht. Nederlandse Beeldhouwkunst 1945-1994, Grote Kerk, Den Haag, The Netherlands
1993
The Mouth of the Crodile, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
13e Foire d'Art Actuel, Brussels, Belgium
Scuola, Scuola di San Pasquale, Venice, Italy
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, United States
Van Vislucht en Bloemen, Aankopen Beeldende Kunst 1988-1992 Provincie Overijssel, Bergkerk/Kasteel Het Nijenhuis, Deventer, The Netherlands
Hebzucht, Verhydenstudio's, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Du fil repeindre, FRAC, Montpellier, France
Dorothea von Stetten Kunstpreis, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Vrij Spel, Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Galerie Tommy Lund, Odense, Denmark
Wat men zoal niet bedenken kan...., Archipel, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
1992
UNFAIR, Galerie Fons Welters at Art Cologne, Germany
KunstRAI 1992, Stand Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mrs. B's Curio Shop, Thread Waxing Space, New York, United States
Welcome Stranger (Multimedia project in an abandoned house), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Multiple Difference, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aanwinsten 1985-1992, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1991
Foire d'Art Actuel, Brussels (Galerie Fons Welters), Belgium
Europe Unknown/Europa Nieznana, Palac Sztuki TPSP, Krakow, Poland
1990
A Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Scanning 1990, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Multiple Choice, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1989
Mik, Leijenaar, Strik, Museum 't Kruithuis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
Capital Gains, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rijksaankopen, Museum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
1988
Four Dutch Artists, USF Art Museum, Tampa, Florida, Unites States
Uit de Rijksacademie, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Een Grote Activiteit, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1987
Capital Gains, De Zaak, Groningen / 't Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Prix de Rome, Stadhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A Priori Sculptuur, Makkom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Projecten
2013 Waterlandplein Amsterdam
2009 Villa Industria Regevterrein, Hilversum
Josef One Architecture, Deventer
2006 Glas in lood ramen Gemeente Huis Gorinchem
Postzegel Berend Strik, TPG Post, 39 eurocent 2006
Herdenkings Rembrandtmunt, 10 euro, 5 euro Ministerie van Financien, Den Haag
2005 De Moderne Moraal Paradiso, Amsterdam
2004 Glauberweg Amsterdam
Vita Nova Korzo, Den Haag / Venter, Maastricht / Grand Theatre, Groningen
House of Hearts Vredenburg, Utrecht
2003 Vivaldi Drentepark, Zuid-As, Amsterdam
Buxus 48 Veldhuizen, Leidsche Rijn
2002 Jan Schaefer Monument SWD, Amsterdam
2001 Frühschoppenpavillion (with One Architecture) Stiegl/ASK Maxglas, Salzburg
2000 Jimi Hendrix Monument Vredenburg, Utrecht
1998 The Wonderous, film with Janica Draisma
In het Stille Huis, film with Janica Draisma
1997 Marshall Recovery Program 1947-1997, 10 guilders coin Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt, Utrecht
1995 Four month working period with local craftspeople in New Delhi, India
Ne Pas Parsifal Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht
1992 Embroidered portraits of Queen Beatrix Burgomaster-and-Aldermens Room, City Hall, Gouda
Nagels als zenuwcellen Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam